St. Francis Animal Protection Society

I never knew this place existed until I started my search for my new pet kitty. My bf and I wanted to add a little furball to our family and boom! there came along SFAPS. They were very prompt with responding to my pet adoption application. When I met my baby kitty Maya, I fell in love. They made the whole adoption process sweet and simple. Any questions or concerns were promptly and kindly handled by my cat’s foster mom. Definitely check them out and rescue a furry friend from them.

This place is a joke!
Make people do all this jumping through hoops and tell them they are the only 1 to adopt this cat! And then BAM you get a call and say the cat has already been adopted. So rude! Someone who wants to love animals and you say NO. Is it personal or is it for the animal?

This place doesn’t exist. Needs to be removed from Unilocal because it can’t be found at all. Directions guided me right to a box and packaging place (that also doesn’t exist) near a flower boutique across from a violin shop.

My husband and I rescued our dog from the St. Francis Animal Protection Society a year and a half ago, and I can’t say enough about them! I am so grateful that they saved our wonderful dog’s life. He had a terrible ear infection and so was not considered adoptable. He was also starving, and his ribs were sticking out. He was missing large patches of hair on his back, and he smelled terrible from his skin infection. The vet said that he had been neglected for years and that he had the worst ear infection she had ever seen in her career. Without the St. Francis Animal Protection Society, he would have been put to sleep without even having a chance to be adopted because of his poor health. I fostered him while he recovered from his ear infection, and the St. Francis Animal Protection Society paid for all of his medicine and veterinary visits until he was well, and we were able to adopt him. He has since grown back all of his missing fur, and the terrible smell went away. All we had to do was, feed him, love him, and give him the medicine he needed to get rid of his ear and skin infections. Our dog is absolutely wonderful. He is 100% house broken, and has never once had an accident. He is great with everyone, dogs, cats, kids, babies, etc! He is also absolutely adorable. He doesn’t chew things he’s not supposed to, and he doesn’t ever run away, and he doesn’t bark. Everyone tells us how lucky we are to have such a great dog. St. Francis Animal Protection Society, really has a knack for finding animals that make perfect pets, and who are also in dire need of being rescued. I recommend them to everyone who asks me where I got such a terrific dog. There was never any pressure to adopt him either. They just asked that I foster him until he was healthy enough to be adopted, but we fell in love with him right away and couldn’t wait for his ear infection to heal so we could adopt him. The St. Francis Animal Protection Society is great to work with. They answered all my questions; they neutered my dog, and vaccinated him. They also gave him a microchip with my contact info. They even delivered him to me in San Francisco all the way from San Jose complete with a collar, a leash, some toys and some dog food to get started. They also checked in regularly to see how things were going, to make sure that he was a perfect fit. I would recommend them to absolutely everyone. They rescue the cutest and most wonderful animals. Our dog just makes life better, and he does everything with my husband and me. He’s a wonderful companion, and a joy in our lives.

I can’t thank SFAPS enough for bringing my sweet kitty to my life! I had the good fortune of meeting one of their awesome volunteers at a party and she gave me so much great information, and connected me with the exact type of cat I was looking for at the time. She followed up with me the following week, I had a «meet and greet» with the cat at its foster parents home and I knew he was the one I was waiting for:) All of the volunteers at SFAPS were so kind, helpful, and efficient in the adoption process. They rescue animals from places that would otherwise discard them, they give them any medical attention they need, keep clear records, and make sure their animals find a good home. This has been a wonderful experience and I would recommend anyone looking for a pet to go through St. Francis.

Looks like I get to be the first to say how much I enjoy volunteering for this organization!
St. Francis is a well-​run group of respectful, fun, passionate (mostly) women who are on a mission to save lives, educate people and make a difference in our community.
We are an all-​volunteer network of foster homes. We are always looking for more qualified foster homes and volunteers who are willing to step up and do what they can to give shelter animals a second chance. Join us!

One of the smartest rescue organizations I have had the pleasure of knowing is St. Francis Animal Protection Society (SFAPS). They’re like a well oiled machine with a huge heart churning away to help animals.
Why so good? Despite the pressures of rescue work, SFAPS doesn’t fall into panic mode or crisis marketing. The rescue organization is big on weighing options, problem solving, providing realistic information and involving the local community in activating solutions for dogs/​cats in need — all while dosing anyone who’ll listen with good animal sense.
Animal rescue is hard work, but SFAPS keeps moving forward with optimism and without resorting to the traps that so many rescue efforts are known to fall into. Eyeball their posts on FB (
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