Winter 2007

VOL. 101, NO. 4 WINTER
2007
Success!
Annual Report
High Fliers
Buckley the
Hearing Dog
Taking Care
Amazing Cat Karma
Are You
Serious?
Devoted Volunteers
Foster kitten Fiona
Macy’s Magic for SF/SPCA Animals
7
days (and
evenings!)
a week
EXTENDED
RUN!
Now playing all
the way through
January 1st!
Come one, come all to Macy’s Union Square. You’ll see adorable cats, dogs, kittens and puppies at play inside huge snow globes set among San Francisco landmarks, from the Golden Gate Bridge to Twin Peaks. It’s a delightful winter
wonderland created by Macy’s for The San Francisco SPCA’s 21st annual Holiday
Windows Adoption event. % These windows provide all the “creature comforts”
for the animals, including temperature control, hidden litter boxes, and comfy
spots for those quick catnaps. % Come on down to see for yourself! And help us
find homes and raise funds by volunteering for a two-hour shift at Macy’s.Sign up
at www.sfspca.org. Questions? Email [email protected] or call
(415) 554-3007. % Plus, visit www.sfspca.org
to watch live webcam footage of the
animals in Macy’s Holiday Windows.
Windows sponsored by:
2 Our Animals SF/SPCA | www.sfspca.org | Winter 2008
Good Tidings
Dear Friend,
t was a momentous occasion when we celebrated
the groundbreaking for
the construction of the
Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center. Marley and
Quinn, two animal shelter
alumni, gave new meaning to
the term “breaking ground”
by literally digging up the first
spadesful of earth, to the
crowd’s delight.
It will be doubly exciting for
us to see an ordinary warehouse transformed into a
modern veterinary hospital
because, while the scope of
The SF/SPCA’s charitable medical care has expanded exponentially over the years, our
old medical building itself,
constructed in 1932, definitely
has not. That’s about to
change in a very big way.
When completed, the Leanne
B. Roberts Animal Care Center will double our ability to
care for sick animals and
increase the number of animals we can spay and neuter.
Finally, our non-profit, fullservice hospital, shelter medicine program and free Feral
Fix will be under one roof.
■ Looking back on the 12
months that ended June 30th,
it was another extraordinary
year for The SF/SPCA as our
programs and services helped
thousands of homeless animals
directly and aided many thousands more with medical financial assistance. Not to mention
our Animal Assisted Therapy
Program, Humane Education
Program, Hearing Dog Program, and more. I’m delighted
to share all the good news with
you in our annual report.
CHARLOTTE FIORITO, FIORITOPHOTO.COM
As The San Francisco SPCA wraps up another successful year for
the animals, we are poised for a very bright future in 2008 and beyond.
I
■ The San Francisco Bay
Area earned another national
First Place this year, due in
good measure to those very
same SF/SPCA services. The
Humane Index, created by
The Humane Society of the
United States, ranked the
country’s 25 largest metropolitan areas and declared ours
the most humane region in
the nation.
■ Proving that very point,
right now you can see our
adorable, adoptable animals at
Macy’s Union Square during
the 21st edition of our Holiday Windows adoption campaign. Macy’s designers never
hold back with their fanciful
and clever displays, so don’t
miss it. We expect to find
homes for about 200 animals.
■ Can anything top all this
activity? Yes! Next year is The
SF/SPCA’s 140th birthday.
We’ll be celebrating all year
long with special observances
and events, and I hope you
make a New Year’s resolution
to get more involved with The Fiona and
SF/SPCA during this anniver- Jan McHughsary year. An easy way to cele- Smith
brate is with a special
140th-year contribution to the
animals of $140 via an automatic credit card or bank
account donation of $12 a
month (that’s just 40 cents a
day).
However you choose to be
involved (for example, by
attending a seminar or adopting an animal, or encouraging
a neighbor or friend to do so),
I hope you can experience
some aspect of The SF/SPCA
in person so you can see what
your dollars are doing – and
the remarkable difference
those donations are making in
the lives of San Francisco’s
animals. Thank you for your
kindness and generosity; your
support makes a difference
every day for the animals in
our care at The SF/SPCA.
For the animals,
– Jan McHugh-Smith,
President, SF/SPCA
Winter 2008 | www.sfspca.org | SF/SPCA Our Animals 3
WINTER 2007
Contents
The mission of The San Francisco
SPCA is to save and protect
animals, to provide care and
treatment, to advocate for their
welfare, and to enhance the
human-animal bond.
6 Breaking New Ground
Construction begins on our new
medical center
8 Are You Serious?
Devoted Volunteers
139TH YEAR
The San Francisco Society for the
Veronica
Pet
Press
■ Comcast on Demand
Adoptable dogs and cats
13 High Fliers
Buckley the Hearing Dog
■ FETCH The Paper
Pets of the Month &
Event Listings
18 Success!
SF/SPCA Annual Report
26 Taking Care
Amazing Cat Karma
On the Cover: Last year The San Francisco
SPCA’s Foster Program saved more than 800
animals – about one-fourth of all our adoptions. Tender, loving home care provided by
volunteer foster parents ensures that very
young animals like Fiona emerge healthy,
friendly and frisky, ready for permanent
homes of their own. Photo by Charlotte Fiorito, fioritophoto.com.
■ KSFO 560 AM
Weekday mornings
around 8:40 am
■ KGO Channel 7
Morning News
Third Friday of the month
around 11:25 am
■ San Francisco Advertiser
10 Pets of the Week
■ San Francisco Bay Guardian
Featured Pet of the Week
■ Marina Times
Pet of the Month &
“Kibble & Bits” column
■ Noevalley.com
10 pets of the week
■ KOIT 96.5 FM Website
Pet of the Week
■ The City Star
Pet Corner
AnimalUpdate
Sasha
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■ KCBS All News 740 AM
Sunday: 1:35 pm,
3:36 pm, 9:22 pm.
Monday: 1:53 am
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Winter 2008 | www.sfspca.org | SF/SPCA Our Animals 5
Breaking New Ground
Canines commenced construction of The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center
at The San Francisco SPCA.
BY
CHRISTINE ROSENBLAT, SF/SPCA PHOTOS BY CHARLOTTE FIORITO
The San Francisco SPCA is converting a warehouse
into The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center.
The trees at right border Avanzino Park,
part of Maddie’s Pet Adoption Center.
Marley and
Quinn dig
right in.
T
wo former shelter dogs,
Marley (a black
Labrador/Great Dane
mix) and Quinn (a yellow
Labrador/retriever mix)
turned the first symbolic pawfuls of earth at the groundbreaking ceremony for The
Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center on October 4th.
Cheered on by over 200
6 Our Animals SF/SPCA | www.sfspca.org | Winter 2008
guests, including the entire
staff of The San Francisco
SPCA, the two dogs, outfitted
in construction vests, enthusiastically went to work, showering dignitaries with
excavated dirt!
The dogs were the highlight
of a moving ceremony honoring the late Mrs. Leanne
Roberts, after whom the Animal Care Center is named.
Speakers paid tribute to Mrs.
Roberts’ love of animals, and
her vision and generosity.
After a champagne toast to
the future success of the new
Animal Care Center, and a
blessing by Franciscan Father
Jorge Hernandez from St.
Boniface Church – October
4th was the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals
and San Francisco – guests
surveyed the spacious, echoing site while munching on
light refreshments, including
bone-shaped sugar cookies.
The Leanne B. Roberts Ani-
mal Care Center will replace
The SF/SPCA’s aging and inadequate Community Veterinary
Hospital, built in 1932. The
Animal Care Center is being
constructed in an existing
building adjacent to Maddie’s
Pet Adoption Center. The
facility is designed by awardwinning Rauhaus Freedenfeld
& Associates, and the local
architect is Korth Sunseri
Architects. Construction management is by Van Acker Construction and the general
contractor is Plant Construction Company. When completed in 2009, the $29.9
million, 60,000-square-foot
facility will be the second
largest veterinary hospital in
North America, and will be
number one in the size of its
medical area. It will also
incorporate many “green” features:
Green Elements:
■ The architects will reuse
the external envelope of the
building, which will create
savings on materials and energy, and eliminate waste. The
exterior walls will be insulated for energy efficiency.
■ Energy-efficient glazing
(glass) will be used on the
front entrance of the building.
The main entrance will feature
a huge skylight at its center.
■ Because of the animals,
all of the air going into the
facility will be fresh air from
the outside and not re-circulated. The system uses a “heat
recovery system” that, at night
and on cool days, will route
the heat the system gives off
through a coil system and
heat the incoming air, saving
energy and energy costs.
