 Welcome back to CalTV Entertainment News, I'm Zach Fisher and with the holiday season just a week away, today's story brings me to Sproul to find a fun and yet unexpected way students and the community can give back this holiday season. The Bay Area housing crisis is causing a dramatic increase in pet abandonment. A local animal care services employee told us that pet abandonment is at the highest in seven years. You see Berkeley students Madeline Choi and Patty Reddy are bringing awareness to this issue and a local promotion to help bring holiday cheer to these lonely animals. Can you tell our viewers about the promotion you're doing out here on campus? Sure, so this year we've seen an increased number of pet abandonment due to the housing crisis and just yesterday we were at a local shelter noticing this. And how was the local shelter, you know, with the impact of this pet abandonment issue? Yeah, it was a really sad experience because the first thing to go like with this housing crisis is usually pets and so like that really struck a chord with us because it is the holiday season and it's all about being together and family so we're out here trying to get awareness. So how can you know the UC Berkeley community or even the larger Bay Area get involved in this issue? It's really easy, all you have to do is go to a local Pet Food Express and make a donation whether it's monetary or through a toy and it will go directly to a local shelter during the 25 paws of Christmas. Bring in these animals, some holiday cheer, that sounds really awesome you guys. Oh, Craig, thank you so much. For more information just check out your local Pet Food Express.