NO KILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA COALITION
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About Us
How We're Helping
The mission of the No Kill Valley Central California Coalition is to use collaborative public and private partnerships to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs in the Central California Valley shelters and promote humane alternatives for community cats, ultimately attaining 100% safe placement of healthy and treatable pets.
The No Kill Valley Coalition strongly believes in the difference in the meaning of the words “euthanasia” and “killing.” Here’s why: We believe that the only animals euthanized in shelters should be the ones for whom ending the animal’s life is a true mercy. No healthy or treatable animal should be killed in a shelter when alternatives exist to save them. Any healthy or otherwise treatable animal who has his/her life ended to make space for other animals, or for some other reason, such as treatable medical conditions or old age, should be considered to have been killed.
Adopted from Best Friends Animal Society, our definition of euthanasia is defined purely as an act of mercy. This act should be reserved for situations when an animal is irremediably suffering and a veterinarian has determined that the animal has no chance of recovering an acceptable quality of life, or the animal’s behavior doesn’t allow him/her to be a candidate for rehabilitation.
While there may be differences of opinion about the path to achieving no-kill communities, the ultimate goal for every animal lover, rescuer, advocate and shelter employee should be to see a day when no healthy or treatable animal is killed.
Spay and Neuter / Vaccinate ... click to set appointment
Why Spay and Neuter?
By spaying or neutering your pet, you’ll help control the pet homelessness crisis, which results in millions of healthy dogs and cats being euthanized in the United States each year simply because there aren’t enough homes to go around. There are also medical and behavioral benefits to spaying (female pets) and neutering (male pets) your animals.
Here are some of the medical benefits:
- Your female pet will live a longer, healthier life. Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast tumors, which are malignant or cancerous in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.
- Neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer and some prostate problems.
And behavioral benefits:
- Your spayed female pet won't go into heat. While cycles can vary, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they'll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house!
- Your male dog will be less likely to roam away from home. An intact male will do just about anything to find a mate, including finding creative ways escape from the house. Once he's free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other male animals.
- Your neutered male may be better behaved. Unneutered dogs and cats are more likely to mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Your dog might be less likely to mount other dogs, people and inanimate objects after he’s neutered. Some aggression problems may be avoided by early neutering.
Spaying/neutering your pets is also highly cost-effective. The cost of your pet's spay/neuter surgery is far less than the cost of having and caring for a litter.
Debunking Spay/Neuter Myths and Misconceptions
- Spaying or neutering will not cause your pet to become overweight.Lack of exercise and overfeeding will cause your pet to pack on the extra pounds—not neutering. Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor her food intake.
- Neutering is not as a quick fix for all behavior problems. Although neutering your pet often reduces undesirable behaviors caused by a higher level of testosterone, there’s no guarantee that your dog’s behavior will change after he’s neutered. Although the surgery will reduce the amount of testosterone in your dog’s system, it won’t eliminate the hormone completely. Neutering will also not reduce behaviors that your pet has earned or that have become habitual. The effects of neutering are largely dependent on your dog’s individual personality, physiology and history.
When to Spay or Neuter Your Pet
- For dogs: While the traditional age for neutering is six to nine months, puppies as young as eight weeks old can be neutered as long as they’re healthy. Dogs can be neutered as adults as well, although there’s a slightly higher risk of post-operative complications in older dogs, dogs that are overweight or dogs that have health problems.
- For cats: It is generally considered safe for kittens as young as eight weeks old to be spayed or neutered. In animal shelters, surgery is often performed at this time so that kittens can be sterilized prior to adoption. In an effort to avoid the start of urine spraying and eliminate the chance for pregnancy, it’s advisable to schedule the surgery before your own cat reaches five months of age. It’s possible to spay a female cat while she’s in heat.
Talk to your veterinarian to determine the best time to spay or neuter your pet.
Microchip ... click to register your pet
Why Microchip Your Pet?
Registered microchips give lost pets the best chance of returning home.
The statistics indicate that missing pets rarely make it home:
• The American Humane Association estimates over 10 million dogs and cats are lost or stolen in the U.S. every year.
• One in three pets will become lost at some point during their life.
A study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, including 53 animal shelters across the U.S., confirmed the high rate of return of microchipped dogs and cats to their families, and the importance of microchip registration. From the study:
• Only about 22 percent of lost dogs that entered the animal shelters were reunited with their families. However, the return-to-owner rate for microchipped dogs was over 52 percent (a 238 percent increase).
• Less than 2 percent of lost cats that entered the animal shelters were reunited with their families. The return-to-owner rate for microchipped cats was dramatically higher at over 38 percent (more than 2000 percent better).
