Animal Care

Free Pet Adoptions
2025-08-19, 2025-08-20, 2025-08-21, 2025-08-22, 2025-08-23, 2025-08-24, 2025-08-25, 2025-08-26 and 5 more dates | Big Bear Animal Shelter, 42080 North Shore Drive Big Bear City, Big Bear, CA, 92314, United States
Clear the Shelters is Back!
This August, join us for Clear the Shelters, a nationwide adoption campaign in partnership with NBCUniversal Local!
Devore and Big Bear Animal Shelters are offering FREE adoptions all month long to help pets find their forever home.
All adoptions for qualifying pets include spaying/neutering, microchipping, and most vaccines.
The meet-and-greet areas allow you to meet adoptable pets and determine whether you and your pet are the perfect match. Meet your future best friend and give a shelter pet the forever home they deserve!
Adopt a pet and help us clear the shelters! View available pets.

Animal Care Mobile Services: Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
2025-09-04 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sportsmans Park, 6171 Sunburst St, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252, United States
Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity—available while supplies last—for residents in the unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County!
Please enter your address in our service area map at animalcare.sbcounty.gov/serviceareas to see if your pet qualifies. During the event, please bring a photo ID to verify your residency. If your photo ID isn’t current, a recent utility bill can also be used as proof of residence.
Please ensure dogs are kept on a leash and cats are brought in individual carriers.
Services Offered
Services Offered:
• Free pet microchipping
• Pet ownership resources
• Dog licensing: To qualify for the discounted licensing price, you will need to bring proof of your pet’s spay/neuter. Additionally, proof of a previous rabies vaccine is required to receive a license. If your pet does not have proof of a rabies vaccine, they may receive the vaccine at the event before obtaining the license.
• Vaccinations: $10 each (FVRCP, Rabies, Bordetella, DA2PP, Leptospirosis) If you would like to receive a 3-year rabies vaccine instead of a 1-year vaccine, you must provide proof of the previous rabies vaccination.
Preregistration now available—fill out your intake forms ahead of time and skip the line on event day!

English Intake Form
Spanish Intake Form

Animal Care Mobile Services: Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
2025-09-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Pioneer Park, 33187 Hwy 247 East, Lucerne Valley, CA, 92356, United States
Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity—available while supplies last—for residents in the unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County!
Please enter your address in our service area map at animalcare.sbcounty.gov/serviceareas to see if your pet qualifies. During the event, please bring a photo ID to verify your residency. If your photo ID isn’t current, a recent utility bill can also be used with your ID as proof of residence. Please ensure dogs are kept on a leash and cats are brought in individual carriers. Preregister now on the event webpage—complete your intake forms in advance.
Services Offered
Services Offered:
• Free pet microchipping
• Pet ownership resources
• Dog licensing: To qualify for the discounted licensing price, you will need to bring proof of your pet’s spay/neuter. Additionally, proof of a previous rabies vaccine is required to receive a license. If your pet does not have proof of a rabies vaccine, they may receive the vaccine at the event before obtaining the license.
• Vaccinations: $10 each (FVRCP, Rabies, Bordetella, DA2PP, Leptospirosis) If you would like to receive a 3-year rabies vaccine instead of a 1-year vaccine, you must provide proof of the previous rabies vaccination.
Please complete our intake forms before the event:

English Intake Form
Spanish Intake Form

Take Me Home Tailgate Adoption Event
2025-09-20 11:00 - 14:00 | Devore Animal Shelter, 19777 Shelter Way Devore, San Bernardino, CA, 92407, United States
Tailgate with a purpose! Join us for our Take Me Home Tailgate event on Saturday, September 20, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Devore and Big Bear Animal Shelters.
Enjoy activities, snacks, and pet resources while you meet amazing pets looking for their forever homes.
Adoptions are FREE during the event for qualifying pets, so it’s the perfect time to draft your newest MVP (Most Valuable Pet) for your home team!
Visit our meet-and-greet areas to spend time with our pets and find your perfect match.
Each qualifying adoption includes spaying or neutering, a microchip, and age-appropriate vaccinations.
To help ease your transition to pet parenthood, MetLife Pet Insurance offers 30 days of complimentary pet insurance.

Golden Tails Adoption Event
2025-09-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Ayala Park in Bloomington, 17909 Marygold Ave, Bloomington, CA, 92316, United States
San Bernardino County Animal Care is teaming up with the Department of Aging and Adult Services to bring pet adoptions to Senior Nutrition Resource Fairs – helping seniors and pets alike! Each qualifying adoption includes spaying or neutering, a microchip, and age-appropriate vaccinations. This event will be held inside the community center at Bloomington Ayala Park.

PetSmart Adoption Event
2025-09-27 12:00 - 15:00 | Fontana PetSmart, 15042 Summit Ave., Fontana, CA, 92336, United States
San Bernardino County Animal Care is teaming up with PetSmart Charities and the Animals aRe First Fund (ARFF) to bring adoptable shelter pets to PetSmart in Fontana for a special adoption event! Adoptions are FREE thanks to ARFF! Each qualifying adoption includes spaying or neutering, a microchip, and age-appropriate vaccinations—everything you need to start your journey with a new best friend. Bring hope and love into a pet’s life by giving them a forever home.

Animal Care Mobile Services: Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
2025-10-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Sugarloaf Park, 44866 Baldwin Lane, Big Bear City, CA, 92314, United States
Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity—available while supplies last—for residents in the unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County!
Please enter your address in our service area map at animalcare.sbcounty.gov/serviceareas to see if your pet qualifies. During the event, please bring a photo ID to verify your residency. If your photo ID isn’t current, a recent utility bill can also be used as proof of residence.
Please ensure dogs are kept on a leash and cats are brought in individual carriers.
Services Offered
Services Offered:
• Free pet microchipping
• Pet ownership resources
• Dog licensing: To qualify for the discounted licensing price, you will need to bring proof of your pet’s spay/neuter. Additionally, proof of a previous rabies vaccine is required to receive a license. If your pet does not have proof of a rabies vaccine, they may receive the vaccine at the event before obtaining the license.
• Vaccinations: $10 each (FVRCP, Rabies, Bordetella, DA2PP, Leptospirosis) If you would like to receive a 3-year rabies vaccine instead of a 1-year vaccine, you must provide proof of the previous rabies vaccination.
Please complete our intake forms before the event:

English Intake Form
Spanish Intake Form

FREE Pet Adoption Event
2025-11-11 | Big Bear Animal Shelter, 42080 North Shore Drive Big Bear City, Big Bear, CA, 92314, United States
Join us this Veterans Day for a special FREE adoption event for qualifying pets at the Devore and Big Bear Animal Shelters.
Adoptions are offered FREE for EVERYONE to celebrate Veterans Day! As a token of our appreciation for their courage, service, and dedication, our year-round adoption program for VETERANS also offers adoption of one qualifying pet every six months at no cost with a valid driver’s license or identification document with “VETERAN” indicated.
Each qualifying adoption includes spay/neuter, a microchip, and age-appropriate vaccinations. To help ease your transition to pet parenthood, MetLife Pet Insurance offers 30 days of complimentary pet insurance.
To learn more about how you can help support the Devore and Big Bear Animal Shelters—or to view details about MetLife’s adoption benefit—please visit arffund.org.

Animal Care Mobile Services: Licensing, Vaccinations, and Microchipping!
2025-11-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Phelan Community Center, 4128 Warbler Rd, Phelan, 92371, United States
