OurAnimals-V103N4

VOL. 103, NO. 4 WINTER
2010
A
Landmark
Year
SF/SPCA
Annual Report
Monkey and Tessie
A Landmark Year
We continue our important mission: Saving lives
BY JAN
141ST YEAR
MCHUGH-SMITH, PRESIDENT, SAN FRANCISCO SPCA
The San Francisco Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
______________________________
2500 Sixteenth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 554-3000
Founded April 18, 1868
Officers
Catherine B. Brown
CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Donald M. Brown, M.D.
Belinda Levensohn
CO-VICE CHAIRS
David Tateosian
TREASURER
Jan McHugh-Smith
PRESIDENT
Directors
As of June 30, 2009
Katherine Black
Sharon Bradford
Jennifer Chung
Derek L. Dean
Daniel Levitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Marie O’Gara Lipman
Fillmore Marks
Craig A. Pinedo
J. Peter Read
Jeanette Roach
Eric B. Roberts
Jake Steinman
Emeritus Directors
Ransom Cook
Richard E. Dirickson
Bernard M. Kramer, M.D.
William Lee Olds, Jr.
Jacqueline L. Young
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Dear Friends of the
SF/SPCA,
ANNER, an
adorable
one-year old
‘benji lookalike’ was
trying to survive on
the streets when she
was struck by a car. In
shock and with her
back leg broken,
Tanner managed to
run from the scene of
the accident, but
thankfully was later
found by a Good
Samaritan who
contacted our partners
at San Francisco
Animal Care and
Control. Recognizing
the dog’s need for
immediate medical
care, the responding
officer brought Tanner
directly to The San
Francisco SPCA.
Once admitted into our care,
Tanner began the slow process of
healing, both physically and socially.
Her initially shy behavior grew into
trust as she responded to the daily
loving care of our Shelter Veterinary
Team. Placed on cage rest as she
recovered from surgery, Tanner soon
became the favorite of staff and
volunteers who would stop by and offer
her small treats, kind words, and
something she had craved all of her life
- a soft human touch.
Today, fully healed from her
injuries, photos of Tanner show a
joyous shaggy blonde dog, hair blowing
in the wind as she runs down the beach
with her adopter. From abandoned
street dog to pampered pet, she
T
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exemplifies the life-saving work that
goes on every day at The San Francisco
SPCA.
We are publishing our annual
report in this issue of Our Animals in
honor of the many animals, like Tanner,
whose lives were changed because of
your support and the work of the
committed staff and volunteers at The
San Francisco SPCA. The numbers we
publish every year measure our success,
but we know that behind every statistic
is a story, a journey from loneliness to
love, and a deserving animal whose life
was changed thanks to the work we do.
In this sometimes difficult year
with its economic uncertainties, the one
constant the SF/SPCA has remained
focused on is our core mission: saving
WINTER 2010
as many lives as possible,
promoting the human-animal
bond and promoting the
health and well-being of
animals. Once again I am
proud to say we continued
our role as a leading shelter in
the nation, setting the
standards for humane care,
shelter medicine, and finding
families for thousands of
homeless animals.
The highlight this year
was the opening of the
Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center. Our spacious
state-of-the art community
veterinary center allowed us
to improve hundreds of lives
through professional,
compassionate medical
treatment.
We faced tough
economic times this year, as
did many of our clients, and
the number of charity cases at
our hospital increased as we
helped families and
individuals keep rather than
surrender their animals for
medical reasons. The
SF/SPCA is committed to
fighting animal neglect by
ensuring that every guardian,
regardless of income, has
access to our full-service
veterinary hospital. We are
thankful to our full-paying
clients who recognize that by
bringing their animals to the
SF/SPCA Veterinary Hospital,
they are not only ensuring
that their pets get expert care,
but they are also supporting
our efforts to help others.
We continued our
cooperation with San
Francisco Animal Care and
Control, accepting thousands
of animals into our facility
where they received medical
care, rehabilitation, and the
opportunity for adoption. I
am equally proud of our work
with other shelters and rescue
organizations throughout
Northern California who
benefitted from our transfer
program, showing that our
compassion truly knows no
boundaries. We provided
foster homes, preparing
thousands of orphaned
kittens for adoption and
continued to address animal
over-population, most notably
by offering subsidized
spay/neuter surgeries at the
Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center.
The SF/SPCA’s Humane
Education Programs
continued to build tomorrow’s
responsible pet guardians
through interactive camps
and classroom visits.
Additionally, an estimated
50,000 people throughout the
Bay Area enjoyed the true
comfort that only animals can
bring through our Animal
Assisted Therapy Program.
We have had to make
some tough decisions this
past year. Our revenue
streams have not increased
but our expenses have. We
are streamlining in order to
be the best stewards of our
donors’ gifts while
maintaining the quality of
service we have provided for
the past 142 years. In the
coming year we will count on
our generous friends and
supporters, our dedicated staff
and our loyal volunteers to
help us sustain our success
and save more lives. In honor
of the animals who found the
help they needed last year
and the animals who will
arrive at our doors in 2010,
thank you for supporting our
mission.
Contents
The mission of The San Francisco SPCA
is to save and protect animals,
provide care and treatment,
advocate for their welfare, and
enhance the human-animal bond.
4 The True Heroes
Our efforts depend upon the
generosity of our supporters
5 The San Francisco SPCA
Annual Report
Highlights of our accomplishments
in the past fiscal year
9 Living Legacy
Legacy Society Members
10 Donors
12 Matching Gift Corporations
and Legacy Gifts
14 Shelter Medicine:
An Important Ingredient
Our Animals Benefit From New Methods
16 Life Saving at the
San Francisco SPCA
Stories from the frontlines
of animal welfare
ON THE COVER: Monkey and Tessie.
Laura Rogers Canine Photography
laura@rogerscaninephotography.com
Sincerely yours,
Jan McHugh-Smith
President, San Francisco SPCA
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The True Heroes
Our efforts depend upon the generosity of our supporters
BY CATHERINE B. BROWN, CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SAN FRANCISCO SPCA
Dear Friends of the SF/SPCA,
HIS HAS TRULY been a landmark
year for the San Francisco SPCA
with the opening of the Leanne B.
Roberts Animal Care Center, thanks
to the generosity of the Roberts
Family and hundreds of other loyal supporters.
We could not continue our life-saving
efforts without your help.
The Roberts Center has changed animal
welfare in San Francisco, making quality
medical care readily available and extending it
through charity care to animals whose
guardians might otherwise have to surrender
their beloved pets.
