He’s built a career playing snotty little know-it-all guys. He dates Playboy bunnies. But actor David Spade also has a humanitarian side, which he recently showed with a $10,000 donation to an animal shelter located in his hometown of Lakeside, Arizona, where Spade’s mother still lives.

David Spade has donated $10,000 to save the Humane Society of the White Mountains in his mother’s town of Lakeside, Arizona, a source tells Usmagazine.com.

“The shelter was falling apart, and they were going to shut it down, so he stepped in,” says the source. “It was far and above what they needed and ever received.”

[From Us Weekly]

According to the shelter’s web site, the facility specializes in rescuing animals who have been abandoned in the surrounding mountains. The shelter neuters, immunizes and cares for more than 3,500 animals a year until they can be adopted. Usually, I think David Spade is a snarky little jerk, but he gets points from this animal lover. I especially like that he did it under the radar without issuing a press statement or inviting a bunch of photographers along. Yes, I’m looking at you, Paris.

Picture note by Celebitchy: David Spade is shown out at Koi on 7/29/08. Doesn’t he look like a cartoon character? Credit: WENN