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.
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.
Sharing is Caring: Marin Humane Brings Relief to LA Shelters
Marin Humane and other Bay Area shelters helped free up space for animals displaced by the LA fires.
It Changes Everything: Why You Should Foster a Dog This Year
Whenever I tell people that I foster dogs, they often respond, “I could never do that; I would be too sad when they got adopted.” And they’re not wrong.
The Long Journey to Hope: One Dog’s Tale
It was a lucky day for Journey, a sweet little dog who had been living in a homeless encampment. He was no one’s dog, existing on scraps, and had somehow been gravely injured, leaving his hind legs useless.
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.
Let’s Hear It for Furry Foster Volunteers! Why a Host Pet Can Make All the Difference
When a foster animal is around another stable animal in the home, it can often provide immediate relief.
Save a Life, Become a Foster
Shelters all over California are reaching their capacity to take in and care for dogs and puppies.
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.
Working Together Saves Lives: Join the Movement to Help Shelter Pets
After decades of lifesaving innovations aimed at reducing the number of pets euthanized in shelters, California animal welfare leaders are concerned that shelters are once again filling up.
Transitions: Wondering About Wonder Dog?
Two years ago, Wonder Dog Rescue began a major transition.
Introducing Rescue the Underdog
Rescue the Underdog is a tiny, but mighty rescue.
Oakland’s Dog Town: A New Approach to Fostering
Long before the pandemic’s stay-at-home orders triggered the huge demand for foster dogs, Oakland Animal Services (OAS) had developed plans to create a new foster dog program called Dog Town.