Community Calendar

Bookworms, assemble! Woods is welcoming animal lovers ages 7 to 17 to join us in reading to our furry friends. Shelter life can be stressful, and reading is proven to relax and comfort companion animals. Book Buddies will be held at our San Luis Obispo location on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Calling all crafty, caring, pet-loving kids! Care Crew members will have the opportunity to join us in filling Kongs for our canines to enjoy in their kennels, crafting homemade pet toys, and creating art to help showcase our adoptable animals. Care Crew will be held at our San Luis Obispo location on Sundays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

Don't miss the annual Tree Lighting and Snow Event on Sunday, December 14th, from 5 pm to 7 pm at Elm Street Park. Enjoy 20 tons of snow, Santa Tree Lighting, a winter-themed bouncetown, 'mores, carriage rides, photo ops, food vendors, music and more.

Don’t miss your chance to read with the cats and dogs of Woods! You’ll share a heartwarming holiday story, enjoy hot chocolate, and spread some holiday cheer.
This event will be held on December 16th 3:30-4:30 pm at our Atascadero location and December 17th 3:30-4:30 pm at our SLO location.

Lions and tigers around the world are easily recognizable and thoroughly documented, but filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer Sandesh Kadur is on a mission to highlight his home country’s lesser-known felines to help protect their future. An unmatched diversity of wild cats live in India, from the towering Himalaya mountains to arid plains to dense jungles. Discover the tiny, grumpy-faced Pallas’s cat, the fishing cat that jumps into water to catch its prey, and the elusive clouded leopard.

BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Sandesh Kadur is a National Geographic Society Fellow. He creates documentaries that have aired worldwide on prominent networks such as National Geographic, the BBC, Netflix, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet. He is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, a member of the International Environmental Photographers Association (Japan), and a member on the board of the International Association of Wildlife Filmmakers. Kadur’s work spans cloud forests and endangered sea turtles in Mexico, rain forests and king cobras in India, and orphaned clouded leopards being rehabilitated back to the Himalayan jungle.