• Only 58 percent of the microchipped animals’ microchips had been registered in a database with their pet parent’s contact information.
High-tech protection can prevent heartbreak.
Enter the pet microchip — a simple, elegant product of our high-tech age. No bigger than a grain of rice or more costly than a month’s supply of pet food, a pet microchip and enrollment in a pet recovery database brings lost pets home and provides peace of mind that your beloved companion will never wander unknown.
Veterinarians encourage microchipping.
And with good reason—microchipping substantially increases the likelihood of a pet returning home by offering secure, reliable, unique and permanent identification.
Six Steps to Checking your Chip:
1. Get your Pet Scanned
If you’re not sure about your pet’s history, first check to see if he or she is already microchipped. You can do this for free at a veterinary office, animal shelter and some pet stores. Call ahead to make sure the establishment can scan your pet using a universal scanner (one that reads all chip frequencies), so the chip isn’t missed.
2. Check the Chip
If a chip is detected, copy down the number and look it up at petmicrochiplookup.org to get contact info for the chip’s registry. Then go to that registry and look up your number. If all of your contact information is there and up to date, perfect! You’re done. But if there’s no information or if it’s inaccurate, don’t worry. No matter which company sold the chip, you can always register it for free at found.org.
3. No Chip? Microchip!
If a chip is not detected, get your pet microchipped right then and there! Most veterinary offices and pet shelters will insert a microchip for a nominal fee. Make sure to get a copy of your pet’s microchip paperwork, which contains your pet’s unique microchip number. Think of this number like a social security number. Keep it in a safe place so you can find it again if you need it.
4. Register… Today!
Are you ready? This is the most important step! Register your pet’s microchip number as soon as possible at found.org. Registration is free for the life of your pet. Contrary to popular belief, a microchip is not a GPS device – it won’t tell you the location of your pet should he or she get lost. The chip has to correlate with information in a database to be useful. The database in this instance is a chip registry, where you will enter your contact information under your pet’s unique microchip number. This way, if your pet is lost without external ID, he can be scanned at a vet clinic or shelter and traced back to you as the guardian.
5. Don’t Forget to Update
Remember to update your contact information in the chip registry every time you move or change your phone number. This is why you should keep your pet’s microchip paperwork in a safe place you’ll remember. You’ll want to be found easily should someone scan your lost pet’s microchip and want to return him or her to you!
6. Don’t Forget to ID
Having your pet microchipped is just one step in keeping your pet safe if he or she is ever lost. The other equally important step is keeping an external ID on your pet at all times. If your pet escapes your care, the first place a Good Samaritan will look is on your pet’s collar. Make sure your pet’s tag is up to date with your current phone number. Make sure if you move, you update it right away. You don’t even have to get fancy with this. A fabric collar with your phone number written on it in permanent marker will do in a pinch.While microchipping is a great affordable tool that helps lost pets, it does require a little work and upkeep on the part of pet owners. Keeping your chip information up to date will ensure that if your furry BFF gets lost, they’ll have a better chance of being reunited with you. So, don’t forget to check your chip. Your pet would thank you for it if they could!
TULARE COUNTY LOST / FOUND ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES
LISTINGS
Local Animal Control #s:
Dinuba Animal Control..................................591-5911
Exeter Animal Control...................................592-5262
Police Department..............................592-3103
Farmersville Animal Control .........................747-0321
Lindsay Animal Control (Police Dept) ..........562-2511
Porterville Animal Control (Police Dept) ......782-7400
Shelter ................................................562-5947
Tulare City Animal Control ...........................687-2288
Shelter / Licensing .............................685-5047
Tulare County Animal Services.....................636-4050
Tulare County Dog Licensing........................636-4055
Visalia Animal Care Center ...........................713-4700
Visalia Animal Control (VPD Dispatch) .......713-4957
Visalia Dog & Cat Licensing.........................713-4686
Woodlake Animal Control.............................564-3346
KINGS COUNTY LOST / FOUND ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES
LISTINGS
Kings County Animal Services:
10909 Bonney view Lane, Hanford, CA 93230
Office: 559-852-2525
Dispatch for an Animal Problem – 559-584-9276
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9AM to 5PM/Kennels open at 10:30AM
All animals in the shelter can be seen on PetHarbor.com which is updated on every hour, automatically by our computer system.
