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Animal Services

Mission Viejo Animal Services Center has a Foster Care Program for local residents to temporarily house shelter animals until they are ready for adoption. There are a variety of foster home situations including bottle fed kittens or puppies, pregnant cats or dogs and surgery recuperation. Foster families must live in close proximity to the shelter in case of emergencies and must also have a spare room in their home dedicated to housing foster animals.

Apply/Get a pet license?

Pet License applications may be downloaded and printed from our website and mailed in with the required documents or brought in person to the office during business hours.

We appreciate you considering us for your donation. Our donation needs change frequently, and our storage space is very limited. We ask that you please call before dropping off your donations to inquire what donations we are currently accepting. Our phone number is 949-470-3045. 

One item we can always accept is wet dog food of any brand. 

For further information, please contact the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center at 470-3045 or e-mail the Volunteer Coordinator at ask-shelter@cityofmissionviejo.org. Thank you for your interest.

Online Pet Licensing

Is your pets license on hold? 

If your pet license is on hold for a current rabies certificate, proof of spay/neuter, or proof of age please e-mail your documents to petlicensing@cityofmissionviejo.org 

Services Provided by the Mission Viejo Animal Shelter

  • Protection of public health against contagious, infectious, or communicable animal diseases
  • Rabies Control
  • Patrol of public streets and parks
  • Adoption of shelter animals
  • Vaccine and Microchip Clinics
  • Animal Licensing
  • Community Outreach Presentations (providing education on humane animal care, wildlife con