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Special delivery: Donations for pets Readers exceed goal of $10,000 for shelters Help us reach $10,000 for local animal rescue groups! Money flowing in for local animal shelters Sibling kittens and Lab mixes Welcome The Cat People to Pets of the Week Take home a new pet today! Tails Of Bakersfield Video: Spotlighting the SPCA Adopt a pet The Cat Is Out Of The Bag! Get your Pet Pic in TBC! June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 Get involved at these events How to adopt a local pet: ALPHA Canine, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For directions: alphacanine.org. Call 391-8212 for an appointment. Kern County Animal Shelter, 201 S. Mount Vernon Ave., 868-7144, www.co.kern.ca.us/acd. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday through Saturday; 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Bakersfield SPCA, 3000 Gibson St., 323-8353, www.bakersfieldspca.org. Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; noon to 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The Cat People, 327-4706, www.thecatpeople.org. Cats are adopted by application and interview for a refundable $50 at the Rosedale Petco from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. most Saturdays. 
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Readers exceed goal of $10,000 for shelters
It was the perfect formula: A worthy project for Bakersfield's givers to demonstrate their generosity while showing off the family pet in the pages of the newspaper. Tails of Bakersfield, The Californian's effort to save the lives of unwanted pets, has exceeded its goal of $10,000 for local shelters. In fact, thanks to one anonymous donor's gift of $3,000, the project's haul as of Friday was $13,495. Though we're no longer accepting pet photos, over the next couple of weeks we will continue to run pictures received as of Friday. And if you missed out this year, Tails will return in 2009. Here's a breakdown, as of today, of the amount raised per shelter. (Donors chose which shelter their donations would go to.) The Cat People: $1,591.25 3 comments from 3 users
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posted by
Katatak
on Aug 27, 2008 at 05:37 PM
This is the kind of blog subject to celebrate! Many small pets that are abandoned or otherwise harmed will benefit by the generosity shown here. Great work! posted by
vwilroy
on Aug 27, 2008 at 07:53 PM
The people of Bakersfield really came through. This is the kind of support the pets need. I just love a happy ending, posted by
siouxcityranch
on Aug 28, 2008 at 07:17 AM
Amen vwilroy..cept its not over...a good start and Im very glad to see the publics enthusiasum..would have been nice to see more going to KCAS where the killing fields are running rampant but somes better than none
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