Humane society.

The answer

SPCA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPCA answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ASPCA (1 uses in xd)
• SPCC (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPCA

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPCA, most used first.

• Humane org. - used 80 times, most recently in 2021
• Pet adoption org. - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Pet lovers' org. - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Pet welfare org. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Shelter org. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal rights org. - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Pet adoption agcy. - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Adoption agcy. - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Pet protection org. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Animal welfare org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Humane group. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Humane Soc. ally - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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