The First Post

Thank you for checking out the blog for Northwoods Humane Society. Here we hope to keep you updated about the humane society, what is happening at NHS and about some great pets that are available for adoption or, maybe, who have already found their forever homes.

Northwoods Humane Society is a limited admissions shelter. Which means we don't euthanize animals to make room for new animals nor do we take more animals than we have space. So animals at NHS are here until they get adopted which is great. The downside is we do have to turn people away who have animals they need to surrender.

Sometimes animals are available for awhile. We don't always know what causes people to pick one animal over another but there are some obvious reasons. Kittens and puppies are picked before dogs and cats. Small breed dogs go home before the large ones. And black is usually the last color picked. To help those animals who have been with us for longer, we do have a program called "Shelter Stars" which reduces the adoption fee of all animals who have been at NHS for longer than 90 days by 50%.

So if you or someone you know is thinking about adopting, ask about the "Shelter Star" program. We currently have 1 dog, 13 cats and one kitten who have been waiting for too long.