Houston SPCA (Texas)
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Headquarters Location: Houston, TX
Founded: 1924
Mission: The mission of the Houston SPCA is to promote commitment to and respect for all animals and to free them from suffering, abuse and exploitation.
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austin, texas, animal shelters, animal welfare, pet adoption, companion animals, spay/neuter, animal rescue, education
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Leadership
Patricia Mercer.
Patricia Mercer is the President of the Houston SPCA. The Houston SPCA, founded in 1924, is Houston’s first and largest animal protection organization and shelter. Our Mission is to promote commitment to and respect for all animals and free them from suffering, abuse and exploitation. The Houston SPCA is a private, non-profit charity, funded entirely by donations, which receives no…
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Financial Data
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Overhead Ratio:
18.28%
Total Revenue:
$9,669,435
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Contact Info
Address:
900 Portway Dr
Houston, TX 77024, USA
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The Houston SPCA, founded in 1924, is Houston’s first and largest animal protection organization and shelter. Our Mission is to promote commitment to and respect for all animals and free them from suffering, abuse and exploitation. The Houston SPCA is a private, non-profit charity, funded entirely by donations, which receives no funding from the Government, United Way or national animal groups.
Expert Reviews of Houston SPCA (Texas)
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Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is recognized as a leader in this field by changing the conditions for animals in the greater Houston area. They have a model animal cruelty enforcement program, provide education to the community, and advocate for the betterment of animals.See expert comments.
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One of the largest humane organizations in the USA, that handles thousands upon thousands of animals, was featured on Animal Planet. They handle everything from parakeets to tigers and provide support to the entire state of Texas. | ||
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Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is recognized as a leader in this field by changing the conditions for animals in the greater Houston area. They have a model animal cruelty enforcement program; provided education to the community; and advocated for the betterment of animals. | ||
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Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals serves as the animal rescuer for Animal Cops Houston (on Animal Planet), which has a huge educational impact. | ||
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The Houston SPCA relies on its name recognition and public misconception. Rather than having a positive impact on animals, this organization kills by far most of the animals that enter its doors--- at least, the last time it publicly reported its sheltering data. In the mid 2000s, the shelter conceded to a mayoral taskforce that it killed 65% of all animals it impounds (the national average is 50% and the best open-admission shelters in the state and country kill less than 10%). It seems that the Houston SPCA's placement on a list of high-impact non-profits is particularly disturbing and inaccurate given that the organization now refuses to publicly release its sheltering data. How possibly could it be named most impactful and effective if it won't even provide data on its impact on the animals it impounds? Worse still, the organization has a history of "raid and kill" efforts, in which it raids a hoarder/breeder, raises money off the efforts, and then kills all the animals it "rescued." A recent example of a raid of 200+ Rottweilers was an exception only because a volunteer from a breed-specific organization agreed to find homes for all of the animals. The Houston SPCA didn't. Even worse still, the organization has a mandatory policy to kill all dogs (including puppies) that look like they might be pit bulls, even though it has been statistically proven that shelters misidentify breeds roughly 90% of the time, and even though pit bulls have been statistically proven to not behave differently than any other breed of dog. | ||
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This group has failed to embrace the latest thinking in pet adoptions and has failed to step up to support their local animal services. It continues to embrace older-school methods of animal sheltering. | ||
Leadership
Patricia Mercer
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