Fact: SEAACA continues to actively receive those felines who are sick, injured or otherwise suffering. SEAACA, consistent with majority of animal care and control providers in the region and across the country, is not receiving those who are healthy (including non-friendly, previously referred to as “feral” cats).

This feline intake modification was implemented in March of 2020 after careful consideration and review of recommendations from a variety of sources relevant to the animal care and control industry.

Additionally, finders of kittens can visit, seaaca.org/field-services/kittens for information and support.

Fact: SEAACA’s statistics can be found here on our statistics page, seaaca.org/about-us/statistics. SEAACA strives to reduce humane euthanasia and calls on all members of the community to be a part of the long term solution. Additionally, SEAACA continues efforts to educate the public and work collaboratively with community partners.

Fact: The Animal Care Technicians and Field Officers scan all animals upon intake with universal microchip scanners. The animals are also rescanned at the time of adoption, veterinary treatment or humane euthanasia with universal microchip scanners.

SEAACA’s Field Officers carry universal microchip scanners in their units. In many cases, pets are returned to their owners in the field without coming into the Care Center because of a registered, traceable chip.

Unfortunately, on a regular basis, microchips are discovered that do not have a registered owner or the information provided is outdated.

Fact: This is true. SEAACA has continued to expand communications & outreach efforts to community members to increase animal lifesaving. These efforts have been to bring awareness of animals that are abandoned, unclaimed or not adopted. Although SEAACA plays a role with our community’s lost and abandoned pets, SEAACA calls on community members and partners to provide exit strategies. We collaborate with the community to “Share the Care”.

Some animals spend a significant amount of time at the Care Center and others are either sick or injured and in need of additional care beyond SEAACA’s capacity. SEAACA shares this information in hopes of community members will provide outlets. Each animal is evaluated individually.

Although SEAACA’s dedicated team provides care for the animals at our facility, the goal is to have the animals safely return back home, placed in a new permanent home, in foster care, with an Adoption Partner or transferred to a another agency with kennel occupancies as soon as possible. SEAACA is a temporary holding facility. Even with the team’s best efforts, SEAACA does not have the resources and space to humanely keep all animals indefinitely. SEAACA recognizes that animal shelters can be stressful which impacts their physical and mental health.

In addition to the animals in SEAACA’s care, SEAACA continues to asses and implement various strategies to keep animals home and from entering our care. SEAACA’s Team remains committed to working toward solutions and resolutions to increase placement and owner-pet retention.

SEAACA is grateful for the ongoing support and efforts from our community partners. Furthermore, to increase animal lifesaving, SEAACA welcomes community members and groups to collaborate with our team of dedicated professionals.

Fact:The 5 year, “no-kill” goal was shared by Governor Newsom in January of 2020. Additionally the Governor allocated funding to assist animal welfare organizations. The allocated funding is being distributed through a program called, Cal For All Animals. For further information about Cal For All Animals, visit, www.californiaforallanimals.com/about/history.

Although the funding provides tremendous support for animal welfare agencies like SEAACA, it is not an immediate solution to pet overpopulation nor did it change the status of The State of California to “no-kill” overnight. However, the funding is instrumental to support organizations like SEAACA with the goal to continue to increase animal lifesaving.  SEAACA has benefited from this program by receiving the installation feline cat portals at the Care Center. Learn more about feline cat portals, here.

In addition to the cat portals SEAACA was awarded funding to support pet adoptions and pet retention. A portion of SEAACA’s grant funding specifically supports SEAACA’s Big Meow Program. The Big Meow program helps to reduce unwanted litters of kittens. The funding also helps to support animal placement though various adoption promotions at SEAACA.

SEAACA strives to keep animals home, return animals home if they are lost  and  find placement for those adoptable animals that remain unclaimed or are abandoned.

SEAACA seeks ongoing support from a continuously expanding network of community and adoption partners for placement of adoptable animals.

Note: The term, “no-kill” can have various definitions based on the interpretation of individual or group.