■ All the mill-work (woodwork) is a Certified Renewable Resource. For every tree
that is used to create wood
work in the facility, another
tree is planted.
■ All the refrigerators and
freezers will be purchased new
and will all meet the “Energy
Star” rating, as will all of the
overhead lighting in the facility.
Medical Elements:
■ The Leanne B. Roberts
Animal Care Center will have
17 spacious consulting and
examination rooms, in both
the primary care hospital and
shelter medicine department,
with in-room computer systems for immediate, electronic
patient record retrieval, display of radiographs and client
continuing education.
■ Two modern hospital surgery rooms with state-of-theart surgical lighting will be
adjacent to the main treatment complex and intensivecare ward.
■ An intensive-care ward
with telemetry for monitoring
vital signs of critical patients
and temperature regulated
oxygen cases will help save
lives.
■ A double surgery room
suite for Spay and Neuter will
double the surgical capacity of
the existing Spay/Neuter Clinic.
■ Multiple isolation and
quarantine wards for felines
and canines will improve disease control and treatment.
■ The facility will have upgraded, state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment.
■ Direct digital radiology
and dental radiology will
replace film-based radiology,
eliminating chemical film processing, enhancing worker
safety and improving image
quality.
■ Two modern in-house
laboratory rooms will accommodate diagnostic equipment
to aid rapid diagnosis and
treatment of shelter and hospital patients.
■ The Leanne B. Roberts
Animal Care Center will provide a separate entrance and
housing for the Feral Cat
Assistance Program. There
will also be the ability to utilize a surgery room, separate
from the general population;
currently, the Feral Cat Program shares space with the
general public.
T
he Leanne B. Roberts
Animal Care Center will
significantly expand the
services that The SF/SPCA
offers for companion animals
in San Francisco. With its
advanced, world-class capabilities it will enable The
SF/SPCA to further develop
the lifesaving work that has
been its hallmark since 1868.
If you wish to contribute to
The Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center,
please contact
SF/SPCA Development Director
Mary Casey at
[email protected] or (415)
554-3025. Your
donation will
help save the lives
of countless dogs
and cats far into
the future. Y
Catherine B.
Brown,
Chair of The
SF/SPCA
Board of
Directors;
Eric B.
Roberts,
Mrs. Roberts’
son and an
SF/SPCA
board member; Dr. Jack
Aldridge,
Director of
Veterinary
Services at
The SF/SPCA;
California
Assemblyman
Mark Leno;
and Jan
McHughSmith,
President of
The SF/SPCA.
Quinn barks
his approval.
This empty building will become
The SF/SPCA’s
new, large and
modern veterinary
hospital.
Winter 2008 | www.sfspca.org | SF/SPCA Our Animals 7
Are You Serious?
NORMA WOOD, SF/SPCA (3)
At The San Francisco SPCA, volunteering is serious business.
BY PAUL G LASSNER , SF/SPCA
Volunteers
trim the
nails of an
adoptable
kitty.
S
ure, Saturdays at The
San Francisco SPCA
are busy, but this is
ridiculous. At least 90
people are surging
through the lobby of Maddie’s
Pet Adoption Center, flowing
from the cat side to the dog
side (and vice-versa) like bubbles in a pot of boiling water.
Clearly they’re animal enthusiasts because they’re smiling
broadly as they look at the
cats and dogs, saying
“awwww” and making kissy
faces through the glass.
Everyone in this room
wants to be a San Francisco
SPCA volunteer.
Marc wants to be “part of
giving more cats a better life.”
8 Our Animals SF/SPCA | www.sfspca.org | Winter 2008
Lisa, a dog lover who lives in
a no-dogs apartment, needs
her dog fix. Collin, along with
his 110-pound mix of mastiff
and Labrador, Ben, wants to
join the Animal Assisted Therapy program. So do Mari and
her dog, Kenta. “He loves people,” she says. And Jay, a fulltime graduate student, knows
how to spell relief from the
stress of his studies: being
with animals.
Perhaps a crowd this large
and energetic is to be expected because this gathering is
the first new-volunteer orientation of 2007, with many
people no doubt striving to
fulfill their New Year’s resolutions.
Except that a turnout
like this isn’t unusual.
The SF/SPCA generally
holds two to three orientations each month,
and while attendance
occasionally dips to 50,
75-100 is closer to the
average.
It’s not surprising.
Tally up all the people
who work or volunteer
at The San Francisco
SPCA and at San Francisco Animal Care and
Control (and who talk
with justifiable pride
about their work), and
add to that number all
the supporters of the
two organizations, and
the result is a lot of
powerful, local, wordof-mouth advertising.
Now mix in the
extraordinary variety of
opportunities available
to volunteers, including Animal Assisted
Therapy, classroom visits, dog
training, feral cat assistance
and at-home foster care, as
well as in-shelter socializing
of cats and dogs. Then throw
in San Francisco’s international reputation as an animalfriendly town with the
nation’s leading save rate for
homeless cats and dogs, and
it’s easy to understand why
those orientation sessions can
fill up fast. But appearances
can be deceiving.
“Actually, it’s not that easy
for us to recruit and keep new
volunteers,” explains SF/SPCA
Volunteer Services Director
Tina High. “We ask for a big
commitment, three hours a
week for six months, and a lot
of people can’t do that.”
Besides, adds Norma Wood,
SF/SPCA Volunteer Services
Coordinator, “Life happens.”
Consider that in any one
year, about 10% of the American population moves. That
statistic is startling enough,
but in San Francisco the
turnover tempo is about double the national rate. Though
the frenzy of the Gold Rush is
history, San Francisco retains
its allure as a place to start
over. People really do come
and go. Relationships change.
Jobs change. The Bay Area’s
mild weather and political climate draw people in, the high
cost of living here drives people away.
There’s also the quite reasonable perception about animal-related volunteer work
that there’s not all that much
to it. How difficult can it be,
after all, to stroke a cat or
walk a dog?
Well, at The San Francisco
SPCA you’ll need to clock at
least a dozen hours of instruction and practice before we
“unleash” you to simply walk
a dog. Many people find that
intimidating; some may even
think it insulting.
On the other hand,
SF/SPCA course offerings for
volunteers read like a college
catalog. You can learn an
extraordinary amount about
animal behavior and training
techniques, all tuition-free.
And it’s a quality education.
One recent morning Mollie
Tunks – a graduate of The
SF/SPCA’s Academy for Dog
Trainers who was voted the
Bay Guardian’s “best small-dog
trainer” award in 2005 and
who is now an SF/SPCA
employee – was conducting a
class on the balcony of Maddie’s Pet Adoption Center.
Mollie’s five human students
were working with – uh, trying to work with – Sadie, a
Once a month
The SF/SPCA
hosts an
evening
Crafts Circle
where volunteers create
toys for the
animals.
shelter dog who clearly hadn’t
had much, if any, practice
with obedience work and who
was far more tuned in to the
noisily flapping pigeons
alighting enticingly on the
railing.
The day’s lesson: luring a
dog into a “sit,” followed by a
“down.” It’s not hard; it’s also
not easy, especially with a distracted dog. Mollie demonstrated a couple of times, first
catching the dog’s attention,
then rewarding Sadie at just
the right moments to produce
the desired behaviors. Then
Mollie coached the students
individually until each person
felt comfortable and confident. (Sadie, meantime, was
catching on that humans really do have something to offer:
treats!)
People with this kind of
hands-on experience really
know their stuff. Even if their
volunteer tenure gets cut
short because they have to
move to St. Louis to chase a
career opportunity, many will
leave The SF/SPCA with a solid background in animal relations, and they’ll likely carry a
new, from-the-animal’s point
of view with them wherever
they go. That can only be
good.
So SF/SPCA staffers Tina
and Norma aren’t impressed
by a big crowd. Because
they’re focused on the longterm, they’re much less interested in quantity than in
quality. “Fifty people may
show up at an orientation,”
says Tina. “If we get five good
people out of it, that’s well
worth it.”
The SF/SPCA invests heavily
in volunteers. As a result, in
Tina’s words, “We have amazing volunteers who give and
give and give.” (A long list of
them can be found following
this article.)
The bottom line: we expect
you to be as serious as we are
about helping the animals.
