Our History

One of the region’s oldest and largest animal welfare agencies, serving Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and parts of Brevard, Lake, and Volusia counties, Pet Alliance began as the Orlando Humane Society in 1937.

Emphasizing animal welfare as the primary mission, the Orlando Humane Society merged with the Humane Society of Seminole County in 2001 to become the SPCA of Central Florida. In 2014, the SPCA of Central Florida underwent leadership changes with the hope of transforming the historic role of animal shelters in the region by working outside the walls of the facilities to engage the entire community with the responsibility of caring for animals. With a new vision and mission, the SPCA of Central Florida also changed our name to reflect the new partnership between the organization and the community, becoming Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando in May, 2014.

Since then, the organization has worked hard to provide positive and safe outcomes for pets. Today the Pet Alliance has a dedicated focus on the welfare and well-being of dogs and cats in Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties. As the “go-to” experts in Greater Orlando, we do good things for dogs and cats and the people who love them. Our goal is to provide compassionate and knowledgeable services for pets and to be leaders in innovative animal care and veterinary medicine.

Preventing relinquishment of animals to shelters and caring for homeless dogs and cats is not a job we can accomplish alone; it requires the community as allies and a new level of involvement. Pet Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that believes happy, healthy pets and their families create more caring communities.  We are asking the community to be part of the solution to solving the problem of dog and cat homelessness.