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San Diego Humane Society and SPCA was organized on March 10, 1880 by George W. Marston and George W. Hazzard, and is the oldest and largest humane society in San Diego County. 54 years later the organization signed a contract with the City of San Diego to run the shelter under the supervision of San Diego County Department of Health.
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries , where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in ...
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Loudoun County Animal Services is hosting a one-day winter camp for children while they’re on break from school. Children aged seven to 11 years old ...
Laura Grimwood, the senior director of community engagement at The City Rescue Mission, said among their biggest needs are pajamas and new underwear. "We're the agency that if we got new underwear ...
The BISSELL Pet Foundation will sponsor adoption fees at Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement from Dec. 1-17, and adopters who want to bring a cat or a dog home will only have to pay $25 ...
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...