So, if you’d like to sign up at
The San Francisco SPCA to
pet kitties or walk doggies, we
welcome you, applaud your
generous impulse and appreciate your valuable help. Now,
here’s your textbook, your first
homework assignment and
your first take-home quiz. Y
Winter 2008 | www.sfspca.org | SF/SPCA Our Animals 9
Annual Report of The San Francisco Society for the Prevention
San Francisco SPCA Donors
July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007
$1,000,000+
$5,000 - $9,999
Estate of Maxine H. Jacobs
Mr. Robert E. Alan
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Arbanovella
Bank of America
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Black
Employees Community Fund
of Boeing California
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M.
Brown
The California Community
Foundation
Change of Life Foundation
The Child Share Program, Inc.
Community Foundation of
Santa Clara County
The Zovinar Davidian Trust
Ms. Mary Bachman and
Mr. William Downing
Estate of Barbara E. Edlund
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Gap Inc.
Chris German Memorial Fund
Ms. Florence M. Glassman
John and Hazel Griffin
Jewish Community
Endowment Fund
Estate of Margaret M. Laster
Mr. Donald J. Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Lipman
Estate of Elizabeth Lippitt
The Miriam H. Merin
Charitable Foundation
Ms. Miki Merin
Microsoft Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A.
Noroian
Francis S. North Foundation
Mr. William L. Olds, Jr.
Ms. Christine A. Riedell
Mr. Richard H. Salz
San Francisco Foundation
Mr. Donald A. Shepherd
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation
Estate of Mr. Douglas R. Smith
Estate of Aileen C. Tower
$500,000 - $999,999
Estate of Ruth A. McIntyre
Estate of Selden Spaulding
Estate of Lois Szumski
$100,000 - $499,999
Estate of Lorraine E. Cantor
Estate of Evelyn R. Colvin
Car Program L.L.C.
Critter Lovers at Work
(CLAW)
Estate of Prudence L. Dorn
Estate of John A. Oeschger
Estate of Elizabeth R. Pansegrau
Estate of Audrey F. Reynolds
Estate of Wilda Schwarzmann
Estate of Hope and
Edward Smith
$50,000 - $99,999
Estate of Muriel Galt
Estate of Signe A. McClellan
Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Roberts
Estate of Mr. Edward Conrad
Schellpeper
$25,000 - $49,999
Estate of Katherine and
Ronald Barnett
Doelger Charitable Trust
Estate of Thomas W. Hannum
Estate of Ms. Maida Hart
Estate of Nina McCleery Hunt
Estate of Arthur D. Norkus
Estate of Ms. Danelle E. Tonini
$10,000 - $24,999
The Sidney S. Byers
Charitable Trust
Estate of Michael A. Carlisle
Estate of Ina A. Cokeley
Community Thrift Store
Estate of Antoinette S. Crawford
Estate of Kay E. Davies
Thelma Doelger Charitable
Trust
California, Nevada, and
Hawaii State Assoc. of
Emblem Clubs
Estate of William Farinon
Richard Grand Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
The Thelma B. and Thomas P.
Hart Foundation
Estate of Ms. Vera Lassberg
Local Independent Charities
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig
Estate of Betty S. & James T.
Lynch
Estate of Peter Marti
Middle Passage Foundation
Ms. Katherine Schapiro
The Schwab Fund for
Charitable Giving
United Way of the Bay Area
Estate of Elizabeth F. Wallace
Wells Fargo Bank
Ms. Eva Mae Wyatt
$2,500 - $4,999
AT&T United Way Employee
Giving Campaign
Ms. Jennifer J. Bae
Barclays Global Investors
Ms. Pamela Bendich
Denis Bouvier, M.D.
Estate of Gregory D. Brady
Dr. and Mrs. David Bradford
Catherine and Ned Brown
Cars 4 Causes
The Clorox Company
Shelley and Bunker Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Dirickson, Jr.
Estate of Ms. Frances B. Doyle
Golden Gate Hearing Services
Mrs. Elaine A. Hilp
Mr. Austin E. Hills
Idea Resource Systems
Ms. Ruth M. Johnston
Kazan, McClain, Abrams,
Lyons, Farrise &
Greenwood
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kazan
Ms. Patricia Layne
18 Our Animals SF/SPCA | www.sfspca.org | Winter 2008
Success!
P HOTOS
T
BY
H IROSHI S HIMIZU , SF/SPCA
HE SAN FRANCISCO SPCA’s most
recent year can be summarized in two
words: No letup. Y We spayed or
neutered more animals this year than
we did a dozen years ago, including
more than twice as many feral cats. Y The amount
of subsidized medical care we gave the community
was nearly triple the amount of 12 years ago. Y A
dozen years ago we were making plans for the most
advanced animal adoption building anywhere, Maddie’s Pet Adoption Center. This year we finalized
plans for the most ambitious project in SF/SPCA history, a veterinary medical facility like no other, the
Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center. Y Mind you,
The SF/SPCA is not a national group, does not have
millions of members, relies on no “parent” association, and receives no government money. Yet our
local organization continues to set the pace in animal welfare. How can that be? Y The answer can be
summarized in one word: You. Everyone who contributes to The SF/SPCA believes in doing the best
for our animals. We don’t have room to list all our
supporters, but if you’re reading this, you’re probably one of them. The SF/SPCA’s multiplicity of services – all our programs that heal and take care of
animals, and that educate and enlighten people
about animals – exist and continue to grow thanks
only to your help. Y The SF/SPCA’s agenda for the
new year? With your support, no letup!
of Cruelty to Animals for the Year Ending June 30, 2007
The San Francisco SPCA found new homes for
3,217 cats and dogs last year. Almost 3/4 of those
animals were originally sheltered by San Francisco
Animal Care and Control, then transferred to The
SF/SPCA for rehabilitation and adoption. The partnership between these two agencies, one public and
one private, guarantees a home for every adoptable
dog and cat in San Francisco and stands as a national model. The adoption total for both agencies was
4,409. Most of The SF/SPCA’s guests are cats, and
our Cat Behavior Department works with the animals and guardians to prevent or solve common
behavior problems.
The SF/SPCA’s Spay/Neuter Clinic provided 6,500
low-cost or zero-cost surgeries last year, including
free services for 1,132 feral cats and 1,118 animals
at San Francisco Animal Care and Control.
Daisy
Community Health Charities
Drs. David L. and Rebecca E.
Conant
Mr. Robert A. Cook
Corporate Philanthropy Services
Ms. Kathleen G. Correia
The Council of Grand Dukes
and Grand Duchesses
Ms. Diane B. de Forest
Ms. Carolyn I. De Pauw
Estate of Alice DeLeon
Mr. Gregory DeVictor
Stanley J. Devincenzi
Ms. Nikkie Dillon
The Honorable Herbert
Donaldson
Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Ms. Nadra Douglas
Mr. Charles M. Dowling
Estate of Alfred Dulay
East Bay Community Foundation
Mr. David Eldred
Ms. Marie L. Emerson
Mr. James England
Everything Audio Visual
Corp.
Carol and Howard Fine
Ms. Jessena L. Finn
Mrs. Christine A. Finseth
Ms. Cynthia M. Fong
Mr. John M. Fornoff
Ms. Diana L. Foster
Mr. David Foster
Ms. Claudine Friedberg and
Mr. Larry Schadt
$1,000 - $2,500
Steve and Cheri Galvan
Ms. Karen A. Aluise
Genentech, Inc.
American Society for the
Germaine Hope Brennan
Prevention of Cruelty to
Foundation
Animals
Mr. Salvatore J. Giambanco
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Anderson Mr. Charles Gibbs, Jr.
Mr. Warren E. Anderson
Estate of Kathleen Gilbert
Ms. Tommy F. Angell
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gillis
Anonymous (4)
Ms. Nina Gold
AT&T
Ms. Jayme E. Goodale
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Goss, II
B.T. Rocca Jr. Foundation
H.M. Bitner Charitable Trust
Babcock & Brown LP
Hilari Hardin and Timo Bruck
Nicole Andris and Harrison
Hewlett-Packard Company
M. Bains, III
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Heyd, Jr.
Lee Anne and Mike Baker
Mrs. John Holman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Ms. Christine Hopkins
Bastoni
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Horvitz
Ms. Suzanne Becker
Mr. Arthur P. How
Mr. Richard M. Beleson
Mrs. Dixie L. Hunt
Roberta and Fletcher Benton
I Do Foundation
Nicole Belytschko and James
Ms. Mari Iki and
Szafranski
Mr. Martin Maguss
Ms. Karen M. Birks
Ms. Gayle Ing
Ms. Barbara Blair
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boucher Mr. and Mrs. David Jamison
Susan and Blaine Janin
Mrs. Germaine H. Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. James T. Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jeung
Bridgewater Associates, Inc.