Lemoore City
657 Fox Dr, Lemoore, CA 93245
Lemoore Police Department
559-924-9574
Hanford City
425 N Irwin St, Hanford, CA 93230
Hanford Police Department
559-585-2535
Avenal Shelter:
Avenal
1284 Hydril Road, Avenal, CA 93204
559-386-1112
Hours: Monday – Friday 1PM to 4PM
Corcoran City
1031 Chittenden Ave, Corcoran, CA 93212
559-992-5151
FRESNO COUNTY LOST / FOUND ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES
LISTINGS
CLOVIS
Betty Cochran
Animal Control Officer
City of Clovis
1233 Fifth Street
Clovis, CA 93612
Office (559) 324-2450
Office (559) 324-2451
Fax (559) 324-2881
COALINGA (Updated 9/07/17)
Lt Scott Ingham
Animal Control Officer
Chief Michael Salvador
City of Coalinga PD
270 N. Sixth Street
Coalinga, CA 93210
Office (559) 935-1525
Fax (559) 935-1756
FIREBAUGH
Ben Gallegos
Director of Public Works
Cell (559) 694-6166
City of Firebaugh
1133 P Street
Firebaugh, CA 93622
Office (559) 659- 5905
City Hall (559) 659-2043
Fax (559) 659-3412
publicworks@ci.firebaugh.ca.us
Salvador Raygoza
Chief of Police
City of Firebaugh
(559) 659-3051
Rodolfo Tabares
Officer
Cell (559) 916-7812
KERMAN
Kyle Godfrey
Animal Control
City of Kerman
850 S. Madera Ave.
Kerman, CA 93630
Office (559) 846-6634
Fax (559) 842-0362
KINGSBURG
Adam Castaneda
Community City of Kingsburg
1401 Draper Street
Kingsburg, CA 93631-2222
Office (559) 897-4418
24 hour # 559-897-2931
Fax (559) 897-2265
MENDOTA
Cristian González
Director of Public Works
City of Mendota
Animal Control
643 Quince
Mendota, CA 93640
Cell (559) 860-8882
Office (559) 655-4298
Fax (559) 655-4064
SANGER
Mario Irazoqui
City of Sanger
Animal Control
1700 Seventh Street
Sanger, CA 93657
Office (559) 875-8522
Fax (559) 875-5391
SAN JOAQUIN
Stan Bulla
City of San Joaquin Public Works
P.O. Box 758
San Joaquin, CA 93660
Office (559) 693-4311
Marisela Magana
City Hall
21900 W. Colorado Ave.
San Joaquín, CA 93660
Office (559) 693-4311 Ext. 14
Big Sandy Rancheria
US Public Health Service
Indian Health Service
Aaron McNeill
Office (916) 930-3927 ext. 356
FAX (916) 930-3954
FOWLER
David Weisser
Director of Public Works
City of Fowler
FOWLER
128 S. Fifth Street
Fowler, CA 93625-2401
Office (559) 834-3113 x121
Fax (559) 834-0185
Shelter Manager
SCAS-Selma
Sandy Niswander
Sarah Chambless
CITY OF FRESNO
Animal Control Vendor
Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CCSPCA)
Jesse Boyce, Rabies Control Officer
CCSPCA
Cell (559) 994-6464
Office Dispatch (559) 233-7722
HURON
Animal Control
City of Huron
P.O. Box 339
Huron, CA 93234
Office (559) 945-2348
Fax (559) 945-6411
Noemi Hernandez
Animal Control Officer
(559) 940-4439
ORANGE COVE
Sgt. Javier Pena
Orange Cove Police Department
550 Center St
Orange Cove, CA 93646
Office (559) 626-5106
Alfred Angulo
Public Works Supervisor
559) 626-4488
(559) 626-4653 (Fax)
Shelter Manager
Friends Of Orange Cove Animal Shelter (FOCAS)
Julie Wiggans
Cell (559) 799-6684
PARLIER
8770 S. Mendocino Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Office (559) 646-6600
REEDLEY
Officer John Urbano
City of Reedley Police Department
Animal Control
843 G Street
Reedley, CA 93654
Office (559) 637-4250
Fax (559) 638-7218
SELMA
Lt. Christie Mooradian
Selma PD
1935 East Front Street
Selma, CA 93662
Office (559) 891-2227
Fax (559) 896-8839
Sandy Niswander
Sarah Chambless
SCAS-Selma
County of Fresno
Animal Control Vender
Fresno Humane Animal Services (FHAS)
Teri Rockhold, Executive Director
Angyla Brumm, Animal Control Supervisor
Janie Partain, Records Supervisor
760 W. Nielsen Ave.
Fresno, CA 93706
Office Dispatch (559) 600-7387(PETS)
Fax (559)600-7765
Fresno County Department of Public Health Environmental Health Division
Rabies Animal Control Program
Amy Dobrinin, Program Supervisor
Jacque Gleghorne
Rose Membrila, Rabies Program Clerical
1221 Fulton Street, Third Floor
Fresno, CA 93721
Office (559) 600-3357
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