Rancho Coastal Humane Society

Community programssee schedule ocommunity programs: with the opening of charlotte's medical center, rancho coastal has expanded its veterinary program to provide low cost spay/neuter services, vaccinations and microchips to local rescues and hosts free community vaccination clinics to pet owners on a quarterly basis. Additionally, rancho coastal has entered into a partnership with dogs on deployment, providing vouchered services for pets of active military.

Kids programs/animal campssee schedule okids programs/animal camps:animals are a source of great fascination for children of all ages. Rancho coastal encourages children to share their passion for animals. The humane education programs focus on teaching children the importance of proper care and compassion toward the animals that share our world. All of the education programs offered are geared towards embracing children's natural love and curiosity about animals, while fostering a sense of respect and kindness for all life.rancho coastal offers programs for children, including the kids community service program (kcs) for students in grades 6 through 12, birthday parties, shelter tours, and classroom presentations. Rancho coastal has a whole line-up of camps to excite and educate children. Camps are held during spring, summer, and fall school breaks, and are age-appropriate for children 6-14 years old. Camps run in themed, week-long sessions, and are conducted by trained rancho coastal educators. Using hands-on games, activities, arts and crafts, guest speakers and, of course, live animals, children are taught about co-existing with wildlife and the importance of companion and native animals in our world.

Animal safehouse program:the animal safehouse program (asp) provides temporary care for pets of domestic violence victims. This program provides a support service to domestic violence shelters which are unable to accept pets. Rancho coastal actively collaborates with domestic violence shelters, the san diego domestic violence council, the county of san diego department of animal services, city and municipal animal shelters, the san diego family justice center, san diego domestic violence response teams, social services, mental health services, law enforcement, educational facilities, military, and many other agencies and individuals who want to eradicate abuse and help break the cycle of family violence. Asp has been expanded to include temporary care for pets of veterans who require hospitalization but decline treatment because they have no one to care for their "companions". By accepting their pets into the program, rancho coastal is helping veterans pursue essential medical care at va hospitals and treatment centers. In march 2020, rancho coastal extended asp to provide temporary care for pets of seniors facing emergency hospitalization and covid-19 patients admitted for treatment. In december 2021, asp became a partner at one safe place, the north county family justice center, providing pet supplies and resources, donating children's clothing, and organizing temporary housing for pets of domestic violence clients receiving support services from this multi-disciplinary agency.