Animal Stories

Happy Giving Tuesday! The day has finally arrived, and we have saved our piece de resistance for last. Today's story features one of our most exciting shelter stories of the year. Drumroll....and.... It was early and it was steamy one morning this past July when a...

Looking up into a cage full of metal. Faces peering down, talking, examining, looking concerned. Sienna's life had taken a major turn in the last twenty-four hours. Earlier that day, she had been living in her owner's home, a home that she had likely called her own...

Who does not love a happily-ever-after story? Well, settle down in and get ready, because we have a great one coming just for you. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. She had sparkling golden and orange locks and captivating, adoring eyes. All who looked...

'Tis the season for Hallmark movies! To join in on all the warm and fuzzy feelings, we thought we would share some of the most adorable parts of our work this past year. So, step inside the SPCA nursery and take a peek at all the baby animals! At one point this past...

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 and big eyeballs, with these little...

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, it was right after...

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 became...

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 experience for every one...