Rancho Cucamonga Animal Center
Adopt a pet, find a lost animal, license your pet, or connect with Animal Services in Rancho Cucamonga.
Need Field Services or after-hours guidance?
Start with what you need.Adopt · Reunite · License · Get help
Start here
Choose the option that best matches what you need. Each path leads to the official next step.
Browse dogs, cats, and small animals and prepare for your visit.
Search recent arrivals or follow the correct found-pet steps.
Complete a Rancho Cucamonga pet license through DocuPet.
Official City page → DocuPetFind the right path for animal safety, welfare, nuisance, or wildlife concerns.
Find microchip, vaccine, spay/neuter, pantry, surrender, and rehoming help.
Choose the kind of support that fits your time, home, or resources.
Adopt
Current listings are maintained through RCAC’s official animal-viewing service.
DogsOpens official animal listings 
CatsOpens official animal listings 
Small animalsOpens official animal listings Concept imagery only. These are not live RCAC animal profiles; current availability appears only on the official listings.
Adoption visit planner
Adoptions are Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00–5:00 p.m.
Adoptions are in person, first come / first approved; no appointment is necessary.
Bring a valid driver’s license or state ID.
All household members must attend.
For dog adoptions, bring all resident dogs.
If you rent, check landlord and insurance restrictions before visiting.
2025 Animal Center outcomes
RCAC is an open-admission municipal shelter serving animals from the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
Programs & resident resources
Explore practical services, specialized programs, and local guidance—organized around the help you need.
Featured program
RCAC provides foster families with food, pet supplies, medication, veterinary care, and guidance. Fosters provide the temporary home.
Explore foster careSupport for vulnerable cats through managed intake, TNR, foster care, and working-cat pathways.
Online licensing and renewal through the City’s DocuPet partnership.
Spay/neuter vouchers, microchips, vaccination resources, and Puff’s Pantry support.
Local guidance for coyotes, bats, bears, mountain lions, and injured wildlife.
Surrender appointments, rehoming resources, and assistance for Rancho Cucamonga residents.
Get involved
Choose the kind of commitment that fits you. Each action leads to the organization responsible for the next step.
Provide short-term care while RCAC supplies food, medication, veterinary support, and guidance.
Become a FosterExplore current roles such as animal enrichment, socialization, foster support, and Pet Cadet opportunities.
View Volunteer RolesSupport approved programs through the separate RCAC Foundation or current City wish-list options.
Choose How to Give Opens the separate RCAC Foundation websiteSince 2006
Since opening as a City-operated center in 2006, RCAC has helped more than 62,000 animals find homes, reunite with families, or receive needed care. Its Community Cat program has served more than 6,000 free-roaming cats.
Source context: City of Rancho Cucamonga, May 2026 newsletter.
Learn about RCACCurrent official event
Thursday, October 1 · 6:00–9:00 p.m. · Topgolf Ontario. Benefiting the Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care Foundation.
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Adopt at RCAC
Browse current dogs, cats, and small animals in RCAC’s care.