Palo Alto Animal Services
3281 E. Bayshore Road , Palo Alto. Animal Services provides lost-animal recovery, animal rescue, pet adoption, vaccination, licensing services and low-cost spay and neutering for residents of all cities.
E-mail: animal.services@cityofpaloalto.org.
Hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed Sundays and holidays, and every other Friday.
Call Main number, lost or stray animals, 650-496-5971; after-hour emergencies, dead animal pickup, animal control dispatch, 650-329-2413 (24 hours); Spay and Neuter Clinic, 650-496-5933.

Palo Alto Humane Society
P.O. Box 60715, Palo Alto. Devoted to the protection and welfare of animals on the Midpeninsula, the Humane Society provides education, intervention, advocacy and emergency advice. It is not a shelter and does not have animal-control officers.
E-mail: pahs@paloaltohumane.org.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Call 650-424-1901.

Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA
12 Airport Blvd., San Mateo. Animal adoption and counseling; lost-and-found assistance; microchipping; licensing; animal rescue; cruelty investigations; animal-behavior helpline; Wildlife Rehabilitation Center; dog training classes; referrals for pet-friendly housing; pet-loss grief support group. Low-cost vaccination and spay/neuter clinics. Camps for children. Adoptions: $100 for dog; $80 for cat; fees for other animals vary.
E-mail: pawmaster@peninsulahumanesociety.org (webmaster).
Hours: Weekdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; weekends 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed major holidays
Call 650-340-7022 ext. 328 for volunteer opportunities; 650-340-7022 main number, lost or stray animals; 650-340-7025 spay/neuter clinic; fax 650-348-7891.

Pets In Need
1190 Main St., Redwood City. Pets In Need is the first no-kill adoption shelter serving the Peninsula and Greater Silicon Valley. It is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and receives no local, state or federal tax support. Adoptions: $100 cats and dogs; includes spay or neuter surgery.
E-mail: Adopt@PetsInNeed.org.
Hours: Thu-Sat 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Call 650-367-1405; 650-367-1314 (fax).

Wildlife Rescue
Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Bldg. V, Palo Alto. A nonprofit program of the Peninsula Humane Society and the SPCA that focuses on rehabilitation of local wildlife and fostering public awareness, serving Palo Alto and surrounding communities. Wildlife Rescue provides care for animals in the shelter and staffs a wildlife hotline. Birds and animals must be brought to the shelter (there is no pick up service).
Hours: Daily 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Call 650-494-SAVE. For questions about animals, call the hotline at 650-494-7283, daily from 8 a.m.-7 p.m..