Adopt a Shelter Pet Today

With only 10-15% of all pet owners adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue we felt like we need to increase our market share in this community by showing this commercial provided by Best Friend's Animal Society. We have many highly adoptable pets here and many arrive here because of the circumstances their owners find themselves in. They are not damaged or broken pets but wonderful caring family members who just need a second chance. Come see our long haired cats, our two friendly declawed cats; our husky, black lab, golden retriever mix, beagles and border collie mixes. You will not regret helping a pet with a second chance of happiness.

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IS LHS UNDER ATTACK?

In 2013 the Lynchburg Humane Society (LHS) ended the year with a 92% save rate for the animals in our care, the highest year end figure since we began down the path to No Kill. We were able to reduce the number of cats we took in by 294, compared to 2012, due primarily, we believe, to our spay/neuter efforts. YOU made this possible. We believe the Lynchburg Humane Society is about to be embroiled in a controversial attack by another humane organization because of all the great work we are doing. We want our community and our supporters to know why and to be informed about this controversy because without you we could not do what we are doing. You all are partners in our efforts. This is long so please hang in there and read it in its entirety because there is important information throughout that you probably don’t know. In April PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sent us a letter askin...

They know what they know so don’t give them the facts.

I had the pleasure of having an interesting conversation with a member of another humane organization this past weekend. They are an SPCA that takes in animals for a number of localities and operates as the pound for their area. She asked how we were doing in Lynchburg and I, of course, was excited to tell her about our recent success about our save rate being 84% and having no healthy animal lose their life in our shelter in 2010 and how much the community has embraced the changes as we move toward becoming No Kill. She immediately went to defense mode and asked me loaded questions to prove I was wrong and of course explain to me how our programs wouldn’t work for them. The appointment system, wouldn’t work – pet owners aren’t responsible enough to do the right thing. People must be just “dumping” their animals in other localities.” Fact : The counties that reported their stats for 2010 in the Lynchburg area saw a reduction in the number of animals they took in and more...

Pittsylvania Pet Center- It's a Marathon not a Sprint

We have been operating the Pittsylvania Pet Center for a short 8 months. We have been very transparent from the beginning that we will operate as a no kill facility, which means we do not euthanize healthy or treatable animals and do not euthanize for space, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered a danger to public safety. We will not apologize for that or change our views on that. We do not let animals suffer. We have also found ourselves in a situation where some of the community is already angry about the new facility being built. However, the building is there and we are now here to help the community with their pets,whether they need to surrender their pet or they find a lost dog wandering the streets in need of help. We have taken in several owned pets that needed veterinary care that the person could not afford. The point being, we are here for the community. And with the large increase of intake we see that the community does...

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