My name is Bill Hamilton, and my company is The Pet Uncle. I have a strong background in animal care and advocacy in the San Francisco Bay Area. I rescued my first cat, Norman, in 1997. I then started volunteering at San Francisco Animal Care and Control (ACC) in 1999, a year after I adopted my second cat, Max, from there. I volunteered at ACC for six years, walking and training dogs, mostly bully breeds like pit bulls, whom I love. That’s where I learned how to handle and walk all types of dogs, from shy to hyper.

In 2000 I founded the nonprofit Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control (FSFACC), which I ran as President until 2007. I’m most proud of the thousands of dollars in grants we raised and gave to local nonprofits that rescued animals from ACC.

In 2005 I was appointed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to the San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Commission, where I served the usual two-year term and introduced and supported several important animal welfare proposals. Since 2003 I have been an active volunteer with the SF/SPCA Community Cats Program (formerly called the Cat Assistance Team), caring for several outdoor feral cat colonies daily as well as nursing sick kitties back to health, teaching others how to trap humanely, transporting cats for those without a vehicle, and trapping cats for spay/neuter surgery at the SPCA feral fix clinic before nursing them back to health and releasing them back to their usual habitat. In 2010 I founded the nonprofit The Animal Union (TheAU.org) to rescue friendly and feral cats for adoption or placement in safe habitats.

I am the lucky “parent” of my own troop of indoor and outdoor (formerly homeless) kitties at my home, many of whom I have nursed back to health over the years, so I am comfortable pilling cats, administering subcutaneous fluids, giving injections, mixing compounded medications in wet food and, of course, playing with the playful ones and socializing with the mellower ones. If a cat wants to be left alone I know how to do that too. I’m insured, mature, responsible, reliable, a member of Pet Sitters Associates, LLC, and my rates are competitive, especially for the level of service I provide. My business is also licensed in Daly City. I serve all of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County (north of the city of San Mateo). I love ALL animals, whether or not they are friendly to me. I will treat your pet like my own.