The Stockton Police Department held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning to showcase its new pet wellness and adoption center.The new service will provide affordable veterinary care and promote pet ownership in the community. The center will serve as a community resource, offering spay and neuter services for pets, off-site adoptions, and wellness care to encourage people to keep their pets at a cost they can afford. More than a dozen dogs and cats will be available for adoption, and the center can spay and neuter more than 30 animals a day.”We have a very high demand for access to affordable veterinary care,” Ashley Kluza, Stockton police animal services manager, said. “That’s one of the biggest things that we hear individuals needing to surrender their pets is that they can’t afford to either alter their pets or fix an issue that may have occurred after an accident or something like that, and we found that it encourages families to be happier and healthier when they’re able to keep their pets and we felt that this was the biggest bridge that needed to be gapped in the community.”Kluza said the center is going to host youth summer classes on responsible pet ownership and offer kitten and puppy yoga classes. “All of the puppies and kittens in the yoga classes will be available for adoption as well and then we’ll have some behavioral resources for training your pets,” Kluza said. She also noted, “A lot of families are forced to make difficult decisions as far as keeping their pets, by not being able to provide veterinary care or having to give up their pet in order to make sure that they get the veterinary care that they provide and we want to be able to bridge that gap so that they can keep their animals at home, but also be able to provide that veterinary care.”Stockton Police Animal Services says this initiative will help reduce the number of stray animals roaming the streets. The adoption center will kick off in the spring of 2026.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
The Stockton Police Department held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning to showcase its new pet wellness and adoption center.
The new service will provide affordable veterinary care and promote pet ownership in the community.
The center will serve as a community resource, offering spay and neuter services for pets, off-site adoptions, and wellness care to encourage people to keep their pets at a cost they can afford. More than a dozen dogs and cats will be available for adoption, and the center can spay and neuter more than 30 animals a day.
“We have a very high demand for access to affordable veterinary care,” Ashley Kluza, Stockton police animal services manager, said. “That’s one of the biggest things that we hear individuals needing to surrender their pets is that they can’t afford to either alter their pets or fix an issue that may have occurred after an accident or something like that, and we found that it encourages families to be happier and healthier when they’re able to keep their pets and we felt that this was the biggest bridge that needed to be gapped in the community.”
Kluza said the center is going to host youth summer classes on responsible pet ownership and offer kitten and puppy yoga classes.
“All of the puppies and kittens in the yoga classes will be available for adoption as well and then we’ll have some behavioral resources for training your pets,” Kluza said.
She also noted, “A lot of families are forced to make difficult decisions as far as keeping their pets, by not being able to provide veterinary care or having to give up their pet in order to make sure that they get the veterinary care that they provide and we want to be able to bridge that gap so that they can keep their animals at home, but also be able to provide that veterinary care.”
Stockton Police Animal Services says this initiative will help reduce the number of stray animals roaming the streets. The adoption center will kick off in the spring of 2026.
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