Animal protection associations Paris 17th 75017

The Société Protecrice des Animaux (SPA) is the leading animal protection association in France. Created in 1845 by Etienne Pariset, his fight was then about protecting the horses that the Parisian coaches mistreated. It was then recognized as a public utility in 1860. The SPA now takes in nearly 50,000 animals in distress, abandoned, lost or mistreated in its sixty or so shelters and SPA Houses, and in its Great Refuge for mistreated equidae. The SPA has created 12 dispensaries to treat animals from poor owners, an Anti-Trafficking Unit to dismantle illegal livestock farming, 26 Youth Clubs to raise awareness among adolescents about animal protection. The SPA is also committed to raising public awareness, empowering animal owners and lobbying public authorities to change the animal cause in France. The SPA acts through: 162,000 loyal donors, 21,000 members, 656 employees, 3,000 volunteers, 4 inspectors and 1,000 investigative delegates. It lives only on the generosity of the public, to accomplish all its daily missions.