Animals Thank You for Your Guardian Membership!

We are so grateful for your unwavering support of the ASPCA! You help us reach hundreds of thousands of animals through our lifesaving work each year. You are always by our side helping animals in need — whether there’s a tiny, orphaned kitten who needs round-the-clock care, a fearful dog who needs behavioral rehabilitation or a horse who needs to find a loving home — we know we can count on you. On behalf of the nation’s animals — thank you!

Your loyal Guardian membership helps the ASPCA…

 
Rescue Animals from Danger

Whether a natural disaster or a cruelty case investigation, a dogfighting operation or a puppy mill, our team is prepared to rescue animals in need when we are called by authorities to help. You are with us on the front lines of animal rescue.

Rockstar was one of a group of dogs rescued from suspected dogfighting in South Carolina. Now, he's living in a kind and loving home where he enjoys cuddling with his adopter and lining his toys up around the living room. 

 
Save Tiny Lives

Our Kitten Nursery staff and our devoted kitten fosters in both New York City and Los Angeles help support one of our most vulnerable populations. Often too young to survive on their own, many kittens we take in require round-the-clock care. Your generosity helps support our programs for vulnerable felines and helps to provide foster caregivers with the resources and supplies they need.

As an orphaned kitten, Banjo had to be bottle-fed by dedicated caregivers until he was healthy and old enough to find a loving family.

 
Find Loving Homes for Animals in Need

Our Animal Relocation, Centralized Placement and Horse Adoption Express teams helps tens of thousands of homeless animals each year on their journey to find loving homes through lifesaving transports to areas where they have a better chance of adoption. We also help dogs, cats and horses find families through direct adoptions in New York City, Pawling, New York, Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, Asheville, North Carolina, the ASPCA Equine Transition and Adoption Center in El Reno, Oklahoma, and our nationwide equine adoption program, ASPCA Right Horse™.

Brandon, a 20-year-old Arabian gelding was found by his adopter on the ASPCA's online adoption platform, myrighthorse.org. He was 1,600 miles from his adopter, so we arranged for Brandon's two-day transport though our Horse Adoption Express. Today, Brandon works alongside his adopter providing animal therapy!

Rehabilitate Animals

Before they can find loving homes, some animals need medical or behavioral care after they are placed in our care. To help these animals, we currently operate several programs across the country — the Behavioral Rehabilitation Center in Asheville, North Carolina, the Cruelty Recovery Center in Columbus, Ohio, the Recovery & Rehabilitation Center in Pawling, New York, and the Animal Recovery Center in New York City — to help rehabilitate animals, many of whom have suffered from homelessness and abuse, and give them the care and support they need.

In North Carolina, at the Behavioral Rehabilitation Center, we help extremely fearful dogs overcome their traumatic pasts and prepare for life in a loving home. At the Cruelty Recovery Center, our teams care for animals from large-scale criminal cases, providing them with medical, behavior and daily care. In Pawling, New York, at the Recovery & Rehabilitation Center, dogs recovering from abuse and neglect receive compassionate, individualized support from a skilled team of sheltering, medical and behavior professionals. And our Animal Recovery Center in New York City works closely with the NYPD to provide shelter and care for animal victims of cruelty and neglect. None of these lifesaving programs would be possible without you by our side.

String Bean was one of more than 100 cats removed from a self-described animal rescue organization. When he arrived to the ASPCA Cruelty Recovery Center, it was clear he had severe abnormalities of both of his eyes and was painful to the touch. In order to restore his comfort, he had both eyes removed. Despite losing his vision, String Bean is one happy kitty! He enjoys spending his days with his feline siblings and doting adopter. 

 
Reach Animals Nationwide

We support local shelters and rescue groups with a variety of resources including training to identify animal cruelty, grant funding, disaster response efforts, relocation of homeless animals, spay/neuter training and more to help animal welfare professionals save more animals in their local communities.

The ASPCA Learning Lab collaborates with shelter, medical and behavior colleagues working at the ASPCA and in sheltering organizations around the country to develop and maintain training materials available to all. The Learning Lab’s mission is to elevate behavioral healthcare for dogs and cats in animal shelters by delivering free interactive resources and training to empower everyone to support animal behavior.

Our expert staff demonstrates gentle animal handling techniques to decrease stress in feline patients.

 
Increase Protections for Animals Under the Law

Each year, we have new opportunities to press for meaningful policies that ensure animals live good lives. Your membership helps us fight the toughest battles for animals in local, state and federal governments.

You help us to fight for stronger protections under the law for cruelty victims like Lolly, a puppy mill victim who was rescued alongside over 500 other dogs.

 
Keep Pets with their Families

By increasing access to affordable veterinary services in underserved communities, we can improve the lives of animals and help more pets stay with their loving families. Our Community Veterinary Clinics spanning Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Miami offer appointment-based primary pet care services for low-income residents in these areas. We also offer free or low-cost spay/neuter services in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and North Carolina. Your support can help keep pets happy, healthy and in their homes.

Strawberry Shortcake came into our Community Veterinary Clinic in Queens with a paw injury. Our staff was able to provide her the care she needed to get her back on her feet. 

Our lifesaving programs like these and many others, reach hundreds of thousands of animals throughout America year after year because members like you support the ASPCA. Thank you for making this work possible — we can’t do it without you.