Jack is a sweet beautiful Balinese boy. Balinese are a long-haired version of Siamese. He is fluffy and so very soft—he is a joy to pet. Ringo is a 6-year-old neutered male Maltipoo. He is super friendly and loves affection. He gets along well with everyone he meets—people, young and old, and dogs alike. more ›

Betty is an Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog. She is good-natured, good with most other dogs, and great with people. Tasha is a strikingly pretty dilute Calico with a calm temperament and healthy purr. more ›

Gorgeous Scooter is a 3-year-old Brittany Spaniel mix. Scooter a great looking dog and has a personality that will melt your heart. Willy is a simply adorable 9-month-old. He is very active and playful, and secure and friendly. He is extremely affectionate, even-tempered, super sweet and he purrs like crazy. more ›

McKenzie is looking for a new home for the New Year. She's a four-month-old gray domestic shorthair kitten. She loves attention and is very inquisitive. McKenzie is available for adoption at the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA. more ›

Meet Gunther, a 7-year-old Miniature Pinscher mix who is small but mighty! Muddy is a sweet little 1-year-old kitty with a heart of gold! Gunther and Muddy are both Total Package Pets. These pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and ready to go home. more ›

Meet Noel, a little five-year-old brown and white Chihuahua mix, and Princess, a friendly Siamese cat. Noel enjoys being petted and has the cutest curled tail. True to her name, Princess is a princess and would prefer to be the only cat in the kingdom. more ›

Meet Bibi, a six year old female Torti looking for a new home. She is shy at first but once she warms up she is a snuggle bug. Popeye is a 2 year old male Pittie mix who is great with kids, smaller dogs, and loves people. He has been through a lot of training and knows his basic commands plus a lot of neat tricks. Popeye and Bibi are available at the South Bay Pet Adoption Center in Hawthorne. more ›

Lady is a very active girl and loves to play with toys. This 4-year-old Terrier mix is very loyal and intelligent; she knows sit, down, roll over, and shake. Aphrodite is a beautiful 4-year-old tabby who is looking for a warm lap to curl up in. more ›

Meet Precious, a Pittie mix on the mend available from Downtown Dog Rescue. Check out Luna, a 5-year-old beautiful female domestic short hair looking for a new home. She is available at the spcaLA. more ›

Lulu a beautiful 4-year-old pedigreed red point Javanese looking for a new home. Javanese (and Balinese) are the longhaired version of the Siamese. Lulu is a very petite girl — just 6 pounds. She also enjoys lap time and loves to play with her kitty toys. Taz is a 2-year-old rottweiler who was hit by a car and left for dead. Luckily he survived! He would love to find a family who would cherish him forever. more ›

If you were planning to swing by Irvine and buy a new puppy, you may need to rethink your trajectory: the Irvine City Council just voted to ban the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores. The vote happened last night, and also includes a ban on rodeos and circuses that feature exotic animals, according to CBS News. more ›

September is Adopt a Shelter Pet month and Los Angeles has shelters in every neighborhood with wonderful pets waiting for adoption. Today's pets are from spcaLA the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles. spcaLA is the oldest and first animal welfare organization in Los Angeles. Dodger the grey and white Pitbull mix and Dodger the orange Tabby cat are both looking for new homes. Don't shop when you can adopt! more ›

This week's pets are from Much Love Animal Rescue. Juliette is a lover who is soft spoken and sweet. Veronica is a lovely, wonderful, adorable, easy Jack Russel Terrier mix who needs a forever home. She is a nice dog with a medium energy level who gets along with everyone, even cats. more ›

This week's featured dog is Hopper, an 8 month old, 7 pound Chihuahua/Toy Miniature Pinscher mix. Today's cat of the week is Snickers, an 11 month old male currently being cared for by PACT. more ›

We Angelenos love our pets, and so no doubt many a cat owner in the Southern California area will be distressed to find out that Purina has recalled some of it's cat food. KTLA reports that the company found out that a number of batches made in 2010 were possibly contaminated with salmonella. more ›

