The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SF SPCA) and the San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) are offering free pet adoptions through August 24, waiving adoption fees for all animals including puppies. Adoption events are also taking place at locations such as Pet Food Express in Stonestown and shelters in Berkeley and Henderson, Nevada. These initiatives coincide with National Dog Day on August 26, when multiple animal shelters and rescue organizations in the Bay Area, including Oakland Animal Services, Muttville, Rocket Dog Rescue, and Wonder Dog Rescue, encouraged visits to meet adoptable dogs. Meanwhile, concerns have been raised about the increase in drug tourism in San Francisco, particularly near City Hall and the Department of Public Health, with reports of open-air drug use, noise, and crime attributed to this shift in the city's visitor demographic.
San Francisco: From paying tourists with cameras 📸 ➡️ to drug tourists with needles 💉 butane and Fetty bongs The downgrade is real. #SanFrancisco #DrugTourism #CityInDecline @FoxNews @itslinklauren https://t.co/AxPGxShW5a
San Francisco once thrived on paying tourists. 🌉✈️ Now it feels like we traded them for drug tourists—bringing crime, noise, and open-air drug use. The city didn’t change hands… it changed customers. @sfgov @nbcbayarea https://t.co/MejmPxvJvG
Happy day to “Sweetie”#internationaldogday #nationaldogday #dogday San Francisco, California. https://t.co/as97JQ6WoR