The SPCA St. John’s is an adoption-focused agency helping homeless animals find happy beginnings. We also work encourage and assist with spaying and neutering across the Avalon Peninsula, helping make animal homelessness a thing of the past.  Click here to learn more.

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THE SPCA ST. JOHN’S INTAKE PROCESS

Every animal’s journey to a new home is a complex one. Upon intake, they are isolated and examined for contagious disease and other health conditions. Every animal is given medical treatment as required, including vaccinations, microchips, and spay or neutering. There is no timeframe for when an animal “must” be adopted. Proper medical treatment, patience, and a strong commitment to socialization ensures that each and every animal can be matched to its “forever home”. This underscores the SPCA’s transitional role, and belief that every animal deserves the stability, safety, and companionship of a permanent home.

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SNAP PROGRAM

Cats can have up to three litters a year. Dogs can have up to two. That is why the Regional SPCA St. John’s offers its Spay and Neuter Assistance Program to pet guardians in financial need, saving thousands of potentially unwanted, homeless young animals from suffering each year.

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FOSTER PROGRAM

Fostering is a wonderful way to help animals before they are ready for adoption. Foster parents give our animals the beautiful gift of a temporary home to rest, relax, and adjust before they find their forever home. Our foster program provides the foster family with all necessary supplies and support.

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PUP PROGRAM​

If a cat or dog has an unwanted litter of kittens or puppies, the Regional SPCA St. John’s has an open offer to take in these animals, vaccinate them, spay or neuter them, and find them loving forever homes. The SPCA will also spay the mother cat/dog to prevent more unwanted litters. This Prevent Unwanted Pets program comes with a no-cost and no-judgment guarantee.