Happy Tails

The Happy Tails Pet

Happy Tails cats are rescued from the city streets, from dumpsters, and from abusive homes. Some are found discarded at feral colonies maintained by Happy Tails. Others arrive are saved from local animal control agencies and the Sacramento SPCA. Happy Tails cats also come from the sick and the elderly who are no longer able to care for their companion. These animals only ask for a chance to have a loving home.

Happy Tails has cared for many types of animals—cats, dogs, rabbits, turtles, etc.—although cats make up the great majority of our adoptions. We are not strictly a cats-only organization, but we find it easier to maintain foster homes for cats and kittens as compared to other animals that require more care and more one-on-one attention. We do rescue dogs as foster homes and space become available.

Happy Tails takes pride in the health and well-being of the animals under our care. Every cat or kitten rescued by Happy Tails is examined by a veterinarian; spayed or neutered; tested for common diseases, including feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV, if 6 months old or older); vaccinated; treated for fleas; and micro-chipped for identification if lost. All Happy Tails dogs and puppies are spayed or neutered, tested for heart worm (adults), vaccinated, treated for fleas, and micro-chipped for identification.

For more information about adopting a Happy Tails cat, kitten, puppy, or dog, visit our adoption pages.

A Happy Tails animal can be returned to us at any time. In fact, our adoption contract requires that an adopter must return an unwanted animal in order to protect our animals from agencies or facilities where an animal may be euthanized. We limit our adoptions to animal lovers in the Greater Sacramento Metropolitan Area only. This enables us to contact our adopters periodically after adoption. Therefore, we do not adopt animals to homes outside of the metropolitan area. Obviously, we will not ship animals out of the area.

Currently, Happy Tails does not maintain a physical animal shelter facility, although this is one of our major goals when finances become available. We rely strongly on foster homes to shelter and care for our animals. This limits our capacity and capability to accept abandoned animals from walk-in owners. Doing so would also limit our ability to maintain strict health and safety standards for the animals under our care. However, Happy Tails does maintain a waiting list for accepting privately-owned animals. For more information on how you can place your animals on that list, please call our VoiceMail telephone at (916) 556-1155.