10 Inspiring Things Made Possible by People Like You!

You’re our real-life superhero! Without you, and animal lovers like you, we couldn’t have accomplished all that we did in 2025 for animals in need. We hope you know just how powerful your impact has been.

That’s why we want to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU! Your support truly means the world to us — and to the animals we serve. So, if you need a reminder on why you should feel proud to support the ASPCA, here are 10 inspiring things supporters like you helped make possible for animals this year.
 

1. Hundreds of animals were rescued across the country from cruelty.
   
   Throughout 2025, we rescued more than 150 dogs from suspected dogfighting in South Carolina. We also assisted in multiple cases in North Carolina with hazardous conditions, and nearly 70 animals from poor conditions in Northern Ohio. Just weeks ago, we were back in South Carolina rescuing more than 50 dogs and puppies from inhumane conditions.
   
   Many of these animals are still in our care receiving treatment, while others have already found loving homes!

2. We assisted nearly 4,000 animals when wildfires devastated California.
   
   When wildfires devastated California, we, alongside local and national partners, assisted with immediate animal needs through search and rescue, feeding-in-place operations and sheltering support. Our disaster response team responded to more than 520 service calls from community members requiring assistance with lost and found pets, emergency veterinary care, pet supply needs and more.

3. Belo was rescued, rehabilitated and found a loving home!
   
   Rescued in January after being found in a shopping bag, Belo was one of the most extremely emaciated dogs our staff had ever seen come in alive. The 8-year-old was in severely critical condition and immense pain, but with months of hard work and dedication from both our staff and Belo, he recovered beautifully and found a loving home.

4. Food companies moved beyond industry norms and committed to improving animal welfare.  
   
   For the first time in the U.S. two egg brands, NestFresh™ and Kipster, invested in state-of-the-art solutions to transition away from the deeply engrained industry practice of killing male chicks. These better hatched eggs are available in stores now, and these leading companies are showing that sparing male chicks from needless suffering is possible and right. Plus, there are now more farmers choosing to raise healthier, higher-welfare chickens breeds. While food companies must take the first step in improving their operations, it is thanks to your purchasing power that real progress for farm animals is upheld and continued. 

5. Nearly 90 equines were seized from a breeding operation in Montana.
   
   In January, we assisted with the care of nearly 90 Morgan horses from a property in Madison County, Montana. Our team remained on the ground for nearly three months providing these horses, who were seized under court order as part of an investigation into alleged animal cruelty, with daily care and veterinary services, ensuring that they received proper husbandry and medical care.
   
   In April, we were finally granted legal ownership of these horses and held a local adoption event where more than 60 of them found new families. Since then, all the horses have been adopted.  

6. We relocated our 300,000^th shelter animal!
   
   Launched in 2014, we have been responsible for the safe transport of over 300,000 animals — including more than 211,000 dogs and nearly 89,000 cats — on over 11,000 ground and air trips. 
   
   Our milestone dog, Maisie Belle, was found as a stray with a broken front leg so severe it had to be amputated. Thankfully, she healed in time to be transported, alongside 12 other dogs, from the Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga in Tennessee, to Brandywine Valley SPCA in Delaware. She is now in a foster home in which her foster plans to adopt her!

7. Multiple states passed legislation to protect animals.
   
   While California ended the retail sale of puppies in pet stores a few years ago, websites and dog brokers used deceptive tactics to keep the puppy mill pipeline alive. This year, with support from the ASPCA and animal advocates throughout the state, the California Legislature passed a package of bills to close legal loopholes and keep puppy mill cruelty out of California.
   
   Additionally, Nevada, Washington D.C., Colorado and Bellingham, Washington, all passed legislation that keeps people and pets together! These laws break down restrictive and costly housing policies that forced people to surrender their animals. A similar bill passed through the New York Legislature this session, and advocates are urging Governor Hochul to sign it into law.

8. Nine horses were adopted at the Equine Affaire!
   
   For the fifth consecutive year, we attended the Equine Affaire, a massive four-day festival packed with exhibitions, equestrian events and horses. This year, we were joined by three of our partners and found new homes for nine horses!

9. In collaboration with Oktibbeha County Humane Society (OCHS), we announced the opening of the OCHS Animal Support Center by the ASPCA.
   
   A first-of-its-kind facility in Mississippi, the OCHS Animal Support Center will bring animal sheltering and veterinary care services to thousands of vulnerable animals in the state each year. It will house the OCHS Spay & Neuter Clinic, a stationary spay/neuter clinic for pet owners and shelter animals, and the VanLandingham Kennel Facility, a hub for the region’s shelter animals where they will be provided temporary care in preparation for relocation to other shelters for adoption. The new Spay & Neuter Clinic will increase the shelter’s current spay/neuter capacity from 2,900 to 5,800 surgeries annually.

10. Policymakers visited higher-welfare farms, and farmers went to Capitol Hill.  
    
    We brought policymakers from both political parties to higher-welfare farms to demonstrate the benefits of higher-welfare farming, and we held a congressional briefing that brought farmers to Capitol Hill to discuss how policy change can support a more humane, healthy food system. Americans overwhelmingly support prioritizing government spending and policies to help farmers transition to higher-welfare farming systems and want to avoid cruel, factory farmed products. Thanks to the farmers and advocates across the country working with organizations like the ASPCA, we continue to push for better policies while successfully blocking dangerous bills designed to erase existing animal welfare laws and perpetuate the inhumane practices on factory farms.