Feature Stories

Many people have followed the news out of Montreal recently, where the city council ruled to pass “Breed Specific Legislation” or “BSL”. The guidelines of the law are so vague they extend to any type of dogs with “pit-bull” like characteristics. Visual breed recognition is entirely subjective and notoriously unreliable. Family dogs with no history …

In August the SPCAI team was on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, promoting adoptions and working to protect animals displaced by the Olympic Games sites. This is where we met Victoria, an incredibly sweet dog who had endured unspeakable cruelty. After being starved and burned, Victoria and 13 other dogs…

On Sunday, August 21st when most of the U.S. media was still focused on the transgressions of a U.S. Olympic swimmer, another U.S. Olympian met up with SPCA International partners in Rio de Janeiro to tour the local public animal shelter and raise awareness about the hundreds of dogs and cats there who are longing …

Forget Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Meet Nelson, Jemma and Prince! Three of the most deserving, adorable and special animals I have come to know over the last few weeks as we worked day and night to save their lives for 2 U.S. Soldiers deployed in Obo, Central African Republic and Uganda.

On July 31 SPCA International’s team will be holding an adoption event in Rio. Location: Praça do ó, Posto 03, Rio, Brazil

In June, our SPCA International team traveled to Rio de Janeiro, the host city of this year’s summer Olympic and ParaOlympic Games, to assess the condition of the stray animal population.

Recently SPCAI invited Canadian veterinarian Hannah Weitzenfeld to visit Spay Panama to learn firsthand how this incredible, long-time SPCAI partner runs their “Mega Blitz” spay and neuter events that result in hundreds of sterilizations per day in unorthodox locations. Dr. Weitzenfeld describes her unique experiences and insights in this delightful article.