Special Bonus Scratch This: Dogs are still overflowing at LBACS
Also, there's a Long Beach TNR & Community Cat Coalition meeting Saturday morning!
As noted in Friday morning's Watchdog article about the ending of the contract between Long Beach Animal Control Services and spcaLA, city officials have said that LBACS’ adoption programs will not change. That’s good news for us and the pets.
Currently, LBACS’ kennels are overflowing with dogs, and even with the promised best-case scenario of additional kennels, nearly 100 dogs wait at LBACS for their forever people. Most are big doggies, some of whom have been there for months. Three of them are featured below.
Meet them at the LBACS Animal Admissions entrance side of the shelter Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach (no parking fee for shelter guests). LBACS will enhance adoption events — bookmark the LBACS calendar for information.
YOURS DROOLY
Shelters have seen so many German shepherds come through their doors, overbred, abandoned by owners, possibly never finding humans worthy enough to appreciate their intelligence, loyalty and beauty. Ginger (ID#A731052), 3 years old, is a good girl who’s been at the shelter since October and has celebrated all the autumn and winter holidays with the volunteers.
She loves the human and doggie friends she’s made but so deserves a warm, soft place to sleep, long walks and a human who will love her as much as the volunteers do and will be there for her forever. Hope she spends the next season with you.
Mayfield (ID#A719434) is a 5-year-old Siberian husky/German shepherd mix who came to the shelter nearly a year ago. He and his buddy, Marilyn, were running loose in the neighborhood, and good neighbors managed to restrain them after some effort. Marilyn found a home right away, but Mayfield is still waiting for his friend.
Meet him in person so that you can see what a good fellow he is and how nice he’d look on a leash walking the neighborhood or snoring on your sofa.
The volunteers names this guy Bandit (ID#A724562) because he’s so good at stealing hearts. Bandit’s an easygoing, friendly and gentle 4-year-old Siberian Husky. He’s playful and polite with other dogs, walks very well on leash
and always enjoys spending time with people.
Bandit would make a great addition to any pack or solo buddy. He’ll steal your heart, too!
TAIL-WAGGIN' AND NOSE-BOOPIN' EVENTS
Long Beach TNR & Community Cat Coalition meeting
Are you someone involved with trapping, spaying and neutering, and releasing community cats but don’t have nearly enough resources? Are you an experienced trapper and want to help show others how? Are cats in your neighborhood having kittens everywhere, and you don’t know what the heck to do?
Save the date for the next TNR Coalition meeting at Long Beach Animal Care Services and be a part of this growing mission to keep the street-cat birthrate down and the living cats cared for. Volunteers will feature a short presentation on doing large scale TNR, and the Little Lion Foundation will give an update on the rollout of their trap/neuter/vaccinate/return program!
Get the latest about vouchers and low-cost options for spay, neuter and vaccines for community cats and owned cats, and hear an update about TNR from LBACS.
The TNR & Community Cat Coalition Meeting takes place Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at Long Beach Animal Care Services, 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach, no parking fee for shelter visitors.
Helen Sanders CatPAWS 12th annual bowling fundraiser
Knock down some pins for the purrers at CatPAWS! This family-fun event includes two hours of bowling, shoes included; appetizer or pizza, with soft drink; and an opportunity drawing with great prizes. If you don’t want to bowl, you can sit on the fence in bowling pin posture like a veritable cat and cheer on your friends!
Proceeds will help feed, house, spay/neuter and vaccinate, and give any medical treatment needed to our adoptable cats. They will also help fund CatPAWS’ mobile spay/neuter clinic, which makes great progress in lowering the number of kittens born to the streets, who grow into unwanted, homeless cats.
The Helen Sanders CatPAWS bowling fundraiser takes place Saturday, March 29, 3 p.m.–6 p.m. at Westminster Lanes, 6471 Westminster Blvd., Westminster. Tickets available here, $45 general admission, $25 food only, spectator
Blockhead Brigade’s Fire Relief Program for Altadena pets and their people
If you have pets and have been displaced or affected by the Eaton fire in Altadena, please fill out this form in detail, and Blockhead Brigade will assist you in accessing resources — there are several available on BB’s resources page. Please reach out with any questions at blockheadbrigade@gmail.com; if you wish to volunteer, email at that address. Your donations will help greatly, and you can apply to volunteer here.
Need a low-cost veterinarian, information about trapping community cats, places to volunteer, rescues and shelters to adopt from — anything pet related? Follow this link for resources. Please add your own ideas in the Comments section.
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