
The mission of the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), as stated by our founder, Henry Bergh, is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. For more than 160 years, we’ve been on the frontlines to save, transform and protect millions of lives in the fight against animal cruelty.

The ASPCA's mission, as stated by Henry Bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."