Impact Report 2025
…Fetch’s story→ 1,179 animals altered by the Shelter Medicine team while in the care of San Francisco Animal Care and Control 3,656 total animals spayed/neutered by the Shelter Medicine team…
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Impact Report 2024
…expand access to care programs across California Guiding our animals’ journeys home animals adopted 2,571 cats 1,807 dogs 840 shelter animals treated for acute medical and behavioral needs 2,859 animals…
Correcting Unwanted Behavior in Cats
…these normal behaviors may need accommodations and management, changes in the environment, or simple behavior modification techniques to resolve most “problem” behaviors. Some cats engage in problematic behaviors out of…
Access to Care Survey
…programs for owned animals, which can often lead to more animals surrendered to shelters. Animals Need Your Help Contact your local animal shelter to learn about adopting, supporting, and volunteering….
Hiring a Dog Trainer
…potentially dangerous behavior 2. What happens in your training program when the dog responds in the way you want him to? Fabulous things happen to the dog when they get…
Nuisance Behaviors (Dogs)
…with Your Problem We have handouts covering all common nuisance behaviors: Attention-Seeking Behaviors Loose-Leash Walking Begging Chewing Counter Surfing Leave It Poop Eating (Coprophagia) Repetitive Behavior Barking Jumping Play Biting…
Recommended Dog Reading
Recommended Books Decoding Your Dog, by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. A clear, accessible, rigorously researched book that covers a different dog care topic or dog behavior challenge in…
Animal-Assisted Therapy
Animal-Assisted Therapy Animals Helping People. For more than 40 years, the San Francisco SPCA Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program has facilitated communication and healing by sharing the love of companion animals…
Community Cats
…programs (CCPs) by watching our informative webinar with CalAnimals. This webinar, prepared by Shelter PALS, the SF SPCA’s advocacy initiative, covers the challenges, particulars, and legalities of community cats programs…
Fearful Behavior (Dogs)
…adaptive behavior in all animals. However, if fear isn’t addressed, it can develop into serious behavioral and health problems, so if your dog is showing fear or shyness, you should…
Careers
…passion for the human-animal bond. Discover a wide range of career paths in our busy general-practice hospital; a high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter clinic; community and shelter medicine programs; and…
People
…resolve structural, policy-based barriers to improved welfare and outcomes for shelter animals. Under her leadership, the SF SPCA has made remarkable progress for homeless animals. The organization’s lifesaving capacity has…