Happy Holidays to the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter: the full story on the KRV Pet Blog

Thank you to the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter for all their hard work helping get homes for the stray, lost, starving, sick, and injured pets in the Kern River Valley.

It was all hustle and bustle at the animal shelter this week, located on Hwy. 178 in South Lake across the street from Sierra Gateway Market,  as people remembered the homeless pets over the holidays.

Pictured above, Kim Manning, hands over a grateful pooch to his new owner.

Full story on the KRV Pet Corner. (see link on left side)

These two pups still waiting for their new home, put on a show for me as the camera was filming their antics. A couple of sweet small dog mixes.

Diedra Morrison and her crew of compassion do all they can to catch the attention of potential owners for all the animals who come through the shelter.

Morrison says the hardest job is finding homes for the cats. With a valley full of feral felines, the cats wait long stretches before adoptions and some are not adoptable because they were never handled.

This inquistive cat below saw me coming with the video camera half way across the room.

There are still many left waiting for the right owner to come walking in. If you've got a warm house for a cold, stray cat, or a large fenced yard for a big dog to roam, there are many animals with special needs who need an owner to match.

The shelter is open Monday through Saturday, from 9 am to 4 pm., and the community is welcome to come by and visit, and donations are always accepted.

You can reach the shelter at 760-378-1131

Happy Holidays to our pet friends...the shelter will be open the day after Christmas on Saturday the 26th. Next week the shelter will have shortened hours on Jan. 31 and will be closed for the first. But it opens right back up, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.