Judi Sanzo: Every time an animal goes home, we see that as a success story. We want to work on eliminating a bad experience which preceded their arrival at the shelter and turn that pet into a pet that will find compassion, comfort, and love in a new home.
Rancho Coastal Humane Society was founded in 1960 by Maria K. Lloyd. She was an animal activist. Her mission was to rescue anything that was lost or abandoned and to make it well and healthy and then return it back into the community.
One of the things that we're all concerned about is the number of animals that are lost or abandoned in San Diego County. That number is about 45,000 animals a year. Adoption is our second nature. It's part of our mission. Bringing animals together with humans for lifelong companionship is certainly good for the human and good for the pet.