The Tulsa SPCA supports a trained cruelty investigator to check reports of animal abuse and neglect in the Tulsa area.
Dozens of calls and emails are received monthly and each report is kept confidential. This program is supported by voluntary donations, as are all SPCA activities, and is not affiliated with any law enforcement or city/state agency.
Our program works in association with municipal and law enforcement officials to rescue abused and neglected animals and to assist with documentation toward prosecution of individuals for animal cruelty, according to Oklahoma statutes.
Rescued animals receive veterinary evaluation, medical care, rehabilitation, and lots of loving care during recovery at the Tulsa SPCA shelter. When they are ready, we help these deserving dogs and cats find homes filled with kindness and caring.
If you suspect animal abuse or neglect, please fill out the Cruelty Report below or call the Tulsa SPCA at 918.428.SPCA(7722). We’ll make every effort to answer your email in a timely manner.
Your report can remain anonymous.
Tim Geen, Tulsa SPCA Cruelty Investigator, interviewed by KTUL’s Good Day Tulsa
Tulsa SPCA Rescue Efforts
The current poor economy has brought strange bedfellows to the rescue efforts at the Tulsa Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tulsa SPCA) in Tulsa, OK USA.
By creatively stretching all walls and fences to find ways to help, “rescues” have expanded from the usual dogs, cats, gerbils, birds, and hamsters. Tulsa SPCA has recently housed several malnourished, near-death horses added through our Cruelty Investigator complaint responses. Ever see a horse in an outside dog pen? Fortunately, foster pastures were located to provide adequate space for these equines, and citizens have graciously donated large amounts of hay. New adoption selections were offered and successful.
Recently help from Tulsa SPCA was requested for a hoarder rescue. The expected dogs arrived long after closing and were carefully fed and bedded. Surprised morning staff and awakening regular resident pets were wide eyed to see their outside daytime play areas now housing emaciated, barely standing goats, several critically ill chickens still laying an occasional egg (Big Bird had overtaken the enclosed kitten yard), white rabbits whose painfully thin bodies were less obvious, and a social pig dubbed Jimmy Dean. New adoption methods again succeeded.
Tulsa SPCA is now revamping its Clinic space and intake process, and is seeking funds for ways to aid this newest expansion need. This will allow for the Tulsa SPCA to increase the number of rescue animals served. “We Speak for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves”, a guiding Tulsa SPCA belief for almost one hundred years, has never been more true.
Congratulations to Tim Geen, our Cruelty Investigator
Congratulations and a special thanks to Tim Geen, who has been our cruelty investigator for a full year now! Cruelty investigations are a high priority at Tulsa SPCA. Tim is one of the few full time investigators in this area. Sadly, there are a lot of cruelty complaints that require investigation. In Tim’s first year alone, he investigated 794 cruelty complaints.
We are grateful to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®, which in recognition of the valuable work of the Tulsa SPCA, gave us a $10,000 grant to help us fund our cruelty investigator position plus funds to send him to the National Animal Cruelty Training Seminar for additional training. The grant from the ASPCA is one of the ways we receive support for our work to investigate and bring justice for animal cruelty victims in our community.
Because the Tulsa SPCA is not affiliated with ASPCA or any national organizations and we do not receive any government funds, we must rely on the generosity of individual, corporate and foundation donors and grant funds.
If you suspect animal abuse or neglect, please fill out the Cruelty Report below or call the Tulsa SPCA at 918.428.SPCA(7722). We’ll make every effort to answer your email in a timely manner.
Your report can remain anonymous.