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Summer time in Southern California is a classic American dream. Beaches, hiking and outdoor activities galore! VBAS volunteers are offering 5 friendly tips for hiking with your pet during these hot months. Miki, (just got adopted!!!), on a happy hike. Photo credit: Molly Minard       The Five Second Rule First and…...

We’re about to enter the home stretch of the 2018 kitten season…but we need to get through the second big wave of kittens that is arriving right now!   Each year we see two waves of kittens.  The first in April/May and the second in August/September.   We had 30% more…...

You might have heard the term “bonded pair”.  What does that mean? The term indicates a pair of dogs or cats that are strongly attached to each other, and become anxious when separated.  When bonded pairs are surrendered to the Shelter, we do everything we can to keep them together.…...

Having heard about the big kitten outing (Rockstar Kittens at the Starlight Bowl) our dogs got into the act and strutted their stuff at the Starlight Bowl on July 28th. Places everyone!  Pat McCauley, Mia, Christine Hatch, Nora Hui, Linus and Debbie Peterson right before the curtains went up!  (Photo…...

We’ve had some great adoptions this month!   After 7 months of patiently waiting, a wonderful family adopted Cashew (Meet Cashew) and gave her the wonderful home she deserves! As soon as she arrived, Cashew made herself right at home and found a sunny spot to relax. She also claimed…...

Saturday August 18th was the fourth annual Clear The Shelter day at the Burbank Animal Shelter, and we had a ton of adoptions! 1 guinea pig, 1 bunny, 5 dogs and 28 cats were adopted! Among the adoptions was long term resident Miki, who now has a forever home with…...

  Have you ever been looking for a place to live and visited one in which you thought “this just isn’t going to work for me?” Well that’s what it’s like for some of our wonderful pets at the shelter such as Mia. This sweet, smart and athletic lady is…...

Want to add a low-key pet to your low-key house? Then check out Stella! Experienced cat owners will appreciate this approximately 6-year-old brown tabby girl who starts out slow around strangers, but then becomes your best friend. You’ll soon find out that your lap and her purring are a great…...

By Irina di Vincenzo I have been volunteering at the Burbank animal shelter since the beginning of this year and it has been fulfilling in so many ways. The happiest moments are when an older or a long time resident of the shelter gets adopted.  I fell in love with…...

We’d like to say a big Thank Mew to the new kitten foster parents who joined the Kitten Foster Program (KFP) after our article (The Kittens Are Here) last month. We gained a dozen foster parents….but we received dozens of kittens too! The kittens are still arriving, and we still…...