{"id":373593,"date":"2026-07-15T04:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373593\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:31:26","slug":"animal-care-services-community-connections-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373593\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Care Services Community Connections Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lifesaving partners and sweet treats highlight the event.<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (July 14, 2026) \u2013 Rescue collaborations are a critical part of San Antonio Animal Care Services (SAACS) lifesaving efforts. The municipal shelter is teaming up with Alamo City Pit Bull Rescue and other area community partners for a summer celebration aimed at connecting pets and people.<\/p>\n<p>Community Connections Day will be Sunday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the Animal Care Services training annex, located at 4710 State Highway 151, giving residents a unique opportunity to meet rescue organizations that regularly partner with SAACS and learn more about their programs, missions and foster opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Held in celebration of International Ice Cream Day, the event will feature free ice cream for guests and pup cups for canine companions. Participating organizations include event co-sponsor Alamo City Pit Bull Rescue, Texas Husky Rescue Inc., Winding Branch Ranch, Pei People Shar Pei Rescue, Bluebonnet Equine Rescue, Helotes Humane Society and Weimaraner Rescue of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Potential fosters can speak directly with participating partners and explore programs that fit their schedules, households and experience. If approved, residents could foster a pet for the group of their choice the same day.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about SAACS foster opportunities, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/92256416564158\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SAACS.info\/foster.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lifesaving partners and sweet treats highlight the event. SAN ANTONIO (July 14, 2026) \u2013 Rescue collaborations are a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-373593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}