In addition to our public veterinary
hospital, the Center also houses our state-of-
T
the- art shelter medicine program , which has
dramatically improved the lives of homeless
animals and led to an increase in the number of
adoptions.
I am pleased to share with you our
accomplishments:
■ The number of hospital clients increased by
23 percent, to 17,927.
■ The number of charity cases at the hospital
increased by 37 percent to 2,134.
■ More than 4,300 cats and dogs found homes
through our efforts at Maddie’s Adoption
Center.
■ We found foster homes for 956 cats and 68
dogs.
■ We performed 6,694 spay/neuter surgeries at
the Roberts Animal Care Center.
■ We served 3,031 young people through our
Humane Education Programs.
■ Nearly 53,000 people were served through
our Animal Assisted Therapy Program.
We look forward to the coming year and
the challenges that lie ahead. I pledge to you
that we will not waiver in our commitment to
improving the lives of animals, from pets
already in loving homes in need of medical care
or assistance with behavior problems to the
unwanted and homeless that we take into our
embrace every day.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart
for your support and for joining us in the
ongoing battle to save as many lives as we
possibly can. And I can assure you that in these
tough times we will continue to do all that we
can possibly do for our animals.
I leave you with the words of the great
leader Mahatma Gandhi: “You must be the
change you wish to see in the world.”
On behalf of our animals,
Catherine B. Brown
Chair, Board of Directors, San Francisco SPCA
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San Francisco
SPCA Annual
Report
Highlights of our accomplishments in the past fiscal year
T
HIS HAS BEEN a
significant year at the
San Francisco SPCA,
featuring the opening of
the new Leanne B.
Roberts Animal Care
Center as well as notable
achievements in many of our
programs and services.
Humane Education: Perhaps it’s best to
begin a look at the past year with an optimistic
view to the animal guardians of the future.
Our Humane Education Department
reached 3,031 students in the last fiscal year, an
increase of 5 percent.
Exceptionally popular, the SF/SPCA’s
interactive programs include summer camps,
interschool volunteering, community service
days, school presentations and shelter tours for
school groups. Children receive hands-on
experiences caring for and training homeless
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animals while widening their circle of
compassion to include responsible citizenship,
consumerism, and acceptance.
Behavior and Training: Offering over two
dozen different classes, the SF/SPCA’s Dog
Training Program served to enhance the
human-animal bond by offering our
community a variety of fun, affordable ways to
interact with their dogs. All of the dog training
classes at the SF/SPCA, from Puppy Playgroup
to Advanced Manners, utilize positive
reinforcement training techniques. From
‘Diapers and Dogs’ to our highly effective
‘Growly Dog’ course, classes will continue with
streamlined on-line registration to help clients
find the right sociality class for their situation.
The SF/SPCA’s Maddies Adoption Center
Animal Intake Teams had a busy fiscal
2008/2009 year, evaluating 3,771 incoming cats
and dogs. These included 2,421 cats and dogs
transferred to us through our partnership with
San Francisco Animal Care and Control. Acting
as a safety net for our community’s animals, the
SF/SPCA excels at providing veterinary and
foster care to underage, ill and injured
homeless animals.
In addition to our city-based efforts, we
also brought in 1,738 animals from overcrowded shelters throughout Northern
California. We are committed to saving as many
lives as possible. T ransferring dogs and cats
into our adoption program from under-served
shelters maximizes our resources while reducing
the euthanasia of healthy, friendly animals.
Volunteers: Two new volunteer programs
began in the past year with very favorable
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results: A Docent Team of energetic and
knowledgeable escorts began giving public
tours of our expanded facilities; and a Hospital
Client Liaison Team developed to help serve
our clients at our busy Veterinary Hospital.
Volunteers are an essential component to
our life-saving success and thanks to their
efforts, we have saved many animals lives and
can look forward to saving many more. The
SF/SPCA is proud and inspired to work with
such an amazing team of people who
generously put their love for animals to work
everyday.
Adoptions: With a warm, inviting
adoption center and friendly, knowledgeable
staff and volunteers, it’s no wonder that 4,301
dogs and cats found new homes through our
adoption program last year. Value-added
incentives such as free health insurance,
discounts on dog training classes, top-notch
pre-adoption veterinary care, and a clientfriendly process distinguishes the SF/SPCA
from other agencies and draws pet-seeking
people from all over the Bay Area.
Animal Assisted Therapy: Can a dog
teach a child to read? Of course! Children who
score below basic levels in state reading exams
can make dramatic improvements thanks to the
SF/SPCA Puppy Dog Tales Reading Program.
It’s a simple but powerful approach: Children
who otherwise may be overwhelmed reading
aloud to an adult, instead read to trained
therapy dogs. Studies have shown the program
increases literacy, allows children to develop a
positive attitude toward reading and greatly
reinforced the human-animal bond.
OTHER
2%
Sources of Support: $14,800,000
Fees for Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%
Contributions & Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53%
Investment Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%
INVESTMENT
INCOME
7%
FEES FOR
SERVICE
33%
CONTRIBUTIONS &
BEQUESTS
53%
Expenses: $16,350,000
Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%
Spay/Neuter Clinic & Shelter Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . .12%
Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18%
Companion Animal Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Public Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%
Supporting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21%
Children are not the only beneficiaries of
our AAT Program. More than 52,000 people,
including residents of hospitals, nursing homes,
senior centers, psychiatric facilities, centers for
the developmentally disabled, convalescent
homes, and youth facilities receive regular
therapeutic visits from our volunteer teams and
their dogs.
To prepare for their important work, our
dog trainers work with volunteers to develop
their skills in Mastery, Empathy and Social
Conscience through Animal Assisted Therapy.
It’s a volunteer position that requires
considerable training and commitment on
behalf of both people and their animals.
Foster Care: Found abandoned under
cars, left in boxes on doorsteps, and often
declared “unwanted,” orphaned kittens find
solace in the arms of SF/SPCA Foster
Volunteers. Providing a special-needs animal
with a few weeks of home care is a gift that
lasts a lifetime. In some cases, a mother ‘queen’
simply needs a safe place to nurse her young,
while other animals require considerable
hands-on nurturing, daily treatments, and
medications. In all situations, some 200
SF/SPCA foster families selflessly invested their
time - and their hearts - into raising homeless
animals to grow strong enough for adoption.
Last year, 1,024 animals, including 956 cats
and kittens and 68 dogs and puppies,
benefitted from our foster care program.
