Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Animal welfare organizations

"SPCA" redirects here. For other uses, see SPCA (disambiguation).

A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which was founded in England in 1824. SPCA organizations operate independently of each other and campaign for animal welfare, assist in the prevention of cruelty to animals cases.

## SPCA organizations by continent

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### Africa

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* Botswana — Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA)
* Egypt — General/Cairo SPCA[citation needed]
* Branches all over Egypt, Cairo SPCA is the oldest association in Africa and the Middle East, established in 1895.[citation needed]
* Kenya — Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA)[1]
* Namibia — Tierschutzverein (SPCA) Swakopmund[2]
* South Africa
* National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA)
* Cape Town — Cape of Good Hope Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

### Asia

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* Lahore, Pakistan — Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Philippines — Philippine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Singapore — Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Hong Kong — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong)
* Taiwan (ROC) — Taiwan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals www.spca.org.tw
* Iran — Iran Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tehran, Iran) www.iranspca.com
* Japan —  Public Welfare Corporation Japan Animal Welfare Association [1]
* Bahrain — Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Askar, Bahrain) www.bspca.org/
* Thailand — Thai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Kathmandu, Nepal — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Nepal

#### India

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* Madras \- Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Dehradun — Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Chennai — Madras society for prevention of cruelty to animals
* Cuttack — State society for the prevention of cruelty to animals Odisha
* Kolkata — Calcutta Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Kollam — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Lucknow — Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals[3]
* Mumbai — Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Noida — Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals[4][5]
* Punjab — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Thane — Thane S.P.C.A
* Visakhapatnam — Visakha Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Jamshedpur — Society for the prevention of cruelty to Animals
* Bihar -Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Avinash Singh

#### Malaysia

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* Selangor — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Selangor, Malaysia
* Kota Kinabalu, Sabah — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
* Kuching — Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
* Lahad Datu — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia

#### Israel

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* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Tel Aviv-Yafo[6]
* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Jerusalem[7]
* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Ramat Gan[8]
* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Haifa[9]
* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Rehovot[10]
* The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Be'er Sheva[11]

### Europe

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* Belgium — Royal Society of Animal Protection Veeweyde [12]
* France — Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA)
* Italy — SPCA ITALIA Protezione Animali [13]
* Norway — SPCA Norge
* Romania — Romanian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
* The Netherlands — Dierenbescherming

#### Ireland

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* Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA)
* Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA)

#### Malta

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* MSPCA
* Gozo — Gozo SPCA

#### Poland

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* Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Straż dla Zwierząt

#### United Kingdom

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* England and Wales — Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Scotland — Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Northern Ireland — Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Jersey — Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Guernsey \- Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Isle of Man \- Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

### North America

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#### Canada

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* Canada — Canadian Federation of Humane Societies
* Ontario — Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* British Columbia — British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Alberta — Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Nova Scotia — Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
* Montreal, Quebec — Société Canadienne Pour La Prévention De La Cruauté Envers Les Animaux / Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Montreal)
* Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* New Brunswick – Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
* Northwest Territories, Yellowknife – NWT SPCA

#### United States

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In the United States, all organizations using the name SPCA are independent; there is no umbrella organization. Some of the more notable organizations include:

* American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Houston, Texas — Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – one of the original featured SPCA's on the Animal Planet Network show Animal Cops: Houston
* Maryland — Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Massachusetts — Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* New Jersey — New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Roanoke Valley, Virginia — Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Oregon — Oregon Humane Society - largest SPCA on the West Coast
* Rhode Island — Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

##### California

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* Alameda County — East Bay SPCA
* Los Angeles — Los Angeles SPCA
* Monterey County — Monterey County SPCA
* San Francisco —San Francisco SPCA
* Sacramento — Sacramento SPCA
* Orange County — OC Animal Allies

#### Caribbean

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* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals[14] \- The VSPCA is independent and not associated with SPCA International.
* Jamaica — Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (J.S.P.C.A.)

