Visit the Shelter!

HOURS
Monday – Saturday | 10am – 4pm
Wednesday | 10am – 7pm
Sunday | 11am – 3 pm

LOCATION
1 Bolivar Drive
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 981-6600

Contact

For questions about specific animals in the shelter, adopting or fostering an animal, volunteering, donating materials to the shelter (towels, blankets, toys, etc) or wildlife concerns, contact animalservices@cityofberkeley.info or (510) 981-6600

For questions about financial donations to Friends of BACS or for more information about Friends of BACS, contact info@friendsofbacs.org. Please do not send shelter-specific questions to this email, instead use the email listed above.

What You’ll Find

BACS is much more than just another city shelter. In addition to a caring, committed, and knowledgeable staff, hundreds of volunteers collectively give an average of 426 hours of their time each week, supporting groundbreaking programs and community services.

This cooperation, enthusiasm, and compassion point to why BACS has one of the highest live release rates for a municipal facility in the nation. In April 2009, BACS was the recipient of the prestigious Maddie’s Fund Lifesaving Award, which recognized the shelter’s work in finding homes for all healthy and treatable shelter pets.