Local volunteers organize mobile vaccine clinic for unhoused pet families inside Santa Maria riverbed

On June 8, members of C.A.R.E.4Paws, the Street Dog Coalition, and Santa Barbara County Animal Services journeyed into the riverbed with Gorilla Carts full of vaccines and parasite treatment in search of unhoused pet families they could provide with physical examinations and vaccines. The effort was the fourth pet wellness event C.A.R.E.4Paws and Street Dog Coalition hosted in the Santa Maria Riverbed since the county and others started removing encampments last August.