### Oceania

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* Australia — Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Australia (RSPCA Australia)
* New Zealand — Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
* Papua New Guinea — Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Papua New Guinea

## See also

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* Cruelty to animals
* Animal rights
* Animal welfare
* List of animal welfare organizations

## References

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1. ^ "KSPCA Kenya – KENYA SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION & CARE OF ANIMALS". www.kspca-kenya.org.
2. ^ "Tierschutzverein (SPCA) Swakopmund, Namibia".
3. ^ "SPCA Lucknow". www.facebook.com.
4. ^ "Maneka visits SPCA Noida". 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015.
5. ^ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-to-Prevent-Cruelty-on-Animals-at-Noida/212023698833982?sk=info&tab=page_info [user-generated source]
6. ^ "SPCA Israel | Tel-Aviv". Spca.co.il. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
7. ^ "Jerusalem Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals". J.S.P.C.A. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
8. ^ "צער בעלי חיים רמת גן והסביבה". Spca.org.il. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
9. ^ "על האגודה | אגודת צער בעלי חיים חיפה ע"ר". Petprotect.org.il. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
10. ^ "צער בעלי חיים ברחובות". Israelpets.org. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
11. ^ "צער בעלי חיים באר שבע | פייסבוק". He-il.facebook.com. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
12. ^ "SRPA Veeweyde Brussels - Animal shelter". Veeweyde. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
13. ^ "SPCA Italia". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18.
14. ^ "Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals". Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

## External links

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* Guide to the Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Pamphlets 1874-1952

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Animal welfare

Issues|

* Abandoned pets
* Animal husbandry
* Animal testing
* Animals in sport
* Artificial insemination
* Barn fire
* Battery cage
* Beak trimming
* Bile bear
* Blood sports
* Captivity
* Chick culling
* Culling
* Concentrated animal feeding operation
* Dairy farming
* Discretionary invasive procedures on animals
* Eating live animals
* Eating live seafood
* Eyestalk ablation
* Feedback (pork industry)
* Foam depopulation
* Foie gras controversy
* Forced molting
* Fur farming
* Gestation crate
* Hunting
* Horse pain caused by the bit
* Intensive animal farming
* Intensive pig farming
* Livestock branding
* Livestock dehorning
* Livestock transportation
* Pet rental
* Poultry farming
* Puppy mill
* Testing cosmetics on animals
* Ventilation shutdown
* Vivisection
* Welfare of farmed insects
* Wild animal welfare
* Wildlife farming
* Zoos

Concepts|

* Abnormal behaviours in animals
* Animal psychopathology
* Animal shelter
* Animal welfare science
* Anthrozoology
* Behavioral enrichment
* Compassionate conservation
* Conservation welfare
* Ethics of uncertain sentience
* Ethical omnivorism
* Five Domains model
* Five Freedoms
* Humane law enforcement
* Intrinsic value in animal ethics
* Rescue group
* RSPCA Assured
* Three Rs principles
* Welfare biology

Pain|

* Pain in amphibians
* Pain in cephalopods
* Pain in crustaceans
* Pain in fish
* Pain in invertebrates
* Grimace scale

Organisations|

* ASPCA
* Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society
* Animal Defenders International
* Animal Welfare Committee
* Animal Welfare Party
* Animals' Friend Society
* American Humane
* Animal Aid Unlimited
* Animal Welfare Board of India
* Animal Welfare Institute
* Animal Welfare Investigations Project
* Badger Trust
* Band of Mercy
* Battersea
* Best Friends Animal Society
* Blue Cross
* Blue Cross of India
* Care for the Wild International
* Cats Protection
* Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals
* Compassion in World Farming
* CAWF
* Cinnamon Trust
* Dogs Trust
* DSPA
* DSPCA
* Eurogroup for Animals
* Four Paws
* FRAME
* Hedgehog Care
* Humane Canada
* Humane Farm Animal Care
* HSUS
* Humane Society International
* Humane Slaughter Association
* International Animal Rescue
* IFAW
* International Society for Applied Ethology
* ISPCA
* List of animal welfare organizations
* League Against Cruel Sports
* Marine Connection
* National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports
* Network for Animals
* Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research
* MSPCA-Angell
* National Animal Welfare Trust
* National Anti-Vivisection Society
* National Council for Animals' Welfare
* OneKind
* Party for Animal Welfare
* People for Animals
* People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
* RNZSPCA
* RSPCA
* RSPCA Australia
* Save Me
* Scottish Animal Welfare Commission
* SSPCA
* Tiggywinkles
* Toronto Humane Society
* UFAW
* Wildlife Aid Foundation
* World Animal Protection
* World Horse Welfare

