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This morning the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society experienced a devastating fire. In addition to their adoptions center, 15 cats were tragically lost. If you live in the area, please consider becoming a temporary foster home or volunteering your time at the cleanup efforts. Regardless of where you may live, you can make a financial contribution to help them rebuild and get back to the business of helping homeless animals.

Also please consider blogging, tweeting or Digging this article to help spread the word!

From the Examiner:

Following the fire early this morning at the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society that took the lives of 15 cats – all the dogs survived — and destroyed the shelter’s cat adoption center, the shelter is asking for the following help.
Monetary Donations: Any amount will help to pay vet bills and get the shelter up and running again. Hit any DONATE button on the website or mail donations to: BEBHS, 2700 9th St, Berkeley, CA 94710.
Foster Homes for dogs and cats: Please contact: foster@berkeleyhumane.org if you have temporary space for a dog or cat.
Volunteers: In the immediate future, the shelter will have major cleaning and repair tasks as well as animal care. Please contact: volunteer@berkeleyhumane.org if you can spare some time to help once the tasks are organized.

If you live in Marin, here’s another way to help

The Marin Humane Society announced it is going to donate a portion of the proceeds from its Paw Prints dog walk – scheduled for this Sunday, May 23 – to provide some assistance to the devastated shelter.
In an official announcement from MHS, Suzanne Golt, executive director said, “We are heartbroken to learn about the loss of destruction caused by the fire. Sunday’s Paw Prints dog walk offers the perfect opportunity for MHS and the Marin community to offer their support for our friends across the Bay.”

Paw Prints will take place from 9 am to Noon in Mill Valley. Pups and their people are invited to stroll along a one-mile course that begins and ends at scenic BayFront Dog Park, located at the end of Sycamore Avenue off Camino Alto. Agility demonstrations as well as vendors with fun stuff for canine companions will be available. The event fee is $25 for each registered dog.

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