Chilton County Humane Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization.
Adoption is easy - just come by the shelter and fall in love with a fuzzy face! Our adoption fee is a reasonable $65 for dogs and $50 for cats. This includes DHPP vaccine and dewormer given at the shelter, free vet exam at one of our participating vets, rabies shot and spay/neuter. *Note: Some vets may charge additional fees at the time of service. Pets that arrive at the shelter already altered can be adopted at a discounted rate.
Stray animals must be kept at the shelter a minimum of 7 days before they can be adopted. All dogs and cats are altered before they go home with their new families. The adoption paperwork must be processed, then the pet will be scheduled to be spayed/neutered as soon as possible.
People often ask if we will adopt out of state. The short answer is yes, but you must come pick up the dog/cat. However, we encourage you to visit your local shelter before driving across 2 states to adopt a pet from us. Many shelters are not listed on Petfinder, but still have wonderful dogs and cats in need of homes. PLEASE visit your local shelter if you are considering adoption!
We have provided shelter services to the Chilton County area for 20 years.
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A Word About Long-Distance Adoptions
The shelter is unable to HOLD animals for an adopter longer than 24 hours.
If you adopt an animal from the shelter and you are out of the area, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for making travel arrangements or boarding arrangements until you can pick your pet up.
Directions from I-65. Go to exit 205 and turn onto Hwy 31 toward Clanton. Go approximately 1 mile and
turn left onto Shade Tree Drive, just past "In and Out Tire."
Shelter hours are:
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wed - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sat - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Sunday - Closed
Chilton County Humane Society
139 Shade Tree Drive
Clanton, AL 35045
Phone: 205-755-9170
Email:
chiltoncountyhum@bellsouth.net
| May 16, 2008 With Spring time upon us that means the grass is getting green, the flowers are blooming, dogs are having puppies and cats are having kittens. The sad part about that is a lot of those puppies and kittens end up at the Chilton County Humane Society. They are put in cages and runs and they just don’t understand why they are there. They were taken from a home where they were loved and nursed by their mother and put in a cage where they don’t know where they are and they don’t have someone to love them. Now is the time of year that we see a large influx of puppies and kittens into the Chilton County Humane Society. We average an intake of around 550 animals per month and that goes up during the spring and summer months. We need help from the community. First we need everyone to have their pet’s spayed or neutered. There are several local vet’s here in our community that perform this fix. There is also a low cost spay/neuter clinic in Montgomery. If the majority of pet owners in our county would have their pet altered, it would make a tremendous difference in the homeless animal population within our county. For things to get better, it must start with the pet owners in the community. Another way you can help is by being a volunteer foster home to foster animals for us until animals can be put into rescue. Usually, the foster would have to keep the animal from 1 day to 7 days. It is very rewarding to foster an animal and give it a chance to have a forever home. If you are interested in fostering, please come to the shelter and fill out a foster application. You will have to supply the shelter with a vet reference and let them know if you would like to foster cats or dogs. After the application is approved, you will be called and set up with a foster. By building a dependable foster care system for our animals, it will give our animals extra time for us to work hard to find a rescue or adoptive forever family for our pets. Without a foster care program and rescue a lot of animals will be euthanized due to the limited amount of space and low adoption rate. Please consider being a volunteer foster for some of our animals. Please continue to help us by using Goodsearch as your search engine on the internet. When you search the internet, please go to www.goodsearch.com and we will receive $.01 from each search you request. Please fill in Chilton County Humane Society on the line that asks you Who do you goodsearch for. Thanks so much for your help with this. The more people that use Goodsearch the more money we can raise, just by using the internet.  We will have a booth at the Peach Jam Jubilee on Friday night, June 27, 2008 starting at 6:00 PM. This will be held in downtown Clanton, Alabama around the courthouse square. Our booth will have specialty baskets for sale, plus we will be selling raffle tickets. Plus, you will get to meet our new mascot……See you there! Please consider becoming a member of the Chilton County Humane Society during 2007. ____________________________Membership________________________________ __ Yes, you can count on my membership for 2007 to care for the animals. Together we can make a difference and save the lives of homeless animals in our community. Membership Fees: (Return this slip to above address with fees) __Youth $10.00 __Individual $20.00 __Family $50.00 __Corporate $250.00 __Lifetime $500.00 __Other _________ NAME:_________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS:______________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER:________________________________________________ **Have a Heart, Be Smart, Make sure Your Pet is Spayed or Neutered** Heavy Duty Sprayer nozzle **
Our Current Wish ListAll donations are tax deductible.
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Volunteers are always welcome at the shelter! If you have a little bit of spare time and a lot of love for animals, Chilton Humane would appreciate your help.
What do we know about it? Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs and in the right side of the heart of dogs, cats and other species of mammals, including wolves, foxes and ferrets. Heartworms are classified as nematodes (roundworms) and are but one of many species of roundworms. The specific roundworm causing heartworm in dogs and cats is known as Dirofilaria immitis.
Adult female heartworms, that may grow to be 14-inches long, living within the infected animal's body release their young, called microfilariae (pronounced: micro fil ar ee), into their host's bloodstream. The mosquitoes become infected with these microscopic worms after biting into an infected adult animal for a blood meal. During the next 10 to 14 days, the microfilariae mature to the infective larval stage within the mosquito. When the mosquito bites another host (dog, cat or other susceptible animal), the infective larvae enters a new host through the bite wound. It then takes a little over six months for the infective larvae to mature into adult worms that may live for five to seven years (in a dog). The microfilaria cannot mature into adult heartworms without first passing through a mosquito.
How can heartworms be prevented? While treatment of canine heartworm disease is usually successful, prevention of the disease is much safer and more economical. There are a variety of options for preventing heartworm infection, including daily and monthly tablets and chewables, and monthly topicals. All of these methods are extremely effective and when the drugs are administered properly on a timely schedule, heartworm infection can be completely prevented.
Martin Luther King, Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." BSL affects every dog owner and, make no mistake about it, it matters. For more information regarding BSL, please visit
For more information regarding BSL affecting the state of Alabama, please visit
www.turtlemoonrescue.org
