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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    S.F. to Save Every Dog and Cat from Bad Pet Owners by 2020

    ​Just like former Mayor Gavin Newsom had ambitious and well-intentioned plans to find every homeless person a home by 2014, the local SPCA has crafted a somewhat similar plan to spare all San Francisco cats and dogs from the same kind of hopelessness. By 2020, the San Francisco SPCA says it will c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Skin for Sale: Auction and Fundraiser Lead to Two New Tattoos for SPCA's Laura Gretch

    Last week we told you about Laura Gretch of the San Francisco SPCA: She agreed to let the highest bidder in an eBay auction choose her next tattoo, and then get the winning design permanently applied at a fundraising event. Well, the auction brought in $550, and Gretch got not one tattoo but two -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Skin for Sale: SPCA's Laura Gretch to Let Auction Decide Her Next Tattoo

    When we think of pet adoption drives, we think of Saturday mornings in a Petco parking lot, not tattoos, cocktails, and auctions. But the latter is what you'll get Friday night, as Laura Gretch of the San Francisco SPCA will get a tattoo -- one that's chosen by the highest bidder on an eBay auction. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Cosmic American Voodoo Van: The Truck of Rock

    ​"Our whole goal is to take what food trucks are to another level," says Phil Stefani, aka FlexXBronco's lead guitarist and owner of the new Cosmic American Voodoo Van. How so? "Through image, attitude, and style," Stefani responds, "and through our love of food and our take on fashion and how we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    SPCA Raising Money for Stolen Dog Found with Eye, Ear and Teeth Missing

    This tragedy has the Wicked Witch of the West written all over it.​As if we needed any more reason to doubt the future of humanity, here's yet another horrifying tale. Yvette Acevedo's 12-year-old Yorkie, Toto, was stolen out of her backyard in Hayward early last year. After canvassing the neighbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Pup Tossed from Moving Car Found Alive

    Welcome home, Frosty!​We've been giving readers a lot of depressing news about dogs being shot and killed this week. So here's an uplifting story with a happy ending. Frosty, the cute 1-year-old poodle-terrier mix whose photo was plastered everywhere after being tossed from a moving car, has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dog Tossed From Moving Car Is Missing

    Frosty​Crimes against animals are just unforgivable. The Santa Cruz SPCA issued an alert for the public's help in finding Frosty, a 1-year-old cream-colored poodle-terrier mix who went missing this week from the local SPCA. The last sighting of Frosty was on Monday when someone witnessed Frosty be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Pilfered Pup Reunited with Family

    Welcome home, buddy!​Amid the flurry of hard-hitting election news yesterday, we were also captivated by a tearjerker about a puppy stolen from the San Francisco SPCA just hours before it was to scheduled to be adopted by a family. Fortunately, we can report good news today: Bodhi, an adorable lig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Busted: Puppy Thieves Caught on Video (Photos)

    Earlier today, we gave readers a happy ending to the story of a adorable pit bull puppy that was brazenly snatched from the Mission District animal shelter just hours before he was scheduled to be adopted. Fortunately, a woman, who says she bought the dog outside a Safeway for $200, returned the pup ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Earlier today, we gave readers a happy ending to the story of a adorable pit bull puppy that was brazenly snatched from the Mission District animal shelter just hours before he was scheduled to be adopted. Fortunately, a woman, who says she bought the dog outside a Safeway for $200, returned the pup ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2011

    S.F. Feral Cats Policy Good for Cats, Terrible for Birds

    Earlier today, we gave readers a happy ending to the story of a adorable pit bull puppy that was brazenly snatched from the Mission District animal shelter just hours before he was scheduled to be adopted. Fortunately, a woman, who says she bought the dog outside a Safeway for $200, returned the pup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    'Pit Fix Month' Starts Now; Shelters Will Spay and Neuter Your Pup -- For Free

    Still a man ​The San Francisco Animal Care & Control decided one way deal with dog overcrowding was to ship a bunch of Chihuahuas off to New York City. But even then, they admitted that won't make a blip in the pet overpopulation problem in San Francisco. "We will send 12 off tomorrow and we w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Help Stop Animal Hoarders, Spay and Neuter Your Dogs and Cats

    So getting your dog and cat neutered probably won't cure society of animal hoarding, but you can be sure that if there are fewer pets procreating, then there are certainly fewer pets out there to hoard.Fix this problem ​With so many abandoned pets crowding the shelters, the San Francisco SPCA has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    SPCA Helps Find Homes For More Than 200 Cats and Dogs

