Mission
The mission of the Humane Society of Schuyler County has five key points:
- Eliminate pet overpopulation
- Prevent animal cruelty
- Provide quality care for homeless animals
- Promote responsible pet ownership
- Help the community to develop humane principles toward all animals
Strategy
We will deliver on our mission by:
- Engaging the community for support
- Focusing on affordable spay/neuter services
- Providing shelter and adoption services to local homeless animals
- Collaborating with Schuyler County government and non-governmental organizations
Vision
We envision a clean, safe, and happy place for the homeless animals of Schuyler County until they find their forever homes. This drives our daily work and our long-term goals.
Facility
The Humane Society of Schuyler County is a limited admission, no-kill shelter. Incorporated in 1987, we are the only full-service animal welfare organization serving the needs of our community. The Humane Society provides shelter for stray and surrendered animals, offers animals for adoption, provides a low-cost spay/neuter program, delivers educational resources and manages programs to help area residents care for their pets.
We recently completed a major shelter consolidation and renovation project enabling us to offer our services in one convenient location and provide the highest possible level of care for every animal. The facility provides housing for 24 dogs and 45 cats in both the main building and in the Kitty Kaboose. The facility includes a surgical suite, offices, and a meeting room for training and educational programs.
Take a tour of the construction of the Shelter with Before Pictures.
You can see progress on the construction in the Construction Gallery.
The Shelter is constantly changing and upgrading. You can take a virtual tour to see where we are now with a Peek Inside The Box
The Humane Society of Schuyler County has reached beyond the challenges often faced in rural communities to provide a flexible, spacious, and welcoming shelter environment. Their thoughtful design has created a place which addresses the needs of shelter animals. The organization uses its resources wisely, and evolves to meet best practices in animal sheltering.
Sheltering
Our mission is to provide safe, loving care and a comfortable environment for every animal that crosses our doors. We hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and work to ensure that the needs of each dog or cat are met on a daily basis.
Dogs are housed in 24 large, state-of the-art kennels grouped in rooms of four kennels each. Through both the design of our environment and our daily practices, the stress dogs often experience in shelters is greatly reduced. Each dog is walked daily and provided toys. They enjoy sunlight streaming in, smell the fresh air and nap to classical music playing throughout the facility. The dogs enjoy outdoor kennels for playtime or simply hanging out in the sun. Stray and incoming dogs are isolated from those who may be ill or those ready for adoption.
Cats are housed in both the Kitty Kaboose, a completely renovated mobile home, and in sun-filled rooms and in the main building. The majority of cats are in a welcoming, home-like communal environment where they can play, stretch, climb, watch the birds at the feeders or nap to classical music. Cats who prefer to be alone are housed in two-story “condos” and also have the opportunity to play and explore. The transition to an adoptive home is virtually seamless for most of our feline friends. The environment, coupled with the interaction of our dedicated staff and volunteers, provides daily enrichment to enhance their adoptability. As a “no-kill” shelter, we often provide safe haven for some animals for extended periods of time.
Of all of the facilities I visited, I was most impressed with the Humane Society of Schuyler County. They have accomplished so much with so little. They have completely revolutionized cat sheltering.