John M. Bryan Family Fund
Ms. Amanda A. Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Casey Mr. David C. Johns
Ms. Barbara S. Jones
The Carl Jud Foundation
Mrs. Lona Jupiter
Estate of Frieda L. Cerda
Joan and Kenneth Kaplan
Chambers & Chambers
Estate of Wilma B. Kery
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Chase
Mr. Michael H. Kossman
Chevron
Ms. Monica M. Krick
Mr. David Clayton and
KRON-TV
Ms. Gayle DeKellis
Jordan and Tara Kurland
The CMB Foundation
Ms. Diana M. Langlois
Ms. Carole M. Cole
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, Inc.
Estate of Cleo M. Cominoli
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck A. Laue
Community Foundation
Mr. James Laverty
Sonoma County
Mr. and Mrs. Pascal
Levensohn
Macy’s West
Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore C.
Marks
Estate of Betty B. Mohr
Mr. Les Natali
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Newhall
Woods
Estate of Ms. Yvonne M.
O'Gorman
PG&E Corporation Campaign for the
Community
Quota Club of Mountain View
& Los Altos
Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Read
Mr. and Mrs. Zach Read
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G.
Roach
Charles Schwab
Estate of Helen F. Sheridan
Ms. Elisabeth Sonntag
Ms. Kristine A. Soorian
Ms. Louise R. Strasbaugh
Mr. and Mrs. David C.
Tateosian
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman
& Silver LLP
J. and Marjorie Trimble
United Way California Capital
Region
William G. Gilmore
Foundation
Yahoo! Inc.
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Ms. Leslie M. Lava
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
Ms. Jennifer R. Leeds
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Leibman
Susan Leong and Steven
Sidener
Levi Strauss Foundation
Mr. Andrew Levin
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Levin
Sherry Lindberg and
Edward Gilbertson
Ms. Dusty Lombardo
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig
Ms. Gerry E. Manning
Sandra and Albert Marinai
Mr. Jeff Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. and
Elizabeth J. Mathews
Mrs. Jane L. Maxwell
Beverly and Fritz Maytag
Dr. Karen M. McIntosh
Mrs. Bernard Miller
Ms. Renita E. Mock
Morrison & Foerster
Mr. Christopher M. Murray
Estate of Jean Musgrave
Ms. Diana Nauman
Estate of Edith R. Nelson
Network for Good
New World Library
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Newman
Estate of Mary O'Brien
Ms. Karen Offereins
Mrs. Violet P. Orfans
The Palace Hotel
Pet Food Express
Mr. William S. Pope
Mrs. Helen C. Prather
Ms. Susan K. Prather
Pro Trials Research, Inc.
Ms. Kelly Purcell
Quota International of Cupertino
Ms. Sonia A. Raesly
Raymond Family Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth K. Raymond
Mrs. Caroline J. Read
Mr. Rick Rees
Mr. John P. Ricchebono
Ms. Courtney Roberts
Ms. Marion Ross
Ms. Sheila Salomon
San Francisco Giants
SAP Labs U.S.
Ms. Elaine J. Schneider
Ms. Susan E. Shipley
Mr. Rick A. Simon
Mr. David Spielberg
Ms. Anna L Spraungel
Estate of Dale Stancliff
Mr. Robert Stevenson
Estate of Ms. Emily Graham
Storrow
Mr. Thomas Strother
Mr. Ted Taplin
James Taschetta and Kerry Bitner
Jennifer Taylor and Paul
White
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Tilden
Ms. Adelle Tilton
Ann and Charles Tooth
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C.
Topham
Mr. Donald N. Tornberg
Ms. Meredith Tromble
UBS
Union Bank of California
United Way of Tri-State
United Way Silicon Valley
Ms. Rita Waiolama
Mr. Russell M. Walter
Mr. Alan Webster
Wells Fargo Foundation
West End Management, Inc.
Wiley X Eyewear
Mr. Timothy K. Williams
Ms. Patricia Williamson and
Mr. Michael Herrick
Estate of Evelyn M. Wilson
Mr. Paul J. Wonner
Working Assets
Ms. Peyjen Wu
You Lucky Dog
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Young
Mr. Alan M. Yurman
$500 - $999
Anonymous (5)
Adobe Systems Inc.
Mr. Mario Alfaro
Thomas Allems, M.D.
Ms. Jennifer L. Alvidrez
Ms. Janet Argevitch
Ms. Anne Baker
Ms. Jessica E. Baldi
Ms. Karin H. Bauer
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bellamy
Dr. Lorel Bergeron
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Bertino
Gail and Bruce Bettencourt
Dr. Joseph C. Beyer
Mr. Max Blechman
Jenny and Ronald Bolsky
Bloomingdale's
Ms. Jennifer L. Borders
Chris Bretz
Mr. Peter Brodigan
James W. Budke, M.D.
Jonathan Bulkley - Architect
Ms. Theani L. Callahan
Mr. Michael Carollo
Ms. Nan M. Castle
Ms. Deborah Celle
Julie Chaiken and Scott Grigsby
Mr. Calvin V. Chan
Ms. Cheryl T. Cheng
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Cherry
Ms. Mary M. Chiao
Mr. Brad T. Chilcoat
M. David Cohen, M.D.
Ms. Julia Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.
Culverhouse, Jr.
Mr. Patrick R. Curry
Dr. Anita F. Das
Ms. Doris Day
Ms. Barbara Demas
Ms. Becky M. DeMarco
Mr. LeRoy DeSmidt
Mrs. Melissa S. Dickerson
Ms. Patricia Swig Dinner
Mrs. Gertrude C. Dittler
Donald and Carole Chaiken
Foundation
Ms. Diana A. Dormas
Mr. Mark W. Doukas
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Draper, III
E. Richard Jones Family
Foundation
Anne-Louise Edwards and
Dan Donovan
Mr. Cody Elkin
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Nurtured in the homes of volunteers until they
could be adopted, 803 underage, sick or injured animals, mostly kittens, benefitted from SF/SPCA Foster Care. The SF/SPCA supplied food, medications
and veterinary care to animals looked after by 112
foster parents.
The SF/SPCA’s Community Animal Hospital, granted the highest possible ranking by the American
Animal Hospital Association, provided veterinary
care to 19,700 cats and dogs. Well over 50% of our
hospital’s private clientele received financial aid
directly from The SF/SPCA, including pet guardians
who are part of our Pet-A-Care, Emergency Care
Fund and Senior Partnerships programs.
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Financial Overview
Total expenses for the year ending June 30, 2007: $13,324,182
Community Veterinary
Services
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Total: $5,188,209
Outpatient Services
Community Animal Hospital
Inpatient Services
Low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinic
Shelter Animal Medical Care
Companion Animal
Programs
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Total: $4,443,677
Adoption Programs
Behavior and Training
Hearing Dog Program
Public Education Programs
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Total: $972,429
Humane Education
Animal Assisted Therapy
Public Information
Support Services
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Total: $2,719,867
Development
Finance
Human Resources
Facilities
Administration
Beyond the expense figures above, The San Francisco SPCA last
year provided our community’s animals with charitable medical
services worth $1,312,850.
A U D I T E D
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Bunny
Companion Community
Animal
Veterinary
Programs:
Services:
33%
39%
Public
Education
Programs: 7%
Support
Services:
21%
Beverlynn and Steven Elliott
Mrs. Virginia M. Elmore
Ms. Dolores Fiscalini
Ms. Gloria Fong
Mr. Richard S. Forster
Mrs. Agnes Frank
Ms. Judith B. Frankel
The Fremont Group
Ms. Isabelle Fritz-Cope
Ms. Maija Gallardo
Ms. Beverly H. George
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day
School
Ms. Suzanne Gold
Mrs. LaVerne H. Gordon
Ms. Sandra Gordon
Ms. Kathleen Gorman
Grey San Francisco
Ms. Sharon L. Guidi
Hafele America Company
Ms. Margaret L. Hardy
Ms. Shelley S. Harrison
Ms. Lois Hayn
Ms. Karen Hemer
Ms. Kathryn M. Henry
Ms. Michaeline Herman
Ms. Kathy Hester
Jill Hitchcock and Thor Sjostrand
Ms. Kristin A. Hite
Mrs. Betty L. Ho
Ms. Marcia J. Hooper
Ms. Susannah HorstmeyerCooper
Mrs. Ulla B. Howes
Mr. Alec R. Hughes
Kiska and Robert Icard
Inland Marine Industries, Inc
Ms. Ellen A. Jacobs
Jewish Family and Children’s
Services
Ms. Lauren Johannessen
Ms. Linnea Johnson
Mr. Thomas D. Johnson
Jessie and Donald Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kales
Ms. Susan Katz-Snyder
Mr. Jack L. Kay
Mrs. Mary E. Kay
Ms. Patricia H. Kelso
Mr. David Kerko and
Ms. Heidi Hamilton
Ms. Annegrethe Kisling
Ms. Nancy Klokner and
Mr. David Wiseblood
Mrs. Elfriede H. Knight
Mr. Neil H. Koris
Mr. Michael J. Kurihara
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Lampen
Ms. Marilyn L. Lapicola
Ms. Erica L. Larson
Mr. Paul N. Larsen
Mr. Nicholas Levenstein
Kenneth and Kathleen Leytem
Deborah Lightfoot and
Andrew Stone
Mr. Raymond and
Ms. Diana Loeckle
Ms. Judy M. Logsdon
Mr. Suresh Lokiah
Machiah Foundation
Ms. Maria C. Mackey
Karishma Maini
Alison and Ara Malkhassian
Mrs. Edward H. Manoyan
Mr. William Martorano
Mr. Thomas McConnell and
Ms. Latricia Turner
Charles W. McGuire, M.D.