SUPPORTING
SERVICES
21%
HOSPITAL
33%
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
7%
ADOPTION
18%
SPAY/NEUTER
CLINIC & SHELTER
MEDICINE
COMPANION
12%
ANIMAL
PROGRAMS
9%
As dedicated as we are to helping young
animals become strong for the next phase of
their life, we are equally committed to giving
older and terminally ill homeless animals
loving care as they reach the end of their
journey. Geriatric cats and dogs, once treasured
pets, often find themselves turned over to
animal shelters with a slim likelihood of
adoption. Our new program termed “Fospice”
is a combination of foster and hospice care.
Volunteers, whose compassion never ceases to
amaze us, take terminally ill animals into their
homes and provide end-of-life care. With their
conditions closely monitored by our Shelter
Medicine Team, these animals live out their
days in comfort and dignity.
Shelter Medicine: The San Francisco
SPCA is proud to set the standards for humane
shelter care. Our expert team of professionals
works to reduce animal stress and illness
through careful evaluations, comprehensive
treatments, and enrichment. The majority of
animals we receive from San Francisco Animal
Care and Control require medical treatments
and we valiantly confront conditions that at
many shelters would result in euthanasia. Last
year, the SF/SPCA dedicated $537,822 in
medical care for homeless animals, 10.3 percent
more than the previous year, and all of it
funded by our generous donors. We are
committed to healing the ill and injured
animals who arrive in need and equally
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committed to preventing disease through
careful shelter population management.
Working closely with the UC Davis Koret
Shelter Medicine Program, we are participating
in disease-related research studies and
spearheading new concepts such as “adoption
driven capacity” in order to set the precedent
for shelters throughout the nation.
Spay/Neuter: As the number one way to
control the influx of animals into shelters, our
Spay/Neuter Clinic remains the foundation of
our mission and a vital community service. In a
sterile hospital setting, using the latest in
anesthesia and pain control techniques, our
highly-skilled team of veterinarians and
veterinary technicians prepped, sterilized, and
recovered 6,694 cats and dogs last year, a 2
percent increase. We offer pet sterilization to
guardians who can afford the procedure and to
those who need financial assistance. In fact, 82
percent of our clients received a discount of 51
percent or more. In addition to providing
spay/neuter services to owned animals, the
SF/SPCA performs pre-adoption sterilization on
our animals and cats and dogs adopted from
San Francisco Animal Care and Control and
other local rescue groups. Our team directly
addressed the problem of cat overpopulation
through our thrice- weekly Feral Fix Program.
We trapped, spay/neutered and returned 958
feral cats while supporting colony caretakers
with humane traps and discounted food.
Veterinary Hospital: After providing
trusted medical care for more than 70 years and
thousands of clients annually, our full-service
public veterinary hospital had long outgrown
its cramped, outdated facility. The completion
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of the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center
was the answer for our expansion and the
realization of a dream. Providing 14
examination rooms, two surgical suites, and a
full service ICU, The Roberts Animal Care
Center will allow our veterinary hospital to
continue to grow and become a stronger
funding source for our mission-based programs.
Our patients benefit from state-of-the-art
equipment, animal-friendly patient quarters
and a committed and dedicated staff .
Known for our compassionate wellness
and routine care, we are also the only local
hospital that also offers payment arrangements
and even complete subsidized care for people
who cannot afford to treat their animals. With
clients feeling the economic downturn, we saw
a 37 percent increase in patients needing
financial assistance, with our spending going
up by 42 percent.
Dog Training Academy: Over the last
decade, the SF/SPCA’s Academy for Dog
Trainers has impacted tens of thousands of
animals across the United States and
internationally. Committed to pioneering
comprehensive education and certification for
dog trainers, behavior counselors, and other
companion dog professionals, the Academy has
trained hundreds of people from around the
world. More importantly, it has helped tens of
thousands of dogs stay in their homes rather
than be surrendered to shelters while
promoting positive reinforcement-based
training techniques. After its successful 10 year
run under the SF/SPCA, Jean Donaldson and
Janis Bradley, founders of The Academy for Dog
Trainers, will continue their work independent
of our organization, but with our full
encouragement and best wishes.
Pet Loss: Our Pet Loss Support Group
serves some 20 grieving participants a month,
helping them through one of life’s most difficult
transitions. Participants are guided in their
recovery by Dr. Betty J. Carmack, the tireless
group facilitator in her 26th year of offering
help. “Some individuals come once, others
come month after month,” she said. “Some
come on the anniversary of an animal
companion’s birth or the anniversary of the
death. People come when they feel the need
and desire to do so.”
There is no charge for the service.
For more information about the SF/SPCA’s
programs and services please visit our website
at www.sfspca.org or phone our offices at
(415) 554-3000. Y
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We thank the following donors and friends for their gifts this last fiscal year.
For information about making a contribution please contact Tina Ahn, Director,
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Mr. and Mrs. James Frances Spes
Mr. Frank Stein
Ms. Carole Steinhauer
Mr. Robert J. Stevenson
Ms. Barbara Stewart
Ms. Samantha J. Stobbe
Stockton Court Associates
Mr. Peter B. Stoneberg
Mrs. Jeanne Stovroff
Dr. Susan E. Sunderland
Mr. Paul R. Swanson, Jr.
The Swig Foundation
Dinah and Joseph Szander
Mrs. Violet S. Taaffe
James Taschetta and Kerry Bitner
Mrs. Joan M. Tayler
TDA Investment Group, Inc.
