About

The SPCA of Texas is the leading animal welfare organization in North Texas. Founded in 1938, the non-profit recently celebrated its 80^th anniversary and serves as an active resource center that brings people and animals together to enrich each other's lives. The SPCA of Texas is an independent and does not receive general operating funds from the City of Dallas, State of Texas, federal government or any other national humane organization.


The SPCA of Texas operates two animal shelters in Dallas and Collin Counties—the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Adoption Center in Dallas and the Russell H. Perry Animal Adoption Center in McKinney—and finds homes for more than 5,000 pets each year. The animals up for adoption at the shelters are either rescued from cruelty and abuse, brought in through owner surrender or are transferred from our partner shelters. In addition to cats and dogs, the SPCA of Texas finds homes for small animals, including rabbits, hamsters, ferrets and birds. Our Russell H. Perry Animal Care Center in McKinney also houses livestock facilities where people can adopt horses, sheep, goats, donkeys, pigs and fowl. The SPCA of Texas is a managed intake, reservation required shelter and does not euthanize animals for time or space. There are no limits on how long animals can stay in the shelters. Dogs and cats adopted from the SPCA of Texas are spayed or neutered, current on age-appropriate vaccinations, have a microchip and come with a fourteen day health check-up.


The SPCA of Texas features three spay/neuter and animal wellness clinics in Dallas and McKinney: the Myron K. Martin Clinic in West Dallas, the Mary Spencer Clinic in South Oak Cliff and the Russell H. Perry Clinic in McKinney. The focus is low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, annual exams, vaccines, heartworm preventative and preventative care for pets whose owners are indigent and/or do not have the resources to provide for their pets' basic veterinary care. Clients are able to care for their pets using low-cost co-pays. Additionally, the SPCA of Texas has a mobile spay/neuter clinic that moves through Southern Dallas, providing free spay/neuter to residents in need as part of the Community Pet Program.


The Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit (ACI) investigates complaints of animal cruelty and neglect from both the public and law enforcement. The ACI Unit consists of a chief investigator, humane investigators, a case manager and a veterinarian. The chief investigator, a full-time employee of the SPCA of Texas, is also a commissioned special investigator for the Dallas County District Attorney's Animal Cruelty Unit and each of the humane investigators come from extensive law enforcement backgrounds. Each year, the ACI Unit answers nearly 4,000 calls resulting in over 3,000 investigations, the seizure of over 2,000 animals and several criminal convictions. The ACI Unit has signed Memorandums of Understanding with several law enforcement agencies in North Texas which allow investigators to independently obtain warrants, make arrests and file cases directly. The ACI Unit directly serves multiple counties in North Texas, and will assist in large scale seizures across the state of Texas. All animals that are rescued by the ACI Unit are transported to the Russell E. Dealey Animal Rescue Center where veterinary teams, behaviorists, and animal care staff can provide specialized attention to rehabilitate these animals.