Ms. Nancy H. McManus
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K.
McNinch
Michael Karl Family
Charitable Income Trust
Mr. Matthew Milinac
Dennis Miller and
Teri Klein Miller
Mr. Ted Mitchell
Ms. Tina More
Morgan Stanley Annual
Appeal Campaign
Ms. Pamela E. Munn
Ms. Beverly A. Nagel
Paul and Susan Nagata
Yukiko and Robert Nakano
National Philanthropic Trust
Nice Ventures
Mr. and Mrs. Raul A. Nicho
North Fresno Lions
Ms. Kerry A. Odell
Open Source Applications
Foundation
Ms. Dorothy E. Orolin
Ms. Olivia Orr
Estate of Ms. Loretta A. Padilla
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Patton
Ms. Cynthia L. Perry
Ms. Patricia W. Ponte
Mr. Brian D. Quennell
Ms. Kathryn M. Quetel
Ms. Jennifer F. Raike
Ms. Esther Rebizzo
Ms. Emily Regalia
Ms. Kathryn Reitman
Mrs. Aimee S. Retzler
Ms. Ashley L. Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rohlen
Mr. James B. Rosenthal
Ms. Rosalie H. Rowsey
Mr. David N. Russ
The Ruth Smart Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Savetnick
Gudrun Scheufler and
Keith Coyne
Ms. Laurrette Schuler
The Schumacher Group
Rebecca Schumacher and
Guido Piccinini
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schultz
Mrs. Frances and
Ms. Janice Schwertfeger
Ms. Barbara S. Sears
Ms. Phyllis N. Sewall
Mr. Richard Shapiro
Silver Sage Sams
Estate of Mrs. Amy M. Slattery
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Smith
Ms. Juanita F. Smith
Mr. Timothy Snyder
Ms. Mary G. Souza
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Spes
Ms. Lisa Stanziano
Ms. Emily C. Stauffer
Mr. Bryan Stearns
Ms. Carole Steinhauer
Jerri Brown and
Tracy Steelhammer
The Swig Foundation
Mrs. Violet S. Taaffe
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
Mr. Tony Taricco
Ms. Jean S. Thomas
Ms. Stefani Thornton
Hans Peter Treuenfels
Ms. Doris S. Tsai
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher
Ms. Nancy P. Freeman
The Bettye Poetz Ferguson
Foundation
Gaia Fund
Ms. Gloria G. Getty
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gillis
William G. Gilmore Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Glasser
Mr. and Mrs. David Golden
Ms. Julie L. Goldman and
Mr. Robert M. Rosner
Goodbyes Consignment Shop
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Goss, II
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffith
Mrs. Charlene Harvey
Ms. Yuko Hayashi
Mrs. Ann-Eve Hazen
The Leanne B.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Hellman
Roberts Animal
Mrs. I. W. Hellman
Hellman Family Philanthropic
Care Center
Foundation
Mrs. Louise C. Adamson
Ms. Ann M. Henning
Mr. Brian Albers
Mr. Glenn L. Hickerson
Ms. Mary Allen
Mr. Austin E. Hills
Ms. Karen A. Aluise
Ms. Julie Ho
Mr. Michael Anstadt
Mr. James C. Hormel
Mr. Philip R. Arnberger
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Astin Dr. Edwin Hyman
The Iams Company
Mr. Nicholas Augustinos
Ms. Beverly James
Edward B. and
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Jamison
Gladys Z. Baker Trust
Estate of Russel G. Janes
Mr. and Mrs. G. Leonard
Baker, Sr.
Mr. Franklin Johnson
Barker Family Fund
Mr. Mark S. Johnson
Mrs. Jennifer P. Barker
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert H.
Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Barker
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kales
Mr. Guy Barbaro
Ms. Carolyn Kataoka and Mr.
Peter Barbosa, M.D., Ph.D.
Bob Kaplan
Ms. Karin Bauer
Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim Bechtle Estate of Eileen M. King
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Beech Mr. Robert L. Knox
Koret Foundation
Ms. Courtney Benoist and
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kramer
Mr. Jason Fish
Ms. Dolly T. Kringel
Estate of Dawn Y. Black
The Stanley S. Langendorf
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Black
Foundation
Ms. Barbara Blair
Ms. Leslie M. Lava
Mr. William Boeing, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Levensohn
The Bothin Foundation
Mr. Daniel Liberthson
Denis Bouvier, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lilienthal
Dr. and Mrs. David Bradford
Ms. Denise Brakefield and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Lipman
Ms. Donna M. Look
Robert Larsen
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig
Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Maier
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown
Ms. Linda Y. Maniwa
Ms. Amanda A. Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore C.
John M. Bryan Family Fund
Marks
Dr. and Mrs. Eric K. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Casey Ms. Charlotte Marra
Ms. June Maselbas and Mr.
Ms. Colleen Chiang
Raymond Katz
Mr. Christopher Cowen
Mrs. Jane L. Maxwell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Ms. K. Ira P. McEvoy
Dirickson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Thelma Doelger Charitable
McLaughlin
Trust
Thelma Doelger Trust for Animals Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McQuarrie
Ms. Anne G. McWilliams
Dolby Family Foundation
Ms. Muffie Meier
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards Ms. Jane Newhall
Ms. Nicola Miner and Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Elliott
Robert Mailer Anderson
Ms. Winnifred Ellis and Mr.
Ms. Patricia Munter and Mr.
David Mahoney
Jeff Loomans
Ms. Julia Engdahl and Ms.
Mrs. Judith H. Nebenzahl
Elea Sutter
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Newman
The Charles Engelhard
Mr. and Mrs. Raul A. Nicho
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholas
Mrs. Lois A. Enslow
Mrs. Carrol B. Norman-Chrys
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fisher
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. Vaughn
Mr. Victor Vidotto
Mrs. Tho Thi Ngoc Vu
Ms. Melissa Wagner
Mr. Robert H. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Walsh
Washington Women’s Foundation
Ms. Caryn R. Weiss
Ms. Maria M. Wenner
Mr. Keith C. Wetmore
Deborah and Peter Wexler
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Wong
Mr. Joseph Y. Wong
Mr. Patrick Zetzman
Mrs. Evelyn M. Zahler
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The SF/SPCA Animal Assisted Therapy Program
brought the gentle presence of animals to nursing
homes, psychiatric clinics, senior centers and special
schools throughout the city. Some 83 animal/person
teams, nearly all of them volunteers, made more
than a thousand free visits, reaching 27,650 clients.
Under the direction of internationally known dogtraining expert Jean Donaldson, The SF/SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers graduated 40 more students.
While enrolled in the Academy’s rigorous six-week
course of study, students coach dogs at Maddie’s Pet
Adoption Center to better prepare them for adoption. In addition, about 1,000 local dogs went
through classes taught by our Department of Dog
Behavior and Training. SF/SPCA trainers also rehabilitated shelter dogs with behavior problems and
worked with the dogs’ new adopters to ensure happy co-existence.
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The SF/SPCA’s Humane Education Program
reached thousands of young people via school visits,
field trips, animal-related community service projects and workshops. Some 140 lucky youngsters,
chosen by lottery, took part in weeklong, animalintensive Summer Camps.
Recruiting homeless dogs from animal shelters all
over Northern California, The SF/SPCA Hearing
Dog Program taught the canines to respond to
everyday sounds and placed them with deaf and
hearing-impaired people, essentially without charge.
