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 $500,000 bequest earmarked for the program. That's the basis of a literal legal dogfight scheduled for Tuesday in San Mateo County Probate Court when the SPCA does battle over that half-million dollars
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, objected to the money going to the SPCA. Its directors claim the money is rightfully theirs -- while Canine Companions for Independence -- which took SPCA referrals last year -- says the money should go ther
'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 phone is a novel concept, the kicker here is that Patricia Frieze is deaf -- and the animal in question, Cragmont, is her hearing assistance dog. "It was suggested ... that I deal with her and Cragmo
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 instructed animal trainers from around the nation and world -- will be shut down. Instructors Jean Donaldson and Janis Bradley will be working to "develop a new educational offering outside the SF SPCA."&nbs
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're hemorrhaging money on their new, for-profit hospital. With that in mind, SPCA volunteers were sent a note earlier this month reminding them they're "an amazing group of volunteers," and their "suppo
A neat trickLess 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-related cutbacks. But if you can make donors jump through a hoop -- send a resume. The SPCA is seeking a major gifts manager as well as a communications associate and development assistant to aid with PR
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