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Website. phs-spca .org. The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (PHS/SPCA) is one of the largest humane organizations in the United States. Located in San Mateo County, California, it is a private non-profit charitable organization. It is an animal rescue (including wildlife rescue), [1] rehabilitation and adoption operation with two locations.
The Humane Society of the United States ( HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. [3] It works on issues including pets, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals ...
American Humane ( AH) is an organization founded in 1877 committed to ensuring the safety, welfare, and well-being of animals. It was previously called the International Humane Association before changing its name in 1878. In 1940, it became the sole monitoring body for the humane treatment of animals on the sets of Hollywood films and other ...
The Spanish name Palomar, meaning "pigeon roost" or “place of the pigeons”, comes from the Spanish colonial era in Alta California when Palomar Mountain was known as the home of band-tailed pigeons. [5] The peak was once called Mount Joseph Smith but reverted to its Spanish name, Palomar, in 1901. During the 1890s, the population was ...
California peace officers' authority is derived from the California Penal Code (PC) beginning with Section 830. PC 830.1 includes California Department of Justice along with local and county agencies. PC 830.2 includes California Highway Patrol and nine (9) other state agencies. PC 830.3 includes 21 state agencies with law enforcement divisions.
Palomar Mountain Observatory. / 33.3564°N 116.865°W / 33.3564; -116.865. Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
San Diego Humane Society, is a non-profit organization in San Diego, California with five campuses in San Diego County - El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, San Diego and Ramona. They are an open-admission shelter and are zero euthanasia for healthy and treatable shelter animals. The organization's programs include sheltering and adopting animals ...
An airplane just left Maui carrying very special passengers: 136 shelter dogs and cats. The pets were being cared for by Maui Humane Society when wildfires erupted on the Hawaiian island last week ...