Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,” the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]
Massachusetts SPCA is also transferring law enforcement duties to local police
MSPCA was second in U.S. to do humane law enforcement BOSTON––The Massachusetts SPCA, founded by humane education pioneer George Angell in 1868, is believed to have been the second SPCA in the U.S. to do humane law enforcement on a constabulary basis. Like the ASPCA, which was empowered by the New York state legislature to […]