Loving All Animals Inc.

Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals, Bird Sanctuaries

Mission: Loving All Animals' mission is to bring together local and national animal welfare and related organizations to collaborate for the greater benefit of animals. We advocate for and organize collaborative activities to aid companion animals including exotic pet birds in need. One priority is finding homes for homeless animals, reducing their suffering, and lowering the high euthanasia rate throughout the Coachella Valley. We actively support spay/neuter procedures and micro-chipping. Our educational efforts are also important and include a volunteer program to train students to work with pets, including birds. Loving All Animals has undertaken major initiatives to benefit a number of public and private animal shelters and rescue groups throughout the region. Our annual two-day Super Pet Adoption Fair, for example, helped 38 area shelters find permanent homes for 271 pets last year. This created space for another 271 pets in their facilities, saving a total of 542 lives. Since 2008, our Adoption Fairs have resulted in a total of 1351 pet adoptions, with another 300 lives saved by transferring pets from kill shelters to no-kill facilities at the end of the Adoption Festivals. The goal for our next Super Pet Adoption Festival, to be held on November 14-15, is to adopt out another 300 pets. Our Mobile Mutts program is another major initiative that not only saves the lives of pets but also enriches the lives of the people involved in this effort. The program operates throughout the year to rescue pets (mostly dogs) from high-kill shelters and the streets and match them with appropriate adopters. We also have a variety of other community partners for this work, including: medical staff and facilities to spay/neuter and provide needed procedures and medications prior to adoption; local retailers and pet boutiques as public venues to showcase rescued animals to potential adopters; and local senior centers that help find foster homes for pets waiting for adoption.