Due to the current lockdown restrictions as well as to an abundance of caution, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services is only providing essential services to all Riverside County residents at this time. Below is the full list of essential services being provided as well as the full list of non-essential services that are not currently being offered at this time. Additionally, Animal Services is strongly encouraging all residents to make an appointment and to do licensing online and not to show up to one of the shelters without an appointment. Additionally, Animal Services is also instituting a moratorium for late licensing for the next three weeks (no late fees during this period).  For more information, please visit RCDAS.ORG or call (951)-358-7387. 

 

Essential service: 

Stray intake 

Emergency owner intake 

Adoptions (by appointment only)  

RTOs (return-to-owner pet reunions) 

Field services (animal control officers working their beats) 

Shelter medicine and spay/neuter 

Owner-requested euthanasia 

 

Non-essential services: 

Public Spay/neuter (the dept. cannot accommodate these surgery requests at this time) 

Public vaccination clinics 

Volunteers in our building 

Upcoming food bank events (the new Healthy Pet Zone program)