Mr. Robert S. Thesman
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Thomas
Ms. Jean S. Thomas
Terri L. Tienken
Mr. Edward Trageser
Hans Peter Treuenfels
Mr. Donald L. Tripp
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Tsao-Wu
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Turnquist
Mr. Rafael Velez
Mr. Victor Vidotto
Mr. Jason R. Villar
Franz von Uckermann
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Walsh
Ms. Rebecca J. Ward
Mr. Raymond Warman
Ms. Marti Watts
Ms. Ellen Weaver
Ms. Barbara J. Webb
Mr. Marvin N. Webb
Mr. Eric Weiner
Deborah and Peter Wexler
Ms. Patricia H. Wheeler
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Wiley X Eyewear
Peter Wiley and Valerie Barth
Ms. Wendy Williams
Ms. Michelle L. Wilson
Mr. Roger H. Wong
Mr. Warren Wong
Mr. Larry W. Woods
Mrs. Frances J. Wrany
Mr. William A. Yoakam
Anthony Zanze
Drs. Eleanor L. and
Stanley Zuckerman
Ms. Linda Zylka
$1,000 - $4,999
Ms. Lawana Addiego
Ms. Tina M. Ahn
Mr. Robert E. Alan
Albert & Pamela Bendich
Charitable Trust
Ms. Karen A. Aluise
American Express
Mr. Warren E. Anderson
Anonymous
Jerri and Avery Badenhop
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Bastoni
Mr. Richard M. Beleson
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Bell
Roberta and Fletcher Benton
The Berland Foundation
Mrs. Vicky Berol
Dr. and Mrs. Melvyn D. Bert
Gail and Bruce Bettencourt
Dr. Joseph C. Beyer
Ms. Karen M. Birks
Ms. Barbara Blair
Mr. Stephen Blechman
Bloomingdale's
Boucher Family Foundation
Sharon and David Bradford
Mr. Peter Brodigan
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Brown
Mr. Bruce Callander
The Carl Jud Foundation
Mr. Martin N. Carrade
Cars 4 Causes
Chambers & Chambers
Mr. Ryan Cheung
Ms. Kathryn E. Coffey
Beth Colombe, Ph.D.
Drs. David L. and
Rebecca E. Conant
Dixie Conner and Paul Shimer
Mr. Robert A. Cook
Mr. Brian L. Cooley
Coulter 2006 Management Trust
Mr. Christian Czezatke
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J.
Davies
Ms. Laura Deering-Mayclin
Mr. James Deveney and
Mr. Steven Rausch
Mr. Edward and Ms. Kathryn
Devereaux
Stanley J. Devincenzi
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Dirickson, Jr.
Mr. Brian S. Dodge
Ms. Nadra Douglas
Mr. Charles M. Dowling
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Draper, III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Duffy
Ms. Marie L. Emerson
Mr. Guy P. Entriken
Equipment Outreach, Inc.
Carol and Louis Felthouse
Carol and Howard Fine
Ms. Jessena L. Finn
Elsie Fletcher and
Donald Rosenthal
Mr. John M. Fornoff
Seth Frohman and Raphael Hoch
Fry Reglet
Steve and Cheri Galvan
Germaine Hope Brennan
Foundation
Chris German Memorial Fund
Ms. Gloria G. Getty
Mr. Salvatore J. Giambanco
Gideon Hausner Jewish
Day School
William G. Gilmore Foundation
Gail and Harvey Glasser
Mrs. Yen T. Goel
Ms. Julie Goldman and
Mr. Robert Rosner
Ms. Jayme E. Goodale
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Goodhue
Google
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Goss
The Graue Family Foundation
Ms. Carrie Grimes
Hilari Hardin and Timo Bruck
Ms. Phyllis J. Harding
Ms. Anne M. Herbst
Ms. Mary Herman
Mrs. Harry Hilp
Ronald and Betty Ho
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Horvitz
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Hufnagel
Ms. Gayle Ing
Ms. Ellen A. Jacobs
Ms. Aileen Jamieson
Susan and Blaine Janin
Jennifer A. Kemp Foundation
Josefina Jimenez and Brian Smith
John M. Bryan Family Fund
Mrs. Greta K. Johnson
Mr. Jason C. Jones
Mrs. Lona Jupiter
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Sean Kanakaraj
Joan and Kenneth Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Francis V.
Keesling, III
Rod Kilpatrick and Paula Mangin
Mr. Michael G. Kim
Ms. Nancy Klokner and Mr.
David Wiseblood
Ms. Stella Klugman
Mr. Michael J. Kurihara
Ms. Diana M. Langlois
Ms. Linda Larrabee
Mr. Paul N. Larsen
Lautze & Lautze
Ms. Charlotte Lee and Mr.
Dawson Zaug
Pamela Leong and
Lawrence Leung
Mr. Andrew Levin
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Levin
Ms. Susan L. Lim
Sherry Lindberg and
Edward Gilbertson
Ms. Susan M. Lindell
Ms. Judy M. Logsdon
Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge
Ms. H. E. Luke
Ms. Eunice Lyons
Ms. Karishma Maini
Mr. Paul Malling
Ms. Gerry E. Manning
Kristina and David Matsuda
Mrs. Jane L. Maxwell
Beverly and Fritz Maytag
Dr. Karen M. McIntosh
Ms. Megan S. Medica
Mrs. Bernard Miller
Mr. Dennis D. Miller
Mission Bay Parks
Briane Mitchell
Ms. Renita E. Mock
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L.
Nelson
Network for Good
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard A.
Newman
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nitzberg
Ocean Avenue Service Station
Dr. Kerry A. Odell
Ms. Karen Offereins
Ms. Chikai J. Ohazama
Mrs. Violet P. Orfans
Ms. Olivia Orr
Mr. and Mrs. George Pearce
Peet's Coffee & Tea
Pet Food Express
Ms. Ann C. Petersen
Mr. Blake Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Pinedo
Dana C. Polk
Mr. David M. Potter
Mrs. Antoinette PowalskiStevens
Mrs. Helen C. Prather
Ms. Susan K. Prather
Ms. Kelly Purcell
R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.
Rauhaus Freedenfeld &
Associates
Mrs. Caroline J. Read
Patricia and Stephen Reed
Mr. John P. Ricchebono
Ms. Christine A. Riedell
Ms. Nancy E. Rivera
Mr. Howard Roffman
Salesforce.com
Mr. Richard H. Salz
Mr. Michael L. Scharfenstein
Ms. Elaine J. Schneider
Bernard Shandler and
Roger Christensen
Mr. Behrooz Shariati
Sheltercare Pet Insurance
Mr. Donald A. Shepherd
Mr. Rick A. Simon
Solomon Family Foundation
Ms. Kristine A. Soorian
Ms. Carol M. Sorgen
Ms. Martina Sourada
Ms. Mary G. Souza
Michele and
Ioanna Stamatopoulos
Ms. Anita Stevens
Mr. Thomas Strother
Ms. Bernice M. Strube
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Tateosian
Mr. Christopher W. Thilgen
Ms. Nancy Thompson and Mr.
Andy Kerr
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Tilden
Mr. Donald N. Tornberg
Ms. Nancy C. Trogman
Suzanne Tucker and Timothy
Marks
United Way California Capital
Region
United Way Silicon Valley
Urban Resource Systems Inc.
