San Francisco's Only Open-Admission Animal Shelter



The Department of Animal Care and Control is committed to the delivery of effective, courteous, and responsive animal care and control services to the residents of this community.

The Department is responsible for San Francisco’s stray, injured, abandoned, neglected and mistreated companion animals and wildlife, as well as for the enforcement of all state and local animal welfare, anti-cruelty, and animal control laws and ordinances.


San Francisco's only open door animal shelter that accepts any animal - in any condition - of any temperament. SF ACC is responsible for the City’s stray, injured, abandoned, neglected and mistreated animals - of all species - and wildlife. All varieties of animals are available for adoption daily. Home of Animal Planet's 'Animal Cops San Francisco'. www.sfanimalcare.org To donate: www.helpacc.org