​At the SPCA of Bradley County our goal is to provide a safe, healthy space for all animals that enter into our care. In addition to providing our animals with the most basic of needs such as food and shelter, we care deeply for our cats and dogs and strive to promote the 5 Freedoms of Animal Welfare. This allows them to be happier, more comfortable, and healthier animals during their time with us - however long it may be! We value each and every animal that enters our care and closely track each intake using nationally recommended standards. Sadly, there are occasionally situations when an animal arrives that is too sick, too injured, or with severe behavioral issues.

Less than 10% of the animals that arrive in our care have a medical or behavioral issue that compromises their quality of life or prevents them from being safely adopted out. These are extremely difficult, extremely emotional cases for us as we wish we could save them all. In these unfortunate circumstances we collaborate with community vets and/or behaviorists and act on their expert recommendations and in the kindest, most humane interest of the animal. These decisions are never made lightly and at SPCA we believe in transparency with the community and proudly post our shelter statistics on our website.