Animal Cruelty

It can only be described as “fate” when an adopter and an animal meet at the ideal moment. Such was the case with Mineola, a striking, long-haired orange tabby, who found the perfect person while on his very first trip out in the ASPCA Mobile Adoption vehicle. He went home that same day, and he’s never looked back! Here is his story.

When Dean Ericson read a recent ASPCA News Alert about a puppy mill raid in Clewiston, Florida, something about the accompanying photo of a frightened dog being carried to safety by ASPCA responder Sharon Wirant tugged at his heartstrings.

UPDATE: We are excited to share that after months of medical care, 50 dogs rescued from a puppy mill in Mio, Michigan, in December are ready to find loving homes. The ASPCA rescued the dogs alongside the Oscoda County Sheriff’s Department following complaints of abuse and neglect at the facility, and the owners of the puppy mill pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges last week.

To help ring in the New Year, we’re bringing you the Happy Tail of Sara, a sweet senior cat whose journey to a permanent home took more than seven years. We hope that her story will inspire others to open their home to an animal in need in 2016. Here’s Sara’s Happy Tail.