Bakersfield Spca

If you're looking to adopt a pet, I would highly recommend visiting Bakersfield SPCA's website as I was told that it is up to date with all of the current animals that are available for adoption! It's a little difficult to get ahold of this place over the phone, but once you do, they only take same day appointments & you have to call on the day you want to visit + hope that there are free appointments. We visited to view cats and were helped shortly after arriving. According to the front desk, if the animal that you're interested in picking up has already been spayed, you can take them home the same day! Or, if they have been, they either try to get them spayed/neutered the next day, or by Tuesdays (as those are their spay/neuter days). We unexpectedly found the perfect little baby to take home, 20 minutes, a bit of paper work + calls to my apartment complex and $100 later, we were given all the paper work / vaccine records + a bag of kitten kibble! Make sure to bring your own carrier if you're really looking to pick up a furry friend on the same day.The only thing I didn't like was finding out afterwards that our little boy hadn't finished his course of vaccines. A friend of mine has adopted cats from an SPCA before & because they hadn't finished having their vaccines, they were able to go in to the facility to finish off their booster shots free of cost.

We had a wonderful experience last weekend when we rescued from the Bakersfield, SPCA. They do a thorough check to ensure their pets go to good homes. We brought our dog to a meet and greet with the puppy we were interested in adopting, and it went smoothly. We had no issues and everyone there was so kind. I'm confused by some of the reviews because we had a great experience! We are so lucky and thankful we were able to rescue Northern after losing our cavalier King Charles last year. We are so excited for our new adventure as a family of four again.

I adopted the love of my life from the SPCA. Correction, my bf did. I went here about four years ago with my bf at the time, we were walking by the small dog section and as I passed by one cage, a little black chihuahua ran to the bars, and rolled on his back to have his tummy scratched. AWWWW! I said, and my bf dragged me away. "You don't have time for a dog" he told me and made us go home. He told me he was going to his cousins, but actually went back to the SPCA and asked to play with Carlos in the play yard... and saw what indeed a sweetheart he was; he paid the $20, and did the paperwork for Carlos to get neutered, get a chip, etc. When my bf came home, he threw the receipt at me. "You got your dog." When I got to go pick him up a week later and he was brought out to me, he was all wiggly and happy. It's been a love story ever since....I'm grateful for the post adoption help with my new baby. I appreciate that following the adoption, I was given a referral for a free visit to the vet for well doggy care. There is never been a more spoiled pooch than Carlos. He goes everywhere with me. Even if it's weird - he likes to be in the bathroom and lay on the rug while I shower lol. He gets to travel with us, unlike our rescue kitties. Carlos brings so much joy to my life, something that I very recently came to really appreciate when he got out and was gone for more than 24 hours. (I came back to the SPCA to see whether someone had found him and took him here.) I appreciate the care they have at the SPCA. It felt more warm, like more like a zoo than a jail .... weird analogy but I think you get what I mean by seeing all these animals behind bars / in cages..... I also went to another shelter and saw all the other found dogs and cats there and thought to myself I wish there was as much care there as there was at the SPCA. I don't want to harsh on the other place because thank goodness they exist and maybe the sheer volume of abandonments make managing so many animals humanely is difficult. I had a wonderful experience with the Bakersfield SPCA. While I know there are glitches with any volunteer organization, I am very grateful for their existence.

I heard This place does great things to help the animals.This place had training going on the day I stopped by and their were many people stopping by and this place was closed to the public.I was not able to verify anything about this place.

