Southwest Communities Animal Shelter offers dogs and cats for adoption and also provides animal control services. The shelter is spacious and decorated with paw prints and childrens' drawings of dogs and cats on tiles in the hallways. A play area is available for visits with prospective adoptive families. Emergency animal services are available 24 hours a day. The shelter can answer emergency calls in Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Murrieta, Temecula and Wildomar.