Pets Love Christmas Too! Pet Portraits With Santa! Saturday and Sunday December 10 & 11th Valley Oak Veterinary Hospital 2480 Martin Luther King Parkway Chico 12noon – 3pm Cost: $10 for one portrait/ $15 for two Fundraiser supports Chico Homeless Animal Outreach: Local Charity providing medical care, food and shelter to animals living with Chico’s…
CHAO Foster Dog
While his family is waiting to get into the Catalyst Shelter, Achillies is being fostered by Chico Homeless Animal Outreach. He is just one of many dogs we have fostered in the last two years. We are currently looking for more people to provide loving foster homes for sweet dogs like this. Please contact us…
Frost or Fog Run to Benefit Chico Homeless Animal Outreach
Frost or Fog Run to Benefit Chico Homeless Animal Outreach The annual Frost or Fog Run in Bidwell Park – known as Chico’s favorite winter race – will benefit Chico Homeless Animal Outreach this year. CHAO is an animal welfare charity dedicated to caring for the companion animals of homeless people and works closely with…
We Reach Out to Mike and his Dogs
In another interesting encounter, one day last winter while we were doing outreach a homeless woman told us about a little dog with a broken back that could only drag himself around on his front paws. She didn’t know the name of the man who had the dog, but thought he stayed down by Comanche…
The History of C.H.A.O.
I’m Northern California born and raised, and after teaching for nearly 30 years in So. Cal, I knew I wanted to retire up here. I went to Chico State and still have many close friends and significant personal connections here. I officially moved back to town in 2006 but had to continue commuting to L….
Task force unites to create shelter options for homeless people with pets
CHICO — For more than four years, Brad Montgomery has pondered about the plight of homelessness people with pets. None of the shelters in Chico allow pets unless they are service animals, leaving few options for those seeking a roof over their head, even if just on the coldest of nights. The point-in-time homeless survey…
KRCR Interview
December 24, 2013 Two Chico women have teamed up this Christmas to make sure pets belonging to the homeless are taken care of. Click here to read the article and watch the full video!
KRCR Interview
October 02, 2013 Butte County Chico homeless pet project hopes to fill a void. Click here to read the article and watch the full video!