ERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
300 HARLEM ROAD, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 www.yourspca.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE SPCA IS TO CREATE A CARING AND KIND COMMUNITY THAT ENCOURAGES FAIR AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL CREATURES. OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE, CARING, AND OPEN-MINDED TEAM OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ACHIEVES THAT MISSION THROUGH PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, EDUCATION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN, RESCUE AND SHELTERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED, AND PLACEMENT OF ANIMALS INTO APPROPRIATE HOMES.

PROVIDE HUMANE CARE FOR DISTRESSED ANIMALS.

THE SPCA SERVING ERIE COUNTY IS A PRIVATE HUMANE SOCIETY FUNDED BY DONATIONS. THE SPCA PROVIDES HUMANE CARE FOR DISTRESSED ANIMALS, INCLUDING HOUSING, PLACEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SAME. THE ERIE COUNTY SPCA ALLOWS ADOPTION OF ANIMALS AND HAS MULTIPLE SATELLITE ADOPTION LOCATIONS. THE SPCA ACCEPTS STRAY DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER ANIMALS. STRAY ANIMALS ARE KEPT IN SPECIALLY-DESIGNATED AREAS AWAY FROM ADOPTION AREAS TO PREVENT SPREAD OF POTENTIAL DISEASES, BITES, AND TO GIVE OWNERS A CHANCE TO LOCATE THEM AT THE SHELTER. OVER 8,950 DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS WERE ADMITTED AND CARED FOR THIS PAST YEAR WITH EACH ANIMAL BEING EXAMINED BY BOTH OUR VETERINARY AND BEHAVIOR STAFF FOR GOOD HEALTH AND TEMPERAMENT BEFORE BEING PLACED IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAMOVER 5,700 ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS (CATS, DOGS, FARM ANIMALS, SMALL PETS, REPTILES) ADOPTED INTO NEW HOMESOVER 1,550 DOGS WENT THROUGH SAFER BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO PLACEMENT IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAM. MORE THAN 120 VOLUNTEERS WORKED TO PROVIDE ENRICHMENT FOR OUR SHELTER ANIMALS. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING IS PROVIDED BY THE BEHAVIOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WHILE ALSO WORKING WITH OUTSIDE TRAINERS AND EDUCATORS IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE SEEKING HELP FOR THEIR ANIMALS' BEHAVIOR ISSUES.OVER 2,600 ANIMALS RECEIVED FOSTER CARE PREPARING THEM FOR SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION, WITH MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN OUR FOSTER/FOSTER-TO-ADOPT PROGRAM.SPECIAL AGENTS RESPONDED TO OVER 6,150 CALLS FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY AND OVER 3,150 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMAL RESCUE. 9 CRIMINAL ARRESTS FOR NEGLECT AND CRUELTY WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR. OVER 3,150 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE WERE RESPONDED TO BY SPCA RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS, WHO ARE ON CALL 16 HOURS EACH DAY, SEVEN DAYS EACH WEEK, 365 DAYS EACH YEAR. OVER 1,900 SICK AND/OR INJURED OWNED, STRAY AND WILD ANIMALS WERE RESCUED IN ERIE COUNTY THIS YEAR.3,381 SICK, INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE WERE TREATED AT THE SPCA'S WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER AND CLINIC, WITH OVER 100 DIFFERENT WILD SPECIES CARED FOR. THERE WERE 9 WILDLIFE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK WHICH REACHED OVER 500 INDIVIDUALS. OVER 2,100 CHILDREN IN 26 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE ENCOURAGING KIND KIDS PROGRAM OF THE SPCA.OVER 250 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM CONDUCTED AT THE SPCA.170 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN OUR TALE FOR TWO READING TO THE ANIMALS PROGRAM.OVER 90 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN OUR ANNUAL HUMANE POSTER AND CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST.3,727 DOGS, CATS, AND RABBITS WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED AT THE SPCA'S SURGICAL UNITS, AND OVER 9,400 SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS WERE PERFORMED BY THE SHELTER'S MEDICAL TEAM; ADDITIONALLY 331 MAJOR SURGERIES AND 186 DENTALS WERE PERFORMED ON SPCA ANIMALS, AND OVER 450 ANIMALS WERE TREATED FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE ISOLATION UNIT.1,794 VOLUNTEERS DONATED OVER 68,500 HOURS IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE TIME TO THE SPCA. 287 SITES RECEIVED "PAWS FOR LOVE" VISITS BY SPCA VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR PETS, AND 114 7TH -12TH GRADE STUDENTS COMPLETED 1,716 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, 9 U.S. MILITARY VETERANS WERE ENROLLED IN OUR PAWS & PATRIOTS PROGRAM WORKING WITH DOGS IN THE SHELTER THAT ARE IN NEED OF SPECIAL ATTENTION.128 FARM ANIMALS AND FOWL WERE ADMITTED TO THE EDUCATIONAL FARM AND BARN AS CRUELTY CASES, STRAYS, AND SURRENDERS, AND 119 FARM ANIMALS WERE PLACED FOR ADOPTION, RETURNED TO OWNER, OR TRANSFERRED OUT DURING THE YEAR. OVER 1,400 ANIMALS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE SHELTER FROM 16 TRANSPORT PARTNERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

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