Mastiff Need a Forever Home
Only Leonardo knows what he’s been through. And the 108-pound mastiff isn’t talking. He’s now up for adoption in Walnut Creek after having been locked in a bathroom for weeks with only a kitten and a Chihuahua for company.
In the other rooms of the vacant Central Valley house, there were two crates full of other Chihuahuas. None of them survived.
But Leonardo and his kitten and Chihuahua companions made it, likely drinking toilet water until being rescued by Kings County animal control officers. They had no food.
Their owners had moved to Las Vegas. Eventually, at the end of September, neighbors called animal control after seeing the driveway sit empty.
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Mastiff up for adoption after abandonment (Lamorinda Sun)
More than 100 animals found a new home in the week leading up to Christmas, a record-setting adoption season for the Peninsula Humane Society which still has just over 200 furry friends looking to join a family.
During the seven days leading to Christmas, 115 of the animals available for adoption were adopted from the Peninsula Humane Society. Homes were found for 106 and 104 animals in 2007 and 2008 respectively. This year, the shelter passed the 110 adoption mark for the first time in the week-long period.
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Pet adoptions up; 200 animals still need homes (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Tails of the City, a Los Angeles area pet rescue group, is asking for help after thieves stole the crates and pens used to hold animals during adoption events.
The 30 wire enclosures… valued at approximately $2,500… were apparently taken from the PETCO on La Brea, where they hold weekly pet adoption events, on Christmas night.
Without those crates, Tails of the City says it cannot hold its weekly pet adoptions.
If you would like to find out more or help them out you can go here: Tails of the City Rescue
There may not have been many presents under Martha Cuellar’s Christmas tree, but the 59-year-old Ontario resident had the best holiday ever.
After more than a month’s separation, Cuellar was reunited with her 12-year-old Chihuahua mix, Luna.
“I have my Christmas miracle,” said a tearful Cuellar. “I was afraid I was never going to see her again.”
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Dog’s rescue a ‘Christmas miracle’ (San Bernardino Sun)
An old-fashioned Christmas was the theme as local firefighters helped homeless dogs find a home.
Fresno Bully Rescue held their Christmas fundraiser in downtown Fresno at the Firefighters Union Hall.They brought out dozens of adoptable dogs looking for a home.
Read the rest of the story at: Firefighters Help Find Homes for Dogs – KGPE – CBS TV47.
In this season of good will, it is contrary to think about negative things. But I can't help but think about all the cats and kittens in this community who will never get a home. More than three quarters of all the cats and kittens that enter our county Animal Shelter will never come out alive. While some may be strays, many are also given up by owners for largely dubious reasons, mostly avoidable. Many if not most of all the cats and kittens, stray or owned, are adoptable, healthy felines.
Equally depressing are the ads in any newspaper's pet column advertising kittens “free to a good home.” How on earth do some of these people know what a “good home” is when they haven't even be responsible enough to spay their female cats.
“Free to a good home” ads are also invitations to people with heinous intentions. There are simply more cats and kittens than there are responsible and caring “forever” homes. So it with great joy I share this story of Bobbie, the homeless kitten who flew away.
Earlier this year, the Humane Society of Clarksville-Montgomery County and Montgomery County Animal Control and Adoption Service, entered into an agreement in which the Humane Society provides volunteers to help an understaffed Animal Control place the overwhelming number of dogs and cats who come through their doors.
Read the whole story at: Kitten that flew far away | theleafchronicle.com | The Leaf Chronicle.
With just a couple weeks left in their drive to adopt out 77 cats in 77 days, representatives from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center say are close to their goal.
So far, 65 cats have been adopted since the program began in November, said shelter fundraising coordinator Dee Carey. The deadline for the drive is Dec. 31.
The nonprofit, no-kill shelter received too many cats and conditions became too crowded so the shelter launched the campaign to place the animals in a home.
Read the rest of the story at: 12 cats left in 77-day adoption drive | adoption, cats, shelter – News – The Orange County Register.
Senior animals have a hard time getting adopted at local animal shelters. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of the dogs and cats that come through the Ventura County Animal Regulation shelter in Camarillo are 5 years old or older.
The Camarillo shelter is offering an adoption discount fee for seniors age 55 and older who adopt a senior animal from the shelter. The regular $125 adoption price will be reduced to $75 and will still include spaying/neutering, licensing, microchip implant, rabies shot, a certificate for a free veterinarian exam at the vet of choice and six free dog obedience lessons for canines.
Read the rest of the story at Pet adoption program meant to help seniors find a friend | www.thecamarilloacorn.com | Camarillo Acorn.
The euthanasia room at the Oakland animal shelter used to be endlessly busy, as nearly all the shelter animals ended up there.
Now, the dark, cavernous room is being converted to a surgery center to spay and neuter the thousands of animals that have been adopted and are headed to new homes.
Read the rest of the story here: Oakland animal shelter undergoes transformation.
