SF News Dozens of Shelter Pets Coming to SF SPCA From Los Angeles; Puppy Adoptions Currently Free The San Francisco SPCA is getting ready to receive 30 dogs and cats from Southern California shelters that have been impacted by the wildfires there, and they are hoping to get more dogs adopted this week to make space.
Arts & Entertainment A Sacramento Chihuahua Named ‘Bark Purdy’ Will Compete In the Puppy Bowl A Chihuahua mix by the name of ‘Bark Purdy’ hails from Sacramento, and he’s hardly Mr. Irrelevant as he heads to Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl XX. But sorry suitors, he’s already been adopted.
SF News Senior Dog Rescue Muttville Facing ‘Crisis’ of Abandoned Dogs, Aims to Get 100 of Them Adopted Over Holidays The folks at Muttville are seeing unprecedented rates of senior dogs being euthanized at other shelters, and they’re responding with a huge push to take in and find homes for 100 of those adorable mutts.
SF News Lil Six-Month-Old Pup Abandoned at SFO Adopted By Airline Pilot After Bizarre Odyssey This six-month-old pupper Polaris was abandoned at SFO back in September, but an airline pilot and his family have taken the dog in, after dozens of United Airlines employees clamored to adopt the puppy.
Arts & Entertainment World's Ugliest Dog, Named Mr. Happy Face, Crowned In Petaluma The World's Ugliest Dog Contest once again graced the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma last weekend, and this year's winner is as ugly-cute as they come.
SF News SPCA Now Teeming With Dogs, Adoption Fees Waived In SF for All of June The SPCA put out the call on Twitter on Monday, dubbing this their Summer of Lovin' event, with all adoption fees waived on "adult" dogs aged 5 months or older.
SF News San Francisco SPCA Sells Pac Heights Hospital to Private Vets, Will Open New Community Clinic In Excelsior The SFSPCA announced Thursday that it is selling its longtime facility in Pacific Heights and using the proceeds to fund a new community clinic that will serve lower-income neighborhoods in the southeast quadrant of the city.
SF News SF SPCA Offering Free Adoptions for Senior Pets, Large Dogs Through August 15 Adoption fees are being temporarily waived at the San Francisco SPCA for older dogs and cats, and doggos 30 pounds or heavier, through the middle of August.
Arts & Entertainment Kitten Found Stranded On Freeway Overpass Ledge Near SFO Now Up For Adoption A kitten who was apparently tossed off a freeway overpass near SFO earlier this month and was stranded on a ledge high above the ground was rescued by the Peninsula Humane Society and is now up for adoption.
Arts & Entertainment Scamp the Tramp Wins Top Prize At the 2019 World's Ugliest Dog Competition The annual Sonoma-Marin Fair happened last week, ending Sunday, and Friday was the big day for the fair's nationally celebrated World's Ugliest Dog competition. Taking home first prize this year was this little guy, named Scamp the Tramp.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Adorable Bonded Cat And Bunny Seek New Home, Together Tigger the cat and Magic the rabbit are best friends, you guys. And now the Marin Humane Society is looking for someone to take them both in, because they can't be separated. CBS
SF News Dozens Of Chihuahuas Found In Solano County Hoarder House Need Homes The SPCA of Solano County has a very adorable but very difficult problem on their hands as they've just had an intake of 80 chihuahuas who now need new homes. As the Chronicle
SF News BREAKING: Puppy Cafe Proposed For San Francisco A rare ray of sunshine breaks through the election haze today with the news that San Francisco could soon have its very own puppy cafe. Yes, you read that correctly: A puppy cafe.
Arts & Entertainment Neglected Marin Pooch 'Mozzarella' Adopted By SFist Readers, Renamed 'Ziggy' I *knew* this would end happily. The neglected poodle mix nicknamed Mozzarella by Marin Humane Society staffers, discovered last week next to a dumpster at a Mill Valley shopping center, already has a
SF News Neglected Poodle Mix Abandoned By Dumpster In Marin Needs New Home Just to round out the day with what will hopefully be a happy story, a two-year-old poodle mix abandoned by a dumpster at a Marin County shopping center is in search of a
Arts & Entertainment Ponch, The Canine Bay Bridge Escape Artist, To Be Adopted Today Thanks to loads of publicity and one daring dash across the Bay Bridge toward the city he now calls home, Ponch the Chihuahua has had plenty of interest from potential adoptive parents at
Arts & Entertainment You Should Adopt These Perfectly Quirky Rescue Pets This Weekend You know what's great about rescue pets? They're always a little bit off, like they are terrified of the vacuum cleaner or they hide under the couch whenever an ambulance goes by. That
SF News Oakland Shelter Swimming In Rabbits You know the old chestnut about "[copulating] like bunnies"? Yeah, well, an Oakland family whose developmentally disabled son was given two rabbits, believing both were female, was surprised by a litter of rabbits,
