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C.A.R.E.4Paws partners with Good Samaritan Shelter and DignityMoves
This spring, C.A.R.E.4Paws partnered with Good Samaritan Shelter (“Good Sam”) to assist unsheltered pet families moving into two new, pet-friendly housing facilities by DignityMoves—Hope Village in Santa Maria and La Posada in Goleta—as well as Good Sam’s Lompoc...
Our community has lost an animal welfare champion
We are deeply saddened about the passing of animal welfare legend Diana Basehart. Diana spent her life caring for animals and fighting for animal rights, and she inspired people around her to do the same. She founded Actors and Others for Animals in 1971 and then...
We invite you to celebrate the Happy Tails!
Join us on Saturday, May 18, for our Happy Tails Celebration & Fundraiser 2024 at the Music Academy in Montecito, 4pm to 8pm. The event highlights C.A.R.E.4Paws’ critical community work and 15 years of serving pet families on the Central Coast. Enjoy great food...
We go the distance!
On Sunday, March 3, our Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach team hosted a successful event in Cuyama Valley with Santa Barbara County Animal Services, providing spays/neuters, vaccines, microchips and other critical services for more than 150 pets. We...
Chumash Casino goers give back
We thank our friends at Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Chumash Foundation for the amazing opportunity to participate in Chumash Casino Resort's Everi Cares Giving Module, which encourages gaming patrons to donate change from redeemed gaming vouchers to charity....
Stay Pawsitive Swag sponsors spays/neuters
It’s February and we kick off Spay & Neuter Awareness Month with a Stay Pawsitive Swag fundraiser to support pet families who cannot afford to alter their dogs and cats. Check out our awesome shirts and hoodies at bonfire.com/care4paws. Part of the sales sponsor...
Spayathon helps hundreds of pets
To help curb local shelter intake numbers and improve pet family welfare, C.A.R.E.4Paws and Santa Barbara County Animal Services (SBCAS) organized a "spayathon” the weekend of January 27-28 at SBCAS’ shelter location in Santa Maria, altering more than 100 dogs and...
Keep us rolling!
$2 a mile. That’s what it costs to drive C.A.R.E.4Paws’ mobile veterinary clinics to and from communities in Santa Barbara and SLO Counties, where we assist pet families in need with critical wellness services. This season, from GivingTuesday on November 27 through...
Spayathon helps curb pet overpopulation
On October 21-22, our amazing "spayathon" team altered 131 cats and dogs, the most surgeries we've performed in two days in the history of C.A.R.E.4Paws. Four amazing surgery crews operated out of our mobile units and inside Santa Barbara County Animal Services'...
Hundreds of families joined to Walk Against Abuse
C.A.R.E.4Paws’ annual event, Walk Against Abuse, raises funds and awareness for Safe Haven, a program that supports domestic violence survivors and their companion pets. Cohosted with Elings Park in Santa Barbara, our family-friendly event includes a dog walk through...