Julian, California – The San Diego Humane Society is in the midst of a mass rescue effort at an animal sanctuary in Julian. On Friday afternoon, the animal welfare agency commented on the scale of the effort, writing:
This is one of the largest and most complex rescues our organization has ever undertaken. While we don’t yet have a total count of the animals on-site, we anticipate more than 100 cats, along with dogs, donkeys, alpacas, geese, chickens, roosters, turkeys, goats, peacocks, ravens, a crow and several dogs. We also expect there to be at least 150 horses needing assistance on site.
Though the sanctuary location is outside of San Diego Humane’s jurisdiction, County Animal Services transferred the case to the agency on April 24.
Multiple agencies are involved in the rescue effort, including the Pasadena Humane Society, Marin Humane Society, and Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control.
The group said:
To accommodate the large-scale intake of animals, cat adoptions have been temporarily paused at our El Cajon Campus. Cats can still be adopted during normal business at hours at our San Diego, Escondido and Oceanside campuses.
San Diego Humane has stated that this is an active investigation and details are limited. Read the full release at this link.
(Feature image via Pixabay/NOT horses from this situation)
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