Spay & Neuter Program. An unspayed female dog, her mate and all of their puppies and their puppies’ puppies, if none are neutered or spayed, can create an additional 67,000 dogs within 6 years. Our Spay & Neuter Program is designed to help reduce this population of unintended pregnancies, and in turn lessen the suffering of all the resulting dogs then end up euthanized in shelters.
Support
United Hope for Animals works in cooperation with Southern California shelters to facilitate the adoption and rescue of homeless pets. Our goal is to raise public awareness about animals in need in local shelters, and to give identity and dignity to the many lives that pass through our animal control institutions.
Sarah
Call me a sentimental old fool but I was sitting watching an old (1998) music video from Faith Hill ‘Let me let go’ on TV and was thinking about past loves lost when Sarah jumped into my lap and I felt the total comfort of pure uncomplicated love for this little beautiful animal. I don’t know how you could have let her go after being with her for some two months. She is a treasure, so close to my heart; I am inspired by her gracing my life and my space. Thank you for bringing her to me.
John Mapleback
(Pictured Right: John’s other dog Buddy who is 15 years old.)
John writes:
“Sarah and Buddy (“puppy”) play constantly. They wear each other out. They are both eating lots of food and sleeping well. Sarah is so vocal she is quite funny; she makes all kinds of little squeaks and noises, both awake and asleep. She is a total delight and we all love her arrival in our home”.
Sarah, her brother and sister were abandon behind a dumpster in Tecate Mexio when they were only 4 weeks old. Gabriele, Sarah’s sister is happy and also living in a loving home; sadly the boy was not strong enough to survive.
How Belle Got a Hollywood Home
United Hope for Animals was called upon to ask if we could get a few of our rescues ready for their big break. One of our volunteers and one of the founders of our group, Laura Sandoval, along with her daughter Angie, packed up the United Hope for Animals van with dogs that fit Cesar’s description of those that might work for Virginia. Laura, Virginia, Jack (and let’s not forget Spike) were guided by Cesar in evaluating the dogs and making the best choice for energetic Jack and still peppy, but aging Spike. In the end, Belle won their hearts and a found herself in a new, loving home. Of course it didn’t hurt that Belle, the little Chihuahua mix, was sweet as pie and cute as can be.
But where did Belle come from . . .
Many of our friends who watched the show about Belle have asked, “Where did you find Belle? Where did Belle come from?”
During the summer of 2006 Belle was alone and unwanted, at the perrera (pound) in Tijuana. Belle was just hours away from being euthanized via electrocution, when Laura and Mary Ann Foster (another dedicated UHAvolunteer) swooped her up and decided that she was one of the lucky ones that we could rescue. The sad fact is that we can only rescue a small percentage of the dogs on death row at the perrera, but the good news is that now dogs are NOT euthanized via electrocution. In August of last year, after years of effort and fundraising, we were able to initiate our program to stop the electrocutions at the perrera in TJ. With the support of our friends like Cesar, and YOU we can continue our work at the perrera and prevent the needless suffering of beautiful dogs like Belle..