SPCA

Kind staff and excellent facilities. The SPCA is a wonderful asset to our community.

Freaky nice folks there, very friendly and answered all of our questions to the best of their knowledge. Best of all we got a new member of the family while we were there!

I adopted 2 of the best cats from this place. The staff gave me all of the information and they check to make sure the animals go to a good home.

Sheila Ryan, I want to say thank you for the very nice acknowledgement you sent me regarding our charitable gift to NHSPCA. We appreciate it. It not often we hear from charities after the gifts we provide. Michael & Marilyn Fischer

Adopted my kittens, it was so easy & stress free. No worrying about anything. They make it so easy. Best part is they come home, with shots & all that's needed for your new pet to stay healthy. Of course you'll be working with a very friendly staff. I'll be going in to adopt my new Kitten very soon.

I love this place they are the best people I come almost every day. They are super nice people it's the best place to adopt any animal. If you are looking to adopt a cat, dog, horse etc I seriously recommend it.

Attended a wonderful birthday party for 5 year olds at their Learning Center. The staff did a great job teaching the children about the different animals and letting them pet some critters, and even hold others. A very sweet, hands-on experience. Animals included mice, a rat, guinea pigs, a rabbit, ferret, chinchilla, and a hedgehog. The birthday event also included storytime and a few coloring activities. Total time for the gathering was 2 hours.

My daughters and I have come to the Spca for about ten years- the staff especially in the education room is so incredibly kind and patient. Love love love the nhspca

I had a GREAT experience here while trying to adopt a kitten! Beth was so kind and caring during the adoption process. I even walked out with a hand full of goodies and cat toys. They have my service for life!

We lost our last dog a few weeks ago, who we had gotten from the NHSPCA 8 years ago. We went again today to look at one dog, but ended up leaving with another, much larger dog, who was very happy with his new home right from the start. The staff were excellent and went above and beyond helping us, answering questions and even staying late to make sure everything was taken care of. They do a great service to both people and pets, and we really appreciate them!

My husband and I had such a wonderful experience adopting our hound, Iggy. The people working were kind and caring. They gave us the opportunity to spend time with our pup, they answered all our questions and provided us with a goodie pack full of things he needed as well as toys he loves. Our adoption came with a microchip, 3 free training classes on site and one month of pet insurance which are so very useful.

I want to reiterate how kind and diligent everyone was during our visit. We were asked a number of questions to make sure we were a good fit with Iggy. We were also given time to walk with him around the grounds and see his behavior indoors. It was a great experience. I am also really grateful to any organization that is bringing dogs (especially hounds) north to find forever homes, indoors with families.

It is a kind and wonderful thing to help these dogs in need. But then to extend the service to offer behavioral training is really going that extra mile to assist families and their new pets with a smooth transition and tools for lifelong success. Thank you so much for the service you provide for these animals.

What an amazing place! They even have summer camps for kids to teach them about responsible animal care. They have a small animal room, educational room, cat and dog area and an outside area for the larger animals. Want to adopt a bunny? They have those too. So many animals need to be adopted! Please adopt don't shop. IF you can't then volunteer!

What a clean beautiful place. I can't believe how the cat room smelled.clean! Like wow. I was so pleased and impressed. I hope my daughter can attend camp this summer. Enrollment opens each April.

Lots of animals and space with plenty of rooms for private time as well as walking area. Outside large animal section with horses and goats. Kind staff is eager to educate and help.

Adopted a puppy here and the experience was great. They have a great selection of animals at this no-kill shelter. We were able to pick from more than a dozen dogs and adopted a three month old puppy. They had several; puppys avasilable as well as some older dogs. The staff was friendly and helpful. This is also a location where you cna adopt larger farm type animals.

Have been in this place three or four times looking at the puppies. First that hits you compared to MSPCA Nevis Farms and NEAS in Salem, Ma is the smell. This is probably the dirtiest shelter I have ever been to. I know this is animal shelter, but smells like poop and urine is not ok. Stuff is extremely rude! They don't care for animals, they are there only for the money! Will never come back there again!

