Former animal shelter staff deliver blistering public critique of local SPCA leadership, operations

"I have never witnessed or experienced a toxic culture and unethical practices like I witnessed at CASPCA..."

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Over the years, the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA has been chosen in familiar reader polls run by local media as one of our favorite non-profits, and just last week Angie Gunter, the CEO of the CASPCA, announced that 2022 was a record year for adoptions.

"It's an amazing community for pets for sure, like we are so grateful to this community,” Gunter told CBS19. “They keep supporting us and we just couldn't do what we do without them so just so eternally grateful to this community for what they're doing for the pets.”

This week, however, 57 former and current CASPCA staff members and volunteers released a blistering critique of the organization under Gunter’s leadership, calling for an investigation into animal care practices they find "deeply concerning."

"During my career in animal welfare I hav…