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The Halifax Humane Society shelters approximately 350 animals per day and our dog & cat food supply is EMPTY! We are in desperate need of canned cat & dog food and non-scoopable (regular) kitty litter.
Please help us feed our animals!
Items desperately needed:
CANNED
CAT FOOD (no fish flavor)CANNED DOG FOOD
KITTY LITTER (non-scoopable only)
Please bring donations to:
Halifax Humane Society
2364 W. LPGA Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL
386-274-4703
The Origin of the Halifax Humane Society
The Halifax Humane Society was Founded in 1937 by Mrs. Elsie Beatty and soon became well known for helping homeless and wild animals in Volusia County, Florida.
As our community grew, we saw the need to expand our shelter. In 1999, a "Building Expansion Plan" was devised to address the needs of the increased number of animals at our shelter and to educate and assist the residents in our community. This project was divided into two phases.
The completion of Phase I, doubled the kennel space from 64 to 124 kennels to accommodate more animals and ensure them a better chance at being adopted. It also included a large courtyard with park benches, a brick walk, and a gazebo to allow for an open area for potential adopters to get better acquainted with future family members. Our goal is to provide the homeless animals with good, permanent homes. More time spent before adoption allows for a better fit between pet and family.
Phase II
, which will be getting underway in mid to late 2002, will expand our spay/neuter clinic and provide a new adoption center for the public to meet and choose a new family member. The new adoption center will include adoption lobby, puppy adoption room, kitten adoption room, and a remodeling of the education room. This addition will enable us to provide much needed services to prevent pet overpopulation by allowing more surgeries, providing for more education, enable more lifetime adoptions, provide rehabilitation services, and training services of pets and their people to live happier lives TOGETHER.Currently, The Halifax Humane Society receives over 15,000 animals per year. As always, our goal is to rescue as many of these homeless (or abused) animals as possible and place them into good, permanent homes. Unfortunately, the number of homeless and abused animals in our community is far too great for this to be possible. We currently house over 300 animals each and every day, but the need is still far greater then what we can provide.
Combine the number of animals that come through our doors with the cost to handle, treat, and care for these animals makes our task that much greater. We are very thankful for our strong core of volunteers. We also appreciate the community support we have received these past 65 years. Volunteers and community support helps to keep the shelter's cost down but there is always more needed, for as our community grows so does our homeless pet population.
The Halifax Humane Society is 100% supported
Through donations, gifts, fund raising events, adoption fees,
And through contracts to house pets for the majority of municipalities in Volusia County.
We DO NOT receive financial gifts from the United Way or other such organizations.
We DO NOT receive any tax dollars.
HHS is dedicated to meeting the challenges we face each year and to continue to improve and strive for a better future for our homeless animals.
While we have expanded our kennel and cage capacity over the years to meet the demands of more animals coming through our doors, we now set our focus on a proactive solution to pet overpopulation rather than reactive. The solution involves spaying and neutering to bring the pet population back into control, educating our citizens about being responsible pet owners, and in general create an atmosphere of a more humane community where man and animal can live harmoniously.An important function of HHS is not only to treat abused animals but also to prevent animal abuse. Our dedicated staff has recently helped to prosecute and win several cases involving animal abuse, animal cruelty or puppy mill operations. We are always willing to be the voice for those who can not speak especially when their lives and well being are at stake.
Throughout the years HHS has seen many changes and know we still have a long way to go to reach our goals for a more humane community. We need your help in order to continue this journey.
Join the Halifax Humane Society
In making a community we can be proud of …
For all its creatures.
Together we can teach that compassion doesn't stop at two legs.
Adoption procedures at Halifax Humane Society are quite simple:
1. Visit our shelter.
"Sounds simple enough."
The Halifax Humane Society normally house 300 animals each day and we are open 7 days a week for your convenience. So stop by today and bring the whole family with you. What better way to meet and greet a new family member.
Remember, if you've seen a particular animal on this website or on our home page (
http://www.halifaxhumanesociety.org), please jot down it's HHS identification number and bring it with you when you visit. Someone will gladly help you find that particular animal.NOTE: In order to adopt you MUST visit the shelter in person.
2. Spend time with the animal.
"Another easy task."
When you find a suitable pet, have the kennel staff assist you in taking the animal out of it's kennel. Individuals and families interested in adopting must interact with the animal outside of the confines of it's kennel. This puts both of you on neutral territory and allows a more comfortable atmosphere to get to know one another. Take Rover on a nice long walk around the kennels, or along the brick walk past the gazebo. Sit on a park bench and just enjoy each other's company. Spend hours petting Kitty. Spend all the time you need the only deadline today is closing time and if you haven't found the right one or haven't decided, just visit again tomorrow.
NOTE: The pet must be for you personally (or your immediate family). We do not approve of pet adoptions as a gift unless the other party is there to spend time with the animal.
3. Fill out an application.
"Okay this gets a little more complex... pop quiz… put the pen to the paper and answer those questions."
When you feel that you have met your match... found a pet to love forever or just until the end of time... then it's time to fill out the application, available at the front office. When completed turn the application in to the front desk.
4. ALL Applications are screened.
"No, you are not being singled out. We screen everyone even if they've adopted before."
As we stated above, we are looking for good, permanent homes for the animals in our care.
We reserve the right to deny an adoption if it is not felt that the match of pet and person is appropriate, or for other reasons.
Many of our homeless animals were happy pets who were rejected from a home they called their own by a family they thought loved them. Sometimes this happens for reasons of hardship. More often then not it's just a matter of convenience. Either way the animal has been made to suffer the loss of it's family. We don't want to have the animal suffer again. So we try to make sure the match is a good and lasting one.
Obvious Example: A frail, elderly person wanting to adopt a 1 year old Great Dane / Irish Setter mix that reminds them of the dog they had when they were a child. "Probably NOT a good match!!!" But we might suggest an adult lap dog!?
5. A surgery date is scheduled.
"I know they're not broken, but they all have to be fixed!"
All animals are spayed or neutered before leaving the Halifax Humane Society. We do not want to be contributors to the pet overpopulation problem... neither do you.
NOTE: If the animal is already altered (spayed or neutered by a previous owner) there is still a 24 hour waiting period to give the potential adopter a chance to really think through their decision of taking on the responsibility and commitment involved with an adoption. This is also the reason why we allow a second hold on animals that already have an application hold on them. Provide the animal with every chance for a good home.
6. Pickup date and time is scheduled.
"The time has finally come. Let's take that puppy home! No really! You can take your puppy home!"
A date and time is established for the adopter to pick-up their new family member.
7. Adoption Fee Information:
"All dog and cat adoptions are $60."
This fee includes:
Spay or Neuter surgery
All vaccines including rabies
ID tag and tattoo
Free health check from chosen veterinarian
8. Send us a family portrait, greeting card, e-mail, or letter. (Optional)
"We love hearing from our Alumni."
Let us know about Spot's new name.
What their favorite game is whether it be how they love to run, jump, catch balls or Frisbees, or like playing chess. ("It could happen!")
Tell us how their personality changed or improved when they realized they had a new home.
We love hearing about the success stories! Makes the hard work seem worthwhile.
Besides you never know! We might be looking for a story for the newsletter, the website, or a local newspaper. Your shelter alumni might just be a star!!!
We are located in
Daytona Beach just west of I-95 on LPGA Boulevard.We are open
7 days a week.Visit us on the web at
http://www.halifaxhumanesociety.org.Halifax Humane Society Inc
2364 W LPGA Blvd
P.O. Box 9035
Daytona Beach, FL 32120
Phone: 386-274-4703
Email: Adoptions@halifaxhumanesociety.org
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
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