Act Now — Save a Life!
Many animals in Highlands County
desperately need homes. If you are able to, please consider
opening your heart and home to one. You
may not be able to save them all, but you can save one precious
life.
One Dog Too Many
How Could You (pdf)
Articles about Integrating New Pets into Your Home
Humane Society of Highlands County (PetFinder)
Humane Society of Highlands County (Face Book)
7321 Haywood Taylor Blvd. • Sebring
863-655-1522
News-Sun article from 7/22/11, "
Humane Society Kennels Full":
http://www.newssun.com/news/072211-ct-Humane-Society
Animal Control
7300 Haywood Taylor Blvd. • Sebring
863-655-6475
Highlands Today article from 4/24/09 about the positive changes and increased adoptions/rescues at Animal Control:
http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/apr/24/la-a-culture-of-caring/news/
Note: Animal Control now has pictures on its website of some of the dogs and cats available for adoption there. At Animal Control's website, click on the "Pets for Adoption" link (it will open as a PDF file).
| Hours: |
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| Monday & Tuesday |
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday |
11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
| Thursday & Friday |
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
| Saturday |
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Cats are kept 6 days before
they are euthanized; dogs are kept for 10 days. There
are many wonderful adoptable pets there who would make excellent companions.
Buddy's Buddies Animal Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)3 charity, this non-profit is not a shelter, but rather a communications network. Its focus is on special needs dogs who are cared for by foster families until forever homes are found.
Dobermann
Rescue of Lake Placid, Inc.
A list on Petfinders of Dobermans available for adoption from Dobermann Rescue
of Lake Placid, Inc. This all-volunteer organization accepts Dobermans from
humane societies, animal control facilities, people no longer able to care
for them, and other sources. The organization's home page is at http://www.dobermannrescue.org/.
Heartland
Cat Rescue & Adoption Society, Inc.
A no-kill rescue organization for cats operated by volunteers. The organization's
mission is to find permanent loving homes for the kittens and cats it rescues.
Promise Acres Equine Rescue - Promise Acres is an equine rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming facility whose goal is to improve the well-being of the horses who enter the premises.
You can find links for Florida-based rescue/adoption organizations
in other counties and cities on the Florida
Pet Rescue Organizations page.
Polk County Animal Services Website - Adoptable animals in its shelter, plus lost pets.
Other Pet Adoption Listings:
DogsInDanger.com -
Works with over 120 kill shelters nationwide to list dogs
scheduled to be euthanized. DogsInDanger.com aims to save
the lives of these dogs; the site is free for both shelters
and people looking for pets to adopt. Users can search by
location, dominant breed, or time left until death.
1-800-Save-A-Pet.com -
Adopt a Friend. Save a Life. Our mission (and passion) is
to help get homeless pets out of the shelters and into loving
homes.
PetFinder.com -
Adopt a Homeless Pet. Also lost and found.
PetHarbor.com -
Listings for dogs and cats, sheep and horses, parakeets and
hamsters who need homes. Also lost and found.
Articles about Integrating New Pets into Your Home
Introducing
a Dog to Cats and Other Small Pets - ASPCA
Introducing
Pets to a New Cat - HSUS
Introducing
a New Dog to a Resident Cat - Partnership for Animal
Welfare, Inc.
Introducing
a New Animal to Your Home - Anti-Cruelty Society
Introducing
Your Dog to the Family - Britain's BlueCross.org
Introducing
Your Dog to Other Animals - VeterinaryPartner
Introducing
Your Kitten to the Family - Purina
May
I Introduce...Fido? - Cats International
Euthanasia
death toll (will open in a separate window)
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