Program areas at North Bay Animal Services
Animal care and rescue - the organization provides Animal care, shelter, training, adoption and Animal regulation and control Services in the northern san francisco Bay area. The Services provided include, but are not limited to, sheltering abandoned, unwanted or stray animals, medical care, Animal adoptions, spay and neuter of cats and dogs, Animal licensing and euthanasia of animals. The organization operates an Animal care facility in petaluma, California. The public may access information regarding the organization's adoptable animals online at northbayanimalservices.org and meet animals at the petaluma facility. The organization also operates spay and neuter clinics, k-9 education at local elementary schools, and a dog licensing program.during the year ended december 31, 2022, the organization intaked 899 dogs and 731 cats. Approximately 90% of the dogs and cats intaked during the year came from the public, and 10% transfered in from organizations within the communities served.the
The adoptions of rescued animals is the primary means by which the organization accomplishes its exempt purpose.
Providing spay/neuter clinics, boarding of stray animals, microchipping animals and field Services are activities which (1) help reduce the population of stray animals, (2) support reuniting stray animals with their owners, and/or (3) support the adoption of animals.
Licensing fees charged for dog licenses (1) ensures that dogs receive required vaccinations, (2) helps reunite stray dogs with their owners, (3) provides public education related to pet ownership, and (4) helps to enforce pet ownership laws.
The organization provided Animal sheltering and/or Animal control Services to the municipalities of petaluma, healdsburg, calistoga, windsor, cloverdale, clearlake and sebastopol in California during the year ended december 31, 2023.