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.
Arts & Entertainment SF SPCA Celebrates 155th Anniversary Tuesday Night With ‘Late Night Wooftop Party’ The San Francisco SPCA is fur-nishing cocktails, bites, and DJ dancing at Thursday night’s Late Night Wooftop Party at Dandelion Chocolate Factory, with animal therapy pets on hand to greet you.
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 Like Everything Else, Macy's Holiday Windows Are Going Virtual With Videos of Adoptable Kittens and Puppies The annual tradition of seeing adoptable puppies and kittens in the windows of Macy's in Union Square, courtesy of the SPCA, will be more of a virtual affair this year.
SF News SF SPCA Bans Controversial 'Prong' Dog Collars From Campuses You've likely seen prong collars (like the one pictured above) on dogs in San Francisco — perhaps you've even used one yourself! (On a dog, jeez, what you do in private is your business.
Arts & Entertainment Reporting Live From The Puppy Bowl Cafe, Just Open In SF People, you would not believe the sheer level of joy and delight being unleashed down at the Puppy Bowl Cafe, just outside Gott's Roadside at SF's Ferry Building on Thursday afternoon. The puppies
SF News Someone Threw These Puppies In A Merced Dumpster Ugh. Last week six border collie puppies were found abandoned in a Merced dumpster. After being discovered by a hair salon worker in the process of taking out the trash, the 4-month-old puppies
SF News East Bay SPCA Seeks Public Help After Daisymae The Dog Snatched From Volunteer The East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is hoping the public will help them track down a dog named Daisymae, after she was stolen from a volunteer at their
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Live 'Puppy Bowl Cafe' Arrives In SF Next Week! In some (house) breaking news that might be the first thing you’ll like about having the Super Bowl in San Francisco, the Puppy Bowl is bringing a live version of the adorable
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Animal Shelters Worth A Follow On Social Media One way to cure the winter blues, and improve the life of one lonely, furry creature, would be to adopt a pet. But, of course, if you are too busy these days and
Arts & Entertainment This Holiday Weekend, SFO Will Go To The Dogs According to AAA, this holiday weekend is set to have the highest rate of travel since 2010. But travelers passing through San Francisco International Airport might have a little less stress than folks
Arts & Entertainment Video: East Bay SPCA's 'Uptown Funk' Parody Will Bowl You Over With Cuteness 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
SF News SF Man Charged With Felony Animal Cruelty For Starving Dog To Death A necropsy performed by a Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA veterinarian has shown that a young Bichon Frise died of starvation before it was stuffed in a shoe box with a small plush
SF News Evil Meatball Poisoner Back Out There Terrorizing Dog Owners? Two separate reports one of a potentially poisoned meatball found by a dog owner on the street near Potrero Hill and another of an alleged "eight pounds" of chopped onions found scattered in
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Adoptable Animals In Union Square Macy's Confound With Cuteness Uuuugh you grumble as you try to make your way up Stockton Street. Look at these rubes clogging the sidewalk in front of Macy's. It's like they never saw a cat or a
SF News The Bay Area Is Still A Mess With Stray Chihuahuas The past few years around Christmas and Valentine's Day we've heard about Chihuahua airlifts happening that take the West Coast's unwanted bumper crop of the little dogs in shelters to places on the
SF News More Bay Area Dogs Getting Poisoned By Pot Stories started surfacing last year about increased cases of marijuana poisoning in dogs and the problem is apparently getting worse. CBS reports that Bay Area clinics are seeing more dogs in their emergency
SF News 17 Cats Rescued From Filthy Camping Trailer After receiving a call from a concerned citizen, Monterey County officials have found and rescued 17 cats from what they describe as inhumane, hazardous, and unsafe conditions. The ten cats and seven kittens
Arts & Entertainment Profoundly Adorable, But Problematic, Kitten Season Hits S.F. SPCA We got pretty worked up when we saw this CBS report, which says that Bay Area shelters are experiencing a bumper crop of kittens as warmer temperatures and less rain encourage cats to
SF News Video: 51 Cats Rescued From Hoarders Are Recovering Adorably Good news from the feline world today. After 113 kittens were found dead in two Seaside, California homes last month, the Monterey County SPCA has slowly nursed the 51 surviving adult cats back
SF News SPCA Finds 113 Dead Kittens In Raid On Cat Hoarder Aided by local police, the heroes from the Monterey County SPCA uncovered 113 dead kittens Tuesday while serving search warrants at two properties in sleepy Seaside, California. "It’s very disturbing,” SPCA humane
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
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Catlandia' So, it's a PSA for the SPCA, but it's also meant to be a funny viral video. It's two San Franciscans, you see, engaging in a bit of San Frandlandia/Portlandia-style one-upsmanship ("I
SF News San Francisco Still Exporting Chihuahuas To New York City Despite previous rescue efforts by Virgin America and S.F. Animal Care & Control, it seems San Francisco still has a surplus of the pocket-sized pooches thanks to the sort of people who
