SPCA

Be prepared for cuteness overload if you decide to come to the SPCA.
I come here on weekends — you’re mainly left alone to your own devices and you can roam around and coo and pet the different dogs and cats. Be warned: You’re going to be tempted to take them all home!
First off: I’d like to mention the smell — as it is an animal shelter with a budget, it’s not going to be smelling like roses — if you can stand that then you’re good to go!
Second of all: Be careful when touching the animals, sadly there are some animals who have been so badly abused only experienced handlers should work with them.
Volunteering to clean the animals etc. is a pretty fuss-​free and easy thing to do at the SPCA. You can also walk around and play with the more stranger-​friendly dogs and cats without volunteering.
The cattery is a fenced off area and there are many lazy fat cats snoozing about… the cats are all actually really tame and quite friendly… I wanted to bring them all back.
The biggest area is reserved for the dogs — there is an open area when you enter, surrounded by a semi-​circle of dog cages — each dog is kept in an individual cage with information about their age, breed, etc. For the friendlier dogs, guests can actually open the cage doors and play with these excitable dogs. It’s really sad to think they were all abandoned this way.
There’s also an area for smaller animals like hamsters, chinchillas, and rabbits who have been abandoned, as well as tiny kittens in their small cages.
One last thing: You’ll have to drive or cab here as it is pretty out of the way.