The Mission of the Peninsula SPCA is to advocate and provide for the humane care and welfare of animals. We are committed to finding a loving home for every orphaned pet in our community.


The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was organized in England in 1824, primarily to prevent carriage horse abuse in the days before automobiles. Horses were driven through freezing cold winters and stiflingly hot summers, often with little food, water or rest. The carriage drivers were only interested in making as much money as they could, and would beat the horses if they refused to or were unable to pull the carriages.

The SPCA helped to pass laws regulating the carriage horse business, and the Society expanded to include dogs and other animals in its fight against cruelty. The first American SPCA was started in 1866 in New York. There are now SPCA's all over the US - and indeed, all over the world. Each is a separate entity, incorporated within its state, city, country or province, and decides its own policies and procedures.

The Peninsula SPCA was established in 1962. We are located on J. Clyde Morris Blvd in Newport News, Virginia. The Peninsula SPCA is the sole provider for homeless animals on the Peninsula including Newport News, Hampton, York, and Poquoson municipalities. Currently, the Peninsula SPCA houses all of the stray or abandoned animals that are picked up by the local Animal Control.

We accept thousands of homeless animals every year regardless of age, health, temperament, or species. The state law requires stray animals without identification to be held for 5 days, before they become the property of the SPCA, and are eligible for adoption.

The SPCA opened its first private clinic summer of 2007. The primary purpose of the clinic was to ensure that every animal adopted from the Peninsula SPCA was neutered prior to being released to their new families. This commitment to prevention is vital to stemming the tide of homeless animals on the Peninsula. We have altered more than 5,000 animals since the clinic opened.


The staff and board of directors of the Peninsula SPCA invite you to join us on our journey to becoming an Adoption Guarantee Organization. As an Adoption Guarantee Organization, we commit to save all the healthy and treatable animals under our care, and reserve euthanisia only for unhealthy and untreatable animals.

Our vision for the future allows us to remain true to our mission to advocate and provide for the humane care and welfare of all animals. We are commiteed to finding a loving home for every orphaned pet on the Virginia Peninsula. To learn more about our new direction, click here.

501(c)(3) status

Articles of Incorporation of the Peninsula SPCA

Peninsula SPCA 990

2009 Financial Statements

2007 Financial Statements

Maddies Fund- Shelter Stats


Mail Monetary Donations to
Attention:Vicki Rowland
Mailing Address:
Peninsula SPCA
523 J Clyde Morris Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23601
757.595.1399

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