Barbara Wolfson Urrutia and
Rick Urrutia
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. Vaughn
Ms. Rhonda M. Vitanye
Jeanine Wais-Sullivan and
Dennis Sullivan
Hale Walker
Mr. Russell M. Walter
Washington Mutual
Mr. Larry Wasserman
Ms. Judy L. Wedgley
Maria and Peter Wenner
Mrs. Grazyna Wicik
Mrs. Anna L. Williams
Mr. Timothy K. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson, III
Ms. Carol A. Woo
Yamazaki Educational
Foundation
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Mr. Brent T. Yonehara
Mr. Alan M. Yurman
Ms. Karen Gypsy Tr-ima
Zaboroskie
Denise Zanze
Mr. Dawson Zaug and
Ms. Charlotte Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zukin
ASPCA
$5,000 - $9,999
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Lynn and Richard Bello
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown
Daniel Brown and Susan Slusser
Mr. Douglas J. Durkin
First Republic Bank
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Hellman Family Foundation
Hornblower Cruises & Events
Mr. and Mrs. David Jamison
Korth, Sunseri, Hagey Architects
Ms. Monica M. Krick
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig
Macy's West
Ms. Saira Malik
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.
Mathews
Jan McHugh-Smith and
Jeffrey Smith
Sharol and Bruce McQuarrie
Ms. Miki Merin
Middle Passage Foundation
Mr. William L. Olds, Jr.
Ms. Janice Pearce
Purple Door Communications
Jeanette and Edward Roach
The Robison Family Foundation
San Francisco Veterinary
Specialists
Sweet & Baker Insurance
Ms. Doris E. Ulrich
United Way of the Bay Area
United Way of Tri-State
Mr. Robin M. Williams
Mrs. Diane B. Wilsey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Young
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Black
Mr. Jeremy R. Clark
Community Thrift Store
Confidence Foundation
The Fifth Age of Man
Foundation
Richard Grand Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hearst
Ms. Susan M. Hoeschler
Jamieson Foundation
Jill and Buzz Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Levensohn
Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore C. Marks
Ms. Karen McCain
Mrs. James K. McWilliams
Celeste and Anthony Meier
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Mr. Alexis Ohanian
PETCO Foundation
George H. Sandy Foundation
Ms. Katherine Schapiro
Sonny Foundation
Mrs. Earlene Taylor
Mrs. Beatrice C. Tentes
Wag Hotels
$25,000 - $49,999
Mr. and Mrs. Derek L. Dean
Doelger Charitable Trust
Laura and John Fisher
Mr. Austin E. Hills
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Levitt
Local Independent Charities
Maddie's Fund
Ms. K. Ira P. McEvoy
Mr. Les Natali
The San Francisco Foundation
Zynga Game Network, Inc.
$50,000+
Anonymous
Car Program L.L.C.
Charles & Helen Schwab
Foundation
Critter Lovers at Work
Thelma Doelger Charitable Trust
Ms. Evan C. Hoogs
Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Lipman
Mrs. Damon Raike
Mr. James P. Read, Jr.
The Roberts Family
Living Legacy
Legacy Society Members
The following honors individuals
who have left the San Francisco
SPCA in their estate plans. For
more information, please contact
Katy Volz, Planned Giving Manager,
at 415.554.3029. Legacy Society
members are:
Mrs. Marilyn R. Abbott
Ms. Daisy E. Adair
Ms. Nancy Adler
Ms. Tina M. Ahn
Mr. John C. Allan
Ms. Mary A. Allen
Ms. Penny L. Alton
Ms. Maida Amster
Ms. Eleanor Anderson
Mr. Jack C. Armstrong
Mr. John W. Arndt
Catherine and Joan Art
Ms. Lori Bailey
Ms. Joyce Baker
Ms. Diane L. Baldwin
Mr. William E. Barham
Ms. Pamela Bartley
Ms. Melinda Bascone and
Mr. Jon Suzuki
Ms. Judi A. Basolo
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Bastoni
Ms. Karin H. Bauer
Mr. Bob Beard
Ms. Jane E. Bell
Mrs. Johnnie P. Benway
Miss Ethel Bergman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Berman
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Berninghausen
Mrs. Vicky Berol
Gail and Bruce Bettencourt
Mrs. Helen Bickley
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Black
Ms. Cathryn W. Blair
Sue and David Bloom
Ms. Michele Blunt
Ms. Gabrielle Boudreau
Mrs. Laurie Brace
Ms. Barbara L. Brajkovich
Elizabeth and Paul Brennan
Mr. Robert Brinkmann
Ms. Patricia D. Brodie
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Brown
Ms. Mary Buford
Ms. Brenda Burchell
Ms. Bobbi Burdette
Mr. John D. Burke
Ms. Charlotte W. Burnett
Mr. John D. Calaway
Ms. Lisa Camozzi
Ms. Mary E. Campbell
Ms. Paula Campbell and
Mr. John Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Camps
Mrs. Nancy G. Carewe
Mr. Eugene R. Carles
Ms. Denzel M. Carli
Dr. Betty J. Carmack
Ms. Nan M. Castle
Mrs. Elaine Chapla
Elizabeth and Edward Chapman
Ms. Joan Cinquini
Kenneth and Shirley Clark
Mr. Hal Coates and
Mr. Jerome Wolfe
Ms. Donna S. Cohen
Beth Colombe, Ph.D.
