Fifteen kindergartners from Daisy Troop 1487 (with a little help from Senior Girl Scout Troop 1208) sent in a box filled with sock toys that the cats just love!  

  
Price Chopper in Greenport held a food drive to support the Food Bank at the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA. Pictured are Price Chopper Supervisor Marie Wolfersteig and CGHS/SPCA President and CEO Ronald Perez Jr. The Food Bank is a free service to the public for those who have fallen on times of economic hardship. It is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, [...]

On Thursday, March 31st, 2011, Ernie Paragallo lost his appeal of sentencing for two years in prison upon conviction on 33 counts of animal cruelty.  In a separate move, the NYS Racing and Wagering Board voted the same day to permanently ban Paragallo from all racetracks in the state of New York.   The Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA and the New York [...]

At the request of the ASPCA and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA is one of twelve animal shelters and rescues throughout New York and New Jersey that is assisting with the treatment and placement of 97 dogs that were surrendered from the non-profit organization Help a Hound Canine Rescue outside Utica, [...]

Strays come and go regularly at our shelter – some of the luckier dogs stay for a few nights until their owner comes to redeem them, and some unfortunately end up staying with us for a while. Alida, a beautiful 3 year old Bull Terrier Mix, was one of the unluckier ones. Alida was found [...]