Los Angeles Animal Services surpassed expectations ending 2015-16 with the highest live-save rate of 78.74% for dogs and cats. Add horses, rabbits, pocket pets and birds, 36,839 animals left our six City animal shelters with a new lease on life!
Since 2011, Los Angeles City animal shelters have been making great strides towards achieving no-kill. A live-save rate of 90 percent of every dog and cat entering the city shelter system is the nationally recognized benchmark for no-kill status and we are on target to reach that milestone by the end of 2017.
