Richmond SPCA

We’re celebrating our veterinary assistants this week who work on our Internal Veterinary Services (IVS) team! IVS is responsible for delivering medical care to more than 4,000 homeless pets at our humane center annually. We are so thankful to have assistants like Leesy, Simone, Teagan, Brett, Sheon, Jess and Stacy (not pictured) on our team ensuring the precious pets in our care get the veterinary care they need before finding loving homes. Show the IVS assistants some love by dropping a heart emoji below! 💙🤍🩵

Earlier this week, our volunteer team hosted Lansing Building Products who spent the day assisting with dishwashing, cleaning, cat enrichment prep and assembling goodie bags for children’s birthday parties. They also generously donated $240 as well as pet food for our Pet Pantry! We are so thankful for our volunteers!

Our humane center had a great week of adoptions! We are so excited to share that 65 pets including BayBay, Understudy, Peachy and Gort found loving homes with wonderful adopters. We also love hearing your adoption updates, and recently received a sweet alumni update that you can read more about at the bottom of the blog post. 💙💚🐶🐱💚💙

Last week, our adoptions team placed 97 pets into loving homes! Jace, Clark Kent, Buckley and Vespa are a few of our long term residents who finally got the chance to ring our adoption bell! 💚💙🐶🐱💙💚

The Richmond SPCA's Director of Communications Tabitha Treloar presented at the Best Friends Animal Society Conference yesterday in Orlando, Florida! #nokill2025

Thanks to our amazing community, last month we sheltered 791 homeless animals, helped 2,026 clients in our Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital and taught 197 training classes. We did all this and more with the support of 242 volunteers, our dedicated staff and you! Our June Compassion in action report is now available. Thank you to all the wonderful people who continue to make a difference in the lives of pets in need.

Our adoption bell rang 92 times last week as we placed 75 cats and 17 dogs in loving homes. Zant, Short Stop, Petunia and Finderella are a few of the dogs and cats who found families of their own. We're so grateful to the wonderful adopters who opened their homes to these precious pets. To see our most recent adoptees, visit our blog. If you have been thinking of adopting a cat or kitten, there's no better time than now, as we are now offering a Purrfect Pair special. For the entire month of July, you can adopt two cats or kittens for a single adoption fee. Please note that if you're planning to visit us this week, we will be closed on Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. #adoptRVA

With your support, the Richmond SPCA delivers care to more than 4,000 precious homeless pets each year and delivers crucial programs and services to pets and the people who love them communitywide. Recurring monthly gifts from our Pet Pals are a tremendous help to our pets in need, and a small monthly donation adds up over the course of the year. 💉 A $5 donation can vaccinate a pet for Rabies or Distemper 🍼 A $10 donation can bottle feed a litter of kittens for one week 🐶 A $15 donation can test a pet for life-threatening Parvovirus 🦟 A $20 donation can treat a pet for fleas and ticks Sign up now to make a monthly gift, and by next May you'll have touched the lives of 12 pets. https://lnkd.in/eE-CQnFN

We had a great adoption week at the Richmond SPCA. Thanks to all of the wonderful adopters who stopped by and let our counselors introduce them to lifelong friends! Last week, 75 pets found loving homes to call their own including 61 cats, 13 dogs and one rabbit. Willie, Cool Joe, Quartz and Armstrong are a few of our latest alumni. Visit our blog to see the rest of the sweet pets who got adopted! #adoptRVA

As temperatures rise in the Greater Richmond area this weekend, it’s important to take care of yourselves and your pets. The high heat, plus the accompanying humidity, will make the heat index near 105 degrees on Saturday and likely even higher on Sunday. On hot days such as these, be sure to provide plenty of water for your furry friends and keep outdoor time short and sweet. We advise only letting your pets out for quick potty breaks to keep them safe, and we recommend walking them in the early mornings or late evenings for only 5-10 minute intervals. Pets carrying their heads or tails low is an indication of heat exhaustion, and they should be brought indoors to cool off. A few more serious signs that may indicate your pet is suffering from heat stroke include blue gums, diarrhea, labored breathing, extreme lethargy and/or vomiting after being exposed to prolonged heat. If your pet shows any of these symptoms, you should seek urgent or emergency veterinary care right away.