{"id":172,"date":"2025-10-17T21:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:08:07","slug":"life-lessons-from-the-animal-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Life Lessons from the Animal Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Life Lessons from the Animal Shelter \u2013 A Conversation with John Van Zante\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/28EqSRO6MLovzWAkH6NE6c?si=fc69a592814c44f5&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this heartwarming episode, we sit down with John Van Zante, a beloved figure in the San Diego animal welfare community. John shares unforgettable stories from his years at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, blending humor, compassion, and wisdom. From the healing power of pets to the importance of kindness and community, John\u2019s insights will leave you inspired and uplifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this heartwarming episode, we sit down with John Van Zante, a beloved figure in the San Diego animal welfare community. John shares unforgettable stories from his years at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, blending humor, compassion, and wisdom. From the healing power of pets to the importance of kindness and community, John\u2019s insights will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesandiegoedit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}