{"id":915274,"date":"2026-07-06T00:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/915274\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T00:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:58:26","slug":"humane-society-waives-fees-for-reclaiming-pets-lost-during-july-4th-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/915274\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane Society waives fees for reclaiming pets lost during July 4th weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Diego Humane Society Sunday urged anyone who may have lost a pet during Fourth of July festivities to check local shelter listings right away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDHS had taken in 85 lost pets as of Sunday afternoon and updates its lost-and-found page continuously, according to Director of Public Relations Nina Thompson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo support re-unifications, San Diego Humane Society is waiving all reclaim fees at our campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside and San Diego through July 7,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you believe a pet may be yours, please identify the campus location and come with valid proof of ownership (photos, vaccination records, adoption paperwork, microchip information) and a photo ID, so we can reunite you as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lost-and-found page can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/sdhumane.org\/lost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sdhumane.org\/lost<\/a>. Owners of missing pets can also text \u201clost\u201d to 858-SAN-LOST for step-by-step guidance. Thompson said the agency will continue to update the numbers on x.com\/sdhumane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also suggested that pet owners post clear photos and basic details (breed, color, gender, last seen location) to neighborhood groups and social media. If the pet is microchipped, they should contact the microchip company to report the animal missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, 253 stray pets came to the SDHS between July 4 and July 7, Thompson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly 84 (33%) of those animals were reclaimed by their owners,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego Humane Society Sunday urged anyone who may have lost a pet during Fourth of July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":915275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,14848,3549,12197,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-915274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-july-4th","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-humane-society","tag-sandiego","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116870323268997089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915274","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=915274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}