Bakersfield, CA
Please note: Our Bakersfield team is currently on hiatus, but they hope to be back soon! Our Bakersfield team works in unbridled collaboration to raise money for their local chapter of The Street Dog Coalition. To donate to their efforts to provide free veterinary care to pets of people experiencing homelessness in Bakersfield, click here.
Team Leads:
Allyson Hannan, DVM
Dr. Allyson Hannan has been an emergency veterinarian for 15 years and a SDC Team Lead since 2019. When not caring for the critters, she loves running in the mountains and reading.
Bob Maruna, DVM
Dr. Bob Maruna has been a practicing veterinarian since 1996 and moved to California in 1997. He spends his free time fishing, cycling, reading, and following the Cleveland Guardians.
Partners & Resources:
Church Without Walls
Clinica Sierra Vista
High Desert Medical College
Milestone Shelter
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Critters Without Litters
The SNIP Bus
Press:
10.19.23 “Veterinarians try 'to make a dent' in care of homeless pets”
2.2.2023 “SDC cares for lives on both ends of the leash”, by Steven Mayer 2.15.2020 "Boots on the Ground", by Steven Mayer 4.18.2019 News story on ABC
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