SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC

SHELTERING, CARE AND ADOPTION: BETWEEN JULY 2024 AND JUNE 2025, THE SPCA OF WAKE COUNTY TOOK IN A TOTAL OF 3,896 HOMELESS PETS. A COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION BETWEEN SPCA WAKE AND AREA ANIMAL SHELTERS CREATED A LIFESAVING SHELTER TRANSFER PROGRAM, AND 2,544 PETS WERE TRANSFERRED FROM PARTNER SHELTERS INTO SPCA WAKE'S CARE DURING FY25. THESE TRANSFERRED PETS REDUCE SHELTER PET EUTHANASIA REGIONALLY AND POSITIVELY IMPACT EACH SHELTER'S CAPACITY FOR CARE. DIVERSION PROGRAM: AN ADDITIONAL 1,342 PETS WERE TAKEN IN FROM INDIVIDUALS TO PREVENT THOSE PETS FROM ENTERING THE ALREADY OVERBURDENED ANIMAL SHELTER SYSTEM. A ROBUST FOSTER CARE PROGRAM ALLOWS SPCA WAKE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO EMERGENCY PET INTAKE NEEDS, WHETHER FROM PARTNER SHELTERS OR DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS. APPROXIMATELY 54% OF ALL INCOMING ANIMALS WERE CARED FOR IN A VOLUNTEER FOSTER HOME FOR A BRIEF TIME.SPCA WAKE'S VETERINARY AND BEHAVIOR RESOURCES MAKE IT ONE OF THE FEW SHELTERS IN NC THAT CAN TREAT AND REHABILITATE A LARGE VOLUME OF SICK, INJURED OR BEHAVIORALLY CHALLENGED PETS. THIS SAFETY NET PROGRAM IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL IN ELIMINATING EUTHANASIA AS THE ONLY OPTION FOR INJURED PETS AT AREA SHELTER PARTNERS OPERATING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. INNOVATIVE ADOPTION PROGRAMMING REHOMED 3,797 PETS IN FY25 AND SPCA WAKE'S LIVE RELEASE RATE WAS 97.39%. SPCA WAKE WILL NEVER EUTHANIZE A PET DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AND IS COMMITTED TO SAVING EVERY ANIMAL TAKEN IN. SPCA WAKE ONLY EUTHANIZES PETS THAT ARE TOO ILL OR TOO BEHAVIORALLY UNSOUND TO BE REHABILITATED AND ADOPTED. MATCHING LOVING FAMILIES WITH SHELTER PETS IS THE HEART OF WHAT SPCA WAKE DOES DAILY

PREVENTION & SPAY/NEUTER: PREVENTING UNWANTED PETS FROM BEING BORN IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND MOST HUMANE METHOD OF DECREASING THE OVERWHELMING NUMBERS OF HOMELESS PETS ENTERING AREA ANIMAL SHELTERS. IN FY25, SPCA WAKE SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY IMPACTED THREE KEY AREAS OF NEED. FIRST, THE SAVING LIVES SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC ENABLES SPCA WAKE TO TRANSFER THOUSANDS OF UNSTERILIZED ANIMALS FROM SURROUNDING RURAL SHELTERS WHO HAVE FEW SPAY/NEUTER RESOURCES. THOSE PETS ARE ADOPTED THROUGH THE SPCA, FREEING SHELTER PARTNERS TO USE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR REMAINING ANIMALS. SECOND, DOZENS OF AREA ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS ALSO EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE THIS LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER OPTION AND TAKE ANIMALS BACK INTO THEIR CARE FOR ADOPTION. THIRD, THE NEED OF THE PETS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE LOW-COST PRICE POINT PROVIDED BY THE SAVING LIVES SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC ENABLES FAMILIES IN NEED TO ACCESS THIS VITAL SERVICE. IN TOTAL, SPCA WAKE FACILITATED OVER 2,648 SURGERIES IN FY25. SPCA WAKE ALSO PARTNERS WITH VETERINARY PRACTICES IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE VOUCHER-DISCOUNTS FOR SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY AT THOSE PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS.