We believe no family should ever be forced to choose between their own safety and the well-being of their beloved animals, or have to relinquish a pet to a shelter because they have nowhere else to turn. This is why we’re launching C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Pet Refuge, our region’s first confidential emergency boarding facility to provide temporary, free shelter for Central Coast pets whose families are navigating life crises such as escape from domestic violence, deportation, hospitalization and displacement due to fires or other disasters. 

We will help pets like sweet Diamond and her puppies in the photo above, preventing suffering and providing a lifeline for many animals and their people. We would love your support!

The Refuge will house dogs in a state-of-the-art, 10-bay dog kennel structure (being manufactured as we speak) with an adjacent, 40,000-square-foot play-yard. Cats stay in cozy rooms in a separate, quiet building. A third-party partner will provide the day-to-day care of the animals, with C.A.R.E.4Paws staff and volunteers supporting animals with extra one-on-one time and exercise as well as wellness appointments.

Please note that as C.A.R.E.4Paws is not a shelter or rescue group, the intent is not to take in adoptable pets. The goal is to provide temporary care for dogs and cats in need until they can safely be reunited with their families. The location will remain undisclosed to protect the families we are helping. 

Want to support this critical project? We offer opportunities to sponsor and name the kennels and the play-yard along with many other ways to contribute, including assistance with wellness services, grooming, food and supplies for dogs and cats in our care. Sponsorships of $5,000 and above include your name or business logo displayed on the back of our mobile clinics. Learn more below. 

We are 70% of the way to our $220,000 fundraising goal and are grateful to the amazing gifts received so far!

Support the creation of our Pet Refuge and future boarding services

Download C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Pet Refuge Project Sponsorship packet for more details and contact Executive Director Isabelle Gullo (isabelle@care4paws.org) with any questions you may have.

Diamond Paw: $20,000

• Sponsor the building of a 40,000-square-foot, fenced-in play yard and dog training area adjacent to the 10 kennels. The yard will be named after you or your business for life and you will also get your name or business logo listed on the back of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ two mobile veterinary clinics for five years. Our clinics are operated in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Platinum Paw: $10,000

• Have your name or logo on the entire kennel building for life. You will also get your name or business logo listed on the back of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ two mobile veterinary clinics for two years.

Gold Paw: $5,000

• Sponsor two of the kennels and receive naming rights for life, plus have your name or business logo listed on the back of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ 26-foot mobile veterinary clinic for two years.

Silver Paw: $2,500

• Sponsor one of the kennels and receive naming rights for life.

Bronze Paw: $1,000

• Sponsor pet food, vaccines, medical care and grooming for dogs and cats at the refuge. 

Partner Paw: $100 to $500

• Help pay for pet food, bedding, grooming and wellness services for dogs and cats in our care.

Prefer to send a check? Please mail it to:

C.A.R.E.4Paws
P.O. Box 60524
Santa Barbara, CA 93160

To learn more about our Safe Haven domestic violence assistance program, click the button below.

For questions, please contact isabelle@care4paws.org.

“I enthusiastically support C.A.R.E.4Paws and the development of the anonymous Pet Refuge,” says top sponsor Dr. Kathleen Curtis, proud poodle mom to Libby. “This is an amazing opportunity to help pets and their people to stay together through difficult legal, health and family emergencies. Recent immigration enforcement actions have caused families facing detention or deportation to have to make the heartbreaking decision to abandon or surrender their pets. Displaced pets are now packing pet shelters, rescue organizations and long-term foster homes, abruptly separated from the families who love them. The refuge is an urgently-needed solution, a way for beloved pets to be cared for in a free, safe, temporary boarding space until it’s possible to reunite with their families.”