Ms. Ingrid Cordon
Ms. Kristi Courtois
Theda Crawford and
Christine Morgan
Ms. Friedericka A. Dalbey
Ms. Cheri Daubert
Ms. Judith Dauphinais
Joyce and Douglas Davey
Ms. Alia Dawe
Mr. Mark Depke
Mr. Robert J. Dern
Ms. Angel K. Dominguez
Ms. Cindy A. Dorovi
Ms. Margaret F. Downing
Mr. John Dun
Ms. Dale I. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Edwards
Ms. Jean Ellingsen
Ms. Marlene Enderlein and
Mr. Robert Ovanin
Ms. Marylee Engelhart
Mr. Guy P. Entriken
Ms. Mary E. Fabian
Ms. LaVerne M. Fahey
Mrs. Jacqueline B. Feretzis
Mrs. Mary Lou Fink
Mrs. Christine A. Finseth
Mrs. Dorothy K. Fischer
Ms. Mary E. Fistolera
Ms. Mary Flynn
Richard and Janet Frisbie
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frisbie
Mr. Charles Fuller
Ms. Patricia Fuller
Ms. Shelley Gabriel
Ms. Charin J. Garcia
Ms. Diane Garfield
Mr. Michael Gemmet
Ms. Rosemary A. Gilbert
Mr. David A. Gill
Miss Yota Gofas
Ms. Edith H. Golden
Ms. Christina Gonzalez
Ms. Juanita Gonzalez
Ms. Elaine Goolsby
Ms. Nina Gorigin
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell L. Gourley
Mr. and Mrs. Lavon Graves
Ms. Andrea Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Greene
Mrs. J. D. Greene
Mrs. Beverly J. Guardino
Mr. Martin J. Hackett
Ms. De Etta M. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Happ
Ms. Sally Harman
Ms. Silvia Harris-Payne
Ms. Judith L. Hedberg
Ms. Ina D. Henderson
Ms. Thelma Henderson
Ms. Mary Herman
Ms. Tina High
Ms. Olive Hildebrand
Ms. Nancy Holahan
Mrs. John Holman
Ms. Roni J. Howard
Ms. Meridie G. Hughes-Games
Mrs. Cynthia C. Huntting
Mrs. Eleanore Hurley
Mr. and Mrs. William Hyland
Ms. Marita D. Inchauspe
Ms. Susan D. Isaacson
Ms. Bernice Itkin
Ms. Shirley D. Jacob
Ms. Phyllis L. Jacobsen
Mr. and Mrs. David Jamison
Susan and Blaine Janin
Ms. Elizabeth M. Jensen
Ms. Adrienne H. Jonas
Ms. Mary Kaidash
Ms. Debora A. Kane
Ms. Patricia Kane
Lucy Kihlstrom, Ph.D. and
John Kihlstrom, Ph.D.
Ms. Debora M. Kim
Ms. Betty Jo King and
Ms. Barbara Burdette
Ms. Ann M. Klink
Mr. James Kortan
Mrs. Barbara A. Kozlowski
Mr. Richard J. Krause
Ms. Gladys W. Kupper
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Larkin
Ms. Consuelo F. Larrabee
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laughlin
Ms. Mary K. Law
Ms. Louise Lawrence
Ms. Shelley Lazar
Mrs. Renee A. Leavy
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Leeds
Ms. Barbara D. Legler
Ms. Helen J. Lewison
Ms. Martha Lindberg
Sherry Lindberg and
Edward Gilbertson
Ms. Louisa R. Lindow
Joyce E. Lively and Ron Kardon
Ms. Nancy J. Lobaugh
Mr. Mitchell Loebel
Ms. Sue K. Long
Edward Lortz and
Filemon Adao-Bautista
Mr. Edward Loughrey
Mr. and Mrs. William B.
MacColl, Jr.
Mr. Michael T. Macia
Ms. Beverly K. Mack
Ms. Lois M. Maggenti
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Major
Ms. Louise M. Mangini
Mr. William A. Markham
Mrs. Jane L. Maxwell
Mr. Paul S. May
Ms. Nancy H. McManus
Ms. J. Isis McMillan
Ms. Claire Melvin
Mr. and Mrs. Raman J. Menon
Ms. Fabienne Mezei
Mr. Arv Miller
Ms. Laura A. Miller
Ms. Cecilia Minalga
Ms. Anne B. Mitchell
Ms. Chris Montalbano
Ms. Sylvia Montiel
Dr. Lois B. Moore
Robert and Josephine Moretto
Mrs. Caroline L. Mortara
Ms. Dorothy B. Mortensen
Ms. Barbara J. Mortenson
Bruce and Denise Muirhead
Madeline Muldoon and
Marvin Brook
Rayman and Carola Mullens
Ms. Sally F. Murchison
Mr. Charles W. Murphy
Ms. Shirley L. Myers
Ms. Rita B. Nahm
Diann and Howard Nanninga
Ms. Judith H. Nebenzahl
Ms. Trudi Neiverth
Ms. Jane Newhall
Ms. Natali Night
Ms. Judith A. Olson
Ms. Stevanie J. Olson
Mrs. Violet P. Orfans
Mrs. Kerlene A. Padilla
Ms. Patricia E. Paige
Ms. Priscilla M. Palomino
Mr. Alan P. Pardini
Ms. Bette A. Persson
Patricia Peters, Ph.D.
Ms. Summer Peters and
Mr. Ronald Brown
Ms. Jann M. Peterson
Dr. Renée Pittin
Mrs. Antoinette
Powalski-Stevens
Ms. Verna Prey
Carolyn Putnam
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rader
Ms. Sonia A. Raesly
Ms. Jennifer F. Raike
Ms. Susan L. Rankin
Ms. DeEtta Raymond and
Henry Buttles
Ms. Jacquelin F. Rhodes
Mr. Don Rice
Mrs. Dorothy M. Rich
Jeanette and Edward Roach
Ms. Mary Elsie Robertson
Ms. Judith A. Romley
Lucile and Michael Rosen
Ms. Vivienne Rowe
Delia and Frances Salcedo
Mr. Allen Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N.
Saunders
Dr. Pat Sax
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schiff
Ms. Cheryl Schimenti
Ms. Lois Schwalenberg
Ms. Ingeborg M. Schwarz
Ms. Cora Schweitzer
Mrs. Frances and
Ms. Janice Schwertfeger
Ms. Georgiana J. Scott
Ms. Jeanie S. Scott
Mrs. Margaret Seneshen
Bernard Shandler and
Roger Christensen
Ms. Cynthia J. Shank
Ms. Margaret G. Shapiro
Mai and James Shields
Ms. M. Lynne Shimek
Ms. Nazzi Shishido
Mr. Robert G. Shultz
Ms. Natalie Shuttleworth
Richard and Theda Siebert
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Silcox
Ms. Evelyn J. Silva
Mrs. Bunny Sisson
Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Slayton
Dr. Norma J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo J. Sosa
Ms. Joan M. Spaulding
Ms. Leslie Spellman
Ms. Roberta Stacy
Ms. Becky Staup
Mr. Frank Stein
Ms. Shirley Ann Stern
Ms. Marlene L. Stoner
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sydow
Ms. Kathryn M. Sylvester
Dinah and Joseph Szander
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Taber
Mrs. Betty H. Terry
Ms. Elizabeth B. Thomas
Ms. Nancy Thompson and
Mr. Andy Kerr
Ms. Gabrielle Thormann
Audrey Tillmann, M.D.
