Winning! BADRAP, Well Pet Vet Clinic and HARP Volunteers

Susan S. and Ray Z. befriended a woman who spent her days walking in Antioch with a brindle Pit Bull tied to a shopping cart. When BADRAP and Well Pet Vet Clinic, Pittsburg, offered a free Pit Bull Spay/Neuter clinic on October 15, Susan took Tiger Lily, the female Pit, to get spayed. Lily had a prolapsed uterus. Susan recovered the dog at her home and learned how gentle she is…

BFF: Simone and Neva

H.A.R.P. received a call for help when a kitten was found in a hole under a fence in Pittsburg. The three-week old long-haired tabby and white baby was very hungry and confused, but oh, so cute…

Blondie

A woman called H.A.R.P. and sadly said that she was terminally ill and could not take care of her beloved dog, Blondie. She wanted the best for the terrier mix…

Lionel

The city of Antioch will soon have a new boat ramp. It will bring pleasure to residents. But when workers started cutting bushes with a Bob Cat, it almost meant death for an abandoned mom cat and her kittens…

Tucker

Tucker showed up recently in a group of abandoned cats. He begged Ray, H.A.R.P. volunteer, not to leave him…

Roofus

Roofus had a very shaky month. Somehow this little fellow ended up falling off a roof when he was about three weeks old. We can only speculate on how he ended up in this situation, but since it is unlikely his mother put him there, someone else must have. The animal control officer who was called to the scene…

Rags

When Rags came to the shelter you could barely tell what kind of animal she was.  When the hair was finally trimmed out of her face shelter workers discovered that Rags had two cherry eyes, making it nearly impossible for her to see. H.A.R.P.‟s Dog Adoption Manager, Gloria, saw that Rags would make a loving addition to a home, and decided to take her into the foster program.…

Cleo

Anyone will tell you that getting old isn’t for the faint of heart, and if you are a cat it can be even worse.  Cleo’s original person was taken to an out- of- state assisted living facility and she had to leave Cleo behind.  She arranged with the people who were moving into her home to take care of Cleo, but the first thing they did was put her outside to fend for herself…

Rescuing Lily

My husband, John, and I adopted Lily in January of this year. We had to put our dear Lab to sleep last September and I was feeling like a lost soul. After four months I knew in my heart I truly needed a dog in my life. I was checking online and dis-covered that H.A.R.P. would have dogs at the local PETSMART. I walked in and there was Lily (then Snowflake) in the arms of Gloria Bailey, H.A.R.P.’s Dog Adoption Manager…

Fire Fighters Rescue Manny

It was adoption Saturday at PETSMART in Pittsburg. Two fire fighters will always get our attention, but when they come through the door cradling a cardboard box and heading in the direction of the H.A.R.P. cat adoption table, even more so. They had just rescued a little orange kitten from the middle of Somersville Road. When asked how in the world they did that, with all the traffic, they said they used lights and sirens and stopped traffic. It was wonderful to know that the Contra Costa Fire Department thinks a terrified, trapped kitten deserved a heroic effort and H.A.R.P. felt the same way, so Susan Krueger, our Adoption Manager, took him home to foster. As the fire fighters left, we asked their names. “Manny and Jeff,” was the response, so Manny was named…