SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The fireworks are over, but lost pets coming into the San Diego Humane Society during the July Fourth holiday is only beginning.<\/p>\n
As of 3 p.m. on Saturday, 110 stray animals have been brought to the shelter.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is the day we see the results, for the most part, from the Fourth of July fireworks,\u201d Nina Thompson with the San Diego Humane Society said. \u201cWe’ve been busy. When we opened up, there were already folks bringing pets in.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of those looking for their lost dog is Oscar Cerecr.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately,\u00a0the fireworks have scared our lovely dog and\u00a0found a way to escape,\u201d Cerecr said.<\/p>\n
Cerecr said his one-year-old German Sheppard mix is named Stormy and knows his dog doesn\u2019t like fireworks.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we put her in the safest\u00a0place we could where she would be the most\u00a0comfortable because for us, it’s all about comfortable,\u00a0making her feel safe,\u201d Cerecr said. \u201cWe took every precaution we could,\u00a0but\u00a0still, that wasn’t enough.\u00a0She got spooked,\u00a0she jumped,\u00a0ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, 117 stray pets were brought to the shelter on July 5th. There were 314 animals taken in from July 4th through July 7th in 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re anticipating another 300+ animals come in in the following days,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n
But there are those who found their pets at the shelter. It happened during our conversation with Thompson.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hits you, it gives me goosebumps to see\u00a0the reunion between an animal and their family.\u00a0The animal doesn’t know what’s going on or why they’re here. The family members are clearly anxious to be reunited,\u201d Thompson said. \u00a0\u201cIt’s really the best, and that’s what we want to see for every single animal who comes through our door as a stray, we want them to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same thing happened to Cerecr, who received a message saying their dog had been found, and Stormy was at the shelter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got our family member back,\u201d Cerecr said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to bring her back. We’re going to spoil her today.\u00a0We’re going to take her everywhere,\u00a0take her to the park\u00a0and really make sure she feels loved and feels safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Humane Society told ABC 10News it\u2019s waiving reclaim fees<\/a> for those who pick up their lost pets. It’s also posting all of the lost animals that are coming into the humane society\u2019s care on its website<\/a>, so you can find your lost pet at any of its four campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The fireworks are over, but lost pets coming into the San Diego Humane Society…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,5864,10202,31329,33327,33328,3549,12197,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-42379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-fireworks","12":"tag-fourth-of-july","13":"tag-lost-pets","14":"tag-nina-thompson","15":"tag-pet-safety","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-san-diego-humane-society","18":"tag-sandiego","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114804173392934214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}