{"id":359791,"date":"2026-06-13T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:36:07","slug":"county-officials-seek-donations-to-care-for-horses-rescued-in-julian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359791\/","title":{"rendered":"County officials seek donations to care for horses rescued in Julian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several horses were receiving care Friday at the San Diego County\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sddac.com\/content\/sdc\/das.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Department of Animal Services\u2019<\/a> Bonita shelter after a rescue operation on a Julian property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Friday news release, county officials said \u201cHundreds of animals were found without proper care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, officials took two of the six horses at the Bonita shelter to the Humane Society of Ventura County for additional care, according to the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe scale of the rescue required assistance from organizations across the country, and community donations have played a critical role in helping the horses recover,\u201d county officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Animal Services Director and Chief Veterinarian Dr. Brie Sarvis thanked \u201ceveryone who has helped these animals get the care they need and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In support, county Animal Services is using the Spirit Medical Fund, which helps animals arriving at county shelters that have serious medical or other special needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery dollar donated to the Spirit Fund goes directly to animal care,\u201d the county stated. \u201cNo administrative costs are deducted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The county started the fund in 2008, \u201cafter an abused puppy found at the U.S.-Mexico border made national headlines,\u201d officials said. \u201cPublic generosity saved the puppy, later named Spirit, and inspired the county to establish a permanent fund to help other animals in crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those wishing to donate may do so online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sddac.com\/content\/sdc\/das\/donate-volunteer\/donate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the department\u2019s website.<\/a> They may also or send a check to the Department of Animal Services and write \u201cdonation for Spirit Fund\u201d in the memo line. The mailing address is 5821 Sweetwater Road, Bonita, CA 91902. Donations are tax-deductible. The department\u2019s identification number is 95-6000934.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several horses were receiving care Friday at the San Diego County\u2019s Department of Animal Services\u2019 Bonita shelter after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[34643,74,146400,76,75],"class_list":["post-359791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-bonita","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county-department-of-animal-services","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}