Bakersfield, CA
The main Kern County shelter on Fruitvale Avenue in Bakersfield, handling adoptions, intake and animal control across the county. A second satellite shelter operates in Lake Isabella.
Female cats and kittens $50, male cats and kittens $40. The department runs frequent reduced-fee events, announced on its social media.
Visit during adoption hours to meet the cats, or browse available animals on the department website.
Estimated by applying the AVMA's 2024 national cat-ownership rate (32.1% of households) to the county's real household count from the Census Bureau — a national rate applied locally, not a local survey. Population and housing figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Monday through Saturday 10am-4pm, with Wednesdays running 2pm-7pm instead. Closed on county holidays.
Yes. A satellite shelter operates as the Kern Valley Animal Shelter in Lake Isabella, well east of Bakersfield.
At 3951 Fruitvale Avenue in Bakersfield.
Contact the shelter at (661) 868-7100 to ask about surrendering an animal.
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