The holiday season left the only two local animal shelters – the County Animal Control and the Santa Cruz Humane Society – near capacity, according to staff at both facilities.
The Country Fair White Elephant, a nonprofit based in Green Valley, handed out more than $1.8 million to Southern Arizona groups earlier this month, including several recipients from Santa Cruz
Gone are the days when stray or abandoned dogs and cats were caught and caged to be warehoused in a raggedy facility within a stone’s throw of the old Nogales