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We’d like to say a big thank you to IKEA Burbank for donating a *ton* of IKEA pet products to the Burbank Animal Shelter! Thank you IKEA for all the stuff!  (And thanks to all the volunteers for helping unload it!) Thank you for all the leashes, collars, beds, cat…...

Chico arrived at the shelter with more than a bit of a limp.  He had broken both bones in his front leg.   Special surgery was needed to save him. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Chico was able to go to Berklely Pet Hospital to have his leg pinned. …...

Ever have a friend that’s nothing like you but you just “click”? That’s Tucker and Andy. Circumstances beyond their control brought this bonded pair to the shelter, and now they’re looking for a new home together. Tucker (A087955) is a 4-year-old male cat who’s very sweet but a little shy. …...

We got an update from Pumpkin’s adopters! (July Adoptions)  She is now known as Lexi, and her family reports she is doing great in her new home! “She wants only to cuddle… like all day every day. She doesn’t jump or beg for food. She loves her crate and is…...

Some call us the Little Rascals. The 2019 kitten season has been one for the record books.  It’s not even the end of August and our Kitten Foster Program has already taken in more kittens than it did in all of last year!  So many kittens!!! Busy season? You gotta…...

I could go for a pet right about now… Say hello to Ms. Chloe!  She’s a 7-year-old dilute tortie/calico, and she’s looking for a new home.  She’s a bit on the reserved side, and we think she was probably a librarian in a former life. Mmm…I have this human trained…...

Beatrice is a lovely Australian Shepherd mix and quite a mysterious girl. She came to us as a stray, so we don’t know much about her past except that she’s pretty independent and has proven to be very streetwise! Here’s my glamour pose. It’s no surprise really. Aussies are known…...

Say hello to Hope.  This 3 month old tortie was having a very bad day when she arrived at the shelter.  She was hit by a car and the bones in her rear leg were broken into many pieces.  Despite the pain, she remained friendly, super sweet and purred for…...

It’s the middle of the 2019 kitten season and a kitten tsunami is sweeping through Burbank! We have way more kittens coming in than usual, and our Kitten Foster Program is bursting at the seams! If you have a little space and a little time to spare, please consider fostering…...

It seems we have a real-life whodunnit at the shelter – or rather who-didn’t-do-it – which has us baffled. Here are the facts of the case: Hope you all had a happy 4th.  We did! —Tiger and Sharky are bonded 5-year-old Pit Terrier mixes who love each other very much. …...