Berkeley Animal Care Services

On Aug. 26, International Dog Day, Dogs Unchained announced a partnership with Berkeley Animal Care Services to build an outdoor dog park for local shelter dogs in the near future.

Some Alameda County animal shelters have had to revise operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic but are working to provide people and pets with necessary services.

The Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation donated $5,000 to the Berkeley Animal Care Services, or BACS, shelter. Berkeley City Council will vote to accept the donation at its next regular meeting; the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation has donated to BACS since 2008.

Parks remain an important way to bring natural green space into the urban environment. Berkeley boasts a huge number of parks, both large and small.

Those in need of a job can look at several position openings within the city of Berkeley, such as animal services assistant, assistant city clerk and landscape gardener.

The city spent more than $12 million to create Berkeley’s municipal animal shelter— a two-story building glossed in yellow paint featuring a controlled climate, an in-house veterinary clinic and new kennels.

Dr. Jas Mattu, a veterinarian for Berkeley based University Veterinary Hospital is raising awareness of the pet obesity epidemic. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, more than half of cats and dogs in the United States are overweight or obese.

A large German shepherd barks loudly, peering eagerly through the walls of its Plexiglas pod, while neighboring furry friends snooze quietly, unperturbed in their own habitats.