Captain Care Shelter Intervention is an all-volunteer, donation-based non profit organization. We focus on the Carson Shelter service area (Los Angeles County, Gardena, CA) which serves low-income communities in Southern California, to bring help and pet care support to members of those communities. Our mission is to keep pets at home, out of the shelter system, by providing a safety net for low-income pet owners. Our assistance includes humane euthanasia to prevent shelter surrender of irremediably sick or dying pets, pet food and supplies, free ID tags, help paying shelter return to owner fees for impounded pets, and help with spay/neuter and vaccinations.
We are a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 81-2015973. All donations are tax deductible.
Since we began in August 2014, until December 2018, we have helped 14,084 pets stay out of the shelter.
Surrender prevention vet care: 3,591
Humane Euthanasia: 198
Food and supplies: 4,573
ID Tags: 4,909
Return to Owner/Shelter bailout: 557
Intercept (prevent surrender, find a rescue or home): 256
TOTAL: 14,084
These are our 2018 totals:
Surrender prevention vet care: 1130
Humane Euthanasia: 59
Food and supplies: 322
ID Tags: 1208
Return to Owner/Shelter bailout: 172
Intercept (prevent surrender, find a rescue or home): 76
TOTAL: 2967
Intervention keeps animals out of shelters by addressing the needs of low-income pet owners, providing food, vet care, vaccinations and/or spay & neuter, and engraved ID tags with collars and leashes to help keep pets safe.
Pets are released from the shelter to their loving owners with financial assistance from Captain Care to cover shelter fines and fees.
We give free ID tags to every pet we encounter or help. ID tags help keep pets out of the shelter and at home.
Pets that are terminally ill are given a peaceful exit with a private humane euthanasia service at a local vet, paid for by Captain Care. We want to avoid old, sick pets who are at the end of their lives from being left alone in the shelter to suffer.
Sometimes when a pet owner falls on hard times, all they need is some pet food to help keep their pet at home and out of the shelter. We provide donated food and supplies to owners in need. We also buy food and supplies for owners as needed.
Spay/neuter and vaccinations reduce the shelter population and keep pet from getting sick.