Our foster program is an extension of our shelter, aimed to save those animals that depend on additional care for their survival and/or eventual adoption: orphaned kittens and puppies, nursing mothers, those animals recovering from major surgery or those
To The Martinsville Henry County Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals.
The SPCA of
Martinsville-Henry County is a small shelter located in southwest Virginia.Martinsville
is the current unemployment capital of Virginia
with unemployment hovering at 20%.We
are solely supported by our community and receive no federal or state tax
dollars.We are very proud of our
spay/neuter program which helps those who are elderly, unemployed, or
disabled.We have been known to totally
subsidize a spay or neuter surgery when economic situations are particularly
poor.The SPCA of Martinsville-Henry
County has an emergency food shelf for families who cannot afford to feed their
pet. We do not euthanize healthy adoptable pets.
Our adoption fees include the spay/neuter of
the animal, up to date on all shots, microchipping, deworming, heartworm
testing on dogs over 6 mos. and feline leukemia/AIDS testing.We pull many of our animals from both
Martinsville City Animal Control and Henry County Animal Control.In fact, we have recently developed a
partnership with Henry County Animal Control and placed one of our staff at the
pound4 afternoons per week for
adoptions.Every staff member is devoted to the work
they are doing and we are all grateful for the continued support of this caring
community.
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for animals and people in our community. We operate an adoption center and dog park located at 132 Joseph Martin Highway. Shelley Frith Drane Adoption Center Open to Public: Tuesday thru Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm, Saturday 10:00am to 4:00pm. We are closed on Sunday and Monday. Call 638-PAWS to schedule your visit during closed hours.
Dog Park and Walking Trail: Now open to well behaved, properly vaccinated canine citizens during daylight hours. Please leave the park as you found it, by leaving nothing but footprints and taking nothing but pictures. If you are interested in donating animal playground equipment for all to enjoy, please contact us.
Here is a sampling of who is available for adoption at 132 Joseph Martin Highway in Martinsville.
Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved
Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda Dog beds, but we don't have enough. If you would like to donate one (special price) for a dog to sleep in comfort, please donate a Kuranda dog bed.
