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Animal shelter. 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 the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until they were claimed by their owners.
S. San Diego Humane Society. San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Monterey County, California. Southampton Animal Shelter. Categories: Animal shelters. Buildings and structures in the United States by type. Animal welfare organizations based in the United States.
Performing Animal Welfare Society. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. SANCCOB (seabirds, based in South Africa) Shark Trust. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) Vegan Outreach. Vets Beyond Borders. Vets for Change. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which was founded in England in 1824. SPCA organizations operate independently of each other and campaign for animal ...
To account for these cases, animal rescue organization Best Friends considers a shelter “no-kill” when it consistently euthanizes no more than 10% of all the animals that come in the door. By ...
Considered one of America's leading animal shelters, DFL offers adoption services for dogs, cats, and horses, spay and neuter services, public education, and youth camps. DFL has one of the highest placement rates in the United States. In 2018, it processed over 18,000 pets and over 300 horses. [3] DFL typically has more cats than dogs ...
The Anti-Cruelty Society is an animal welfare organization and animal shelter in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The Anti-Cruelty Society (SPCA of Illinois) is a private, not-for-profit humane society that does not receive government assistance. It is one of the largest such organizations in the United States.
The Humane Society of Harford County, Inc. (HSHC) is a nonprofit open admission animal shelter located in Fallston, Maryland, contracted with the Harford County Government to provide sheltering services for all animals brought to HSHC by Animal Control (which is operated under the Harford County Sheriff's Office) as stray, or subjects of animal cruelty or neglect cases.