More than $1.5 million was raised at the San Diego Humane Society’s 39th Annual Fur Ball gala this weekend, the animal assistance group said Sunday.
More than 600 guests and about 200 pets attended Saturday night’s event, which was held at the SDHC’s San Diego campus in the Morena neighborhood.
“We’re celebrating but we also have a very daunting task to take care of the thousands of animals that need homes here in our county,” San Diego Humane Society chief executive officer Gary Weitzman said.
“We are over capacity on dogs and we have been for well over a year.”
Some of the evening’s festivities included red-carpet arrivals with dogs dressed in formal wear, a gourmet vegetarian dinner, silent auctions and an after-party with live music.
Officials said the SDHC is expected to help some 40,000 animals this year. More information can be found here.
