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Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals
Mission: Prevent and alleviate the suffering of animals, to promote humane treatment of animals, to review and care for stray, surrendered and homeless animals, to maximize adoption of animals into proper homes, to prevent and punish cruelty to animals and to educated the public.
Programs: The spca provides shelter and care for animals; prevents and investigates acts of cruelty toward animals; relocates lost or unwanted animals; and provides spaying and neutering assistance for animals adopted from the shelter. It also provides humane education in classrooms and at the shelter to school children and to the general public. The spca also brings pets to various nursing homes in chenango county as part of its pet therapy program.