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1-800-482-7447 concerning animal care, neglect of large animals anywhere in the state

Join or donate to the MSSPA without concern for your financial or personal information. The MSSPA does not sell, share, or reveal information regarding its members or donors. The MSSPA website does not collect or maintain any financial data from online activities.

Please vote to help the animals sheltered at the MSSPA!

Go to here and fill in your name, email and zip code; scroll down to our region (Greater Portland/ Lewiston/ Auburn); chose ‘other’ and start typing Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals – our name will appear, click on it and then scroll to the bottom of the page and cast your vote!  read more »

Windham Primary School Second Graders Save, Spend, and Donate

Windham Primary School Second Graders - eight classrooms in all - worked hard throughout the holiday season to show their awareness and concern for the rescued animals living at the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals.  read more »

Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals Hires Volunteer Coordinator

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, New England’s largest equine rescue and rehabilitation center, today announced it has hired Michelle Melaragno as its Volunteer Coordinator.  read more »
Girl Scout Coloring Book

Girl Scouts Create New Coloring Book for the Animals!

Following the tenets of their creed, to make the world a better place, members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1307 of Gorham, Maine have turned intent into action, while also providing untold hours of entertainment for kids, by producing a brand new coloring book for the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals.  read more »

Laredo smells hay

Laredo smells hay - and success - in the air!

Take a large measure of fertilizer and apply it liberally to the hay fields in the fall. Service the tractor, mower/conditioner, baler, and all the hay carts; get them under cover. Locate your snow shovel; you will need it over the winter.  read more »

Alice says hello to Baby May

MSSPA Volunteer of the Year (2008) Alice Persons featured in Maine Sunday Telegram

MSSPA Volunteer of the Year (2008) Alice Persons, who keeps our website supplied with selected, topical poetry, was recently featured in the Maine Sunday Telegram.  read more »

Dr. Rachel Flaherty at recent Equine Emergency First Aid Clinic

Maine Equine Associates Demonstrates Commitment to Unwanted Horses

Dr. Rachel Flaherty teams up with the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals to provide vaccines for horses in need  read more »

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Buy a Bale Letter from Marilyn L. Goodreau

Every year the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals feeds out more than 25,000 bales of hay. Right now the MSSPA is providing for more than 90 horses either at the farm or in community placements. Each horse eats approximately one bale of hay per day.  read more »

Hearts for MSSPA Horses

Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals to Benefit from “Hearts for MSSPA Horses” Fundraiser

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals (MSSPA), the largest equine rescue and rehabilitation center in New England, announced today that the Manchester School in North Windham, Maine, will hold its second annual “Hearts for MSSPA Horses” fundraising campaign  read more »

Vote for the MSSPA as a Write-In Candidate in Bangor Savings Bank’s Community Matters More Grant Making Initiative

Please vote to help the animals sheltered here at the MSSPA!  Go to http://www.bangor.com/cmm and fill in your name, email and zip code; scroll down to our region (Greater Portland/ Lewiston/ Auburn)  read more »

Support a Stall and provide a loving home for a horse in need for an entire year

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals provides superior, rehabilitative care for nearly 100 horses at its facilities throughout Southern Maine. This care includes specialty feed, all necessary medical attention, ongoing dental and hoof care, exercise needs and socialization. For $3,000 a year, less than $9 per day, you can help the Society care for a horse for twelve months.  read more »
Marilyn and George

Hall Implement generously donates lawnmower to MSSPA

On any business day you can find three generations of Halls busily working at Hall Implement Co. in Windham, Maine. Founded in 1961, the family-owned and-operated John Deere dealership has thrived through good and difficult economic times.  read more »