HUMANE SOCIETY

A rendering of a planned building on North Camp Street set to house the new Janey Briscoe Marmion Memorial Shelter. The Humane Society of Uvalde, which will be changing it’s name to the Briscoe Animal Resource Center, has kicked off a $3 million capital campaign with a $1.5 million donation from Jill and Chip Briscoe.

New Braunfels City Council members will soon consider an ordinance prohibiting retail pet shops from procuring and selling cats and dogs from commercial breeding facilities.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is embarking on the largest rescue operation in its history by rescuing an estimated 4,000 beagles from a breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia.

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For weeks on end, it’s been nonstop visits from animal control and one pet surrendered after another for the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area.

An ordinance amendment that would prohibit retail pet shops from getting and selling cats and dogs from commercial breeding facilities took a step forward on Wednesday evening.

An ordinance amendment that would prohibit retail pet shops from getting and selling cats and dogs from commercial breeding facilities took a step forward on Wednesday evening.

"For your safety, please do not approach any foxes," police warned.

An animal control officer with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region anchored herself to a wooden fence and rappelled down to the dog who wagged her tail and crawled toward the officer.

A dog that was missing for two weeks in Colorado was rescued from a ledge 50 yards above a creek this month and is back home.

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The shelter took in hundreds of animals just in the month of September, straining the organization's ability to provide services.

The shelter took in hundreds of animals just in the month of September, straining the organization's ability to provide services.

The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area has had more adoptions over the last month but remains over its capacity.

More than 100 cats and dogs that were victims of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana soon may be looking for a permanent home in San Antonio.

The organization said that dogs recently housed in its shelter tested positive for distemper, a disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal and central nervous systems of dogs.

“This case is especially disturbing because this unsanitary facility has been actively engaged in actively selling these animals to the public.”

The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area urgently needs more of everything. More adoptions, foster homes, staff and volunteers.

As adorable puppies and animals await their forever homes they are now all smiles at the San Antonio Humane Society following a much needed expansion. SAN ANTONIO – As adorable puppies and animals await their forever homes they are now all smiles at the San Antonio Humane Society following a much needed expansion. “You are able to see the donations in action,” Kim Hinze the Director of Development and Public Relations for the San Antonio Humane Society said. The San Antonio Humane Society’s $10 million expansion project includes the new Leeu Naylor Medical Building that opened in the middle of the pandemic in October. The much larger medical facility has many more holding stations, examining rooms and a rehabilitation room that includes a therapy pool.

SAN ANTONIO – Looking for love in all the wrong places? Two San Antonio shelters, Animals Care Services and San Antonio Humane Society are offering pet adoptions at a discounted rate this Valentine’s Day. AdThose wishing to adopt an animal from ACS, located at 4710 State Highway 151, can make an appointment here. The San Antonio Humane Society, located at 4804 Fredericksburg Road, will have its no-contact adoption special from Wednesday through Tuesday. Potential adopters will still be screened by the Humane Society.

Live Oak residents who want a “piece of history” to call their own will be able to shell out a mere $5 to purchase street signs that are being replaced throughout the city. City Manager Scott Wayman said the new sign effort would replace all 500-600 street signs within city limits. He said the city’s public works department employees are handling the replacement in phases. “I think it’s very interesting about the selling of the street signs. I kind of concur with Councilman Morgan’s proposal.”The council unanimously approved the sale of street signs for the agreed-upon $5 per sign.

LANSING, Mich. - A Humane Society shelter in Michigan is doing its part in Hurricane relief by helping animals displaced by Dorian. 15 dogs from Florida were relocated in Lansing as part of a national effort to get the animals out of the path of the storm. Employees say these dogs are Florida shelter animals, so the dogs will be evaluated in Lansing and placed up for adoption. Obviously we help mostly animals in our community but sometimes the call comes in to do something more and we are happy to do it, said Julia Willson, the CEO and President of Capital Area Humane Shelter. Willson added that the dogs should be ready for adoption within the next week or so.

Demand for rescue dogs exceeds supply in some states According to the Humane Society, 1.2 million dogs were adopted in the U.S. last year. The popularity of shelter dogs and cats has led to a shortage of pets for adoption in some states, which is raising concerns about where some pets are coming from. Don Dahler reports.