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Latest Press Releases
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The ASPCA today officially kicked off the 2012 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge, a three-month competition where 50 animal shelters from across the country will work to increase adoptions in order to win a piece of the more than $500,000 in ASPCA...
Friday, July 27, 2012
The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), in partnership with multiple local animal welfare groups in Florida, is hosting three major cat adoption events on Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12, for hundreds of...
Friday, July 27, 2012
For the sixth consecutive year, the ASPCA will sponsor the 37th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, held in Bridgehampton, N.Y., from Sunday, August 26 to Sunday, September 2, 2012.  ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The ASPCA today applauds Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for introducing legislation to protect the free-roaming wild horses living on the Outer Banks in Currituck County, N.C. The Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, S.3448,...
Monday, July 23, 2012
The ASPCA commends Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) for introducing a resolution condemning the use of gas chambers in animal shelters. The resolution urges states to require injection by licensed and certified individuals to be the standard method of...
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The ASPCA today announced the appointment of Helene Gordon to the position of senior director of licensing & retail development. ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The ASPCA today announced that it has awarded a grant of $7,000 to the Hidden Springs Horse Rescue (HSHR) in Marianna, Fla., which will be used to fund the rehabilitation of 14 neglected horses seized by local law enforcement last January. The...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The ASPCA is celebrating the two-year anniversary of "Operation Pit," the program that offers free spay/neuter surgeries to all healthy pit bulls and pit bull mixes between the ages of three months and six years living in the five boroughs, along...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The ASPCA today announced that it has granted more than $7.6 million dollars to animal welfare organizations across the country in just the first half of 2012. A total of 828 grants were issued to 619 organizations in 49 states nationwide in the...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
The ASPCA commends the House Agriculture Committee for approving an amendment to the House Farm Bill to strengthen laws against animal fighting. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), makes attending an animal fight a federal...

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