News from the Noteworthy by Susquehanna SPCA

SQSPCA Working Beyond the Confines of the Shelter

At the Susquehanna SPCA, one of our primary focuses currently is extending our impact beyond our walls. The shelter is consistently full, but we know that, day in and day out, the needs of our community are great. We have been working hard to find ways to not only continue providing our high level of care to animals relying on the shelter as a safety net, but also to help people and animals before they find themselves in need of a cage or a kennel, to keep them together.

Industry wide, it has been found that animal shelters and rescues were using discriminatory practices by only adopting to people with pristine veterinary records, fenced-in yards, full-time jobs, etc. To change this way of thinking, we had to embrace and respect the human-animal bond. Truth is, we all know people who take better care of their pets than of themselves. We certainly don’t want it to come to that, but we also don’t want to see someone who deeply cares for their pet be forced to surrender it because they are going through a tough time and can’t afford spay/neuter or basic care.