Since inception, the Program has trained and placed
799 dogs.
Smiley
Estate of Mary O'Brien
The Robert And Helen Odell
Fund
Mr. William L. Olds, Jr.
Mr. Robert W. Pickard
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Stuart
Pinkus
Ms. Karin L. Polli
Mr. William S. Pope
Ms. Sonia A. Raesly
Mr. Peter Read
The Roberts Foundation
Ms. Courtney Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Roberts
Mr. George R. Roberts
Mr. Mark Roberts
Ms. Wynn Roberts
Mrs. Margaret Rocchia
Ms. Hazel-Louise and
Ms. Alice Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M.
Rutledge
Ms. Lisa Salamone and Mr.
Anthony Pisacane
George H. Sandy Foundation
Ms. Susan Sangiacomo and
Ms. Diana Pelliccione
Ms. Angie Sare
Mr. Edwin Sayres
Mr. James H. Schwabacher, Jr.
Estate of Henry Sinton
Mr. Robert M. Smelick
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Squier
Ms. Louise R. Strasbaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Starzel
Sub-Zero Refrigeration Inc.
Swish Japan Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Taber, III
Dr. Ingrid D. Tauber
Ms. Kat Taylor
Ms. Janet A. Tedesco
Ms. Nancy Thompson and
Mr. Andy Kerr
Mr. Craig Tighe and Ms. Ann
Coulson
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Tilden
Mr. Steven Westly
Mrs. Diane B. Wilsey
Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson III
The Woodheath Foundation, Inc.
WWW Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Young
Mr. Albert Zadnik
Mr. Doug Zeghibe
The Legacy Society
Mrs. Marilyn R. Abbott
Ms. Margaret B. Adams
Ms. Linda Z. Adler
Mr. John C. Allan
Ms. Mary Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alpers
Ms. Penny L. Alton
Ms. Eleanor Anderson
Jack Armstrong and
Kenneth Moore
Mr. John W. Arndt
Ms. Lori Bailey
Ms. Joyce Baker
Ms. Melinda Bascone and
Mr. Jon Suzuki
Ms. Judith A. Basolo
Ms. Karin H. Bauer
Ms. Jane E. Bell
Miss Ethel Bergman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Berman
Mrs. Vicky Berol
Gail and Bruce Bettencourt
Mrs. Charlotte E. Black
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Black
Ms. Catherine W. Blair
Mr. and Mrs. David Bloom
Ms. Michele Blunt
Ms. Gabrielle Boudreau
Ms. Marion D. Bowler
Mrs. Laurie Brace
Elizabeth and Paul Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Brown
Ms. Mary Buford
Ms. Brenda Burchell
Ms. Bobbi Burdette
Mr. John D. Burke
Ms. Charlotte W. Burnett
Mr. John D. Calaway
Ms. Lisa Camozzi
Ms. Mary E. Campbell
Ms. Paula Campbell and
Mr. John Meyer
Mrs. Nancy G. Carewe
Mr. Eugene R. Carles
Ms. Denzel M. Carli
Ms. Nan M. Castle
Mrs. Elaine Chapla
Elizabeth and Edward Chapman
Ms. Joan Cinquini
Kenneth and Shirley Clark
Mr. Hal Coates and Mr.
Jerome Wolfe
Ms. Donna S. Cohen
Beth Colombe, Ph.D.
Ms. Kristi Courtois
Ms. Friedericka A. Dalbey
Ms. Cheri Daubert
Joyce and Douglas Davey
Ms. Alia Dawe
Ms. Angel K. Dominguez
Ms. Margaret Downing
Ms. Dale I. Dunn
Ms. Celine L. Ehrlich
Ms. Laura Jean Ellingsen
Ms. Marlene Enderlein and
Mr. Robert Ovanin
Ms. Marylee Engelhart
Mr. Guy Entriken
Ms. Mary E. Fabian
Ms. LaVerne M. Fahey
Ms. Daisy D. Fick
Mrs. Mary Lou Fink
Mrs. Christine A. Finseth
Mrs. Dorothy K. Fischer
Ms. Mary E. Fistolera
Ms. Mary Flynn
Mr. Charles Fuller
Ms. Patricia Fuller
Ms. Shelley Gabriel
Ms. Charin J. Garcia
Mr. Michael Gemmet
Ms. Rosemary A. Gilbert
Mr. David A. Gill
Ms. Edith H. Golden
Ms. Juanita Gonzalez
Ms. Elaine Goolsby
Ms. Nina Gorigin
Mr. and Mrs. Lavon Graves
Ms. Katherine W. Gray
Mrs. J. D. Greene
Ms. Ruth H. Griffin
Mrs. Beverly J. Guardino
Ms. Anya-Malka Halevi
Ms. De Etta M. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Happ
Ms. Silvia Harris-Payne
Ms. Judith Hedberg
Ms. Ina D. Henderson
Ms. Nancy L. Henry
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Ms. Michaeline Herman
Ms. Olive Hildebrand
Ms. Nancy Holahan
Mrs. John Holman
Ms. Roni J. Howard
Ms. Meridie G. Hughes-Games
Mrs. Cynthia C. Huntting
Mrs. Eleanore Hurley
Ms. Bernice Itkin
Ms. Phyllis L. Jacobsen
Mr. and Mrs. David Jamison
Susan and Blaine Janin
Ms. Elizabeth M. Jensen
Ms. Adrienne H. Jonas
Ms. Mary Kaidash
Ms. Patricia Kane
Ms. Debora M. Kim
Ms. Betty Jo King and
Ms. Barbara Burdette
Ms. Anna M. Klink
Mr. James Kortan
Mrs. Barbara A. Kozlowski
Mr. Richard J. Krause
Ms. Consuelo F. Larrabee
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laughlin
Mrs. Renee A. Leavy
Ms. Helen J. Lewison
Ms. Martha Lindberg
Sherry Lindberg and Edward
Gilbertson
Ms. Louisa R. Lindow
Mrs. Frances A. Little
Joyce E. Lively and Ron Kardon
Mr. Mitchell Loebel
Ms. Sue K. Long
H. and Ellen Lundie
Mr. and Mrs. William B.
MacColl, Jr.
Mr. Michael T. Macia
Ms. Beverly K. Mack
Lois M. Maggenti
Ms. Louise M. Mangini
Mr. William A. Markham
Mrs. Jane L. Maxwell
Paul May and Frank Stein
Mr. George E. McGuire
Mrs. Roberta G. McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Raman J. Menon
Ms. Fabienne Mezei
Mr. Arv Miller
Ms. Laura A. Miller
Ms. Cecilia Minalga
Ms. Anne B. Mitchell
Ms. Wilma Mittelberg
Ms. Chris Montalbano
Dr. Lois B. Moore
Robert and Josephine Moretto
Ms. Dorothy B. Mortensen
Ms. Barbara J. Mortenson
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brook
Ms. Sally F. Murchison
Mr. Charles W. Murphy
Ms. Shirley L. Myers
Ms. Judith H. Nebenzahl
Ms. Jane Newhall
Ms. Stevanie J. Olson
Mrs. Violet P. Orfans
Mrs. Kerlene A. Padilla
Mr. Alan P. Pardini
Ms. Jann M. Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rader
Ms. Sonia A. Raesly
Ms. Jennifer F. Raike
Ms. Rose L. Randolph
Ms. Susan L. Rankin
Ms. DeEtta Raymond and
Henry Buttles
Ms. Jacquelin F. Rhodes
Mr. Don Rice
Mrs. Dorothy M. Rich
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Roach
Ms. Mary Elsie Robertson
Mr. Jerry E. Robinson
Ms. Judith A. Romley
Dorothea Ross
Ms. Vivienne Rowe
Delia and Frances Salcedo
Mr. Allen Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Saunders
Dr. Pat Sax
Ms. Lois Schwalenberg
Ms. Cora Schweitzer
Mrs. Frances Schwertfeger
Ms. Janice Schwertfeger
Ms. Georgiana J. Scott
Mrs. Margaret Seneshen
Bernard Shandler and Roger
Christensen
Ms. Margaret G. Shapiro
Mai and James Shields
Ms. M. Lynne Shimek
Ms. Cheryl Shimenti
Ms. Nazzi Shishido
Mr. Robert G. Shultz
Ms. Natalie Shuttleworth
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Silcox
Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Slayton
Dr. Norma J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo J. Sosa
Ms. Joan M. Spaulding
Ms. Leslie Spellman
Ms. Roberta Stacy
Ms. Becky Staup
Mr. Michael Louis Steingraber
Ms. Patricia S. Sterling
Ms. Shirley Ann Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Stevens
Ms. Marlene L. Stoner
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sydow
Dinah and Joseph Szander
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Taber, III
Mrs. Betty H. Terry
Ms. Nancy Thompson and Mr.
