Shelter Zone
News From Bay Area Rescue & Advocacy Groups
This month’s issue is supported in part by SF Animal Medical Center and dog lovers like you.
A Year Apart: How a Microchip Finally Brought Snowy Home
As animal lovers, it’s heart-wrenching to imagine your furry family member going missing, especially after taking all the recommended precautions to ensure their safety.
Shelter Stories: The Happy Endings Are Up to You
Sweet Donny’s story could have been heartbreaking, but just when his future seemed bleakest, caring neighbors intervened, bringing him to safety. That’s when his life changed forever.
The Gift of Compassion: From Tragedy, a New Life for Bonnie
Last winter on January 18, my Vallejo home burned in a fire that claimed the lives of five of my seven beloved rescue dogs. I was away when the fire started because I was helping a neighbor take her two dogs to the vet.
Mission K9 Rescue: Giving Back to Hero Dogs
We believe that every working dog deserves a chance at a happy and healthy retirement.
My Dog Is So Metal: Life With Comet
Struggling artists and shelter dogs share a common problem: the cost of living. And when people can't afford housing, they often are forced to surrender their pets.
Love Comes In All Sizes: Large Breed Dog Day Out Program Turns Two
Silicon Valley Pet Project’s Dog Day Out program gives these larger dogs a much-needed break from shelter life and allows our volunteers to witness the dogs’ true personalities.
Fostering and the Gift of Time
Fostering an animal can be life-changing for a person and a pet. It can also be lifesaving, as shelters continue to burst at the seams and scramble to avoid euthanasia.
FAAS Needs Volunteer Dog Walkers - And Now It’s Easier Than Ever!
The oddly pleasant smell of Buckeye disinfectant wafts from the floors of the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) kennel, freshly scrubbed in late afternoon.
Saving Both Ends of the Leash: Volunteers Help Foster Dogs and Veterans Find Their Perfect Match
The volunteers at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Pets and Vets program are doing more than simply fostering dogs.
Home Fur the Holidays: The Milo Foundation Needs Your Help
Animal shelters across the state are packed to overcapacity with dogs, puppies, and kitties, too. But it’s the canine count that’s off the charts this year.
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter: Keeping Pets and People Together
Since signing a contract 10 years ago with the City of Alameda to run its animal shelter, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter has worked hard to become a reliable safety net for our community’s homeless pets.
Big Dogs, Big Help, Big Love
Did you know that an estimated 3.1 million dogs are taken into animal shelters across the nation each year…