Hours

Adoption Center Hours:
Sun. - Mon. Noon to 5 p.m.
Tue. – Fri. Noon to 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hours

Donation Drop-off Hours:
Sun. - Mon. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tue. – Fri. 8 a.m to 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Administration:
Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hours

Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital
Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. to Noon, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sat. – Sun. Closed

Smoky's Spay & Neuter Clinic
Mon. – Thurs. 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Fri. – Sun. Closed

Adoption Center Hours:
Sun. - Mon. Noon to 5 p.m.
Tue. – Fri. Noon to 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hours

Administration:
Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Lora Robins Gift Shop
Sun. - Mon. Noon to 5 p.m.
Tue. – Fri. Noon to 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Adoption Center Hours:
Sun. - Mon. Noon to 5 p.m.
Tue. – Fri. Noon to 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Pet Help

Resources and support for you and your pet.

pet support services

Our Pet Support Services team is here to help you access resources and navigate the options available anytime you face a challenge in caring for your companion. They can counsel you about using the many programs and services we offer and those available elsewhere in the community. Our goal is to help you to resolve the problems you are experiencing so that you can keep your pet.

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Project Safety Net

The Richmond SPCA’s Project Safety Net programs are designed to help keep pets in homes rather than surrendering them to shelters. Many pet-related challenges have solutions, and we can help you overcome those challenges in order for your family to stay together. We can provide:

Choosing to part with your pet

Rehome Your Pet

Placing a pet directly in another responsible home is preferable to them having to enter a shelter. Rehoming allows you to manage the process and build a relationship with the new family. We can help you publicize a pet you are no longer able to care for so that they find another loving guardian. Add your pet to our free rehoming page.

Surrender your pet

We schedule surrender appointments. We are a no-kill shelter and depend on pets in our care being adopted to make space in our center for new arrivals. Please contact us as early in your decision-making process as possible to make the fullest use of our services. We will work together to develop a plan for your companion.

The majority of the pets at our humane center are ones we have transferred into our care from government shelters where those animals’ lives were at risk. We urge you use all the resources our Project Safety Net offers to explore alternatives to surrender before giving up your pet to a shelter.

Appointments are scheduled Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. To request support, please call 804-521-1306 or complete the online form.

Caring for Your Pet's Future

The Richmond SPCA offers a special program for loving pet owners who want to ensure that their pets will be cared for after they are gone. Beauregard’s Program gives individuals the option to leave their pets to the Richmond SPCA so that those pets have the opportunity for a loving, lifelong home.

Beauregard’s Program is named for the beloved dog of Ken Munzert, a great supporter of our organization who, years ago, asked that we care for his dog after his passing. Mr. Munzert helped us to recognize what a great service this would be to people who were concerned for their pets’ futures but who had no one to entrust them to. He remembered the Richmond SPCA in his will, and we are deeply grateful for his kindness.

Enroll Your Pet

To enroll in Beauregard’s Program, please provide the following information to Carol Anne Baker Lajoie, our chief of advancement, by email, by mail at 2519 Hermitage Road, Richmond, VA 23220 or by fax to 804-521-0540.

  • Completed Pet Biography Form for each pet
    • Cat biography form (PDF)
    • Dog biography form (PDF)
  • Each pet’s veterinary records and medical history
  • A copy of the section of your will that states that your pet(s) are to come to the Richmond SPCA to be cared for and placed in a new home should they survive you
  • The name and contact information of the person designated to care for your pet(s) immediately following your passing should your pet(s) survive you and who will be responsible for bringing your pet(s) to the Richmond SPCA. Please note that we will need this person to call ahead to 804-521-1321 to assure that we reserve space in our center for the care of your pet(s).

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