Peninsula SPCA

This place is so much more than a shelter, it's also has a petting zoo!! That's right not only can you look for your future furry addition to your family but for only $2/person and another $1 for animal snacks you can walk amongst a llama, a few goats, tons of chickens, and meet some adorable alpacas and various other animals! Definitely worth checking out! So In regards to the adoptable pets: they have very spacious cages for the animals which is awesome but it's a shame that they have the cages roped off with a radius divider so you can't actually get next to the cage. Kind of weird but I'm sure they have their reasons. When I was there they had about 6 cats available (no kittens).

Went looking for a new fur baby and was greeted by the most pleasant staff who gave me great directions. They also answered every question and even down to the history of the fur babies. Surprisingly the most spcas are not that very clean but i was impressed with how clean each kennel and the building in general.

We came here to visit the petting zoo which I feel is a hidden gem. It's so cheap (think it was $3 a person?) and then $1 for little tubs of food. I would def recommend grabbing a few tubs. We grabbed one per person and it was not enough . The animals are hungry and love to eat! The goats were so gentle with my three year old son. They had bunnies, a turtle, donkeys, chickens, alpaca (I think?) and goats. I may have forgotten an animal or two haha. But it was so fun. We walked around and visited the adoptable animals too. I used to volunteer here when I was younger and it changed a lot! There's a dog area, cat area and smaller critters (hamster, birds, Guinea pigs). The shelter is kept clean and the cages were so clean as well.

Did you know that the SPCA accepts old bedding, blankets and towels for their animals? They have bin in the front of the building to drop off any donated food, toys, crates and cages.

The review:I had to wait until my kitten was fully adopted to leave this review as I feared she would have been taken away from me. I will probably be put on their "do not adopt to list" for leaving this review but people deserve the truth. I fostered to adopt a kitten from here and it has been an absolute emotional rollercoaster full of threats and inconvenience.The kitten I was fostering to adopt had a near-death experience, due to being neglected by Peninsula SPCA. Luckily I was smart and got a second opinion by an outside provider which saved her life.The first day I adopted the kitten she started to have diarrhea and foamy vomiting within three hours of adoption. I immediately called Peninsula SPCA clinic only to be brushed off. Concerned I rushed her to Peninsula SPCA for care anyway. When I got there I was informed they would monitor her overnight and give me a call back the following day. They did not call me for a week. When I was able to talk with them I asked what was wrong. They stated she was fine and did not witness any diarrhea or vomiting. Upon opening the kennel at home after pick up I discovered she was fur and bone. No strength to even walk. I monitored her for a few hours and tried to get her to eat and drink something. She only wanted to lay and sleep. By morning she was seizing and completely unresponsive. I rushed her out to a pet emergency center.At the emergency center, I explained the story and my concerns. They had told me she was super malnourished and that she wasn't going to make it through the night due to back to back seizures and a glucose of 35. I was persuaded to let her fly over the rainbow, but I informed the doctor to try anyway. I prayed hard and under some miracle she made it after seven hours of intense care. She needed ongoing in- patient intensive care and I was advised to not take her back to Peninsula SPCA to get it as this isn't the first time they have seen poor quality care of animals from there.However, right after this conversation, the manger from Peninsula SPCA came and took the kitten for "care". Apparently she worked there as well. The kitten was suppose to get a week of intensive inpatient care but I received a call a few hours later that she can go home. When I received that call they were not willing to explain to me what changed.Upon pick up she remained weak. There was no communication on plan of care. Skeptical and fearing for this kittens life I took her to a vet for a second opinion. Peninsula SPCA found out and told me to bring her back. I even got a personal call from the manager threatening to take the kitten away from me because I took them for a second opinion. Upon my demanded arrival back at Peninsula SPCA, I asked for the director. I explained my story and concerns. I clarified the contract that states, " I could bring them anywhere but I would be responsible for the expenses." I was willing to pay anything to keep this kitten alive, but I felt Peninsula SPCA had something to hide and it showed. They disregarded the contract and came up with a new one just for me. I had to promise I would only go to them for care. And if I went against anything they said or could not meet to their demands they could take the kitten away from me.Every time I would drop her off and pick her up she immediately needed to use the restroom, gulp down water, and seemed sluggish. She never was her playful self coming from there. Made me wonder if they were locked in their carrier all day without a restroom or food and water.I am very suspicious of neglect here. Please be careful and proceed with caution when fostering. Any suspicion should always be documented and reported, but I am only one person and one documentation and report wasn't enough. I am just lucky my kitten was a fighter and is now adopted so I never have to deal with them again. I would never recommend this place to anyone as they should be fully investigated.

If i could give this business 0 stars i would !! i went there a couple days ago to adopt a kitten and they are all sneezing & clearly sick. staff in the cat room were very nice. all though the front desk workers had a bad attitude and i overheard them talking junk about the staff there. also during my time there i witnessed the male staff walking by dog poop and not cleaning it up and letting them sit in their own poop. i do not recommend that place. it's a disgusting environment to be in.

I went not to long ago and everyone for the cats and dogs were so nice and helpful! There was a girl I believe her name was jay who greeted me as soon as I came in she was very sweet talking to me about the animals history. There was an older lady where the dogs were and when asking about the dogs she was snappy and it's like she had better things to do than talk with customers. I get it everyone has bad days, however there were 2 blonde girls at the front and they were not so nice either. They gave a rude response when asking questions about the adoption process, acting as if I was stupid for asking anything at all. I think some of the staff needs to be a little nicer. All of the animals inside looked very clean and nice but some of the animals in the barn yard need to be seen by medical ASAP! When I asked why one of their roosters eye was coming out of his HEAD the lady told me they already know about it. If this is a "humane" shelter why has it not been dealt with?? Some of the animals in the barn look like they are dying. I think this shelter needs to improve a few things before I come back.

Have loved this place since I was a child went in with my family and the girl with braids who was on her phone at front desk was very rude seemed as if she did not want to be their walked through the kennels and they were very helpful with speaking about the animals sadly the petting zoo wasn't open the day that I went I will definitely have to come back for that! Unfortunately when I processed back to the front I went through the shop to buy things and there was a Black lady in scrubs assumes she works their since she was in the office behind the front desk yelling about how no one can do anything correctly and they need to do their fucking job and stay in their fucking place and how people are stupid when they come in to ask simple questions about bringing their personal animals in. I was going to ask about having my dogs updating done at the shelter clinic but she seems like a rude person who just doesn't care about animals well being. Attached will be photos of the Girl with braids and the black woman. I just believe the company should have people who are more welcoming and not talking badly about guest who come in just don't seem very friendly.

While staying at a pet friendly hotel a dog was left behind. The hotel and I worked together with the SPCA and things turned out much better than I could have imagined. After asking permission the team came out to my room and rescued is a very small very emaciated very neglected dog. They took her back, stabilized her, did the right thing by giving the owner a chance to try to claim her. etc. They told me if I was interested when she became available they would let me know which they did they actually did. they called me they gave progress report and they told me when she was available. They also held this dog for one day giving me the time I needed to get out of work and to get over there which it's huge.I have zero complaints.

I drove an hour to get to here to go to the petting zoo walked in at 359 and they wouldn't sell me a ticket for the petting zoo said they said they stop selling tickets at 4 it just hit 4 while she was telling me no my daughter was so upset. It was not fair at all