Mrs. Muriel Timossi
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Toenjes
Ms. Michele H. Tordoir
Ms. June Torney
Mr. W. Carroll Tornroth
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Tuthill
Ms. Doris E. Ulrich
Ms. Bep Van Beijmerwerdt
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Vaughan
Herman Victor and
Shirley Wilson Victor
Mr. and Mrs. Westley Von Ronn
Ms. Jane E. Walker
Mrs. Jannette Weber
Mr. Alan Webster
Mr. Brian Weiss-Jones
Maria and Peter Wenner
Mr. Gregory Whitfield
Ms. Denise Y. Wilson
James and Mary Lou Wilson
Mrs. Betty J. Winkelman
Ms. Kathryn Winter
Dr. Rosalind M. Wirsing
Mrs. Opal Woodhouse
Ms. Lysbeth W. Wren
Ms. Millicent Wright
Mr. Richard Wright
Janet and John Wrobleski
Ms. Marian W. Yelland
Mr. Charles Zak
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Corporations
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based on their employees’ generous contributions
to the SF/SPCA:
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BD
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Gifts and bequests were received last fiscal year from the
following estates:
Estate of Margaret B. Adams
Estate of Allyson Anthony
David E. Arizmendi Trust
Dorothy H. Arney Trust
Estate of Donald H. Barry
Frederick M. Beall Trust
Patricia F. Berman Trust
Eugene J. Berry Trust
Charlotte E. Black Trust
Estate of Penny Bliss
Estate of Richard C. Bradley, M.D.
June Brevdy Trust
Estate of Marcella L. Burris
Anna Bush Trust
Estate of Dr. Jill Bond Caire
Estate of Bernice D. Canata
Lorraine E. Cantor Trust
Emma M. Cimino Trust
Betty L. Clark Trust
Estate of Eloise Claussen
Betty J. Cochran Trust
Steven Cohen Trust
Estate of Ina A. Cokeley
Christine Considine Trust
Estate of Bernice Corrasa
Marjory S. Craft Trust
Sherry Craig Trust
Estate of Shirley S. Deutsch
Estate of Jeanne F. Dodds
Estate of Farrar R. Dodge
Prudence L. Dorn Trust
Marcella I. Drennan Trust
Margaret Erickson Trust
Daisy D. Fick Trust
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Curt and Margaret Fisher Trust
James E. and Dorothy L. Frank Trust
Judith B. Frankel Trust
Estate of Catherine Gaspar
Elizabeth L. Gerstley Trust
Kathleen Gilbert Trust
Estate of Milena Louise Hadlich
Edward and Jacklyn Harang Trust
Estate of Nancy L. Henry
Estate of Alice E. Hewlett
Estate of Margaret G. Hope
Myna Brunton Hughes Trust
Nina McCleery Hunt Trust
Estate of Josephine Huwyler
Estate of Rosemarie Jensen
Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Koch
Estate of Margaret M. Laster
Mary Lohneis Trust
Estate of Monica C. Lopes
Albert R. Lubersky Trust
Dr. Mary Jane Luke Trust
Estate of Mr. and Mrs. H.Lundie
Estate of Lucille V. Manning
Lenora Mayer Trust
Estate of Margaret G. Mayne
Veronica Mc Laughlin Trust
Estate of Signe A. McClellan
Estate of John A. McIntyre
Rudolph H. Meyer Trust
Cynthia Mikkelsen Trust
Thomas Mikkelsen Trust
Wilma Mittelberg Trust
Jean M. Morgan Trust
Ruth W. and Darrell Mueller Trust
Estate of Harold Nadel
Estate of Thomas E. Nunes
Estate of John A. Oeschger
Dorothy Pacini Trust
Winifred H. Paulk Trust
Estate of Marilou Phillips
Estate of Frederic H. Pickrell
Rose Lou Randolph Trust
Estate of William G. B. Reith
Estate of Adely B. Robinson
Margherita G. Schwyter Trust
Estate of Ruth K. Sovig
Estate of Arthur D. Stancliff
Estate of Patricia S. Sterling
William V. and Ellen F. Stieber Trust
Emily Graham Storrow Trust
Hildegard Strobel Trust
Estate of Lois Szumski
Estate of Stanley E. Thompson
Estate of Curtis B. Tibbals
Vern Torongo
Estate of Grace Varin
Estate of Alice J. Wagner
Ellis Webster Trust
Irma Weule Trust
Agnes Whitelock Trust
Elizabeth Wild Trust
Richard F. Winckel Trust
Estate of Carol S. Wolski
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick N. Woods,
III Trust
Estate of William and Ruth Wright
Mary P. Wrigley Trust
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Shelter Medicine:
An Important
Ingredient
Our Animals Benefit From New Methods
D
R. JENNIFER SCARLETT had her
work cut out for her when she first
arrived at the San Francisco SPCA.
Now she heads one of the finest
shelter medicine departments in
the country. When she came on board, Maddie’s
Adoption Center was perpetually filled to
capacity, and animals being prepared for
adoption were often warehoused in the old
infirmary.
Now the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care
Center houses a center for shelter animals,
separate from the public hospital. Unlike the
old hospital, the shelter medicine center is
clean, airy and state-of-the-art. The primary
goal of shelter medicine is to improve the
quality of housing and care of animals in
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shelters and facilitate adoptions, which is the
process of getting abandoned pets into
permanent, loving homes. It places a top
priority on transitioning our animals through
spay-neuter surgeries. The discipline is also a
key component in the battle against
overpopulation and euthanasia.
Shelter medicine has only been a fully
recognized veterinary discipline for the past 10
years. Previously, vets specialized mostly in
large stock animals or small owned domestic
animals. Now, shelter animals and their special
stress management and disease control needs
have taken their place alongside more
established veterinary specialties.
Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians
and Assistants practicing shelter medicine place
an emphasis on the behavior problems facing
animals housed in shelters and the illnesses
commonly associated with shelter life – such as
upper respiratory infections (URI) in cats and
kennel cough in dogs.
And the top priority is getting healthy
animals adopted and out of the shelter
environment as quickly as possible while
addressing those that need comprehensive
medical care quickly so they can go into our
Adoptions Center. When that happens, dogs
and cats frequently cease showing the stressrelated behavior problems – such as shyness or
other issues associated with longtime shelter
stays - and more lives are saved.
“We are a shelter, not a sanctuary,” Dr.
Scarlett explains, “The two are often confused.
A shelter is a temporary safe haven for
homeless animals while we find them homes.”
She is firm in her belief that animals do not
thrive in a shelter environment and need the
opportunity to find a home as quickly as
possible.
“Shelters are like landing at a Motel 6
after a long day of driving,” she said. “You’re
happy for the place to rest
overnight safely but you want to
be on your way home the next
morning.”
