Lost & Found

The mission of the Virginia Beach Animal Control Unit is to balance the health, safety and welfare needs of the people and animals in our City. Through our mission we will educate the public about responsible companion animal ownership, aggressively investigate animal cruelty cases, provide compassion and humane care for unwanted, stray, abused and abandoned animals in our City, give adoptable animals a second chance at a forever home, and humanely euthanize animals when necessary and appropriate.

We are a small group of people who originally formed the 501(C)3 in 1999. We are retired to this area from other places and have professional backgrounds. Our President is a retired Air Force Colonel who was a nurse. She and others saw a real need in this rural community for someone to help educate the people on how to better care for animals and the need to spay and neuter and decided to build a shelter and start housing the unwanted animals of Stone County. I have been actively involved since 2008. Our shelter dream was finally a reality when we were given a wonderful gift from a local person who died and left an estate trust to us that will be disbursed over a 12 year period. We were able to secure a bank loan to build the shelter based on the annual disbursements from this estate trust and it was completed in August. We believe that all animals should be properly cared for and loved and not tied up in a yard or left out in weather with not shelter or used for breeding. We have conducted several small size rescues in the area over the years with the help of the local authorities and helped stop one hoarder who had 200 dogs at one time and could not care for them. The ASPCA was called in to help with this issue. We can only house about 20 t o 25 dogs and the same number of cats at any one time. We do not have a viable foster program to help take in more unwanted animals. We work from a wait list and take animals that are in danger sooner than ones that are being cared for by someone. Last year in 2016 we adopted out 128 dogs and transported 37 dogs to another rescue in Colorado that we work with that takes our dogs or puppies that we do not have room to keep. This shelter has a facility as well as a large foster program to house the dogs till they are adopted out by them. We took in a total of 170 dogs and returned 38 to owners who had lost dogs. We adopted out 59 cats, had 68 cats surrendered and spayed and neutered 249 animals.

The Humane Society of Noble County is dedicated to providing assistance to homeless and abandoned pets. My name is Jennifer, I am the executive director, and I do a lot of everything! I have a small staff caring for an average of 200 animals on any given day. All of us are very passionate about what we do. We believe we offer a wonderful organization to our community. We are fierce advocates for homeless pets, for spaying and neutering and for helping both pets and the people that own them.

Town of Little Elm Animal Services is a municipal shelter for strays and adoptions. We provide a customer driven approach to animal services, maintaining a clean and inviting animal shelter. We believe in professional and ethical performance of our duties, and providing a safe and healthy environment for all animals in our care. We cater to cats and dogs but can provide accommodations for small animals (limited). Also provide live animals traps for free but there is a $60 refundable deposit. We are capable of providing education to the public on animal welfare.

The City of Catoosa Animal Control strives to help rescue and re-home animals. We are also dedicated to help educate the population about the importance of spaying/neutering their animals.

KC Pet Project is a 501c3, nonprofit charitable organization operating the Kansas City, Missouri Animal Shelter. We care for more than 10,000 animals a year and work collaboratively with Animal Control and other animal welfare organizations to increase the number of homeless pets adopted, and focus on lifesaving programs promoting pet retention, identification, lost pet reunions, and pet ownership education throughout the community. The KC Pet Project is creating a No Kill Kansas City – we’re passionate about lifesaving! Our mission is to end the killing of healthy and treatable pets in Kansas City, Missouri by using the most progressive and lifesaving programs and promoting effective animal control policies.

The mission of A Reason To Believe Animal Rescue is to rescue homeless or neglected domestic animals (including but not necessarily limited to dogs and cats), provide veterinary care, and get them placed them in great adoptive homes. All are spayed/neutered prior to adoption. We house these animals in foster homes, kennels, or boarding as needed. We work in collaboration with shelters, veterinarians, rescues, owners needing to rehome their pets, and the public. We work to reduce the animal overpopulation issue by spaying and neutering as part of our process. We work to ensure the safety of the public by vaccinating according to the law and as the health of the animal permits based on the recommendations of our veterinarian. We treat for parasites, injuries, dentals, skin or ear infections. etc. No, we cannot afford to pay your vet bill, but if you choose to surrender your sick or injured pet to us, we will fundraise to get it the care it needs.

When our organization was founded in 1910, it was named after a London, England, animal welfare group called Our Dumb Friends League. In those days, the term dumb was widely used to refer to animals because they lacked the power of human speech. Today, the Dumb Friends League, headquartered in Denver, is the largest community-based animal welfare organization in the Rocky Mountain region—providing a strong and steadfast voice for those who cannot speak for themselves. As part of a compassionate community, we: Rescue sick, injured and neglected animals Investigate cases of neglect and mistreatment Provide shelter, veterinary care, and behavior and training programs to homeless companion animals and horses Adopt homeless pets and horses to new homes Reduce pet overpopulation through mobile spay and neuter projects in underserved areas Offer learning opportunities for the public to keep more pets in homes Educate children and adults about animals and their needs

HSWC is a 501c3 organization that holds a contract with Warren County to provide animal sheltering services. We are an open admission shelter and do not turn animals away due to medical or behavioral needs. We work diligently to save the lives of all the adoptable animals in our care. We also work with the community to help increase pet retention. We are a drop off location for transport to the local spay/neuter clinic.

Volunteers work tirelessly to reunite lost pets with their owners, and rescue homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. They provide temporary foster care to the animals, give them necessary vaccinations and wellness checks, and find them loving, well-matched, carefully screened forever homes through our adoption program. Our Lost/Found Hotline is answered 24/7. Pet food is donated to residents in financial need. We host microchip and vaccination clinics several times a year to make vet care affordable to everyone. We act when disasters strike, most recently providing assistance during the flooding in New River, AZ