Andy Kerr
Ms. Gabrielle Thormann
Mr. Curtis B. Tibbals
Audrey Tillmann, M.D.
Mrs. Muriel Timossi
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Toenjes
Ms. Michele H. Tordoir
Ms. June Torney
Mr. W. Carroll Tornroth
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Tuthill
Ms. E.J. Van Beijmerwerdt
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R.
Vaughan
Herman and Shirley Wilson
Victor
Ms. Jane E. Walker
Mrs. Jeannette Weber
Mr. Alan Webster
Mr. Gregory Whitfield
Ms. Denise Y. Wilson
James and Mary Lou Wilson
Mrs. Betty J. Winkelman
Mrs. Opal Woodhouse
Ms. Millicent Wright
Mr. Richard Wright
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Serving throughout the organization, hundreds upon
hundreds of SF/SPCA volunteers donated 114,314
hours to dog and cat behavior counseling, foster
care, adoption counseling, Animal Assisted Therapy,
Humane Education, feral cat assistance and medical
care. The SF/SPCA would not be what it is without
the priceless help of volunteers.
For the 89th year, The SF/SPCA Police Horse
Retirement Ranch provided quiet sanctuary for all
horses retired from active duty. The animals receive
lifetime accommodations (indoors and outdoors),
food and medical care at no cost to the city.
The SF/SPCA Public Information department
worked with local media to publicize available pets
and to disseminate animal knowledge, replied to
animal-related inquiries from the public, maintained
the popular SF/SPCA Web site, gave tours to people
from all over the world, and put on special events.
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Good for You! And for Animals!
J O H N P A U L S L AT E R
Welcome to The San Francisco SPCA’s Land of Easy Giving
Help Our
Animals Find
the Road Home
Donate your car to
The San Francisco SPCA
Call 1-866-473-7722.
ur car donation agency,
Car Program LLC, will
help make your taxdeductible car donation to
The SF/SPCA quick and
easy. Your car doesn't have
to be in working order and it
generally can be picked up
at any location. Call
1-866-473-7722 toll-free.
O
M A R T H A M C N U LT Y
(Problems? Contact Claire St.
Romain at (415) 554-3072 or
[email protected].)
Stock
TIP
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on’t sell stock or mutual fund shares. Rather,
transfer them to The
SF/SPCA. There is no capital
gains tax, the full amount is
also tax-deductible, and more
of your money goes to work
helping our animals. Another
tip: When you do this, please
tell us. We’ve recently received
a few gifts of stock, but we
have no idea from whom!
Call Eliza Edelman at The
SF/SPCA, (415) 554-3549
or [email protected].
BART
Tickets
for Animals
Do you have a
collection of
leftover BART
tickets with just
a dime or two
on them?
S
end them to The San Francisco SPCA. The SF/SPCA
can redeem the tickets, and
spend the money caring for
animals. Deposit your tiny
tickets in the special jars at
The SF/SPCA or use the envelope at page 16. Every little bit
helps when an animal is looking for a ticket to a new home!
Got Y
Stuff?
Your used
goods will do
great things for
animals!
our second-hand stuff – clothing, toys, collectibles, record albums, furniture and office
equipment – can do great things for animals.
Donate your used, salable goods to the Community
Thrift Store, and when the store sells them, part of
the proceeds will go to The San Francisco SPCA.
It’s a whole lot easier than a garage sale, and you
get a tax deduction for your donated items. Plus,
it’s a fantastic deal for the animals. During one
recent year, The SF/SPCA’s homeless cats and dogs
got $14,000 this way.
For details, contact San Francisco’s Community
Thrift Store directly (open 7 days a week), and tell
them you want your stuff to fetch funds for The
SF/SPCA. The store is at 623 Valencia St.
Your used goods will do great things for animals!
Call the store today at (415) 861-4910.
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Taking Care
A tale of two kitties, some cat people and a dash of San Francisco SPCA karma.
BY C HRISTINE R OSENBLAT WITH PAUL G LASSNER
Kali, a bit of
a bossy cat
T
here are people who are
OK with cats, and there
are true cat people.
To find out what kind of cat
person you are, take this personality test: Imagine it’s a
beautiful, quiet weekend
morning and you have the
Sunday paper spread out on
your dining room table. Along
with the satisfying hot cup of
tea (or coffee or cocoa) that
you sip periodically, shafts of
sunlight soothingly enter the
room from a window, and
you’re immersed in an article
about scuba diving in tropical
Costa Rica. The captivating
descriptions have you swimming along in bathtub-temperature water where schools
of fish assume ever-changing
fantastic forms while you drift
through an enthralling and
undulating world bursting
with sharp hues of silver,
blue, orange –
Suddenly the cat jumps up
on the table. You’re startled
out of your underwater rever-
26 Our Animals SF/SPCA | www.sfspca.org | Winter 2008
ie as the animal’s fuzzy tail
quickly brushes your face, and
in only a moment the cat has
settled down on top of your
newspaper. What do you do?
The OK-with-cats person
gently shoos the cat away or
picks up the cat and puts the
animal on the floor, saying
(with only a hint of bemused
impatience), “Oh, you silly
cat, do you really need to sit
down right now, right here on
top of what I’m reading?”
In contrast, the true cat person reacts in a completely different way. The true cat
person, though plucked from
the warm waters of an imaginary vacation, is nonetheless
delighted by this interruption
and not only massages the cat
behind the ears and under the
chin (hoping to elicit a purr),
but then, after an appropriate
interlude of softly cooing at
the cat and gently stroking the
animal, allows the cat to rest
right there on the Travel section, and (this is the kicker)
finds something else to do –
but nothing so noisy that it
would disturb the cat’s peace
and quiet.
Yes, a true cat person differs
from the average human.
A true cat person pays close
attention to a cat’s body language, noting not just the tail
but the cat’s posture and facial
features: ears, eyes and even
whiskers.
The true cat person accommodates him- or herself to the
cat. Always eager to pet or
play with a feline, a true cat
person nevertheless gives the
animal plenty of “space” and
knows instinctively not to
approach the cat but to let the
cat take the initiative. The
true cat person displays
patience that many people
simply don’t comprehend –
for example, adopting a shy
adult feline and waiting three
months for the animal to feel
comfortable enough to emerge
from under the couch.
Perhaps most important, a
true cat person is actually
attracted to “difficult” felines.
Such a human finds an aloof,
timid, or scared feline intriguing, even inviting.
True cat people often look
after feral cats, for instance.
Feral cats readily accept and
consume scrumptious servings of canned cat food as
long as no one is nearby. The
true cat person offers these
meals over and over for
months until one day when
the feral cat’s behavior
changes ever so slightly. The
animal does not immediately
bolt upon seeing the person,
but lingers and eats – constantly looking up suspiciously – despite the human
standing 15 feet distant. For
the true cat person, that’s the
reward. Not that the cat
shows gratitude or affection.
Just that the cat displays barely enough trust that it doesn’t
run away. For a cat person,
that’s enough. In fact, a cat
person takes that as a compliment.
Confronted with a socially
reluctant feline, true cat people seem to say to themselves,
“No matter what you do, I’m
going to win you over.” It’s a
kind of acceptance and indulgence and determination – a
HIROSHI SHIMIZU, SF/SPCA
form of love, actually, mysterious and immeasurable, yet
real.
t was in November of 2000
that Elizabeth Bernard
came to The San Francisco
SPCA to adopt a cat. She met
a tortoiseshell cat named Kali,
soon fell in love with her and
adopted her without a
moment’s hesitation. A longtime resident of San Francisco
and a teacher in the Oakland
School District at the time,
Elizabeth says that Kali was a
very special cat, who “just
sort of ruled.” Even so, Elizabeth adored her temperamental kitty. “She’d be purring
happily, suddenly chomp my
arm, and continue purring,
snuggled next to me,” Elizabeth laughs wryly.
Only a true cat person
would talk this way – or tolerate such behavior.
Kali needed that kind of
adopter because she wasn’t
just for anybody. She was
almost suitable for nobody.
Around five years old when
she arrived at The SF/SPCA,
Kali was named after Kali-Ma,
in Hindu mythology a fearfullooking goddess associated
with death and destruction.