I must first start by saying this 3 star review in no way should deter you from adopting from this SPCA.   In fact i beg you to if you are considering getting a pet please look here first these animals need loving care and nourishment!!  And the condition my older son and I received our kittens/cats in tells a lot as to the care they receive here unfortunately...My oldest has adopted 2 cats from here in the past several months. Why idk they have wayyy too many demons to have pets in my opinion and that's not an exaggeration LOL badly behaved demons!!  Anyhoo both cats were very skinny bony in fact and both had been there for at least several months as was mine.  Theirs somehow acclimated easily i assume they were happy to be out of hell haha sorry had to..Everything is done online. You find the animal you'd like to adopt, then fill out an application, someone will call you usually within 3-4 days.  My son had been watching the website for a few months. That's how we knew these cats had been there at least that long as does the website tell you how long they've had an animal as well.   He finally made a decision with this lil guy we now have :)...We got there to pick TomFüüzy up. They pulled us into a room, we signed the paperwork and they brought him in a carrier with a bag of Hills science diet kitten food. They said that is what they feed them.   When we got home and got him out we immediately noticed how insanely skinny he was!  I'm talking his skin was hanging and his fur was brittle, coarse and dry, not soft like kitten fur. All of his bones were poking out as if that's all he consisted of, no fat no muscle It felt as though he'd break that's how frail he was :(...idk how in the hell he can be this malnourished after a minimum of 2 months there??  When he finally started trying to eat and drink he had no idea how he couldn't chew the food properly and acted like he'd never eaten before.  And the water he didn't know how to drink I assume he was fed water from a drip spout there but as dehydrated as he was makes me wonder if they ever made sure he was actually drinking it or consuming the food!!!  This is a 5 month old kitten according to them.  So my god please come and adopt from them now!!!  Now a little less than 2 weeks later he is eating like a pig, drinking like a fish and being sweet and also a rambunctious little shit haha!!  He's also looking like the adorable lil chub chub kitten he should be.  His fur is super soft and his general health is 100% improved :)...I most certainly think there is laziness and lack of care when it comes to feeding them for damn sure here i've no clue why as this is all they do on a daily basis.  All I can attest to is my experience and my oldest son's experience which was very close to mine.  That's not a coincidence!!  Will i come back in the future oh you bet your sweet ass i will these animals deserve a loving home...

On 5/3 & 5/6 of this year (2024) I called Bakersfield SPCA in a desperate effort to place a Husky pup under a year old I found, with a $1000 pledge. Not only did they refuse him due to his breed size, the ladies I spoke with each day did not offer any other resource or good will advice. In fact, they said to take him to the local shelter or leave him where I found him. I did speak to a leadership level personnel of my experience. Today, I opted to leave a review when I got an email from a car dealership that has partnered up with Bakersfield SPCA. I will neither purchase from this car manufacturer or donate to this org. I noticed on the SPCA website they primarily house only small breed pups, with only one large size breed (intake 9/18), oddly enough, I never received a call there was an opening for the exact scenario I had. Trust factor gone with this organization and I hope there is a positive change in their operation.THE POSITIVE of this is: I donated that $$$ to another rescue org and kept that handsome furbaby!

I wanted to adopt this little dog to give it a good home with love that was until I saw how much they charge $400 $500 are u kidding me what r u salvation army just in it for the money shame on you ive decided if im going to put that kinda money out ill be getting a puppy from a breeder. Awesome spca your greed didnt get that dog a loving home! Plus the people r rude as all get out just wow

i've gone here and adopted two of my animals from here before and had decent experiences. Today, I found a dog today and wasn't able to keep her, however i called and they said they wouldn't be able to shelter her because they didn't have room for that size of dogs. however, when i took the dog to check if she was chipped they said she wasn't and they would evaluate her. Jeanette helped me and was extremely rude. She had no patience was very unpleasant and was very condescending. I let her know that the dog was bleeding due to being in heat and she said " well yeah she's on her menstrual cycle". she was very rude. i had let her know that i called and they had said they wouldn't be able to keep her and she said " who told you that because it's not true" she was very very rude. i was under the impression if the dog didn't have a chip id be responsible on finding a home so i was looking for a home and had people interested. i had asked her if it would it be fine if i had a few minutes before i handed the dog over to spca to make sure nobody i knew didn't want her. she was pressuring me on giving the dog to spca and didn't give me any time to make sure people i knew didn't want her. she was extremely unpleasant, condescending, and rude. i recommend spca as a place to adopt but jeanette was very rude.

They treat you like a criminal here and they take your driver license and they did not come back with it. They are rude people only in Bakersfield. They have no people skills. I really can't stand this place . When you call they are rude also, to find out any information about anything. Things need to change here. The people are all wrong.

I just dropped off some much needed blankets. The staff was very polite and helpful. The kennels were very clean and you could tell the critters get as much people time as they can do. You cannot touch them but there is good reason for that. Please consider adopting your next pet