The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter provides 24-hour animal rescue and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. SCCAS has two locations where people can find and recover lost pets and adopt new animal companions. As you probably know, Santa Cruz loves their animals and this commitment is evident in the quality of care provided through the shelter. They have a dedicated staff and a very active army of volunteers and foster care families. The shelter rescues and provides temporary shelter, veterinary and humane care for approximately 5,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, neglected and injured animals every year. If you love animals and are interested in volunteering in some capacity, we highly recommend fostering. We’ve been fostering for almost a decade now and it is very enjoyable and highly rewarding to help an animal find their forever home.