    Breaking Free​It's true that San Francisco is not considered a pet-friendly city. Still, it did a pretty good job over the holidays luring cat and dog lovers to Union Square, and then convincing them to adopt the homeless animals. In November, the SPCA launched its Macy's pet display, hoping to fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    SPCA Adopts Out 200th Macy's Window Animal

    Yours for the taking...​A kitty named Marmoset yesterday was adopted out of the SPCA's Union Square Macy's display window, marking the 200th creature to find a home since the display opened on Nov. 19. Sadly, however, the SPCA is off the pace required to meet its goal of adopting out 320 dogs or c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Bazaar Bizarre, Holiday Pups & Kitties, Mission Block Party, Silver Swans, and More

    Photo by Holden PumphreySilver Swans play Milk this Friday​ This weekend you can scour cool handmade gift ideas, check out cute puppies and kitties in holiday-decorated windows, or dance in sweaty packs at a barrage of city clubs -- all for less than $10. Mission Holiday Block Party @ Mission Dis ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    Dog Day Afternoon

    Photo by Holden PumphreySilver Swans play Milk this Friday​ This weekend you can scour cool handmade gift ideas, check out cute puppies and kitties in holiday-decorated windows, or dance in sweaty packs at a barrage of city clubs -- all for less than $10. Mission Holiday Block Party @ Mission Dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    SPCA Macy's Window Has Slow Opening Weekend

    You resisted his charms. Your loss. ​Vast throngs of shoppers cooed over the exorbitantly cute puppies and kitties romping within the SPCA Macy's pet adoption display. But a far smaller number of people took the plunge and took home a critter. Since the SPCA has set a goal of 320 adoptions by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Puppies! Kitties! Macy's Pet Adoption Display Is Here.

    What kind of cold-hearted bastard are you? Adopt him! ​People who love doggies and kitties -- and love adopting them, hint, hint -- can now fawn over the Macy's SPCA Adoption display. The pet-to-be display was unveiled on Friday at Union Square and will run until Jan. 2. A goal has been set to ado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Want to Adopt One of These Adorable Kittens? Name Your Price.

    Jack Daniels the wonderkitty​The miraculous return of Jack Daniels, the bi-coastal, visually impaired kitty has brought plenty of press attention to the San Francisco's SPCA. Adoption applications for Jack Daniels -- who was abducted from San Francisco last year, then identified by a microchip in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    SPCA Triumphs in Legal Dogfight, Wins $500,000 Inheritance

    Ring, ring! Bad news, Hearing Dog Program...​After a lengthy legal dogfight, an appeals court judge has handed the San Francisco SPCA a half-million dollar inheritance. The battle was sparked last year when the Hearing Dog Program -- a nonprofit formed two years ago when the SPCA gutted its 29-yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    'Jack Daniels,' SPCA's Stolen Kitten, Arriving from New York Today

    Jack Daniels, like his namesake, has matured well with age​No one knows how "Jack Daniels," the partially blind kitten stolen last year from the San Francisco SPCA, made it all the way to New York. But we do know how he's coming back: On a big ol' jet airliner. The cat, now 13-months-old, is arriv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    'Jack Daniels,' Blind Kitten Stolen From S.F. SPCA, Turns Up -- In New York

    Jack Daniels, found in NYC​Don't you just love it when you find your lost Jack Daniels? A partially blind three-month-old kitten named after the Tennessee bourbon, who was stolen in July of last year from the San Francisco SPCA, has turned up -- safe, sound, and 11 pounds -- in New York City.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    You Can Haz Free Cat Food: Pet Food Giveaway at Potrero Hill SPCA Today

    Eating. Always eating.​If you have a baby or a pet then you know that, annoyingly, they like to eat. Sometimes more than once a day. And if you don't feed them, you won't hear the end of it. And on top of it all, you have to pay for the food you feed them. It's a rotten deal, and one we don't envy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

    ​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Pssst, Buddy -- Wanna Buy a Used Cat? SPCA's $10 Kitty Ploy Divides S.F. Animal Activists.

