Pro-Life Shelter
Making a Difference
White River Humane Society's vision is to help and prevent unwanted and abandoned animals in our community.
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For those of you who support White River Humane Society remember that starting this year 2020, taxpayers can now deduct up to $300 in cash donations to a qualified organization. White River Humane Society is a qualified organization The CARES Act introduced this opportunity for individual taxpayers without having to itemize deductions. Contributions under $250 require either a bank record, such as a cancelled check or credit card statement or written receipt showing the name and date and time of the donation. A contribution of $250 or more will need to have a written receipt from the shelter. Any donation made monthly or separately is deductible up to the amount of $300. A one time donation over the amount of $250 will have to have a written receipt from the shelter. Keep receipts of donations for next year when filing your taxes, even if you don't itemize.
Help Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to help the homeless animals at WRHS. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
BONE APPETIT CANCELED
We are very sorry to say but the Bone Appetit has to be cancelled for 2020. This is happening for reasons in addition to Covid-19.
If you made a donation or paid for a sponsorship, we will be happy to return that to you, let us know.
We intend to have an on-line auction, so if you want to leave your donations with us, that would be great!!
We apologize for any inconvenience.
The best we can say is see you all next year when we hope the Bone will be even better! Thank you everyone for your continued support of WRHS!!
Heat Kills
Every year, dogs suffer and die when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them in a parked car—even for “just a minute”—while they run an errand. Parked cars are deathtraps for dogs: On a 78-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to 100 degrees in just minutes, and on a 90-degree day, the interior temperature can reach as high as 109 degrees in less than 10 minutes.
Animals can sustain brain damage or even die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes. Beating the heat is extra tough for dogs because they can only cool themselves by panting.
We're proud to announce we've received a spay/neuter grant from @BISSELL Pet Foundation! Out of BISSELL Pet Foundation's partner network of nearly 5,000 shelters and rescues, we're so excited that we were chosen to receive their support! With a mission to find every pet a home, they focus their efforts on adoption, spay/neuter, microchipping and emergency support. Thanks to Bissell, 107 dogs and 144 cats will be able to be spayed or neutered at a reduced cost, saving 1,000's of unwanted animals from ending up in shelters.
The Reason for Prevention
The New Year was met with our first dog who unfortunately tested positive for Heartworm Disease. Ol’ Yeller is a handsome 4 year old, intact male, lab mix that was brought to the shelter via County Animal Control in December. He belonged to someone, yet he was never reclaimed, so now it is our duty to treat his disease, have him neutered and wait until he is ready to join the list of adoptable dogs.
It takes about 6-7 months for the infective larvae to mature to adult heartworms. They are called heartworms because they live in the heart of a dog. They look like cooked spaghetti. The female heartworms can grow up to 12” in length. Heartworms can range in number from
1 - 250. The severity of the disease depends on the number of heart- worms living inside the dog and how long its been infected. Left untreated the dog can die. Since we don’t have any medical information on Ol’ Yeller we think it’s likely he has never had any type of heartworm prevention. His blood work will determine approximately how long he has been infected.
Treatment can take 4 months or longer. It’s a costly treatment and is not administered without some suffering from injections and sickness while ridding himself of the heartworms. He won’t be available for adoption until he has fully recovered and given a clean bill of health.
It troubles us when we know heartworm is a preventable disease, yet so many animals are denied prevention because owners don’t know the risk or won’t spend the money to avoid this medical issue. This doesn’t make for a happy start of a new year for the shelter and it’s certainly not a happy 2020 for Ol’ Yeller either.
This only serves as an opportunity to remind everyone to please protect your pet from needless suffering. An ounce of prevention is far better and less expensive than a pound of cure. Love your dog, do what’s right!
Peelers
WRHS now has peelers for sale!! There are a lot of great coupons for local businesses and they are good until June of 2021. You can purchase your peeler from Tractor Supply, West End Flower Shop, WRHS or any board member. Don't miss out, they will be available for a limited time.
Pet of the Week
Cat of the Week
Bobbie is almost 3 months old and is a super sweet kitten with a bob tail. Bobbie gets along well with other cats. She is a beautiful girl and has been spayed and will be microchipped. She is up to date on vaccinations and tested for FIV/Felv
Dog of the Week
Alaska is a 5 year old Husky mix that is a beautiful boy, he is heart worm negative and up to date on all vaccinations. He will be neutered and microchipped before being adopted.
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Prevent a Litter, Fix your Critter!
White River Humane Society's vision is to help and prevent unwanted and abandoned animals in our community. White River Humane Society's mission is to care for the lost and homeless animals of Lawrence County, while providing education and services to the public that will lead to reducing the number of unwanted animals born in our community. Each adopted animal that leaves our shelter has been spayed or neutered. Keep in mind there aren't enough homes for all the litters born in Lawrence County, so please Spay or Neuter your pet.