PHS/SPCA By the Numbers
NOTE: The data provided below was updated March 8, 2023 and will be periodically updated.
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of animals brought to us are accepted
PHS/SPCA accepts 100% of the animals brought to us for help: unlike most other animal charities here in the S.F. Bay Area we accept every animal, regardless of that animal’s age, size, or species. We are truly an “Open Door” facility.
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of healthy and adoptable dogs and cats are rehomed
Despite that unusual fact and the obvious challenges it creates, PHS/SPCA guarantees a home for 100% of the healthy, adoptable dogs and cats we receive, with animals now able to remain at the shelter and receive love, care and attention for the days, weeks, months, even a year or longer it may take until a new permanent home and family is found.
We continue to increase the numbers of pets treated and then adopted through our Hope Program which focuses life-saving efforts to an ever growing percentage of the animals who come to us sick, injured, too young to be away from their mothers, or behaviorally challenged.
Every year, PHS/SPCA saves the lives of thousands of animals: homeless, injured, orphaned, unwanted, lost, abandoned and often mistreated animals, including dogs and cats and other companion animals, farmed animals, exotic animals, and native wildlife.
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euthanasia reduced by this rate since 1970
PHS/SPCA has reduced euthanasia in San Mateo County by 98.8% since 1970 and continues year after year to push ahead, making this among the safest and best places in the nation for companion animals.