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May 2013

5/5/13- KSBW news story "SPCA Celebrates its 18th Annual Wag n' Walk" (video)
5/3/13- Monterey Herald news story "SPCA Takes in 2 Weasels" (video)
5/2/13- KION news story "SPCA for Monterey County Rescues Baby Weasels"
5/1/13- Californian news story "SPCA Rescues 2 More Cats from Monterey Hoarding House"

April 2013

4/30/13- SF Weekly news story "SPCA Saves 48 Animals Rescued fromHorrific Hoarder Living in Three Feet of Garbage"
4/30/13- Californian news story "Home Shut but No Arrest in Hoarding"
4/29/13- Monterey Herald news story "SPCA Takes 48 Animals in 'Horiffic' Hoardig Case"
4/29/13- Monterey Herald news story "Monterey Home Cleared of Nearly 50 Cats and Dogs"
4/29/13- Univision 67 news story "Rescatan 48 Animales en Monterey" (video)
4/28/13- Californian news story "Monterey House Cleared of 48 Neglected Pets"
4/28/13- CBS San Francisco news story "4 Dozen Pets Rescued from Monterey Hoarder's Home"
4/28/13- KTVU.com news story "48 Emaciated Dogs, Cats and Puppies Rescued from Hoarder's Monterey Home"
4/28/13- ABC7 San Francisco news story "Emaciated Animals Rescued from Horader's Home in Monterey"
4/28/13- KION news story "48 Animals Rescued from Uninhabitable House in Monterey"
4/28/13- KSBW news story "48 Animals Rescued in Monterey Home"
4/12/13- Californian news story "SPCA Monterey County Offering $10 Cat Neuters"
4/8/13- WTVY 4 news story "California: Abandonned Puppies Rescued by SPCA" (video)
4/413- Monterey Herald news story "SPCA Still Seeking Ownres of Abandonned Salinas Dogs"

August 2012

8/23/2012 - SFist news story "51 rescued cats recovering adorably" (video)
8/23/2012 - SF Weekly news story "Cat hoarders charged, 51 rescued felines are enjoying their freedom" (video)
8/23/2012 - SFist news story "51 rescued cats recovering adorably" (video)
8/23/2012 - Herald news story "Cat hoarding case: Seaside mother and daughter charged" (video)
8/23/2012 - KSBW news story "Two Seaside women charged in deaths of 113 kittens"

July 2012

7/25/2012 - ABC7 San Francisco news story "113 dead kittens found at Seaside properties" (video)
7/25/2012 - New York Daily News story "113 dead kittens found in apartment in coastal California town; 51 found alive but neglected in nearby house"
7/25/2012 - Fox News Radio national "Hoarding Horror: 113 Dead Kittens, Dozens of Sick Cats Found in CA"
7/25/2012 - Los Angeles Times news story "113 dead cats and feline ashes found in Monterey County"
7/25/2012 - Gawker.com news story "Authorities find 113 dead kittens inside a California apartment"
7/25/2012 - KION news story "Officers find dead kittens at Seaside home, 51 cats also rescued (video)
7/25/2012 - KSBW news story "113 dead kittens found at Seaside cat-nabber's home" (video)

June 2012

6/14/2012 - Monterey County Herald news story "SPCA rescues dog from Highway 1 cliff"
6/13/2012 - KION and KCBA news stories "SPCA rescues dog off Big Sur Cliff"

May 2012

5/21/2012 - Monterey County Herald news story "SPCA expands Veterinary clinic hours"
5/18/2012 - Off 68 news story "Wag n' Walk raises funds for the SPCA"
5/18/2012 - Off 68 news story "Racers, Playmates bond with furry namesakes"
5/18/2012 - Off 68 news story "SPCA clinic now open daily"

April 2012

4/18/2012 - San Jose Mercury News story "Former Watsonville police officer pleads not guilty to animal cruelty charges"

March 2012

January 2012

1/30/2012 - SPCA Pet Telethon Thank You
1/27/2012 - KION news story "The SPCA's Take the Lead Program"
1/26/2012 - KION news story "Ginger, rescued from Michael Vick's Kennels"
1/15/2012 - SPCA Newsletter

November 2011

11/23/2011 - San Francisco Chronicle story "Another abandoned pup found near Watsonville"
11/22/2011 - KSBW news story "Reporter Felix Cortez Rescues Puppy"
11/17/2011 - San Francisco Chronicle news story "Scared puppies dumped at recycling center"
11/18/2011 - Huffington Post story "Royal Oaks Abandoned Puppies Dumped at Recycling Plant"
11/18/2011 - Watsonville Patch "Cute Puppies Dumped at the Dump"
11/17/2011 - CBS 5 San Francisco news story "Puppies dumped at Monterey County recycling plant"
11/17/2011 - ABC7 KGO San Francisco news story "Reward for info about six abandoned puppies"
11/16/2011 - KSBW news story "Animal abandonment in Royal Oaks"
11/16/2011 - KION news story "Six abandoned puppies found at plastics recycling plant"

