Educational Materials

Teachers and parents can bring Humane Education activities and lessons to kids, in the classroom or at home!

Deaf pets make wonderful companions and are not all that different from hearing pets! Let’s learn a bit more about what makes them unique — and why that may make them the right pet for your home.

Animal hoarding isn’t just an animal welfare problem. Animal hoarding often requires a multidisciplinary response, involving collaboration between animal welfare organizations, social services and local law enforcement to support the animals and the people involved.

San Diego Humane Society’s fees are collected for the adoption of pets and a variety of services provided to our community. Some services and associated fees apply only to residents of the cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach and Vista.

We are lucky to have over 20 different species of bats living in San Diego County. These nocturnal animals are extremely valuable to our environment — in fact, almost every bat found in this area eats insects, which provides a huge benefit to our region’s gardens and farms.

It’s a common call to Project Wildlife: A community member finds a bird trapped in a home, warehouse, store or their building. The birds can be hummingbirds, sparrows, finches, hawks and owls.

Here is more information about vaccinating your cats.

Feline leukemia is a virus that affects cats. It can make them more susceptible to common illnesses and infections, and can also cause different cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is a virus that affects cats. It weakens the immune system over time and can make it harder for a cat to fight off common infections.

As coyotes have expanded their range across North America, encounters with people have increased. These encounters sometimes alarm people who fear for the safety of their pets and children.

Generally, coyotes will avoid human contact. Coyotes who have adapted to urban and suburban environments, however, may realize there are few real threats and approach people or feel safe visiting yards even when people are present.

Coyotes generally avoid humans, even though we share much of the same space in San Diego County’s urban and suburban areas. However, pet food, compost or trash can attract coyotes and create the impression that homes or buildings are easy feeding areas.