Changes

An '''SPCA''' is an organization dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals. The oldest SPCA in the world is '''Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals''', founded in 1824. The '''American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals''' was founded in New York in 1866. The ASPCA has played an integral role in the humane treatment of animals in New York since that time. Other SPCAs or Humane Societies exits through out the US. There is no national body named SPCA in the US akin to the RSPCA [http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_so_fastfacts].

An '''SPCA''' is an organization dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals. The oldest SPCA in the world is '''Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals''', founded in 1824. The '''American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals''' was founded in New York in 1866. The ASPCA has played an integral role in the humane treatment of animals in New York since that time. Other SPCAs or Humane Societies exist through out the US. There is no national body named SPCA in the US akin to the RSPCA [http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_so_fastfacts].

==Statutory roles==

==Statutory roles==