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Enjoy wine, nibbles, and adoption specials at our birthday party!<\/em><\/p>\n

April 10, 2017 \u2013 The San Francisco SPCA is celebrating its 149th<\/sup> birthday and inviting partygoers to join in the fun. On Friday, April 21, 2017, visit the SF SPCA\u2019s Mission Campus Adoption Center from 6pm \u2013 9pm for wine, nibbles from Et Voli\u00e0, and treats from Smitten Ice Cream. Watch the shelter dogs celebrate with a special doggie birthday cake! Tickets are required and available with a donation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Attendees can bring home their very own SF SPCA birthday present \u2013 rabbits and adult cats will be free to adopt all day on April 21!<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 149 years the SF SPCA has been committed to helping animals, people, and the San Francisco community,\u201d explained Dr. Jennifer Scarlett, SF SPCA President. \u201cWe were the third humane organization to be established in America, and the first west of the Mississippi.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SF SPCA was founded on April 18, 1868, by James Sloan Hutchinson, who caught sight of two men dragging a terrified hog along the rough cobblestone street. Hutchinson was appalled and stepped in to stop the abuse. The rescue served as a catalyst for Hutchinson and 15 others to fight animal cruelty by establishing the SF SPCA.<\/p>\n

The SF SPCA helped pass California\u2019s first anti-cruelty bill in 1868. Twenty years later the organization introduced a horse ambulance in San Francisco, before human ambulances ever appeared in the city. More recently, in 1994, San Francisco became the first No-Kill city in America. Today, the SF SPCA is working toward\u00a0Vision 2020<\/a>, a plan to end animal abandonment in the city by the year 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SF SPCA has grown along with San Francisco, and today the city is a worldwide leader in animal welfare,\u201d said Dr. Scarlett. \u201cWe hope everyone will join us in celebrating the victories that have been achieved for San Francisco\u2019s animals over the past 149 years!\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the SF SPCA\u2019s history, visit\u00a0sfspca.org\/who-we-are\/history<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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