A Walnut Creek organization announced Friday that it is partnering with 11 East Bay animal shelters to promote holiday adoptions as they try to find homes for a dozen abandoned Chihuahuas recently rescued in Calistoga.
Walnut Creek-based Joybound People & Pets, formerly the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF), is leading the Home for the Holidays adoption campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the urgent need to find homes for deserving animals when shelters are overwhelmed and resources are scarce. stretched thin.
Joybound people and pets
The organization recently took in 12 young Chihuahuas from a Dec. 5 abandonment case in Calistoga. This unplanned but urgent collaboration with the Napa County Animal Shelter took place last week simultaneously with the planned arrival of more than 40 dogs and cats from other partner shelters.
The 12 chihuahuas were part of a group of 25 that were discovered on the side of the road overnight and initially taken to the Napa County Animal Shelter.
Joybound encourages people to first consider adoption when adding a new furry friend to their family this holiday season.
Joybound offers a 20% discount on adoption fees for their surviving shelter guests.
“Each shelter may offer different promotions, but we all share the same mission: finding loving homes for every animal in our care,” Joybound said in a statement. “While we provide our shelter guests with lots of love and support during their stay with us, we know there is no place like a real home.”
The organization said adopting a companion animal brings families closer together and gives animals a better future, “which is literally the best gift ever.”
More information is available on the Joybound website.
