SpokAnimal has announced a temporary closure to the public until further notice. The nonprofit's executive director, Dori Peck, says the closure is due to the spread of an unknown virus that's causing ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - SpokAnimal Executive Director Dori Peck didn't expect to arrive at work Monday morning to find the shelter damaged. Peck said vandals tried to get into SpokAnimal's vet clinic Sunday ...

SpokAnimal euthanized one dog who contracted the virus that has shut down the shelter for weeks now. The shelter's executive director, Dori Peck, said it was a 10-year-old dog who had shown signs of ...

SpokAnimal has closed its dog area after five puppies contracted parvo. Those infected puppies were adopted out by SpokAnimal at the Northwest Pet Expo on March 30. 5 puppies that were adopted out by ...

SpokAnimal said it is opening for dog adoptions starting Monday, January 26. According to the animal shelter in a Facebook post on Friday, all dogs that were sick are doing "extremely well," and they ...

UPDATE: January 14, 2026 at 4:27 p.m. SpokAnimal shared an update on Wednesday reporting that all of the dogs in the shelter's care are doing much better. A few puppies are still reportedly sick, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokanimal is one of the shelters taking in rescued beagles from a facility in Virginia, and despite what they’ve been through, they’re getting a new start on life. “We were so ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — SpokAnimal announced Thursday that it has entered a partnership with "Pets for the Elderly," a national program that helps shelters cover adoption fees for elderly people looking for ...

An innovative Spokane program that has been putting feral felines to work as farmhands has recently become an international sensation. An 11-minute video about the program, produced for a popular cat ...

Adam Holmes was fed up listening to the incessant barking from a neighbor’s dogs. He dialed the telephone number for SpokAnimal C.A.R.E., the agency that contracts with Spokane for animal control ...