Dr. Scarlett reinvigorated
the shelter medicine program at
the SF/SPCA and adoptions
increased 25 percent in her first
year here. The animals were
healthier and Maddie’s was no
longer overcrowded. Clients were
no longer overwhelmed by the
numbers of animals available.
The entire process was
streamlined with the emphasis
on keeping animals healthy and
ready for adoption while making
the best match with responsible
guardians. “We’ve been really
successful,” she said. “We’re
doing everything we can to
prevent animals from lingering in
the infirmary.”
Kittens are particularly
vulnerable to a variety of shelter
ills, such as ringworm, which
can be dealt with quite efficiently
in a home setting but can
become epidemic in a shelter.
“They can get really sick in
shelters,” Dr. Scarlett said. So
their time waiting for placement
in Maddie’s Adoption Center is minimized,
with spay-neuter being carried out as soon as
possible – when they reach two pounds – to
minimize the time warehousing the kittens in
cages when they’re exposed to a variety of
contagious diseases.
“It was hard on the kittens,” Dr. Scarlett
said, of practices that were common before
shelter medicine and in fact was the case with
the old, crowded hospital at San Francisco
SPCA before the Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center opened. Shelter medicine also
makes a concerted effort to track and study the
incidence of disease and infection, and Dr.
Scarlett is involved with a study on URI
coordinated by UC Davis.
Because of the modern veterinary facilities
at the Roberts Animal Care Center, Dr. Scarlett
and her staff were recently able to contain and
deal with a ringworm outbreak among the
kittens that certainly would have been worse at
the old facility.
It wasn’t always an easy transition, even
though shelter medicine is now accepted and
offered in the curriculum of 24 of the nation’s
28 veterinary schools. Change can be difficult.
Dr. Scarlett said she was immersed in the
changes early on, losing sight of the progress.
Then, after six months, she took stock. “I
remember the day,” she said. “I looked around.
We were OK. The ball is rolling.” Y
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Life Saving at the
San Francisco SPCA
Stories from the frontlines of animal welfare
T
HERE’S A STORY behind
every statistic in the
annual report. Many of
them are stories of the
heroic life saving that goes
on every day at the San Francisco
SPCA. Here are four such stories.
And each has a happy ending, with
the animals going to loving homes.
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Jensen: At 1 1/2-years of age, Jensen
carried a painful reminder of his kittenhood: a
deformed leg, the result of a painful injury
when he was very young. Untreated for some
time, Jensen’s crippling left hind leg impacted
his mobility -- and his spirit. Upon arriving at
the SF/SPCA, our Shelter Medicine team
determined that Jensen’s leg could not be saved
and amputation would be best alternative.
Thankfully, due to the Cinderella Fund, the
SF/SPCA is able to offer extraordinary medical
treatments to more than 1,000 homeless
animals a year, like Jensen. After a speedy,
routine recovery this 3-legged, but much
happier cat was placed up for adoption and
quickly welcomed into a new home.
The Cinderella Fund is a project of
CLAW – Critter Lovers At Work. Founded in
1987 and staffed by our beneficent volunteers,
the group’s inaugural project was Holiday
Windows, now a tradition of the Holiday
Season with adoptable kittens and puppies
adorning Macy’s windows at Union Square.
The group’s main vehicle for fund raising
is that staple of the San Francisco social season,
the Bark and Whine Ball, an evening of dining
and dancing featuring donors with their dogs.
The good times of the black tie and real tails
affair has continued to be a vital component in
supporting The SPCA’s core mission of
preventing suffering and finding homes for cats
and dogs. Without the Cinderella Fund, the
SF/SPCA would not be able to offer as many
life-saving options to the animal in our care.
Animals, like Belle.
Belle was one of five puppies found on
the side of the road by a Sherriff’s officer
patrolling a rural area. Three of the pups had
been killed; victims of speeding cars. One pup
was healthy and one, Belle, was clearly ill. An
adorable Australian Kelpie-mix with a nonstop
tail, Belle was brought to the SF/SPCA and
diagnosed with distemper, an often fatal viral
disease that affects the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems.
Belle was treated by the SF/SPCA Shelter
Medicine Team. Her intensive veterinary
treatment and long recovery were funded
through our Cinderella Fund and the
generosity of our donors. Belle beat the odds
and recovered. However, her battle with the
rare disease left her with a severe neurological
tick and decreased ability to coordinate her
limbs. She also has some trouble using one of
her front legs because of a birth defect and
while not in pain, would always tremor and
bob her head.
All in all, Belle was a dog that would
likely be considered unadoptable at many other
shelters and could have faced euthanasia.
Instead, the SF/SPCA housed Belle for months
until the perfect loving home came along. She
loves walks and playing in the park and at the
beach. But between the tick and the bad front
leg, she can easily grow tired on her beloved
outings. Her guardian has just the thing to help
her on the return home – a children’s red
wagon.
Manny, an orange tabby kitten, also has a
new lease on life, thanks to another SF/SPCA
program. Manny began life as a feral kitten,
born outdoors and without the benefit of
human interaction. At the tender age of just 5
weeks, Manny became separated from his
mother and litter. The one-pound orange and
white tabby found his way to the bottom of a
10-feet deep sump pump at the city’s water
works in the Bayview District of San Francisco.
Manny’s near-certain fate was averted
when one of the workers, George Green, heard
his weak cries for help. Looking down into the
manhole, George was astonished to see a tiny
kitten swimming and crying. Manny finally
made his way to the top of the pump where he
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Green who maintains a feeding
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He rigged a bucket and rope and
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the kitten a bath – he was covered
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Manny was given a clean bill of
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in a foster home. A few weeks later,
fully socialized and neutered, he
took a place in Maddie’s Adoption
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two roommates looking to add a
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By the way, Manny’s name
honors the manhole were this brave
little survivor began his new life.
The two roommates also
adopted Sage, a grey and white
kitten who was starving to death
because of an extremely narrow
esophagus. When operating
properly, the muscular esophagus
pushes food into the stomach for
digestion. In order to correct Sage’s
congenital condition, SF/SPCA
veterinarians widened the
esophageal passage with a surgical
process using a balloon. During his
recovery – and his early days at his
new home – he ate his food off a
raised wooden platform which
enabled him to eat standing up
while he grew accustomed to the
luxury of eating his fill without a
desperate struggle.
Jensen, Belle, Manny and Sage
are simply numbers among the
more than 4,000 animals adopted
out by the SPCA each year. To the
staff and volunteers of the SPCA –
and to their new guardians – they
represent lives saved, lives that are
now enriching the human-animal
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