Zoonitas event lending a paw to help Humane Society

Seventeen local artists will “join paws” to help the animal victims of domestic violence during the Zoonitas Extravaganza Exhibition benefiting the Animal Safehouse Program at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

An opening reception will be held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Encinitas Library Gallery at 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas.

For more about Zoonitas, call 760-519-1551 or visit zooinitas.zohosites.com.

For more about the Animal Safehouse Program at Rancho Coastal Humane Society, visit the shelter at 389 Requeza St. in Encinitas, call 760-753-6413, or visit www.sdpets.org.