Maria Jose Hummel

Review of SPCA of Monterey County

I dropped off two stray kitties at the SPCA in Mon...

I dropped off two stray kitties at the SPCA in Monterey because they were little and I thought the SPCA would provide better care than what we could. I was so WRONG! The SPCA made it sound like they would take care of them in their nursery or find them a foster home, unless the county "wanted them." They never said that the HAVE to give the kitties to the county and that the county euthanizes them, but when I called to check on the kitties their story changed. They were very non-transparent about the whole process because they want to appear like the rescue and protect animals, but they don't. I expressly requested that if they couldn't find a place for them, to please call me back and I would take them and try to care for them even though I don't know how. They didn't do that. They made it sound like they would take care of them, but they didn't, yet they took our donation. The SPCA LIES!! If you don't want a stray kitty to get euthanized, take care of it yourself. The SPCA does NOT rescue and protect all animals. They are not to be trusted. Lesson learned the hard way.
UPDATE in response to SPCA comment below:
If the SPCA had been straightforward from the beginning and clearly stated that they weren t going to try to save them, I wouldn t have left the kitties under their care. When I spoke with the county shelter on the phone the said the SPCA never offered to keep them. They didn t say that they HAD to take them, but that they were called in to pick up the kitties so they did. NO ONE tried to save these kitties. I thought I was doing the right thing by leaving these poor helpless creatures with the SPCA because I thought they would take good care of them, but now I know they can t be trusted. And NO, the shelter clearly told me they euthanized them because they had nowhere to send them, not because they had any medical issues. The SPCA is now trying to make it something that it s not.