October 2011

10/24/2011 - KION news story "SPCA rescues four horses in Castroville"

August 2011

May 2011

5/26/2011 - KSBW news story "More Than 70 Animals Found In Castroville Home"
5/10/2011 - KION news story "Red Cross Hero: Woman rescues horse near death"
5/4/2011 - KION news story "Complaint filed against ASPCA"

February 2011

2/21/2011 - KION news story "Cockfighting Lucrative Business on the Central Coast"
2/4/2011 - KGO news story "Statewide hunt on for fake veterinarian hurting dogs"
2/3/2011 - KION news story "Police, SPCA serve search warrant for fake vet"

January 2011

1/27/2011 - CBS San Francisco "Another puppy found mutilated in Monterey County"
1/27/2011 - KION news story "SPCA helps wild and exotic animals"
1/26/2011 - KPIX (San Francisco) news story "Fake Vet Sought for Botched Surgeries in Monterey County"
1/26/2011 - KION news story "SPCA Pet Meals Program"
1/26/2011 - KION news story "SPCA Program helps at-risk teens"
1/25/2011 - Sacramento Bee news story "Man sought for allegedly cropping dog's ears for fighting"
1/16/2011 - KGO news story "SPCA offers reward for info on man who dumped dog"
1/7/2011 - KION news story "SPCA rescued 6 neglected horses, 1 found dead"

November 2010

11/1/2010 - Carmel Magazine story "Second Chances: SPCA program creates new beginnings for kids and dogs"

August 2010

8/5/2010 - Horse Channel news story "Abused Horses Recovered by SPCA"
8/3/2010 - KION news story "19 Abandoned Horses Rescued by SPCA"

July 2010

7/21/2010 - KGO news story "SPCA offers reward for information on abandoned horses"

June 2010

6/15/2010 - KION news story "Abandoned Puppies Reminds Central Coast to Surrender Animals"

April 2010

4/16/2010 - Star News article "Animal Tales: Dog Fight victim a shining example"

January 2010

1/24/2010 - KION news story "Rain eases but SPCA still helping hurt pelicans"
1/24/2010 - Salinas Californian video "SPCA rescues pelicans"
1/22/2010 - KION news story "More than a dozen pelicans rescued from storm"
1/6/2010 - Fox News Channel news story "Horses Orphaned in Down Economy"
1/6/2010 - Fox News Channel news story "Recession Victims: Horse Being Abandoned"

December 2009

12/3/2009 - KGO San Francisco news story "Three horses found abandoned in Salinas"
12/3/2009 - KION news story "SPCA rescues three neglected horses, $1,000 reward offered"

October 2009

10/28/2009 - KION news story "Owl rescued from Save Mart in Sand City"
10/26/2009 - KION news story "Puppies Abandoned in Peninsula Dumpster, SPCA Offers Reward" (video included)

June 2009

6/19/2009 - NPR California Report "Using dogs to help kids avoid gangs"

May 2009

April 2009

4/29/2009 - About.com Interview: Parts 1-9
4/20/2009 - About.com Interview: Humane Investigations Part V: Nervous About Reporting?
4/20/2009 - About.com Interview: Humane Investigations Part IV: What Should You Do?
4/18/2009 - About.com Interview: Humane Investigations Part III: Identifying Abuse & Neglect
4/17/2009 - About.com Interview: Humane Investigations Part II: Necessary Vet Care
4/13/2009 - About.com Interview: Humane Investigations Part I
4/9/2009 - KGO ABC 7 news story "Puppy had ears cut off, abandoned at animal shelter"

February 2009

2/12/2009 - KGO ABC7 news story "Bald eagle recovering at wildlife center"

January 2009

1/28/2009 - KION news story "SPCA Animal Cops"

December 2008

12/23/2008 - KION news story "20 Months Later: Michael Vick's Dogs"

September 2008

9/10/2008 - KGO ABC7 News story "One of Michael Vick's Dogs fights cancer"
9/10/2008 - SF Gate Day in Pictures features "Red"

August 2008

8/22/2008 - Good Works Tour Video of Volunteering at The SPCA

July 2008

7/17/2008 - Monterey County Weekly article "SPCA of Monterey County sees record horse intakes"
7/6/2008 - KSBW news story "Rescued Animals"
7/2/2008 - AP TV news video "California Wildfires Threaten Animals"

June 2008

6/28/2008 - Monterey Herald news story "Daisy the Pig Hoofs it Out of Partington Ridge"
6/25/2008 - Salinas Californian news story "FIRE: SPCA Photos from Indians Fire Evacuations"
6/21/2008 - Herald online slide show shows SPCA animal rescue team during Trabing Fire
6/20/2008 - SPCA Disaster Preparedness Information
6/20/2008 - KAZU (National Public Radio) news story "Economic Downturn Leads to Upturn of Animals at Shelters"
6/10/2008 - Coalition for Companion Animals offers tips to people facing foreclosure or eviction

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