Tag Archives: Kern County Animal Services

In the ongoing fight against pet shops and puppy mills, and on behalf of shelter animals, 2025 brought many new challenges—local, state, and national. But thanks to the generous support of our donors, CAPS scored major victories at every level. Our undercover investigators went to…Read more

Five dogs were once on the euthanasia list at Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield, California. Today, they live together in harmony in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Their devoted adopter, James, is an avid hiker, and the dogs often join him on forest and mountain…Read more

Once known as Beauty, Frida was brought in as a stray to Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield on September 15, 2022. Frida’s life began to change when a woman took her out for a day as part of Streets of Bakersfield, a foster-for-a-day program that allows…Read more

Sometimes, the most unexpected heroes walk into our lives on four paws. For Christie, those heroes are Ares and Jetta, two dogs once on the euthanasia list at Kern County Animal Services, who are now her constant companions and lifesavers. After undergoing a lung transplant,…Read more

Nonprofit Is Using Documentary to Obtain State Funding for Countywide Animal Cruelty Task Force Bakersfield, CA –The Companion Animal Protection Society, a national nonprofit based in Thousand Oaks, CA, has just released a short documentary entitled Animal Cruelty in Kern County, California, which exposes the…Read more

Nonprofit Is Using Documentary to Obtain State Funding for Countywide Animal Cruelty Task Force CAPS  has just released a short documentary entitled Animal Cruelty in Kern County, California, which exposes the horrible animal cruelty epidemic in California’s third largest county (by land area). Kern County,…Read more

Goal of Services is to Decrease Shelter Euthanasia and Animal Abandonment and Cruelty  CAPS has been partnering with Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield, California for more than three years to help save the lives of at-risk abandoned dogs who end up in the shelter.…Read more

CAPS' Efforts in Saving a Dog on Euthanasia List Result in a Wonderful Forever Home Some dogs arrive at the shelter and seem to fade into the background—not because they don’t have something special to offer but because the chaos around them drowns it out.…Read more

This is the second trailer for CAPS' documentary entitled Animal Cruelty in Kern County, California. Kern County has  a horrible animal cruelty epidemic. Shocking crimes against animals are not investigated or prosecuted. CAPS plans to use this documentary to persuade state legislators who represent Kern…Read more

Documentary exposing horrific abuse will be used to try to get funding for countywide animal cruelty task force Kern County, California has a horrible animal cruelty epidemic. The crimes happening there are shocking, and none of them are being investigated or prosecuted. CAPS’ emails and…Read more