Bay Area Shelters Helping Take In Pets From LA Shelters

OAKLAND, CA —The East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ESPCA) is joining Greater Good Charities to transport more than 50 adoptable pets from overwhelmed shelters in Greater Los Angeles to shelters in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 12 pets will be boarded onto different flights to take them to new homes.

"Within hours of the outbreak of the fires, Greater Good Charities was already mobilizing our response," Liz Baker, CEO of Greater Good Charities, said in a statement. "This emergency flight is an important part of our larger response to provide critically needed aid to those affected: from displaced families and unhoused populations to injured animals, overwhelmed pet shelters, and damaged ecosystems."

The San Diego Humane Society will take in pets from overwhelmed shelters in Greater Los Angeles, where hundreds of animals have been displaced by the fires. On Friday, the next flight will depart Gillespie Field in El Cajon and stop in Hayward and Portland, Oregon, where pets will be brought to receiving shelters. The shelters will evaluate them for any medical needs before putting them up for adoption.

“We are incredibly grateful that we’re able to partner with Bay Area organizations to help our neighbors in need in Southern California,” Allison Lindquist, President of East Bay SPCA, said in a statement. “We’ll continue to stay in touch with our partners and be available to assist as needed.”

East Bay SPCA joins the Oregon Humane Society, Marin Humane, Humane Society of Sonoma County, and Pets in Need in helping Greater Good Charities.

For more information on Greater Good, which transports shelter pets to areas where there's a need for adoptable pets without displacing local shelter pets, visit greatergood.org.