Simi Valley Pet & Wildlife Emergency Resource Guide

🚨 24-Hour Emergency Veterinary Hospitals

Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center — Thousand Oaks

Emergency and critical care available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

📞 (805) 492-2436

📍 2967 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Services: Emergency medicine, surgery, hospitalization and veterinary specialty care

Website: VSEC Thousand Oaks

Approximately 20–30 minutes from much of Simi Valley, depending on location and traffic.

ACCESS Specialty Animal Hospitals — San Fernando Valley

📞 (818) 887-2262

📍 20051 Ventura Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91364

🕐 Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Services: Emergency and critical care, cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, surgery and orthopedics

Website: ACCESS San Fernando Valley

🏥 Simi Valley Urgent Veterinary Care

These clinics may be useful when a pet needs prompt attention but are not substitutes for a 24-hour emergency hospital.

Simi Valley Animal Urgent Care

📞 (805) 537-1838

📍 5105 E. Los Angeles Avenue, Suite A, Simi Valley, CA 93063

Services: Evening urgent care for dogs and cats

Email: info@svanimalurgentcare.vet

Website: Simi Valley Animal Urgent Care

Call to confirm that the clinic is open and able to treat your pet's condition.

Park Animal Hospital

📞 (805) 526-0573

📍 2767 Tapo Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063

Provides urgent care during regular clinic hours rather than around-the-clock emergency service.

☠️ Poison Emergencies

(888) 426-4435

ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center

Available 24 hours; a consultation fee may apply.

(855) 764-7661

Pet Poison Helpline

Available 24 hours; a consultation fee applies.

💡 Tip: Keep the packaging or label from any medication, plant, chemical or food the animal may have swallowed.

🏠 Local Shelters and Companion-Animal Rescue

Ventura County Animal Services

The county agency operates both the Camarillo and Simi Valley shelters and handles animal control, lost and found pets, adoptions and other community animal services.

📞 Main: (805) 388-4341

📞 Countywide: 1-888-223-PETS

📍 Simi Valley Shelter: 670 W. Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065

🕐 After-hours: Call (805) 388-4341 and select Option 4 for emergency assistance

Website: Ventura County Animal Services

Animal Rescue Volunteers — Simi Valley

A foster-based nonprofit focused primarily on rescuing abandoned and abused dogs. It does not operate a public shelter.

📞 (805) 579-8047

Email: staff@arvsimi.org

Mailing Address: 1464 Madera Road, N350, Simi Valley, CA 93065

Website: ARV Simi Valley

VCAS Bunny Brigade

A Ventura County Animal Services volunteer program supporting shelter rabbits, including adoption assistance and rabbit-to-rabbit introductions.

Email: VCASBunnyBrigade@gmail.com

Website: Ventura County Animal Services rabbit page

🦝 Injured or Orphaned Wildlife

🏆 Best First Call for Simi Valley Wildlife

Wildlife Care of Southern California

A Simi Valley-area wildlife rehabilitation organization that rescues, rehabilitates and releases injured or orphaned native wildlife.

📞 Information: (805) 581-3911

📞 Wildlife Emergency: (805) 428-7105

Website: Wildlife Care of Southern California

Commonly assists with animals such as squirrels, opossums and other small native wildlife, or refers callers to the appropriate permitted rehabilitator.

Squirrelmender Wildlife Rehabilitation

Specializes primarily in tree squirrels and ground squirrels. The organization also works with a network of rehabilitators to direct other wildlife species to appropriate care.

Website: Squirrelmender Wildlife Rehabilitation

Contact through its website for current intake instructions.

Ojai Raptor Center

Specialized help for injured or orphaned hawks, owls and other birds of prey.

📞 (805) 649-6884

Call before transporting an animal.

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

Provides rehabilitation for injured and orphaned wildlife, including many birds and small mammals.

📞 Wildlife Helpline: (805) 681-1080

Particularly useful when a closer rehabilitator cannot accept the animal.

California Wildlife Center — Malibu

Rehabilitates native California wildlife, including birds, mammals and reptiles.

📞 (310) 458-9453

Website: California Wildlife Center

Call first because species accepted and intake capacity can vary.

WildRescue Statewide Referral Line

Connects callers with wildlife rescue and rehabilitation resources in their area.

📞 1-866-WILD-911

📞 (866) 945-3911

🦝 Quick Wildlife Guidance

When someone finds a wild animal:

Do not feed it or give it water. Incorrect feeding or forced water can cause serious injury.
Keep children and pets away.
Call a wildlife rehabilitator before moving it, unless it is in immediate danger.
When instructed to contain a small animal, use a ventilated box lined with a towel and keep it somewhere dark, quiet and warm.
Never handle a bat, raccoon, skunk, coyote, bobcat or other potentially dangerous animal with bare hands.
A young rabbit, bird or squirrel found alone may not be orphaned. Its parent may be nearby.
Wildlife rehabilitators generally are not staffed like 24-hour hospitals, so leave a clear message and contact the next organization when the situation is urgent.

California advises contacting a permitted rehabilitation facility or a California Department of Fish and Wildlife office rather than attempting to raise wildlife at home.