SNIPSA does not have a standing shelter and depends on a core group of volunteers to foster and rehabilitate animals in their homes. This provides us with the opportunity to learn firsthand about the animal’s needs and behavior in order to match them with an ideal adopter. Since 2006, SNIPSA has saved 27,000 rescue animals and counting!
The majority of our animals originate from city shelters. In 2025, Animal Care Services impounded 35,758 innocent animals, with roughly 4,400 facing euthanasia. Every year, these numbers increase, further emphasizing the need for rescue and sterilization. SNIPSA takes in animals weekly from Animal Care Services and other partner shelters, with a focus on those whose “time is up.”
San Antonio is the leading city in the nation for animal homelessness. Since we know we can’t adopt our way out of this problem, SNIPSA has set out to address the overpopulation crisis directly with free spay/neuter outreach. By offering this valuable service to underserved areas of the city, we’re able to target neighborhoods where we’ll have a definite impact. In addition to weekly in-house surgeries, SNIPSA holds Big Fix clinics several times a year. These MASH style operations provide sterilization, vaccinations, and microchips for over 500 cats and dogs in a single day. SNIPSA has provided over 33,000 sterilization surgeries to date, and we’re not stopping!
