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San Francisco's largest animal shelter and veterinary hospital, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have announced the layoffs of 11% of its staff.
Dogs lined up on a San Francisco street Monday for free vaccines to combat an outbreak of a highly contagious illness that can be fatal for some canines if not treated. The dogs got parvovirus and ...
The San Francisco SPCA is hosting a free dog vaccination clinic on Monday to help slow down a parvovirus outbreak in the Tenderloin. It's happening from noon to 2 p.m. Parvovirus is a highly ...
Cats, dogs and other animals at the San Francisco SPCA adoption center now have a new shelter to call their temporary home. Following last year's record-high number of adoptions — roughly 5,000 ...
The SF SPCA, which is a private entity, has joined forces with the Stockton SPCA and is now rescuing a lot more unwanted pets from the Central Valley. "Historically, they've taken as many as 600 ...
"They were an identical DNA match. Ziggy was actually Rufus' biological father," said Jillian. "And that they share a good ...
The survey focused on California's approximately 230 animal welfare organizations, eight of which are located in San Francisco. It found that shelters are overcrowded, with some having to resort ...
The dogs got parvovirus and other vaccinations free-of-charge as part of a joint effort by the San Francisco SPCA, San Francisco Animal Care and Control and other organizations in the city’s ...
Jessica Bogosian, San Francisco SPCA's director of community medicine programs, said parvovirus attacks the stomach and intestines of dogs, and is spread by dog-to-dog contact and contact with ...