Animal Care Services

Saturday's District 4 Big Fix Offers Free Spay, Neuter And Micro-Chipping

Eileen Pace — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:50:41 +0000

San Antonio’s Animal Care Services and half a dozen veterinarians are preparing a makeshift operating room at Millers Pond Community Center Saturday afternoon.

The second annual Big Fix already has 300 pets signed up as of noon Friday for the free program.

Proposed Bills Would Shutter Gas Chamber For Texas Pets And Strays

Filipa Rodrigues — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:36:49 +0000

More than 100,000 cats and dogs are euthanized every year in Texas shelters. Euthanasia by carbon monoxide – essentially a gas chamber – is still common practice in nearly 30 shelters.

Within the last five years, almost 30 Texas cities banned gas chambers, switching from carbon monoxide to lethal injection. Pennsylvania and Louisiana banned gas chambers statewide last year.

Animal Care Services Awarded $100,000 In Rachael Ray Challenge

Ryan Loyd — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:46:25 +0000

Drummers and dancers dressed in brightly-colored costumes from the percussion and dance company, Samba Vida, helped celebrate an accomplishment never before achieved by San Antonio’s Animal Care Services.

The award for saving 1,384 more dogs and cats than the same three months in 2011 – August, September, and October – garnered the shelter a $100,000 prize.

But the real prize, said ACS Director Kathy Davis, is the animals that are happy and healthy today because of the community’s efforts to choose adoption.

Foster Owners Needed to Help San Antonio Achieve 'No Kill' Status

Eileen Pace — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:34:37 +0000

Thirty percent of the rescued animals in San Antonio have health issues or injuries. Because of this, medical fosters are a growing need on the road to San Antonio’s “No-Kill” objective.

At the City’s Animal Care Services facility that are used by San Antonio Pets Alive! to pull dogs off the kill list, Lynn Walker points to a dozen or so kennels.

"Every dog you see here has been on the euthanasia list," she says.

San Antonio Agencies Get New Ideas to Achieve No-Kill Status

Eileen Pace — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:42:13 +0000

Two weeks ago at the Animal Defense League, 33 new residents were rescued from the City of San Antonio’s Animal Care Services. The dogs were orphaned by the death of their owner, and the ADL found that they had been well cared for and were adoptable.

However, not all dogs are so lucky. Spokesman Hugo Vital said ADL actively works on getting more foster homes for pets.