Good-bye Goldie

Northwoods said good-bye to an old friend last week. Her name was Goldie. For years, Goldie transported animals for Northwoods Humane Society. She took animals to the University of Minnesota, Minnesota School of Business and Argosy University to be spayed or neutered. She transported animals to the Minnesota State Fair to be spayed. She transported countless animals to the vet and took many cats to PetSmart to be adopted from their "Adopt a Pet" Center. For years, Goldie toiled tirelessly taking animals where they needed to go. She also brought food and litter to the shelter, transported items for fundraisers and took employees to events and classes.

But finally, Goldie got tired and began to struggle on her trips. She just wasn't able to keep up with the demands of transporting so many animals anymore. So sadly, last week we had to say good-bye. Goldie was a great mini-van that served NHS well for many years.

Now NHS staff can be seen driving a newer silver van. This one doesn't have a name yet, but he or she has already started working hard for the animals of NHS. The new van is nice, but today is the day to say good-bye to an old friend. So good-bye Goldie and thanks for all you did for the animals of NHS.

You Can't Have Just One

Northwoods has a sign hanging outside its cat room that says, "Cats are like potato chips, you can't have just one." And here at NHS, we have more than one, 101 to be exact, cats and kittens waiting for their forever homes. Plus there are 27 cats and kittens currently in foster care with more and more calls received each day from people needing to surrender one or more cats.
With no end to the warm weather in sight, the calls will continue. So in order to help find homes for the cats currently in our care and be able to help more cats in need, Northwoods is asking, "Do you have room in your heart and home for one more?" Because now through September 30th, the adoption fee for all cats and kittens is 50% off. No other discounts or promotions apply. Discounted prices range from $29-$75 plus tax.

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.