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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...

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...

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...

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...

16-year-old Lissa Herzing of Valatie volunteered her efforts in collecting $425 for the Columbia-Greene Humane Society’s New Building Fund.

On February 8, CGHS/SPCA Investigators along with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 580 Sutton Hollow Road in Ashland, NY. Ashland Dog Control Officer Bruce Feml alerted CGHS/SPCA that a large number of young dogs and puppies that...

Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA investigators arrested Sean Egan, 29, of Claverack on animal cruelty charges. On Friday, February 4, CGHS/SPCA received numerous calls that a dog had wandered onto Route 66 in Claverack. The callers claimed that the dog was in...

The Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA was awarded a $3,500 grant from the Richard and Terez Abatecola Foundation. In the check presentation photo, from left to right: Terez and Richard Abatecola, Esther (adopted from CGHS/SPCA), and Ron Perez, President and...

For the sixth straight year, the Blue Plate Restaurant in Chatham, NY once again held its charity night to benefit the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA. The staff helped raise over $13,200 to CGHS/SPCA’s New Shelter Fund. The CGHS/SPCA would like to thank the...