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Alpha Canine Sanctuary (Bakersfield)


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ALPHA Canine Sanctuary is a no-kill haven for homeless dogs. The 20 acre ranch, which opened in 1995, is nestled in the foothills above Bakersfield.

Caretakers live on site. They and several employees provide full-time care for the dogs. ALPHA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and is supported entirely by donations from animal lovers.


P.O. Box 5517
Bakersfield, CA 93388
Phone:(661) 391-8212

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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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6 month old female red Doberman puppy is missing. Her name is Athena but she also goes by pretty girl. She got out January 24th by Morning Drive and MorningStar Ave. she’s never been away from her twin brother and he has been very depressed ever since she got out. If anyone has any information please contact me at 661-889-6196 or 661-825-6000. REWARD if found. Please help us find our sweet girl.
posted by [email protected], on 2023-01-30 17:58:02
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My baby hasn't been home for 9 days! If anyone has seen him. His name is Feo, but we call him Fay Fay that what he answer too. We live in Stockdale area off Chester Ln. & Mira Loma on Charter Oaks Ave. Houses behind Apts. On California across st. From Old Mervyns now Ross in Bakersfield Ca. He has a collar with name and my #. If anyone sees him please call 5308226851. He's my baby! He knows home, he goes in & out all the time. He just hasn't came home this time. He is a Siemese very dark brown paws & face. 18 months. Is chipped but chip not registered. If found contact me at 5308226851
posted by [email protected], on 2022-11-16 21:29:42
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Missing my pit bull terrier. He has been missing since 10/27 early morning. He is brown with white on his chest an a little bit of white on his paws. His name is kane an he is very friendly. We love our Kane an want him home. He was last seen in the oildale area around belle an locust
posted by [email protected], on 2022-10-29 17:15:03
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Missing dog name is taco . All white fur fluffy not nuerterd . Light brown eyes blue collar with my phone number on it . Lost in Bakersfield ca . By union cemetery
posted by renee olaguez, on 2022-08-17 17:50:33
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posted by Denise Kobdish, on 2022-06-21 17:03:09
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Missing dog. ZEPPLIN, 15YO,QUEENSLAND,RED/BROWN,HARD OF HEARING, BAD HIPS
posted by Denise Kobdish, on 2022-06-21 17:02:12
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April 16 th lost 2 female dogs near fairview and monitor.the mama dog won't let you touch her but the daughter us very friendly.please let me know 8f you see them
posted by [email protected], on 2022-05-14 21:31:38
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LOST! German Shepard, female, one year old,09/27/2021, Rosedale Hwy& Jewetta, call, 661-444-0470
posted by [email protected], on 2021-09-30 18:15:26
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LOST DOG: Bella wondered out our side gate off Sweitzer Lake St. 93314. She is a 5lb. Small friendly brown chihuahua. If any info at all is noticed or someone turns her in plz call me at (661) 229-7562.
posted by [email protected], on 2021-07-30 15:41:20
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1/27/21 our morkie was taken from our home. He's black & white.name is max i posted pics of him. On fb & next door. Plz any info will help bring out fur baby home. 661-314-2090
posted by [email protected], on 2021-01-30 18:21:01
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