The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS) is a non-profit Joint Powers Authority serving the County of Santa Cruz, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, and City of Capitola.
The Shelter provides 24-hour animal rescue and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. SCCAS has two locations where people can find and recover lost pets and adopt new animal companions, the Santa Cruz location on 7th & Rodriguez and the Watsonville location on Airport Blvd.
SCCAS rescues and assures temporary shelter, veterinary and humane care for approximately 5,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, neglected and injured animals every year.