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The SPCA of Wake County operates two separate animal shelters and a low-cost spay/neuter clinic. Each facility serves a different purpose.

  • The SPCA Pet Adoption Center in Raleigh is the facility to visit if you are looking to add a pet to your home through our adoption program.
  • The SPCA Admission Center in Garner is the intake facility for all animals entering our adoption program. It is not open to the public. If you are looking to give up your pet, you must have an appointment with the SPCA Admission Center.
  • The Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Animal Clinic, an initiative of the SPCA, is located at 300 Petfinder Lane beside the SPCA Pet Adoption Center. It provides high-quality, affordable spay/neuter surgeries for pets by appointment only.


Adoption Center Self-Guided Tours
The SPCA is unable to offer guided group tours of the Adoption Center, but you are welcome to take a self-guided tour. We ask that groups visit on weekdays only, as weekends are our busiest adoption days. Keep in mind that Fridays may also be crowded. Information sheets are available at the front desk for you to read as you take your tour. Click here to view the form online and print your own copy at home.

Cat Café

Purr Cup Café
210 Prospect Ave
Raleigh, NC 27603

Purr Cup Café hosts adoptable SPCA Wake cats for visits and adoption in a cozy coffeeshop environment. Visit Purr Cup Café's website to make a reservation.

Directions to the Adoption Center

DIRECTIONS FROM THE 440 BELTLINE / DOWNTOWN RALEIGH:

  1. From the 440 beltline, take exit 298A and travel south on South Saunders Street, which is also 401 South and Hwy 70 East.
  2. Go approximately 1.5 miles and pass under the Wilmington Street overpass. (Look for Taco Bell on your right.)
  3. Get into the right lane and take a RIGHT at the light onto Tryon Rd.
  4. Go 0.2 miles and at the light, turn LEFT onto Illeagnes Rd.
  5. Go approx. 400 feet and take your very next RIGHT onto The Arts Dr.
  6. Go approx. 600 feet at turn LEFT on Withers Road
  7. Go one-tenth of a mile and turn LEFT onto Petfinder Lane.
  8. Follow the road to the right. It will curve around to the front of the SPCA Pet Adoption Center.

 

FROM CARY via Tryon Rd.

  1. Turn  RIGHT onto Illeagnes Rd.
  2. Go approx. 400 feet and take your very next RIGHT onto The Arts Dr.
  3. Go approx. 600 feet at turn LEFT on Withers Road
  4. Go one-tenth of a mile and turn LEFT onto Petfinder Lane.
  5. Follow the road to the right. It will curve around to the front of the SPCA Pet Adoption Center.

 

FROM Garner or Clayton (on Hwy 70 or 401) towards Raleigh:

  1. Turn LEFT onto Tryon Rd.
  2. Go .2 of a mile and at the light, turn LEFT onto Illeagnes Rd.
  3. Go approx. 400 feet and take your very next RIGHT onto The Arts Dr.
  4. Go approx. 600 feet at turn LEFT on Withers Road
  5. Go one-tenth of a mile and turn LEFT onto Petfinder Lane.
  6. Follow the road to the right. It will curve around to the front of the SPCA Pet Adoption Center.

 

Directions to the Admission Center

Please note: This facility does not do pet adoptions. This facility accepts incoming animals by appointment only. The SPCA Admission Center is not open to the public. If you need to give up your pet or bring in a stray animal to enter our Adoption Program, please read this first and then call 919-772-3203 to schedule an appointment.

Contact:
Phone: 919-772-3203
Fax: 919-772-8968

Location:
327 Hwy 70 East, Garner, NC 27529
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Directions:

  1. Take I-40 East.
  2. Get off at Exit 306 (for Highway 70 and Garner).
  3. As you come down the exit ramp, bear right towards Garner.
  4. Go approximately 1 mile on Highway 70 West.
  5. You will pass Agri Supply and Ditch Witch.
  6. The SPCA Admission Center is the next driveway on the right after the Ditch Witch driveway.

Please see below for the different services provided at each location. If you still have questions, please contact the main SPCA phone number at 919-772-2326, or click here for department contacts.

Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Clinic Directions

The Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Animal Clinic schedules surgeries by appointment only.

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Location:
300 Petfinder Lane, Raleigh, NC 27603 (next to the SPCA Pet Adoption Center)
Directions on Google Maps >

Directions:

  1. From the 440 beltline, take exit 298A and travel south on South Saunders Street, which is also 401 South and Hwy. 70 East.
  2. Go approximately 1.5 miles and pass under the Wilmington Street overpass. (Look for Taco Bell on your right.)
  3. Get into the right lane and take a right at the next signal light onto Tryon Road.
  4. Go 0.4 miles and turn left onto Withers Road.
  5. Go one-tenth of a mile and turn left onto Petfinder Lane.
  6. Follow the road to the right. It will curve around to the front of the SPCA Pet Adoption Center. The Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Animal Clinic is the mobile building on the right, just passed the Adoption Center.

* Please note: The Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Animal Clinic address does not always appear on in-car navigation systems.

Adoption Center Hours

HOURS:
Monday 11AM-6PM
Tuesday 11AM-6PM
Wednesday 11AM-6PM
Thursday 11AM-6PM
Friday 11AM-6PM
Saturday 11AM-6PM
Sunday 11AM-6PM

Contact:
Phone: 919-772-2326
Fax: 919-772-2482

Location:
200 Petfinder Lane, Raleigh, NC 27603
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