This month, we wanted to highlight one of the best organizations in Tampa Bay taking care of man’s best friend. The SPCA of Tampa Bay takes in and shelters thousands of animals every year, and they are almost at capacity right now. Hopefully, we can get some people involved and wanting to take home their new best friend!
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What is SPCA of Tampa Bay?
Short answer: A non-profit animal shelter and public vet center.
Long answer: SPCA Tampa Bay is the only non-profit, animal welfare agency that runs an open-admission animal shelter, pet training facility and public veterinary center in Pinellas County.
SPCA Tampa Bay cares for dogs, cats, pocket pets, exotic animals, and livestock like goats and pigs. Animals receive immunizations, medical care, behavior training, enrichment and loving care while they live at the shelters.
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Services
While most people just think of the SPCA as a shelter for animals, they offer so much more than that. SPCA Tampa Bay processes every surrendered animal through intake and provides transport for any sick or injured pets. With a little bit of help from the Pinellas County Animal Services, SPCA Tampa Bay helps with lost and found pet assistance and wildlife rescue. They also have a team for animal cruelty investigations for wildlife and livestock because all animals deserve fair and ethical treatment.
SPCA Tampa Bay also offers a wide variety of programs, such as pet adoptions, free pet food banks for Pinellas residents, a pet behavior help line, animal behavioral center, and veterinary care for owned pets.
How does SPCA Tampa Bay fund all this?
Good question! SPCA Tampa Bay is fully funded by donors. They don’t receive any grants or any support from government aid. In 2018, these community raised funds went so far as to care for over 5,000 animals. Check out some of the deets on what SPCA Tampa Bay was able to do!
SPCA Upcoming Events
Drag Queen Bingo Benefiting SPCA Tampa Bay
Charity bingo benefiting the animals at SPCA Tampa Bay! BINGO starts at 7:00 pm. (But get there early to eat!) $10 for 10 games of bingo.
****Pet food donations will kindly be accepted at this event to benefit our community food bank, Pebbles Food Bank, to help the pets of families facing hardship in Pinellas County.*****
(Bring cash…’cause Mary don’t take plastic for Bingo or 50/50 Drawing!)
MAKE RESERVATIONS by calling Hamburger Mary’s at 727-400-6996
Animal Resource Center Grand Opening Week
Sun, July 14th 2:00PM– Tue, July 16th 6:00pm
Adoptions
Right now, the shelters are full. If you can, the best way to help is to adopt one of these babies! In the age of the internet, it could not be easier to adopt a pet. SPCA Tampa Bay has a webpage so you can see all the little guys that need a home. You can find dogs/puppies, cats/kittens, and rabbits and other critters.
How can you help?
Not everyone can adopt a pet, but there are many other ways to help! You can donate financially through a one time donation or a monthly gift. You can sign up to be a volunteer here.
SPCA Tampa Bay also has an Amazon Wish List and a pet food bank that can always use donations.
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