Latest San Francisco SPCA Stories

Come Meet Your New Best Friend! OAKLAND and DUBLIN, Calif., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The East Bay SPCA will host its annual Adoptathon at Jack London Square on Sunday, July 22 from 10 am to 3 pm. The event, presented by Pet Food Express, features more than 300 adoptable animals from 35 Bay Area rescue groups and shelters. Visitors will meet cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, pocket pets and reptiles available for adoption, talk with animal behaviorists, watch dog training...

OAKLAND, Calif., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The East Bay SPCA and several other Bay Area animal shelters will host Chihuahua related events in May to help find these pint-sized dogs loving homes and educate the public about the breed. East Bay SPCA Executive Director Allison Lindquist says Chihuahuas are the predominant dog breed entering Bay Area animal shelters comprising approximately 40-50 percent of all dogs. Lindquist attributes part of the Chihuahua...

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The East Bay SPCA will perform up to 100 free spay and neuter surgeries for pit bulls, Chihuahuas and cats on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 to commemorate World Spay Day and Spay/Neuter Awareness Month. The annual marathon campaign promotes spay/neuter surgery as a proven, effective means of saving animals' lives. The East Bay SPCA will offer the free spay and neuter surgeries to pets belonging to low-income families living in...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Located in Marin County, California, Creative Rescue is a new nonprofit group looking to utilize the talents of not-for-profit art institutions to create pet products that will benefit the art organization as well as animal rescue organizations. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120130/CG42977) For their launch project, Creative Rescue has partnered with three different organizations to produce a pet first aid...

The SF SPCA is one of 49 finalists for 7x7 ‘s annual San Francisco’s Favorite Charities contest. Vote to honor the SF SPCA with the top spot and the $10,000 check that comes with it. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 21, 2011 The San Francisco SPCA, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals, has a shot at being awarded $10,000. Of the hundreds of non-profits in San Francisco, 7x7 readers nominated the San Francisco SPCA as one of the 49 contenders...

SF SPCA is featuring the work of local printmaker Xavier Viramontes as the first artist to exhibit in the new Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center Gallery. An artist's reception will be held on August 11th. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 04, 2011 The San Francisco SPCA is pleased to announce its first art exhibition/benefit at the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center Gallery, entitled "Characters, Friends and Neighbors." This new endeavor will get art on the walls of the beautiful...

SF SPCA exceeded their goal of fixing 9,000 cats and dogs in a one-year period. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 02, 2011 The San Francisco SPCA is proud to announce that they surpassed the goal of 9,000 spay and neuter surgeries on cats and dogs between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the SF SPCA fiscal year. It was an ambitious goal and one which required the SF SPCA Spay/Neuter Clinic to operate seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year, with at least one surgeon and six support staff...

Festive, dog-friendly cruise to support local children and canines. San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) May 12, 2011 Family dogs are invited to be furry first mates on Sunday, June 12, when Hornblower Cruises & Events holds its annual Dog Day on the Bay cruise. The popular event is the one time each year that dogs cruise free with their owners, and this year's cruise navigates new philanthropic waters by benefitting the San Francisco SPCA's Puppy Dog Tales Reading Program for the first...

SF SPCA to provide free spay and neuter procedures for Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes throughout May. The organization is also extending its $100 adoption offer for dogs under 20 pounds. San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) April 22, 2011 The San Francisco SPCA has announced that it will offer free spay and neuter procedures for Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes for the entire month of May in an effort to curb overpopulation and abandonment of these adorable dogs. To kick-off the month-long...

MUSCATINE, Iowa, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Three of Texas' largest animal rescue groups are gearing up for a social media driven campaign that will benefit shelter cats with the click of the mouse. World's Best Cat Litter(TM) is bringing its GiveLitter(TM) initiative to Texas in an effort to donate thousands of pounds of much-needed cat litter to the SPCA of Texas in Dallas, Citizens For Animal Protection in Houston and the Austin Humane Society! The GiveLitter(TM) initiative makes...