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108-111 SPCA remodel_Layout 4/25/13 8:01 AM Page 3 The adoption center and adjacent buildings are set on more than 200 Benefit Shop near Carmel's Barnyard Shopping Village. acres maintained by the organization. In addition to sheltering animals in "It breaks my heart to see these poor animals who, through no fault of need, other SPCA efforts include wildlife rescue and rehabilitation servic- their own, are homeless, mistreated or abused. When there is anything I es, equestrian care, spay and neuter services, vaccinations and outreach. can do to help them, I certainly will," she says. Staff members take educational programming to local schools and civic That same willingness to help has sustained the SPCA for Monterey groups, and as many as 350 individuals volunteer there each month. Last County since it was founded in 1905. Founders started meeting in the for- year, those people committed 47,100 hours to the organization. mer Methodist-Episcopal Church in Pacific Grove. By 1908, the then all- Dr. Hollister and his wife, Georgia, have been SPCA volunteers and volunteer organization was offering humane education programs in local donors for more than three decades. He served on the board of direc- schools. Twenty years later, leaders opened a small shelter on David tors for seven years, and performed animal surgeries at an SPCA-affiliat- Avenue, which was the far edge of Monterey at the time. In the following ed clinic in southern Monterey County for four. During that time, Georgia decades, initiatives addressed concerns ranging from rabies to horse abuse also volunteered as a veterinarian's assistant. She still works at the SPCA to disaster evacuation for animals, as well as basic sheltering and care. Small adoptable dogs are now housed in quiet private rooms, and friendly cats like Pete live in cat colonies, all easily viewed from main hallways. In the shelter's new courtyard (bottom) are exercise yards to meet potential new dogs, plus big doors and windows to give kennels access to sunlight and fresh air. The adoption center was designed by specialized architects. PETE IS ADOPTABLE!