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Founded in 1887, Santa Barbara Humane is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and one of the first animal welfare agencies in the country. With campuses in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Humane provides low-cost veterinary care, vaccines, and spay/neuter; affordable and humane dog training classes; pet adoption; and animal rehoming services. As a local community organization not funded by any national agency, Santa Barbara Humane relies on the generous support of our community to ensure cats and dogs receive the care they need.

2025 Shelter & Clinic Statistics

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Dogs that Received
Behavior Training

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The penny has been discontinued after more than 200 years, and frankly, Penny is handling the news with incredible grace.
This three-month-old kitten at our Santa Maria Campus could be bitter. She could be demanding answers from the U.S. Mint. She could be standing outside the Treasury Department yelling, “WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?” Instead, Penny has chosen to focus on her second career: being extremely cute. She’s sweet, playful, and has the kind of face that suggests she has never paid for anything in her life.
And maybe it’s time we all moved on. Stop digging around in the cup holder for loose change. Start investing in assets you can actually cuddle. The future isn’t pennies. The future is Penny.
Penny is available for adoption now at our Santa Maria Campus. We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays.
#Penny #Kitten #KittenAdoption #AdoptableKitten #SantaMaria #SBHumane
STEP ASIDE, STEPHEN AMELL. There’s a new Arrow in town, and this one weighs considerably less, has significantly bigger ears, and will absolutely not be doing the salmon ladder.
The CW’s Arrow is back with a bold new reboot starring Arrow, a one-year-old Chihuahua from our Santa Maria Campus. Gone is the brooding billionaire vigilante. Gone are the complicated flashbacks. Gone are the eight seasons of trying to remember who knows whose secret identity. This Arrow is playful, spunky, energetic, and mostly interested in chasing toys and exploring whatever happens to be over there.
Critics are already calling the casting “a surprising departure from the source material” and “wait, is that just a Chihuahua?” Yes. Yes, it is. And frankly, Star City has never been safer.
Arrow is currently accepting applications for a new supporting cast. No archery experience required. We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day of the week except Wednesdays.
#Chihuahua #ArrowIsInTheArrowverse #AdoptArrow #Dog #DogAdoption #AdoptableDog #ShelterDog #SantaMaria #SBHumane
SCANDAL AT THE ESTATE: THE DUKE AND THE VISCOUNT ARE NO LONGER ON SPEAKING TERMS.
We cannot disclose precisely what happened between nine-year-old terrier mix Duke and Viscount Reginald Pemberton-Smythe at the midsummer garden party. We can confirm that words were exchanged, a cucumber sandwich was slapped from someone’s hand, and Duke has described the Viscount as “a tiresome little man with deeply pedestrian opinions about begonias.”
Duke has therefore withdrawn from society to our Santa Barbara Campus, where he is seeking a new country estate. His requirements are reasonable: a comfortable couch, frequent access to the outdoors, a lap befitting his station, and people who won’t disappear for terribly long stretches. He has previously lived with another small dog, provided, one assumes, that dog was not a Pemberton-Smythe.
Come adopt Duke before the Viscount publishes his side of the story. We will not be giving him the satisfaction.
We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays. 
#Duke #Terrier #DogAdoption #AdoptableDog #DukeOfSantaBarbara #ShelterDog #TerrierAdoption #SantaBarbara #SBHumane
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SOMETIMES BIGGER REALLY IS BETTER

From October 1 through October 4, adoption fees are waived for dogs 40 lbs and over including large-breed puppies!