Tag: Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC)

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC) participating in Bissell Empty the Shelters Summer Adoption Event

by Community Contributor • July 2, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA PAULA — Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC), 705 E. Santa Barbara St., will participate in Bissell Pet Foundation’s Summer 2025 National Empty the Shelters Event from July 5-19, 2025, offering no-cost adoptions for dogs and cats, six months and older. All adoptable pets will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated up to date.

BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelter, the nation’s largest funded adoption event – returns this summer from July 5-19, 2025. This lifesaving initiative helps make adoption more affordable by sponsoring reduced fees of $70 or less. Since 2016, Empty the Shelters has helped more than 324,000 pets find loving homes.

“Shelters across the country are once again at a breaking point. They are facing record intakes and limited space. Too often, loving, healthy pets are at risk, but our communities hold the key to their future,” said Cathy Bissell, Founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “Our Summer National Empty the Shelters is more than an adoption event—it’s a movement to support local shelters and save lives together. It’s an opportunity to change a pet’s life—and your own. Together, we can give every pet the future they deserve.”

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC) announces it will no longer serve as city shelter for Santa Paula

by Community Contributor • January 31, 2025 • Comments Off

Due to the City of Santa Paula’s stalled contract negotiations, unfulfilled commitments, and lack of financial support, starting Feb. 1, 2025, SPARC will no longer serve as the City shelter for Santa Paula. The City’s commitment in 2012 to construct a custom animal shelter, funded through a promised bond issue, has not been fulfilled. When SPARC was initiated, the City had agreed to issue a bond for a dedicated shelter; however, this commitment has not appeared on any election ballots for the past 13 years. In addition, the City provides less than 8% of SPARC’s operating expenses; and SPARC has not received a raise in monthly fees since 2018, creating a financially unsustainable situation for the shelter.

Bilingual report — City of Santa Paula statement on SPARC’s decision to end Its role as City Shelter

by Community Contributor • January 31, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA PAULA — The City of Santa Paula remains deeply committed to the welfare of animals in our community and ensuring that residents continue to have access to responsible animal care services. We recognize and appreciate the work that the Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC) has done over the years, finding homes for countless animals and providing vital services such as spay/neuter programs and vaccinations. We want to clarify the City’s position regarding SPARC’s recent public statement and assure the community that we are actively working on a transition plan to continue providing essential animal services.

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center Calls on Adopters to Share Their Heartwarming Pet Adoption Stories

by Community Contributor • August 29, 2024 • Comments Off

SANTA PAULA — National nonprofit Petco Love, in partnership with BOBS® from Skechers®, is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2024-2025 Petco Love Stories campaign. Pet adopters across the nation, including in your area, are invited to share their inspiring stories of how their adopted pets have transformed their lives for the better.

The Petco Love Stories campaign is a celebration of the unique love adopted pets share with us and the profound ways their love changes our lives.

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center Saves ‘Bubbles,’ Who Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Eating Rocks and a Rubber Ball

by Community Contributor • August 6, 2024 • Comments Off

SANTA PAULA — “Bubbles,” a three year-old male pitbull, was relinquished by his owners over the weekend, because he was slowly starving to death, over almost a month. Suffering from malnutrition and severely dehydrated, he was surrendered to Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, (SPARC.)

SPARC medical staff took X-rays and discovered that the dog had blockages in his throat and gastrointestinal tract and immediately transported Bubbles to an emergency veterinary clinic in Ventura, where he was placed in the intensive care unit (ICU) for lifesaving care.

…Post surgery, Bubbles’ healing and recovery will take several weeks and he will be confined to his kennel, taking very short, leash walks a few times per day. He’s hoping to find a foster home to give him the TLC he will need.

June 1 — Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC) to take part in first-ever California Adopt-a-Pet Day

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2024 • Comments Off

“We are proud to be joining the first ever California Adopt-a-Pet Day,” said Nicky Gore-Jones, SPARC’s Development Director. “We encourage our community to help us find loving homes for our pets and to raise awareness about the issues of overcrowding in animal shelters. We look forward to this being a very special adoption day for many of our dogs and cats and for our volunteers and staff.”

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center Introduces Titan: The Resilient Pup Adopted, Rehomed, and Abandoned at Another Shelter Has Been Saved Thanks to a Microchip!

by Community Contributor • December 12, 2023 • Comments Off

SANTA PAULA — The Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC), Ventura’s leading and only no-kill animal shelter, introduces Titan, a remarkable dog with an extraordinary story of resilience and hope. Titan, a 2.5-year-old big-hearted puppy, is patiently awaiting his new chance at a loving forever home, again.

In March of 2022, Titan’s journey began when he was adopted as a 1-year-old adorable, goofy puppy from SPARC and was subsequently adopted into a loving home. Little did anyone know; Titan would then experience unspeakable heartbreak of being bounced around from home to home. But fate had a different plan for Titan, leading him to an unexpected detour that would ultimately bring him right back to SPARC.