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New Pets of the Week have been posted at Bakersfield.com/yourwords. There is Star the chihuahua mix, Sasha the black and white kitten, Lily the tabby cat, and so many more.

And during summer, the Bakersfield SPCA is offering half-off all cats and kittens on Thursdays! What a deal!

View the link above for details on how to adopt all of these wonderful, waiting dogs and cats.

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In March and April of this year, over 2,700 cats and dogs were euthanized in Kern County. There are many pet shelters in Bakersfield that are no kill, and in our TBC Gives video produced by Louis Medina, we spotlight one of them- the Bakersfield SPCA.

Click here to watch the video.

--Mary Russo

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One way to help reduce the stray animal population in Kern County is to adopt a shelter pet rather than buy a purebreed. Local shelters and rescue groups allow you to visit the pet and also give you personality traits to help you decide if you and the pet are a good match.

Every Monday in The Bakersfield Californian we highlight the Pets of the Week available locally. But there are countless others waiting to be adopted as well!

To view the Pets of the Week online, view this link on our Your Words section.

Also, here is info on the local shelters and rescue groups:

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: contact Barb Hayes, 599-2719.
 

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Our Eye Street team announced online the best part of our new Tails of Bakersfield project!

You can show off your pet in the pages of The Californian and on Bakersfield.com! You can bet you will be seeing some pictures from me!

-- Mary Russo

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I have 3 very spoiled cats and I'm constantly covered with cat hair. It's annoying but I love my pets too much to let it stop me. So a few weeks ago when our TBC Gives team met to talk about starting a new project, I secretly was hoping we'd do something for pets. 

Since our team is brimming with pet lovers like me (less hair covered though), it was easy for to decide upon our next project of helping local pets in need of a permanent home.

Next week, "Tails of Bakersfield" will be kicking-off. It's our drive for local organizations such as the SPCA, Kern Animal Control, Alpha Canine Sanctuary, and The Cat People. We will be raising funds and accepting donations for their shelters.

Soon, we will be sharing all of the details with you on how you can help, plus letting you know how you can showcase the adorable pets you've welcomed into your home as well.

I just wish as part of this project we could invent a better lint roller so I'm no longer a walking hairball.

-- Mary Russo

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Welcome to our new group blog for TBC Gives! Our aim is to spread the word about easy ways you can give back to the community, even if you are low on time and money. We also wanted to use this as a platform to let our readers know about TBC Gives and our projects.

TBC Gives is a committee of staffers from The Bakersfield Californian formed to use to our resources to give back to our community by organizing special projects.

Past projects have included holiday spotlights on local families in need, Back-to-school drives for school supplies, book drives for local libraries, collection of personal hygenie items for local homeless shelters, and playground toy collection for local schools.

Lead by our Publisher Ginger Moorhouse, the TBC Gives committee includes:

• Dianne Hardisty, Editorial
• Jennifer Self, Newsroom
• Jennifer Baldwin, Newsroom
• Kaarin Simpson, Executive
• Mary Russo, New Products
• Shanan Mallard, Human Resources
• Tracy Cowenhoven, Editorial

As well as assistance from many other TBC staffers.

For more information on TBC Gives, please send us a message!