An imperious goddess in her
own right, Kali remained at
The SF/SPCA for 11 long
months.
And Kali’s SF/SPCA tenure
might have been even longer
without the extraordinary
work of SF/SPCA volunteer
Loretta Padilla.
Loretta began volunteering
at The SF/SPCA not long after
her employer, Western Airlines, merged with Delta Airlines, giving Loretta the
chance to take early retirement, which offered her the
time to do something she really enjoyed – working with
animals. Loretta quickly established herself as a committed
volunteer in The SF/SPCA Cat
I
Behavior Department.
She took as much training
as possible so she could
advance to working with more
challenging and special-needs
kitties, and she excelled at her
vocation. Loretta did pretty
much everything. Besides
working one-on-one with the
“tough” cats, she helped the
behavior staff evaluate cats
and even taught classes to less
experienced volunteers. She
was completely at ease with
the public, so the role of
adoption counselor fit her
well, too.
Loretta also had a soft spot
for “torties” and Kali quickly
became Loretta’s favorite
feline at the shelter. (Needless
to say, only a true cat person
would select such a favorite.)
Loretta spent a great deal of
time working with this strongminded feline, soothing and
smoothing her unpredictable
traits, and Loretta might have
adopted Kali herself except
that she already had a specialneeds feline at home.
Kali actually loved attention, but only on her terms.
Loretta visited the cat week
Oni is named
after an
ancient
Egyptian
word meaning
“desired.”
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Oni at her
new home
after week, quietly, softly, gently, slowly making incremental
progress with Kali’s behavior.
While this coddling and
accommodation may seem
unusual, in fact all homeless
cats and dogs at The SF/SPCA
receive similar, customized
treatment. It’s all part of the
grand plan for each animal at
Maddie’s Pet Adoption Center.
The longer an animal stays
with us, the more adoptable
that animal becomes.
Still, everyone knew that
only a very special someone –
a true cat person – could take
on Kali and her commanding
personality. So when Elizabeth
adopted Kali, everyone in the
cat realm of The SF/SPCA
sighed with relief, though
probably no one else felt a
sense of satisfaction as deep as
Loretta’s.
A few years passed.
n October of 2004, two
young cats were brought to
The San Francisco SPCA
by a rescue group as part of
the Society’s collaborative
arrangements with other
regional animal welfare organ-
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izations. The siblings, a tortie
female (torties are nearly
always females) and a
Siamese-mix male, were former feral kittens whom the
rescue group had not been
able to successfully socialize.
And by then, they were about
6-8 months old, past the point
of no return for domestication.
“Between four and seven
weeks old is ideal,” explains
Dilara Parry, Cat Behavior
Program coordinator at The
SF/SPCA. And between the
ages of two and four months,
you can still “convert” a feral
kitten to a domestic life.
Thereafter, things turn dramatically uphill. Between the
ages of four and six months,
“It’s still possible, but it’ll be a
project,” she warns. “You’ll
make some progress, but you
can’t expect significant
change.”
And yet, as Dilara considered these two anti-social
felines who were decidedly
unfit for adoption, something
inside her didn’t want to
throw in the towel. “Six
months is kind of young to
give up on a cat,” she rationalized to herself. Spoken like a
true cat person.
So she personally took up
the challenge, and brought the
sister and brother to her own
home to foster. As if she had
nothing better to do. Dilara
works full-time, so does her
husband, and the couple have
two young children plus pets,
of course. Dilara put each cat
in a room by itself and for the
next several weeks bribed
them in every possible way.
No loud noises. No sudden
movements. Every visit from
any person in the household
was calm, predictable, quiet
and gentle. Dilara fed the cats
baby food (a cat who turns up
its nose at shrimp or tuna
often succumbs to human
baby food). Dilara’s eight-yearold daughter took part, offering interactive toys. Basically,
every time a human appeared,
something delicious, affectionate or fun happened.
The young boy cat made
dramatic progress. He was
quite feisty at first, says Dilara; if you approached him, he
wouldn’t run away (the typical
untamed cat’s response to
humans), he’d attack. But
after two months of concentrated effort, he turned into an
almost mellow little fellow
and was soon adopted.
No such luck with his sister,
named Oni, who remained on
the shy and scared side.
Unlike her brother, Oni was
never aggressive – she would
even approach to be petted –
but she never allowed herself
to be picked up.
After two months, Dilara
felt she had done all she
could. And she had succeeded: both cats were now fullgrown, yet they were ready to
move into Maddie’s Pet Adoption Center. Oni had calmed
down; still, she would require
a knowledgeable and patient
adopter.
By then, Loretta Padilla,
whose previous cat had passed
away nearly a year before, was
searching for another home
companion.
Loretta was captivated by
this dainty tortie girl with the
striking yellow and green eyes
and adopted her on December
23, 2004. The two bonded
very deeply, and although Oni
never liked to be picked up,
she would practically hurl
herself in front of Loretta to
try to prevent her ever leaving
her apartment!
Another couple of years
went by.
Then in March, 2007, the
unthinkable happened. Loretta, only in her sixties and still
full of energy, passed away
quite unexpectedly.
The staff at The SF/SPCA
and her many volunteer colleagues were shocked and saddened. They banded together
to purchase a memorial tile
for her to be placed in The
Leanne B. Roberts Animal
Care Center when it is completed. But their most immediate concern was Oni and
what this loss would mean to
her.
Fortunately, Loretta, with
great wisdom, had enrolled
Oni in The SF/SPCA Sido Program, a service that finds new
homes for companion animals
whose guardians predecease
them (see sidebar). Within
days of Loretta’s death, the
bewildered, now four-year-old
Oni was back at Maddie’s Pet
Adoption Center, and back, so
to speak, in the adoption market. Volunteers went to work
to help the traumatized cat
recover from the loss of her
entire world. It was a lengthy
process but, gradually, Oni
began to blossom again under
the gentle persistence of many
caring volunteers.
Oni had been at The
SF/SPCA four months when a
self-described “tortie person”
came looking for a new feline
companion. The woman had
lost her much-loved kitty to
diabetes – as a testament to
this human’s devotion and
careful nursing, the cat had
lived past the age of 12 – and
though she grieved for the
feline companion she had
recently lost, the woman
“knew” she needed another
kitty.
Clearly, another serious cat
person had arrived on the
scene. Sure enough, she
toured the adoption center
and after some time managed
to narrow the field to five candidates: two tabbies and three
beautiful tortoiseshells.
She then set about learning
more about each of these
feline finalists. She learned
that Oni had been there a long
time. Then she was told that
Oni’s previous owner, Loretta,
had died. Then she found out
that Loretta had been an
SF/SPCA volunteer and had
worked with a cat named Kali.
And that particular piece of
information sealed the deal
because Kali’s adopter, Elizabeth Bernard, had come back
to The SF/SPCA looking for
the perfect cat, and now she
wasn’t leaving without Oni.
“That did it!” remembers
Elizabeth. “It seemed somehow very symmetrical, very
karmic.”
Oni is now happily living
with Elizabeth and learning to
trust again. Oni still disappears under furniture if someone new visits, but when she’s
alone with Elizabeth, she
plays happily with her toys or
runs up and down the hallway
or lies in the sun in the front
room watching the traffic outside. There’s strong evidence
that the love and attention cat
people Dilara and Loretta
invested in Oni gave this cat
the head start she needed in
starting over: On her very first
night in her new home, Oni
emerged from under the bed
where she had taken refuge
and snuggled up beside her
new person. Elizabeth says it’s
been that way ever since. Y
SF/SPCA
volunteer
Loretta
Padilla at
Holiday
Windows,
1998.
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or someone who doesn't have a trusted friend or relative to act as custodian for their pet, The SF/SPCA’s
Sido Program provides safe passage for cats and dogs
who outlive their guardians, minimizing emotional disruption in the animals' lives and putting the pets on the fast
track to adoption into hew homes. For pets that come in
together, The SF/SPCA makes every effort to adopt them
out together.
Sido was a sweet, 11-year-old dog left behind when a San
Francisco woman died in 1979. Fearing that no one would
properly care for the dog after her death, the woman stipulated that Sido be put to sleep. But The SF/SPCA refused to
carry out the will's directive, fighting for the dog's life in
the courts and the state legislature. Sido was saved and
lived another five years with a new family.
A free brochure explains how the Sido Program works
and the requirements (for example, The SF/SPCA requests
an annual donation of at least $25). For a copy of this
brochure or more information, contact Katy Volz at The
SF/SPCA, [email protected] or 415-554-3027.
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