What is Mountain CAP?
Mountain CAP (Community Animal Protection Program) is a grassroots initiative focused on:
• Ending the unnecessary and cruel dumping of dogs in our mountain communities
• Animal cruelty cases moving through the legal system
• Community-driven action to create real accountability and change
This is about showing up where it matters most—on the ground and in the system. Because these animals deserve to be seen. And they deserve better.
What We Are Seeing:
Along and around Highway 38, dogs are being abandoned at an alarming rate.
They are being left on roadsides, in picnic areas, near hiking trails, and deep in the wilderness. Some are seen running through traffic for days. Others are found injured, starving, sick, or already gone.
Community members are stopping traffic to keep dogs from being hit, searching for them in the woods, paying out of pocket for veterinary care, fostering them in already full homes, and trying to hold together a system that is overwhelmed.
Loose and unvaccinated dogs create risks for wildlife, pets, and public safety. Families are carrying the emotional and financial burden of a crisis they did not create.
What we are seeing is not sustainable. It cannot continue to fall solely on the compassion of the community.
Compassion should not be the only safety net these animals have.
We're Taking Action
A Community Petition for Change
Southpaw Rescue submitted a Petition with 440 signatures to get on the agenda for the Next Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss solutions to stop the dumping of dogs in our Mountain Communities. We are waiting for their response.
We're beginning to organize a community town hall at the Forest Falls Community Center where we can come together, share information, answer questions, discuss next steps, and identify community members who want to be part of the solution. Tentative Date/Time: Wednesday July 15 at 6pm.
Support the Mission
Mountain CAP merchandise helps fund awareness, outreach, and advocacy efforts. Each dog we can save after they have been dumped needs to be fully vetted, microchipped, vaccinated, spay/neutered, fed, etc. Your support means everything to our mission. Simply put, we cannot do it without you!
👕 Wear the message - purchase and wear a "Mountain CAP" and a "Mountain CAP Signature Shirt"
🐾 Start conversations - Learn the facts and spread the word.
💛 Help create change - Sign up to be a part of the CAP Accountability Team by attending Court Cases in our "Unity Polo"
Shop Mountain CAP Merchandise
The Reality
Get Involved
The above dogs are only some of the ones rescued along Highway 38 recently.
This only works if we do it together.
• Plan to attend our upcoming Town Hall Meeting.
• Share the message - We need all the help we can get.
• Stay informed - Sign up for our newsletter. We will be posting updates on upcoming trials and laws in our monthly newsletter
• Stand with us - sign up to attend court trials. When you sign up, we will direct you to buy a "Unity Polo" which we wear in court. You will get information on the process. We will keep you informed on the cases we are monitoring and the dates of court appearances. You will know exactly how to attend the hearings as a Mountain CAP group.
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