Starting today, eight Bay Area shelters are offering free spaying/neutering to pit bull owners. Although a few shelters, such as the East Bay SPCA offer the free service year-round, the organizers of Bay Area Pit Fix Week are hoping that by offering spaying/neutering this week, the lives of thousands of pit bulls (and the people they otherwise might maul if not for being fixed) will be spared. Thousands of pit bulls are euthanized in the......

We're hugging SFist Franny tight (SFists Sniffy and Monkey are not big huggers), then running out to the Roxie to see the San Francisco SPCA and In Defense of Animals-hosted San Francisco screening of Dark Water Rising: The Truth about Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues. The 75-minute documentary, shot by award-winning filmmaker Mike Shiley, shows the plight of more than 50,000 dogs and cats, who were left behind in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The documentary......

Normally our Sunday mornings are spent walking along the beach at Crissy Field looking out on the Bay and wondering who those people are on the boats and what San Francisco looks like from the water. Finally, those questions will be answered thanks the San Francisco SPCA and its second annual “Dog Day on the Bay” Sunday May 7. The event is a fund raiser for the SPCA and includes a gourmet Sunday champagne brunch......

What is the Bark and Whine Ball hiding? We had hoped to report this week on the annual black tie extravaganza for the San Francisco SPCA, but SFist’s request for media credentials were denied. We had hoped to tell you the what celebrity dogs are wearing this season, who the hot makers of gourmet dog treats that look better than human desserts are and who is sniffing who’s butt but we weren’t invited so......

SFist adores animals. In fact, if we could own 10 cats without the stigma of being "a crazy cat lady", we would. The San Francisco SPCA has a larger number of kittens than they normally do. So, the SF/SPCA is offering specials for potential parents, with the hopes of it helping some of the kitties. During August and September, qualified adopters who attend a free, one-hour "Kittengarden" class before they choose a kitten, will be......

On our way up Mission Street to the Metreon on Saturday, we saw a billboard that incited our curiousity. It showed a kitten peeking out of a cage and reads, "10 out of 10 Cats Prefer NOT to Be Tortured by Iams. Stop Iams� Cruel Experiments on Cats and Dogs."...