A Lifetime of Joy: Rosie and Her Vet
Dr. Moore has spent almost eighteen years on the medical team at Humane Society Silicon Valley — long enough to watch the place reinvent itself around her. She started in the original building in Santa Clara, back when it ran more like an old-school shelter: dogs in a separate building of runs, an “island” set aside for the ones too … Read More
Shelter Favorite Update: Boot Strap Bill (“Booty”)
Booty is doing amazing! He’s the most spoiled cat on the planet — and still the coolest cat ever, full of personality and such a lover. We live in Hawaii now. He’s by far our favorite subject to photograph, and even our veterinarian and vet techs are head over heels for him. When you think back to Booty on the … Read More
The Last Dog Goldie Helped: A Story of Grief, Trust, and Finding Home
Three small dogs sit within a few feet of Patricia, each in their own bed. Waifer, a six-year-old rescue from Southern California. Molly, two years old and certain she is the center of the world. And Ellie — formerly Thea — who, just months ago, was trembling at the back of a shelter and wouldn’t let anyone touch her. Today, … Read More
Without Injury to Her Soul
Chiquis sleeps beside Theresa most nights with her nose pointed toward the window. Beyond the glass, a bird feeder. Beyond that, a backyard that Theresa’s family spent years turning into something wild: native plants, butterfly gardens, corridors for owls and bats and foxes. In the mornings, Chiquis watches the birds from one of her three beds. On walks, she finds … Read More
Petey’s Person
Her littermates had names. She didn’t. They played; she slept in volunteers’ laps. They got adopted quickly. The lone black kitten with the flat, congested face didn’t. A medical checkup diagnosed her with a chronic upper respiratory infection, and what followed was a painful cycle: back to the NAC, flare up from the stress of the move, back to the … Read More
The Work of Showing Up
It began when she was eight years old. “My journey began with community cats,” she says. “My grandmother was living in a senior facility in Hollister, and during visits we quickly noticed the large number of cats living on the property — over 60 in need of care.” At first, she and her family simply fed them. But feeding led … Read More
Farther Than Any One Person Can
He asked about them and learned they’d been rescued from desperate circumstances in Taiwan and brought to the States through an informal network of volunteers working across both sides of the Pacific. Jeff was smitten. Their humans offered to introduce him to some of those volunteers. That was the spark that lit the fire. Within weeks, he knew he wanted … Read More