Masala is an amazing and loving dog that is searching for a new home. She is currently at the Villalobos Rescue Center. She loves people, but would prefer to be the only pet in the household. Explorer is a big boned cat full of affection and endless purrs. He's got a bit of a cold, but Felines & Friends will provide medications while he is in foster care. more ›

Over 64 animals went missing from six shelters over the past year, reports KTLA. The animals, most of which were dogs, were reportedly "highly adoptable," said KTLA. Officials are afraid that they were stolen in order to then be sold. 39 of the animals came from one shelter: North Central animal shelter in Lincoln Heights. more ›

This week’s pets are from the Bill Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that rescues primarily dogs and sometimes cats from the Los Angeles City Shelter System and places them into loving homes. The Bill Foundation is a tribute to Bill, a rescued Golden/Lab who succumbed to cancer in August 1998. Bill Foundation founders, Jo and Peter Forman, chose to focus their grief into a positive channel by saving the shelter pets in peril. more ›

This is the story of a cat and some dolphins that are friends. Watch, gasp, repeat. Maybe we can all get along. Today's video lunch breaks down the divide between fur and fins, land and sea, claws and Cetaceans. Way to go, mammals. more ›

Every Saturday, LAist will feature an adoptable cat and dog from a different local shelter or accredited 501c3 rescue organization. Take a look at these furry bundles and consider giving them a home, or forward their faces to your friends who may be interested. This weekend, meet Staples the cat and Doogie the dog(gie). more ›

This past Wednesday was National Puppy Day. Often times people who want a pet can only imagine getting a puppy or kitten, but there are many reasons to consider older pets. Older pets are usually house-trained, have fully-formed personalities, and have grown into their looks. In other words, you know what you’re getting. It can be hard to resist the cuteness of baby animals (baby feet!) but older pets will love you just as much, maybe even a little more. more ›

This week's pets, Sage and Sabrina are from Santé D’Or Foundation. Santé D’Or a is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2003. It is a donor-supported, no-kill animal rescue. Run by an executive director and a staff of volunteers, Santé D’Or rescues and provides holistic care and sanctuary to animals, while working to secure them permanent homes. more ›

It's usually the smell that is the give away when it comes to cat hoarders. And it was indeed the smell that tipped neighbors off in Santa Ana last month to the home of the people who work with the Cat Connection Rescue Network Inc., the OC Register reports today. Inside the home were 110 cats, and two young children. Both the kids and the kitties were removed from the property in a five hour-long effort on February 8th. more ›

February is Pet Dental Health Month. Proper dental care for pets is essential for their overall well-being and health. Smelly breath in pets, just like in humans, may be a sign that something unhealthful is afoot. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), "veterinarians report that periodontal disease is the most commonly diagnosed problem in dogs and cats.” more ›

The house is a little too cold and quiet, the winter holidays are over, Valentine’s Day looms like a horror movie villain. You’re tired of watching CSI by yourself, you need something to love unconditionally and your kids need to learn responsibility. It’s clearly time to get a pet. Here's how the Internet once again proves its worth thanks to a slew of forward thinking rescue agencies with a little social media savvy. more ›

UPDATE 12:28 PM: The final tally for the number of cats seized from Regan's hoard is 240, says the Star-News. There's being a "crazy cat lady," as in a fondness for LOL Cats emails, jokes about spinsterhood, and perpetual fur on clothes, and then there's being a crazy cat lady, as in keeping 140 cats in feces-soiled crates inside a storage space. more ›

See additional photos published yesterday from last weekend's inaugural edition of the Silver Lake Jubilee. more ›

Hello, kitty lovers! The same group that brought you Be Kind to Animals Week in early May has designated June as Adopt-a-Cat Month. more ›

Dogs and cats give birth in litters, and last year, so did Nadya Suleman, hence her moniker OctoMom. That common bond is what seems to have prompted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to have offered to rescue Suleman from foreclosure on her La Habra home, MyFoxLA is reporting. more ›

On Sunday evening, Jessica Amen and Kyle Kushner lost just about everything when their two-story unit apartment in Brentwood went aflame. Over 100 Los Angeles firefighters fought the aggressive blaze for nearly an hour before extinguishing it, keeping it contained to only their unit. One resident and one firefighter sustained injuries, but nothing life threatening. more ›