    ​An automotive-themed SPCA promotion promising "certified pre-owned cats" -- no money down, zero percent APR, you can meow it away today -- has split the city's animal activist community. But, then, this may be progress -- when SPCA policies are brought up, the city's kitty and puppy people usuall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Detractors Rejoice After SPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith Announces Departure

    Jan McHugh-Smith​The brief and controversial reign of San Francisco SPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith will end in March of 2010. At that point she'll pack up and move back to Colorado and begin a job with Humane Society Pike's Peak Region, the largest animal shelter in southern and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Critics Slam SPCA's Hiring Priorities As Valuing Money Over Animal Welfare

    A neat trick​Less than a month after shedding 22 employees -- 15 percent of its workforce -- the San Francisco SPCA is hiring again. It is not, however, seeking trainers or other personnel who work directly with animals to replace the many who were shown the door in the latest round of budget-rela ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    SPCA Thanks Volunteers for Their Efforts, Reminds Them To Keep Mouths Shut

    ​The San Francisco SPCA is in the news for the wrong reasons of late: a scathing feature in Northside Magazine; layoffs of 15 percent of the workforce (which critics say will expedite the euthanization of animals in the name of economic savings); and a TV report in which SPCA brass admitted they'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    More Shake-Ups at San Francisco SPCA

    ​ After being closed all day Thursday for a series of mandatory staff meetings, San Francisco's SPCA re-opened today -- but not, it seems, with all the services available previously. The SPCA has now posted on its Web site that its internationally renowned Academy for Dog Trainers -- which instruc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    San Francisco SPCA Offers to Train Deaf Woman's Dog Over the Phone

    'Sit!'​A woman who obtained her assistance dog from the San Francisco SPCA several years ago has told SF Weekly that she was shocked that an SPCA trainer e-mailed her asking if her scheduled in-person refresher training session could instead be conducted over the phone. While dog-training over the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    What Do You Do When You Lose Out on $500,000 Inheritance? Hold $500 Garage Sale.

    Readers may recall a series of stories we wrote earlier this year about San Francisco's Hearing Dog Program. The non-profit, composed of former employees of the 30-year-old program abruptly discontinued by the SPCA in 2008, in April lost in a court case in which it claimed that it was the rightful b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Department of D'oh: Hearing Dog Program Releases Promotional Video -- Neglects to Add Captions For Benefit of Hard-of-Hearing

    Not long ago, we wrote about San Francisco's Hearing Dog Program, a recently formed nonprofit staffed by the folks who used to run the SPCA's program (until it was essentially disbanded last year). The Hearing Dog Program recently lost its legal dogfight with the SPCA to claim a $500,000 bequest -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Urban Cat Hunting: Out Trapping Feral Felines For the SPCA

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Dog Day Afternoon: Battle Over $500K Bequest For Hearing Dog Program Continues Today

    Which organization will be top dog? Throw a pile of food on the ground, and all but the most beatific dogs will scramble for what's theirs. Turns out, if you do the same thing with a pile of money, hearing dog programs don't share well, either. When a $500,000 bequest was recently awarded to the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Legal Dogfight Over $500K Bequest Remains Unresolved

    A legal battle over which hearing dog program is entitled to a half-million dollar bequest went into overtime yesterday. The Hearing Dog Program, a San Francisco nonprofit formed by the workers laid off by the San Francisco SPCA when it liquidated its 29-year-old hearing dog program in 2008, objecte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Every Dog Has His Day -- In Court: $500,000 Bequest Spurs Legal Dogfight

    Never fear, a probate judge is hereNot quite a year after it abruptly curtailed its 29-year-old hearing dog program and all but frog-marched several workers out of the building, the San Francisco SPCA is now claiming that, no, the hearing dog program never really ended -- and the SPCA should get a $ ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Dogs also losing their homes in foreclosure

    Never fear, a probate judge is hereNot quite a year after it abruptly curtailed its 29-year-old hearing dog program and all but frog-marched several workers out of the building, the San Francisco SPCA is now claiming that, no, the hearing dog program never really ended -- and the SPCA should get a $ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2008

    How Much for That Kitty in the Window?

    Never fear, a probate judge is hereNot quite a year after it abruptly curtailed its 29-year-old hearing dog program and all but frog-marched several workers out of the building, the San Francisco SPCA is now claiming that, no, the hearing dog program never really ended -- and the SPCA should get a $ ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Never fear, a probate judge is hereNot quite a year after it abruptly curtailed its 29-year-old hearing dog program and all but frog-marched several workers out of the building, the San Francisco SPCA is now claiming that, no, the hearing dog program never really ended -- and the SPCA should get a $ ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Never fear, a probate judge is hereNot quite a year after it abruptly curtailed its 29-year-old hearing dog program and all but frog-marched several workers out of the building, the San Francisco SPCA is now claiming that, no, the hearing dog program never really ended -- and the SPCA should get a $ ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    A Time to Kill

    The SPCA is struggling to finance a new hospital, and one way to save money is to speed up euthanasia.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Photos: Saturday's Hearing Dog Program Protest

    The SPCA is struggling to finance a new hospital, and one way to save money is to speed up euthanasia.

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    August 6, 2003

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