I would give zero stars if I could too. Staff is rude and ignorant. Had to surrender chinchillas after having them for 7 years because my daughter couldn't have them in the apartment she moved to. One of the chinchillas died because of their lack of knowledge on how to care for them. Got hung up on and treated poorly by the phone staff. My daughter went to pick up the surviving chinchilla when we found out what happened, she had to wait over two hours for a manager and was told as she was crying that it would cost her another $75 to get her chinchilla back, and sorry, they made a mistake and he died.

If they had used the cage I provided upon surrender instead of "misplacing" it, none of this would have happened and Cosmo would still be alive. These people don't know what they are doing and they cover their inexperience and ignorance with rudeness.

Actually had a similar experience to MD's. My mother is in her late 60s. She was visiting the area and wanted my help adopting a dog (she lost her last rescue companion of 11 years last spring). We stopped at the SPCA just to look around, we were aware that it closed at 4:00pm and mom just wanted to look in windows, and look at the grounds. She stopped a gentleman who was walking his dog around the parking lot to ask if he knew anything about adopting through the place. Sure, that can be a bit odd for somebody if they don't work there, but my mom was being polite and friendly, and thought maybe he had adopted a dog here, and has been underwhelmed by some of the rescue places near where she lives, so she was trying to see what other peoples' experiences had been, thinking perhaps he had just adopted a dog here.

A young woman came out and interrupted, telling him it was time to go, and started telling my mom very rudely that the hours were posted on the door. I understand people want to go home, but it was only 4:05pm, and a brief enough question. It was just an innocent question; you probably could've been a little nicer to an older woman who was just looking for information about peoples' experiences at the place you work at, and more importantly, wants to give a dog a loving home. Have some pride in yourself, and in your place of employment.

I would give zero stars if I could, the paid staff was rude and seemed annoyed that I had come in close to closing time to try to adopt a cat. The volunteer staff was nice and seemed to care, but the paid workers were bitchy and clearly just there for a paycheck.

We adopted our dog here two months ago and were impressed with the facility and the staff. The kennels are well designed and clean and the information on the animals was most helpful. The staff was ready to answer any questions and looked to insure the adoption was a right fit for both the humans and the dog. A fantastic experience!

In my opinion this is the best animal shelter in the area. The staff are great and truly care about the animals. The area that the dogs stay in are spacious and clean. I adopted a loving dog this past Saturday from here and would recommend this shelter to everyone. If you can't adopt an animal then help by donating to this shelter to continue their great work for the animals.

We live just north of Boston in Lynn, but after a TERRIBLE experience at Northeast Animal Shelter and not wanting to deal with a shelterless rescue, we decided to drive out of our area and give NHSPCA a try. I really can't speak highly enough of the facility and the people who work there. It was a clean and airy space with lots of light. All of the animals looked clean and happy.

Every staff member was friendly and helpful and looked like they just loved the animals like their own pets. There's a short application that doesn't ask a ton of invasive questions and they let you walk a dog you're interested in all around the grounds without hovering over you. It was a totally stress-free process start to finish.

As a bonus, they were totally cool about me being disabled. The whole place was wheelchair accessible and they didn't presume about what I can and can't do (which Northeast Animal Shelter absolutely did, ultimately refusing to let me adopt a dog from them). They noted that the dog was cool with my chair (some dogs find it terrifying) and that was that. As it should be, really. We were so happy with the experience, we paid more than the adoption fee called for. I know the money is going to a well-run shelter.

Really happy to find this local SCPA that is friendly, well-maintained, and completely funded by community donations. You can tell that everyone in the building was happy to be there, including many volunteers that were walking dogs, cleaning cages, and mopping floors. When we end up in a place that allows pets (soon, please!) I know for sure where I'll be coming.