Publications|

* American Humane Magazine
* Animal Protection
* Animal Welfare
* AWI Quarterly
* Cruel Sports
* Human Advocate
* Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
* Our Dumb Animals
* The Animals' Friend
* The Animals' Guardian
* The Cat
* The Zoophilist

Books|

* A Few Notes on Cruelty to Animals (1846)
* Black Beauty (1877)
* Diet for a New America (1987)
* Min ko vill ha roligt (1990)
* Miracle Dog (2005)
* Striking at the Roots (2007)
* Pawprints of Katrina (2008)
* No Animals Were Harmed (2011)

Activists
and workers|

| Contemporary|

* Michael C. Appleby
* Cynthia Bathurst
* Matthew E. Bershadker
* Christa Blanke
* Moira Brown
* Jan Cameron
* Judy MacArthur Clark
* Kendra Coulter
* Peter Ronald Davies
* Petra Deimer
* Alanna Devine
* Robin Ganzert
* Celia Hammond
* Alison Hanlon
* Brian Hare
* Kathrin Glock
* Emily Patterson-Kane
* Philip Lymbery
* Damien Mander
* Christine Nicol
* Wayne Pacelle
* Sharon Pincott
* Ilka Reinhardt
* Jill Robinson
* Naomi Sagara
* Sepehr Salimi
* Adolfo Sansolini
* Rakesh Shukla
* Karen Stockin
* Patti Strand
* Sally Varma
* Tina M. Widowski

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Historical|

* Gertrude Ansell
* Emily Appleton
* Gertrude Baillie-Weaver
* H. Baillie-Weaver
* Madeleine Bemelmans
* Henry Bergh
* Annie Bradshaw
* Victoria Braithwaite
* Mary Brancker
* Benjamin Bryan
* Roger A. Caras
* Ada Cole
* Edith Cole
* Jim Cronin
* Brian Davies
* Gerard Lysley Derriman
* Maria Dickin
* Marjorie Doggett
* Muriel Dowding
* Alice Drakoules
* Sarah J. Eddy
* Thomas Erskine
* Agnes Estcourt-Oswald
* Edward G. Fairholme
* Aida McAnn Flemming
* Lucy Furman
* Basil Goldstone
* Julia Goddard
* Robert Gower
* Norman Child Graham
* Colesworthey Grant
* George Greenwood
* Peter Gurney
* Catherine Victoria Hall
* Edward Hemingway
* Rachel Hirschfeld
* Sjoerd Hofstra
* Clive Hollands
* Douglas Houghton
* John A. Hoyt
* W. Hugenholtz
* Rowland Johns
* Velma Bronn Johnston
* Albert Knapp
* Agnes von Konow
* Titus Lander
* Carla Lane
* Etta Lemon
* Victoria Lidiard
* George Watson Little
* Alasdair Alpin MacGregor
* Terry Maple
* Fergus MacCunn
* Frederick Messer
* Richard Martin
* Shirley McGreal
* Lady Mount Temple
* Harriet Nevins
* Felix Ortt
* Catherine Louisa Pirkis
* Eliza Phillips
* Maude Gillette Phillips
* Duchess of Portland
* Samuel Jackson Pratt
* Nancy Price
* Wilfred Risdon
* Peter Roberts
* Jules Rühl
* Jan Salter
* Olive Smith-Dorrien
* Catherine Smithies
* Thomas Bywater Smithies
* Herbert Snow
* Ellin Prince Speyer
* Christine Stevens
* Douglas S. S. Steuart
* Elisabeth Svendsen
* Mary Tealby
* Ralph Waldo Trine
* Sidney Trist
* Ethel Venton
* M. Dudley Ward
* Jessey Wade
* Christopher Wathes
* Franz Weber
* Caroline Earle White
* Emily Williamson
* H. Fergie Woods
* Alice Morgan Wright
* Gretchen Wyler

