Underdog Animal Rescue

In Contra Costa County, CC4C is an all-volunteer, non-profit cat rescue group that gives street cats that have been abandoned medical rehabilitation, spay and neuter services, foster care, and adoption. Through a successful trap-neuter-return program, we also seek to minimize the number of feral cats. Whenever feasible, kittens and cats are fostered, socialized, and adopted out to loving homes through our weekly adoption events. We receive all of our funding through grants, fund-raising, and public donations.

Enhance the lives of dogs and cats in our neighborhood, find homes for animals in need, and offer assistance to people who require help caring for their pets.

Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) is a nationally renowned, award-winning leader with the dual mission of "People Rescuing Animals... Animals Rescuing People®." With 47,000 adoptions to date, we also strengthen the bond between humans and animals by providing life-changing programs for kids, seniors, veterans, and members of the underprivileged community.

Depending on the needs and preferences of each dog, dogs in our rescue are either housed in our home or with one of our foster families.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit company called Vizsladogs, Ltd. is home to the Vizsla Rescue Haven, which provides long-term foster care for Vizslas who are no longer adoptable. We provide care for exceptional redheads who have ended up in rescue organizations, shelters, or whose family can no longer care for them from our site in Oakley, California, but who have little chance of being adopted.

The county's Animal Services division is in charge of upholding leash regulations, rounding up stray or runaway animals, and managing a shelter in Martinez.