Doesn’t the Houston SPCA get my tax dollars to accept stray animals?
No. The Houston SPCA is a private non-profit charity that receives NO tax dollars or funding from the government. Your local animal control agency is the mandated authority funded by your tax dollars that enforces animal control laws and impounds and houses strays. The Houston SPCA shelter is an adoption center and was never designed to serve as an animal control housing facility for strays. The majority of animals received by animal charities are owned animals that are being given up by their owners and the Houston SPCA is no exception. However, as a service to our community, we have set aside about 25 % of our animal housing spaces to accommodate strays. We cannot accept more strays than we have spaces available for, as we will not inhumanely overcrowd them.
