Friends, Volunteers Salute Pasadena Animal Control Officers

Pasadena Humane Society Animal Control Officer Krystal Menjivar, waves to Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, board members, donors, volunteers, employees and local Pasadena residents during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, board members, donors, volunteers, employees and local Pasadena residents show their appreciation during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA Board Member Bob Fidler and "Taffey" show their appreciation during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Officer Murphy a Animal Control Officer waves to Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, board members, donors, volunteers, employees and local Pasadena residents during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Officer Murphy a Animal Control Officer greets guest during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Dia DuVernet the President and CEO of the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA waves to Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, board members, donors, volunteers, employees and local Pasadena residents during a drive-by celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

A small desert tortoise was found during a celebration for Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in front of the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, Friday, April 17, 2020. (photo by James Carbone)

Scores of friends and supporters of the Pasadena Humane Society honked “Hello!” and “Thank you!” to Pasadena Animal Controls and staff Friday afternoon outside the Humane Society’s Raymond Avenue headquarters.

As Animal Control officers and their trucks were parked along Raymond, supporters, many with animals in tow, honked and waved and displayed signs thanking the officers.

“We’ve been honoring our Animal Control officers all week long as part of National Animal Care and Control Week,” said Dia DuVenet, Pasadena Humane Society CEO, “and just yesterday we asked the community by driving by and honking today, and so many people came out for the great event.”

DuVenet added that the officers “have been working so hard every day, protecting animals, and keeping them safe and going into homes where needed, and we can’t thank them enough for being our first responders.”

According to DuVenet, so many local volunteers have been unable to visit the shelter and continue to work.

“We miss them and they miss us, and it was nice to see them and say hello today,” she said.

Next week the Humane Society will begin a new “Adoption Ambassador” program to encourage volunteers who have been “foster” owners during the CoronaVirus crisis, to take on the animals to provide permanent adoptive homes.

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