On June 18, NYPD Officer Aruna Maharaj and fellow police officers responded to a call about a dog locked in a car on a hot day.  When the officers came upon the car, which was parked on a Manhattan street, they saw a two-year-old American Eskimo Dog named Snow trapped inside. The windows were shut, […]

Thanks to our amazing supporters who shop with AmazonSmile, we are honored to announce that to date, over $15 million has been raised to help support our lifesaving work! AmazonSmile is a charitable program that raises critical funding for a charity of your choice when you shop at smile.amazon.com or with AmazonSmile turned on in […]

Can you believe Halloween is already here? Though it feels like this holiday snuck up on us, don’t let Halloween hazards sneak up on you and your pets. Before you head out to trick-or-treat or throw the Halloween bash of the year, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) wants to remind you of some of the […]

The countdown to Halloween is on, and we’re on a mission to make sure that everyone—including our resident “scaredy cats”—get treats this year. “Who are these cats?” you may ask? They’re our ASPCA Invisicats in New York City, and they need YOUR HELP finding dedicated foster homes! What Makes a Cat an Invisicat? Invisicats come […]

There’s a lot of common myths, misconceptions and plenty of terrible advice going around about rescue dogs, so we want to give it to you straight. Here is some of the WORST advice you may have heard about shelter dogs—and our reasons why you should TOTALLY bring a lovable rescue dog into your life.  1.   […]

How could he not be? I mean, look at that face! As you can tell, Griffin is a handsome man, but what you can’t see is that he enjoys the quiet things in life. He’d love a peaceful home with a patient adopter willing to help him come out of his shell. And what’s your […]

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) knows how hard it is to keep track of all things hazardous to our pets, especially seasonal items that seem to change so quickly. So, this fall, the experts at APCC put together this list of common fall plants and whether or not they’re toxic to our beloved […]

October 11, 2022, was a landmark day at the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance (ASNA) in Asheville, North Carolina: on that day, we served our 500,000th spay/neuter patient—a two-month-old puppy named Pumpernickel. A History of Impact Founded as the Humane Alliance of Western North Carolina in 1994, the program became the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance when it was acquired by […]

The ASPCA has been on the ground providing care for hundreds of dogs rescued from alleged cruelty in Pahrump, Nevada, since early September. Caring for so many dogs takes an incredible amount of manpower and resources. As our work continues, we wanted to give our supporters an inside look into a day in the life of a […]

During the month of October, we’re taking time to celebrate our rescued canine counterparts and asking our amazing supporters—like you—to consider temporarily opening your heart and home to foster a dog in need. An important step in the journeys of countless shelter animals is time in foster homes, and sadly, many large dogs are overlooked […]