Operating on the leanest of budgets, Oakland Animal Services oversees the city's Animal Control Unit responsible for enforcing animal welfare and public safety laws, provides care for stray and surrendered animals, supports lost pet searches and reunions, and facilitates the placement of homeless animals
via public adoptions and coordination with adoption partners near and far.
Assistance is available for children adopted through private or
public agencies; independent
adoptions, those negotiated
via a private attorney, are not eligible for federal or state funds.