Meet Winston and Podman, our logo dog & cat and our rescues!
We love all animals but dogs & cats have a special place in our hearts!
About
Spark Rescue Santa Barbara is a foster-based 501(c)(3). We have no shelter and no full-time staff. Animals live in foster homes until they are adopted.
The organization is volunteer-led. Fosters, foster coordinators, adoption coordinators, event coordinators, in town transporters, and the board do the work without pay.
The founding director runs daily operations year-round and is on call for intakes, veterinary emergencies, transports, and placements—including nights, weekends, and holidays. The board approves a modest year-end stipend for that role. The stipend is intended to help cover out-of-pocket rescue costs the director incurs, including gas, automobile maintenance, and other expenses directly related to pulling, transporting, and caring for animals. Most of it goes back into the rescue. Other officers receive no compensation.
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Vision
Our mission is to bring adoptable homeless pets that have been abused, abandoned and overbred into our program for social rehabilitation and emotional recovery and re-home them to permanent, loving homes. We hope to educate the public to help end euthanasia in Santa Barbara and Southern California through spaying and neutering and by preventing backyard breeding.
Our hope is to acquire land and have the ability to rescue and house as many animals as possible. We would like to offer a sanctuary where the animals will be free to roam and socialize, but still be in a family environment. We want a place where potential adopters can come visit our rescues and where volunteers can come together and give the rescues as much love and attention as possible.
