It was a beautiful spring day when infant Darrel was brought to the SPCA. He was just a few weeks old and had been found underneath a porch way up in the hills of the Lycoming Creek valley. He was just the cutest thing. All fluff […]
Happy Thanksgiving! As we celebrate all that we are grateful for, we thought we would dive in and serve up a good, old-fashioned dish of warm and fuzzy adoption story. Meet Oreo. Oreo came in to the SPCA as a stray last December. It was cold, […]
A new era dawned at the Lycoming County SPCA this past summer. We initiated a new policy for feral, or “community” cats. It was common for us to receive these cats from people who had trapped them, often hundreds a year. However, these outdoor cats rarely […]
Wow, what a year! Over 3,000 animals have come through the Lycoming County SPCA’s doors so far in 2019. That is a lot of animals, and it takes a village, let us tell you, a village of dedicated volunteers, donors, and staff, to provide a rich […]
For the final story in our #GivingTuesday series, we present to you one of our happiest adoption stories from 2018. She had been here for over a year. Little Jane, or “Little Hippo,” as she was affectionally called, was wary of humans and was having a […]
End-of-life care. What a difficult topic, whether it involves humans or pets. On any given day, if you were to walk around the adoption floor at the Lycoming County SPCA, what would you see? Probably a large number of younger pets, full of vim and vigor. They tend […]
Nothing moves the hearts of staff more than when a nursing mother is brought in without her babies. “Where could the little ones be?” we wonder. “Can we go back to the area where the mother was found and search for the babies? How old are […]
Shelter dogs have many skills and talents. While we seek to hone these skills to prepare dogs for adoption, sometimes a dog is called upon to perform an important job while he is still at the shelter. Such was the case with Max, a small shelter dog […]
Investigations can be tough. People in need, pets in need…how can we help? What is best for everyone? SPCA supporters have enabled officers to respond to 346 investigations so far in 2018. That is more than one investigation a working day. They range from cruelty and […]
Happy Thanksgiving. This #GivingTuesday series would not be complete without a shout-out to our dedicated volunteers. Volunteers provide a lot of the day-to-day care at the shelter and help us take on the special cases. We would be lost without them! To thank them this Thanksgiving […]
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Our mission is to protect all domestic animals by: providing shelter, emergency treatment, investigation and prosecution of cruelty or abuse complaints; adoption and counseling; education programs; and humane care through Lycoming County.