Both the Fresno city and county shelters are overwhelmed with dogs and cats needing homes. Especially chihuahuas.  Officials with Fresno Humane Animal Services, which runs no-kill shelters for the county and city, say they have approximately 700 animals in both locations. Sally Breyer, the senior operations manager for the city...
Free Pet Adoptions This Weekend at Fresno County and City Shelters
Starting this Friday, the Fresno Humane Animal Services will be waiving all fees for cat and dog adoptions in both Fresno county and city shelters. This is part of a partnership with Best Friends Animal Society who will be sponsoring a national adoption weekend by working with at least...
Posts Warn ‘All’ Strays to be Euthanized Ahead of New Fresno Shelter Opening. What Agency Says
The city of Fresno's contract with the Central California SPCA to run its animal shelter expires next week, raising concerns about what will happen to the animals at the shelter. Caren Braider put out a plea on Facebook asking for people to step forward and adopt animals before the...
Volunteers Needed to Walk Dogs and Take Care of Cats Evacuated From the Creek Fire
Do you like taking dogs for a nice long walk? If you are more of a cat person, the Fresno Humane Animal Services team needs your help too. Nearly 130 dogs and 175 cats, evacuated from the Creek Fire, are currently being housed at the Fresno Fairgrounds' Commerce Building. The...
Gap Doubles Its Gifts: Land for Animal Shelter, Boys & Girls Clubs
Fresno youth and pets, along with good corporate citizenship, enjoyed a banner afternoon Tuesday at City Hall. First, Mayor Lee Brand and The Gap made it official. As I reported last week, Fresno is getting 4.8 acres for a no-kill animal shelter near the airport from the global clothing retailer...
Animal Shelter Gets Green Light, but Likely Lawsuit Awaits
Overcome with emotion, Derrel Ridenour wiped his eyes with tears of joy and tears of victory. Moments earlier Tuesday, the business magnate and animal lover heard the news he’s fought years to hear — unanimous approval of the animal shelter he wants to build. “When you go to shelters, and...
Like a Good Neighbor? Resistance to Animal Shelter in NW Fresno.
Hundreds of northwest Fresno residents attended a community meeting Wednesday night (Oct. 10) with a majority of speakers opposing a proposed $6 million animal shelter and clinic in the area. Residents clad in Fresno Humane Animal Services shirts aired support for the project, too. Whether it goes forward is up to...
Supervisor Mendes Floats Alternate Site for Animal Shelter
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors hit the pause button Tuesday on whether to approve a zoning change that would permit a low-cost animal shelter/clinic to be built in northwest Fresno. Now, one supervisor has raised the possibility of the county building an animal shelter in a different part of the...
Supervisors Delay Vote on Proposed Animal Shelter West of Highway 99
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors has delayed for six weeks a vote on a proposed $6 million animal shelter/clinic west of Highway 99. Supervisor Nathan Magsig made a motion to delay a vote on a rezone request by the facility's proponents at Tuesday's meeting. Supervisor Brian Pacheco, who represents the...
Will Supervisors Give OK to New Animal Shelter West of 99?
Fresno Humane Animal Services wants to build a new $6 million shelter and animal hospital. It has the land. It has preliminary approvals. It is fundraising to build a first-rate operation. But some residents are against the four-acre facility, which is proposed on Grantland Avenue, between Parkway Drive, Tenaya Avenue,...