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SPCA of Wake County (Raleigh)


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Founded in Raleigh in 1967, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County is dedicated to creating a more humane community where every adoptable animal has a home. Each year the SPCA rehomes over 3,000 animals through its innovative adoption programs and lost and found efforts!

The guiding mission statement of the SPCA remains as relevant now as it was when it was written in 1967: To protect, shelter and promote the adoption of homeless animals; to provide education about responsible pet ownership and to reduce pet overpopulation through spay/neuter programs.

The SPCA of Wake County operates two animal shelters and each facility serves a different purpose. The first facility is the SPCA Curtis Dail Pet Adoption Center, located at 200 Petfinder Lane in Raleigh, which focuses on pet adoption and public education. The Adoption Center location does not accept any incoming animals.

SPCA of Wake County No-Kill Statement:

By “No-Kill,” we mean that once we admit an animal into our care, we treat that animal no differently than we would expect a loving pet owner to do. We do not take the life of any animal in our care for reasons of length of stay or our shelter capacity. If our veterinarian determines that a pet in our care requires veterinary care, we provide that care so as to return that pet to a healthy or a manageable state. We euthanize a pet only if our veterinarian determines that the pet is too sick or injured to recover to a life of quality and is suffering or if our animal behavior specialist determines that a pet is so behaviorally aggressive as to present a material danger to human safety. For more answers about our No-Kill work, please visit www.spcawake.org/FAQ


Address:
200 Petfinder Lane
Raleigh, NC 27603
Contact Information: 919-772-2326

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No-kill shelters do wonderful work, but as a result, are often inundated with pet surrenders. In the unfortunate scenario that you have to find a new home for your pet, please read through the rehoming solution and articles on this page before contacting the shelter.

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Medical and Behavior Programs
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Public Relations/Community Involvement
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Volunteers
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A Compassionate Director
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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Looking for a good, loving, and caring home for my daughter’s 4 yr old Australian Shepherd Pitt Bull mix. My daughter inherited her 2 weeks ago, but we are unable to properly care for her due to my daughter is a college student, and I travel often with work. She is tan and white and super cute. Very obedient, fully house trained, and current with shots; has not been sprayed. She has a gentle demeanor and not overly hyper, good with kids. She loves being around people, no matter if you’re watching tv, working, or reading a book, she is right there with you. A person who works from home or who is home often would be a good fit for her. She needs an appropriate yard to run and play and deserves a loving family that can devote more time to her and that can care for her both physically and financially. Can someone please give her a good, loving home? She is a good dog in a not so good situation. We have exhausted all options. Pls call 919-740-4930 or email sag[email protected]. Thanks for all consideration.
posted by Cassandra Gregory, on 2022-08-17 20:28:57
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I have a beautiful very young pit pull that I need to rehome. We are just not doing him justice. He needs an appropriate yard and a family with more time to devote to him. He has such a gentle demeanor and not overly hyper. Did I mention that he is beautiful?? He is also good with kids. He is UTD on his shots and just got a clean bill of health. He's yet to be neutered though.
posted by [email protected], on 2022-06-06 21:58:53
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Do you still have the dog?
posted by Natalie Collier, on 2022-07-19 21:31:20
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Have a 1 1/2 year old neutered male. Good with kids and other dogs. Attends doggy daycare. He needs a home with a yard to run and play. UTD on all vaccines. Non aggressive, good temperament for kids, adults, and other animals.
posted by [email protected], on 2022-05-25 20:26:59
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i am going to be fostering a 2 yr old pitador female who is already spayed and microchiped. all shots are up to date. what do i need to do to have you help me find her a forever home. the present owner doesn't want to get rid of her, but because she is 1/3 lab, and2/3 pit neighbors complained because of ignorance. I am driving 4 and a half hrs to get her. Her name is Sadie. She comes with her crate and all her belongings. Dhe is really sweet but very strong. Can you help me place her in a permanent home? I already have three rescue cats and a rescue Labrabull {half chocolate Lab/ Half Pitt bull}. Husband wants me to find her a foreveer home, I want to keep her, but husbands have the final say. At least he is allowing me to save her. 1-919-412-3985 My name is Tracy Corbett.
posted by TracyLynnCorbett, on 2013-10-25 21:33:12
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Could you please send me a picture of him to 9107972413 or [email protected]
posted by [email protected], on 2021-07-12 05:04:01
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We have a blue nose bully breed (Pitt) that we need to find a good home for. He is 1yr and 2 months. He is up to date on all his shots but will need 2 more distempo in the future. He has been neutered. He gets along great with kids we have 3 ages 8, 12 and 15 and also other animals. We have 7 yr old boxer and a 3year old cat. we work a lot of hours and can't give him the proper attention he requires. He is very active and needs to run a lot. We don't have a fenced in yard and so by the time we get home from work it is 6pm. If you are interested please email me and I can send you pictures. He loves to snuggle.
posted by baileyj0184, on 2017-08-17 15:28:48
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We are a retired couple, moving to a community that will not allow our 4 yo Yellow Lab/mix. He lives for tennis balls and needs a yard and activity, which we have not been able to provide enough of. If you can provide Beacon with a good home, please contact us at: [email protected] Thanx
posted by ChipMiller, on 2017-06-21 19:23:31
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Could you please send me a picture of him [email protected] or a picture to 9107972413
posted by [email protected], on 2021-07-12 05:00:55
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Could you please send me a picture of him [email protected] or a picture to 9107972413
posted by [email protected], on 2021-07-12 05:00:42
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