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 »

Hardluck Horse Finds Better Life

We all watch those horrible news stories about animals being seized from abusive or neglectful owners. We see their thin, dirty bodies and hope that they have been truly saved and will live better lives.  read more »

Long Live Royalty!

"The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water lilies grew at the deep end." So begins Anna Sewell's classic, "Black Beauty." Black Beauty’s story is universal and beloved.  read more »

Help Save Sweetheart

Sweetheart will steal your heart.  Like so many who are brought to the Society’s barns, she had all but lost hope.  We received little information about her.  How had she gotten in this
shocking condition?  She was so thin, with ribs, spine, tail head, and hipbones protruding through her rain-rotted, dull winter coat.  Her skinny rump was covered in patches of infected skin, bare from the loss of hair, and hot to the touch.  read more »

Transform Your Unwanted Collectibles or Household Items Into Cash for Abused or Neglected Animals!

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals is a fully functioning Mission Fish organization and ebay seller that is asking for your help to raise money for the support of New England’s largest equine rescue and rehabilitation facility.  read more »

Down on the Farm

I love to tell you about the wonderful work that is accomplished every day on our farm in South Windham, Maine! As Maine’s largest and only full service facility dedicated to the care of equines who have been seized by law enforcement  read more »