“The greater Charlottesville-Albemarle community is blessed to have an animal shelter of the CASPCA’s caliber. There was a day when many dogs and cats came through the shelter’s front door with a good possibility that they would not walk back out, ever. Through sheer tenacity, dedication, and innovation, the CASPCA staff has, over the last 10 years, changed that narrative dramatically.
Arrival at 3355 Berkmar Drive is no longer the end of the road; it is, instead, the path to a new family and home, and the love and compassion that every creature deserves.” —Jenny Mead, former president of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA board of directors and daughter of Sally Mead, an executive director at the shelter for more than 20 years.