Richmond Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals

Our staff and volunteers delivered loving care and enrichment to 4,420 homeless animals - both in our humane center and in foster homes. The majority of pets we brought into our care were ones we transferred from under resourced government shelters. In total, we partnered with 85 shelters last year (66 of which were in virginia) to bring vulnerable pets into our care. The remaining pets the richmond spca took into our care were ones surrendered to us by their former owners or who were found stray by good samaritans or who were abandoned. More than 80% of the homeless pets in our humane center required crucial veterinary treatment, which our professional medical staff delivered, for a variety of illnesses and injuries prior to adoption to lasting homes in our community.

Humane education at the richmond spca includes programs for both children and adults that instill compassion, kindness, and empathy for both humans and animals, develop character and promote responsible care for all creatures. Programs delivered in fiscal year 2024 included summer camp, public training classes and seminars, a day training service and virtual programming.

The richmond spca smoky's spay & neuter clinic provides sterilization services to pets in the care of other shelters and rescue organizations as well as to unowned free-roaming cats brought to us by caregivers performing trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (tnvr).