The Pensacola Humane Society's shelter is a NO KILL facility. This means we do not euthanize our animals, except in cases when it is medically necessary. If an animal is not adopted, it stays with us, for the duration of its natural life .We provide essential care, but this is all minimal when compared to the care, attention, and love an animal could, and rightfully should, have living with an adopted family. |
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The Humane Society of Pensacola’s shelter operates with limited resources. We receive no local, state or federal funding. Unfortunately we don't have room to take in every abandoned animal. Every creature we have to turn away due to space limitations causes tremendous upset for all of us at the shelter.
As is in most homes, family members typically have a place they can exclusively call their own, whether that is a room, a bed, a dresser, or a desk. Our animals also need this space, a place they know is theirs. To understand the scenario better, it helps to view the dogs as kids. As a parent, how often has your youngster had a friend spend-the-night? And you discover, despite heartfelt promises that they will go to sleep that they just cannot keep themselves from laughing and playing into the wee hours. The parent usually has to resort to physically separating them so there is appropriate behavior and some peace. Here again, the dogs are not too dissimilar. And just like kids, better behaved ones are enjoyed more than those that are not, for the dogs this can mean the difference between getting adopted and not, because unfortunately, for many of us humans, the sum total of our assessment is that first impression.
Our first obligation is to our animals already at the shelter. That obligation is to their care, feeding, health and well being, and placement or adoption efforts. All of that takes money and people—both of which are very limited. So we only ask for your understanding and thus your help in this situation. Volunteer, make a donation or simply help us spread the word. We absolutely hate having to turn people away who have found abandoned animals and come to us for help. You can help the animals by getting the word out—be a responsible pet owner AND spay and neuter!
Many people express concern over the cost of spaying/neutering an animal. Fortunately, there are many programs such as our low cost spay/neuter prgram to help in such situations. The thought that spaying or neutering causes the animal to lose it sexual identity is completely unfounded! Both operations only remove the animal's ability to produce offspring. There are positive side effects, which are beneficial to the animal's health–not to mention that in many cases an animal tends to become calmer after the surgery is performed. Always though, the animal remains a male or female.
Here you will find links to other websites dedicated to animal health, news, behavior, companionship, training, and other useful information. |
