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Putting the human back in humane

We strive to end animal suffering and empower communities to find the heart in humanity.

Putting the human back in humane

We strive to end animal suffering and empower communities to find the heart in humanity.

2025 BVSPCA Organization-Wide Lifesaving Goals

Placements Goal: 20,000
4,845
Spay/Neuter Goal: 35,000
8,195
Live Release Rate Goal: 93%
95%

You can make a difference by getting involved today

Adopt

More than 50 animals per day enter our shelters looking for a place to call home. Is your new family member waiting for you?

Volunteer

Every single life touched by a volunteer is a life made better that day. Join us in this important work.

Foster

You can be a lifesaving bridge to get a pet to adoption, whether that's an infant kitten or puppy, an adult recovering from a medical need, or a shelter pet needing a break.

Get kids involved

Volunteering at a young age is a life-changing experience. Kids 8-12 can volunteer with a chaperone, and starting at 13 they can volunteer independently.

Featured pets

Conan

Meet Conan! This handsome guy is dog friendly. He is a younger adult dog who has a lifetime of love to give to you. So don't delay, come meet Conan today!*This pet qualifies for our Sponsored by …

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Regal

Everybody loves Regal, and there is a lot of him to love! This staff and volunteer favorite loves the comfort and security of the carpet in his cubby. He is so handsome and just the sweetest and most…

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Elliot

The staff are getting to know me. Look for a bio soon.Brandywine Valley SPCA Everyday Adoption CenterPetsmart, Inc #5622100 Chemical RoadPlymouth Meeting, PA 19462PA Kennel License #2874

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We help more than 20,000 animals a year

As the largest animal welfare organization in the region and one of the only remaining open access shelters, we give safety, love, and hope to lost pets, abandoned dogs and cats, cruelty victims, pets in need of rehoming, and homeless pets at risk of euthanasia in other shelters.

For your pets

Wellness Clinic

Low-cost, high quality veterinary care for your pets

Spay & neuter

Low-cost spay and neutering services

Daycare & boarding

Luxury boarding & daycare for pampered pets

Expanding animal services to the nation’s capital

Brandywine Valley SPCA is bringing its nationality-recognized programs and expertise to the District of Columbia. Expanding services include taking over animal control and care, field services for injured and stray animals, wildlife services for the District, along with intake diversion, adoptions, and basic animal medical and wellness. Working with DC Health, the BVSPCA will be able to serve the communities of the District by ensuring that stray, lost, and injured animals receive the care and treatment they need.

Need help?

Supporting our community by providing the resources needed to improve the lives and well-being of animals is what we do.

Lost & found pets

Losing your furry friend or finding anothers beloved animal can be a harrowing and emotional process.

Reporting animal cruelty

"See something, say something." Most cases of cruelty or neglect come to light when someone close to that animal makes a report.

Pet food assistance

No one should have to part with their pet for financial reasons. Our pet food programs help pets stay with the families who love them.

Behavior resources

Through our behavior team, we're able to offer free support to our adopters, foster families and pet owners seeking behavior assistance.

The power of our work

Neighbors couldn’t take hearing this sweet pup being beaten in one of the other apartments and contacted our Animal Protective Services (APS) team. Our officers executed a search warrant, seized her, and charged the owner with animal cruelty. She weighed almost half her ideal weight, her skin was in poor condition, but even worse were the wounds inside. She winced, cowered and urinated from a life of being treated as a “bad dog.” Our APS team fought for her freedom for 241 days. During that time, two of our volunteers fostered her. They named her JoJo and worked hard to heal her heart and build her confidence. Along the way, they fell in love and made it official once our officers won her freedom.

Great or small, all donations are appreciated

Save a Life

Every dollar you donate will go to the programs and services that help save the lives of thousands of homeless animals each year.

Circle of Life

Your generous monthly donation helps provide shelter, food, and medical care to thousands of animals who enter our shelters each year.

Wish List

Our Amazon Wish Lists make it easy to find and donate items we need most critically. All donations, big and small, mean a great deal to us and to our animals!

We care for more than 20,000 animals a year

That may seem like a big number, but every dog and cat in our care enjoys individual enrichment until adoption, such as our daily dog playgroups.

Support our lifesaving work and look good doing it

Get your paws on our original and limited edition merchandise. Your purchases go towards the care of the many animals we take in each year.

What’s happening at BVSPCA

Shower Our Kittens With Love

Celebrate spring with us! Participate in our April shower to help homeless kittens, find a new  best friend during our "Paws and Petals" adoption special, get in on the fun for the whole family,…
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2023 digital annual report

In 2023, the Brandywine Valley SPCA built a bridge to a brighter future by providing safety, love and hope to over 17,000 pets in need.
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Spring is in the Air: Pick Your Price Adoptions

Saturday, March 29, through Sunday, April 6, YOU pick your price for any adoptable adult dog, 1 year old+. You don't need a flower to find out if she or he loves you, or loves you not - all of our do…
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Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

BVSPCA is now elevating animal services for the nation's capital

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