While the well-funded San Francisco SPCA gets a lot of press, the East Bay SPCA's good works aren't always as prominently displayed. With an "annual live release rate" ("the percentage of animals that leave the shelter alive regardless of their health or behavior status") of 93%, the East Bay org is worth considering over others that make less of an effort to, as the EB SPCA puts it, "dispel the murkiness of what defines an adoptable animal."
And their adoption stats aren't the only great thing about them! In a fun and peppy take on Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk," the East Bay SPCA seeks to remind pet-seekers to adopt their cat or dog instead of buying from a puppy mill or whatever, and to spay or neuter them to help quell the cycle of unwanted beasts. All via catchy, fun, scrappy, and decidedly non-preachy video!
Watch below for cameos from the likes of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and at the :54 mark, a dachshund ON WHEELS. Too adorable.
Ready for the love, slobbery kisses, and street cred an "Oaktown Pup" is certain to get you? You can check out the East Bay SPCA's adoptable animals here, or visit their adoption center (that's where my tripod Magnolia, the fifth pup pictured here, came from) at 8323 Baldwin Street in Oakland Wednesdays-Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.