Scholars
and writers|

| Contemporary|

* Arnold Arluke
* Jonathan Balcombe
* Michael Balls
* Geoffrey Barstow
* Marc Bekoff
* Donald Broom
* Marian Dawkins
* Bob Fischer
* Bruce Fogle
* Jane Goodall
* Temple Grandin
* Celia Haddon
* Jane Hurst
* Erich Hoyt
* Barbara J. King
* Alistair Lawrence
* David Macdonald
* Jeremy Marchant
* Jeff McMahan
* Daniel Mills
* Sy Montgomery
* Virginia Morell
* Yew-Kwang Ng
* Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell
* Clare Palmer
* Susan J. Pearson
* Dale Peterson
* Jessica Pierce
* Diana Reiss
* Carl Safina
* Matthew Scully
* Paul Shapiro
* Jennifer Skiff
* Brian Tomasik
* Peter Wohlleben

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Historical|

* George T. Angell
* Patrick Bateson
* Beddow Bayly
* Ernest Bell
* Edward Berdoe
* Arthur Broome
* Jean Burden
* Gerald Carson
* Stephen Coleridge
* Christian Adam Dann
* J. Morewood Dowsett
* Audrey Eyton
* George Fleming
* Ralph Fletcher
* Ruth Harrison
* Caroline van der Hucht-Kerkhoven
* C. W. Hume
* E. Douglas Hume
* Beatrice Lindsay
* James Macaulay
* Basheer Ahmad Masri
* Francis Orpen Morris
* George Nicholson
* Siobhan O'Sullivan
* Charles Reinhardt
* Francis H. Rowley
* W. M. S. Russell
* Chris Sherwin
* Colin Spedding
* William O. Stillman
* John Styles
* Bell Taylor
* Ernst von Weber
* D. G. M. Wood-Gush
* Frans de Waal
* Meta Wellmer
* Hugh Wirth
* William Youatt
* Thomas Young

Categories|

* Animal advocacy parties
* Animal killing
* Animal rights
* Animal welfare and rights legislation
* Animal welfare in sports
* Animal sacrifice
* Animal sanctuaries
* Animal testing
* Animal welfare and rights by country
* Cruelty to animals
* Dishes involving the consumption of live animals
* Ethically disputed business practices towards animals
* Fur trade
* Pain in animals
* People associated with animal welfare
* Vivisection
* Whaling

Religious
considerations|

* Dhabihah
* Jhatka
* Kutha
* Shechita
* Tza'ar ba'alei chayim

Rituals and
festivals|

* Blessing of animals
* Bous al carrer
* Cock throwing
* Combat de Reines
* Eid al-Adha
* Gadhimai festival
* Goat throwing
* Goose pulling
* International Primate Day
* Kapparot
* Dog Meat Festival
* Monkey Buffet Festival
* October Horse
* Pushkar Camel Fair
* Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo
* Running of the bulls
* Surin Elephant Round-up
* Toro embolado
* World Animal Day

Legislation|

* Animal testing regulations
* Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (UK)
* Animal Welfare Act 1999 (NZ)
* Animal Welfare Act 2006 (UK)
* Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (US)
* Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 (UK)
* Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (UK)
* EU Directive 2010/63/EU (EU)
* EU Directive 1999/74/EC (EU)
* Horse Protection Act of 1970 (US)
* Hunting Act 2004 (UK)
* List of international animal welfare conventions
* Philippine Animal Welfare Act 1998 (Philippines)

Related|

* List of animal rights advocates
* List of animal sanctuaries

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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* Animals
* Cats
* Dogs

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