Organization: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Mission: Assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets and livestock, among many other services. The SPCA's doors are open to all animals in need.
Activities: The SPCA for Monterey County operates the only open admission animal shelter in our community, providing rescue, rehabilitation, sheltering, and adoption of all types of pets, including dogs, cats, horses, barn animals, small pets, and exotic pets. We never turn pets away based on their breed, age, species, health, or behavior. We never put time limits on adoptable pets in our care, and most dogs and cats are in new loving homes within just days of becoming available for adoption. We place thousands of cats, dogs, horses, barn pets, exotic pets, and more into new homes every single year. And our shelter is a comfortable, happy, loving place for both animals and adopters. We are not a chapter of any other agency and we receive no funding from groups like the ASPCA and HSUS. Our services are only made possible by the support of our compassionate donors.
The SPCA for Monterey County also focuses on spay and neuter to prevent the birth of thousands of homeless pets in our community. Our low-cost, high-quality Veterinary Clinic provides spay and neuter surgeries and vaccinations to keep pets healthy. In 2019, we performed our 150,000th spay/neuter surgery. In addition, we support two local mobile spay/neuter clinics with funding or staffing to bring this service to underserved areas and to clients unable to drive to our Veterinary Clinic. We also provide greatly reduced pricing to the areas with the most homeless pets and will offer our services at no charge to our communitys homeless and most in-need residents.
The SPCA for Monterey County operates the only Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Monterey County, rescuing thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year. Our skilled, professional rescue team helps a wide variety of wildlife from large animals such as bobcats, deer, opossums, hawks, owls, and pelicans, to small animals, including squirrels, skunks, turtles, hummingbirds, bats, swallows, and more. We provide 24/7 on-call service every day of the year to respond to wildlife emergencies and provide rescue and care to animals in distress.
NTEE category: Animal-Related