Zoe McCrea with Sacramento SPCA spay clinic team members. Photo by Linda Smolek
Who is Zoe McCrea? SACRAMENTO BUSINESSWOMAN IS FRIEND TO ALL ANIMALS
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f you’ve driven down Folsom Boulevard—right at 60th Street— you’ve passed the Zoe McCrea Feline Sanctuary, a two-story cat habitat at Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary.
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If you’re a Sacramento SPCA supporter or have recently taken your pet to the SSPCA spay/neuter clinic, you’re familiar with the new Zoe K. McCrea Animal Health Center. Unlike other big benefactors in Sacramento, McCrea might not be a name you recognize. But it’s time you did. “Zoe’s impact on the Sacramento SPCA and the animals in our communities can be measured in
years—decades, actually—and in lives,” SSPCA CEO Kenn Altine says. Born in Sacramento, McCrea still lives in the house where she grew up. Throughout the years, she has given a loving home to 23 rescue cats. “I grew up with animals. My mom was very much into animals. They’ve always been a part of my life,” McCrea says. She earned her bachelor’s degree in history and master’s in environmental planning from Sacramento State. She worked in the Reagan administration
and took a position as executive officer with the California Resource Conservation Commission. Next, McCrea went to work for the California Division of Mines and Geology, where she was in charge of implementing the Service Mining and Reclamation Act passed in 1975 to minimize the environmental impact of mining. Along the way, she received a Resources Agency Fellowship Grant from the Brown administration and a German Marshall Fund Grant to
