RESCUE PARTNERS

The Animal Pad is a non-profit, all breed dog rescue that focuses on saving dogs from high kill shelters and the streets of Mexico. TAP get them vet care, place them in foster homes and then find them loving forever families. A few years ago, TAP turned their attention to the street dogs of Mexico as there is very little help for them. Since then, TAP have developed a large rescue network in Baja California and they have a sister shelter in Ensenada that we focus on taking dogs from whenever funds allow. Their goal is to build, operate and maintain a no-kill animal sanctuary. This would be the model to expand into other cities, and help others who would like to create similar shelters.

San Diego Humane Society, an open-admission shelter, is creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals and people. Their lifesaving safety net has helped San Diego become the largest city in the U.S. to keep healthy and treatable shelter animals from being euthanized. 

With campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, Ramona and San Diego, we provide animal services for 13 cities within San Diego County. They not only care for more than 40,000 animals in our communities annually, but also share the expertise they have gained through their innovative programs with shelters nationwide so they can save more lives in their communities.

Thrive Animal Rescue is the brainchild of Cece Durante Bloum and Georgia Spogli. Cece, a lifelong animal lover, equestrian, and founder of Newmarket Farm, sought a way to incorporate her love for animals with her desire to give back to the community. Being a dog lover first and foremost, Cece began finding dogs in shelters for friends who wanted to adopt but could not bear the heartache of searching through shelters to find the right match. Cece realized that shelters are filled with dogs who have been abandoned for reasons having nothing to do with serious health or behavioral issues. Georgia had completed similar rescue work on the East Coast and successfully placed several dogs in the loving homes of friends and associates in the equestrian world. Georgia felt a calling to do more and joined forces with Cece in 2014. They recruited more dog loving friends from the equestrian world, applied for non-profit status, and Thrive Animal Rescue was born!

The City of Chula Vista has been involved in animal control since 1923.  Over these years the role of animal control in the city has changed greatly.  As the city has grown, additional animal services have been provided to keep pace with a growing population and an increasing number of owned animals.  Their shelter has played a pivotal role in the community over the years.  In 2022 took in over 3300 animals (with nearly 3100 being dogs and cats) . They also house and contract animal services for the City of Lemon Grove and National City. Starting July 1, 2023 we will begin servicing Imperial Beach. 

The current shelter opened on October 19, 2001, it was designed to house up to 342 animals, although that number has reached as high as 592 at any one time.   Animals housed at the shelter receive personalized care and comprehensive medical treatment to keep them safe and healthy.