ADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY

DAN HEAGNEY WAS THE WINNER OF OUR "ADOPTION QUILT". BEING A REGULAR VOLUNTEER DAN WAS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A PHOTO MEMORY OF HIS FAVORITE PETS THAT HAVE GONE THRU THE SHELTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU DESPARATELY WANTING THIS QUILT WATCH FOR OUR FALL CARNIVAL AS WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER FOR RAFFLE AT THAT TIME.

ADOPTION DAY EVENT

JUNE 27, 2009 SATURDAY
TOTS TO TEENS (SOUTH OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE)
8:00 AM TO 12;00 PM (DURING THE FARMERS MARKET)
PLEASE COME AND VISIT SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL PETS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

OUR THANKS:

THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES HAVE HIT EVERYONE INCLUDING OUR AREAS HOMELESS PETS. WE HAVE HAD A 30% INCREASE IN PETS COMING INTO OUR SHELTER SINCE LAST SUMMER. MANY FAMILIES HAVING TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DESICION TO FIND THEIR BELOVED PET A NEW HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS OR HOMES. EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THESE STORIES, THEY ARE COMMON FROM COAST TO COAST. WHAT MAKES THIS STORY DIFFERENT? HERE IN THE HEARTLAND OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER AND MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO HELP THESE PETS. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CHILDREN. WE HAVE HAD SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ALL STEPPING FORWARD TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN. MANY ARE CONDUCTING COLLECTION DRIVES, FUNDRAISERS AND SPREADING THE AWARENESS OF SPAY/NEUTER. THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SO CARING AND THOUGHTFUL.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO RAY MILLER ELEMENTARY FOR THE UNBELEIVABLE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS THEY COLLECTED. OVER 2000 POUND OF FOOD, 15 BAGS OF CAT LITTER, BLANKETS, PET BEDS, TOYS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, COLLARS, LEASHES, GROOMING SUPPLIES AND OVER $135.00 IN MONETARY DONATIONS WERE BROUGHT OUT RECENTLY. RAY MILLER STUDENTS RAISED OVER $1400.00 AT THEIR ANNUAL DECADES DANCE. THANK YOU RAY MILLER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING SOME OF OUR PETS TO VISIT YOU!.

THANK YOU TO HOME DEPOT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE UNITED WAY'S DAY OF CARING. HOME DEPOT STAFF SPENT THE DAY AT THE SHELTER PROVIDING NEW LIGHTING, A NEW CEILING FAN, FRESH PAINT, PRUNING AND BRAND NEW CAT BENCHES FOR THE ADULT CATS. THANK YOU HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEES!

THANK YOU TO TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY FOR CAT AND DOG FOOD, FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT AND LARGE KENNEL.

THANK YOU TO LACY AT PAWSITIVE ANIMALWORKS FOR OVER 200 DOSES OF FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT AND SWEATER AND COATS TO KEEP OUR BABIES WARM THIS WINTER. THANK YOU LACY, WE HAVE REALLY NEEDED THAT FLEA AND TICK PREVENTATIVE THIS SPRING SEASON!!

THANK YOU TO KIRKSVILLE FEED AND MORE FOR THEIR HELP WITH SPECIAL PUPPY FOOD FOR SEVERAL NURSING MOMMAS WE HAVE IN AT THE SHELTER. MOMMAS AND THEIR BABIES THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALPHA PHI OMEGA,ESPECIALLY SHANNON WALTER AND DAN HEAGNEY, FOR THEIR WEEK LONG EVENT TO RAISE DONATIONS FOR THE SHELTER. THEY COLLECTED OVER $600.00 AND OVER 600 POUNDS IN FOOD. THANK YOU SHANNON AND DAN AND ALL OF THE APO MEMBERS THAT GAVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME FOR THE SHELTER BABIES.

THANK YOU TO CIRCLE K FRATERNITY FOR THEIR FUNDRAISING RUMMAGE SALE. CIRCLE K RAISED OVER $500.00 FOR THE SHELTER PETS.

THANK YOU TO THE OTHER NUMEROUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SO THOUGHTFUL TO THINK OF THE HOMELESS PETS. WITHOUT ALL OF YOU WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CARE FOR SO MANY.

****IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH TRANSPORTING ANY OF OUR PETS TO RESCUE GROUPS PLEASE CONTACT US AT 660-665-8038*****

ALL OF THE FURRY BABIES HERE AT THE SHELTER WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE WONDERFUL RESCUE GROUPS AND TRANSPORTERS THAT HAVE HELPED GET SO MANY OF THEM OUT TO NEW HOMES. ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, COMPASSION AND MANY MANY HOURS ON THE COMPUTER AND THE PHONE ARE SO GREATLY APPRECIATED. PAWS UP TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

THE DOGS AND CATS HAVE APPRECIATED ALL OF THE EXTRA ATTENTION AND LOVE. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY GREAT VOLUNTEERS THAT SO SELFLESSLY GIVE THEIR TIME AND HEART TO HELP THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING PLEASE CALL 665-8038 FOR OUR NEXT SCHEDULED ORIENTATION. ALL VOLUNTEERS NEED TO BE 18 YEARS OF AGE. THANK YOU!!

ABOUT US:

WE ARE A SMALL PRIVATELY RUN, 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SHELTER IN KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI. WE ARE WORKING TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND RESPONSIBLE PET ADOPTIONS. WE EDUCATE AND PROMOTE SPAYING AND NEUTERING FOR ALL PETS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH OUR PAL(PREVENT A LITTER) PROGRAM. WE HELP TO PLACE AND CARE FOR OVER 2500 ANIMALS A YEAR. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS AND UNWANTED PETS WITH A SAFE ENVIROMENT WHILE TRYING TO FIND THEM FOREVER HOMES. WE ENCOURAGE POTENTIAL PET OWNERS TO NEVER BUY FROM BREEDERS OR PET STORES WHILE SO MANY HOMELESS OR UNWANTED ANIMALS SIT IN SHELTERS WAITING FOR HOMES.

PLEASE DO NOT BREED OR BUY WHILE HOMELESS ANIMALS ARE IN NEED OF FOREVER HOMES.

PLEASE STOP BY OUR SHELTER AND FIND YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND!!

WISH LIST:

BLANKETS/RUGS
TOWELS/RAGS
BLEACH (CLOROX)
CLAY KITTY LITTER
ANTIBACTERIAL DISH DETERGENT
TOYS FOR AGGRESSIVE CHEWERS
ROPE TOYS FOR PUPPIES
COLLARS/LEASHES
TREATS
SOFT/MOIST PUPPY/CAT FOOD
FLEA/TICK PREVENTATIVE
SHAMPOO
GARBAGE BAGS
ANTI-BACTERIAL OINTMENT
PAPER TOWELS
SOCKS (WE TIE THEM UP FOR CHEW TOYS)

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT COME TO THE SHELTER TO HELP WITH EVERYTHING FROM CLEANING CAGES TO WALKING DOGS. WE HAVE MANY UNSOCIALIZED DOGS AND CATS THAT ARE ABLE TO FIND HOMES DUE TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING PLEASE CONTACT US AT 660-665-8038 TO SEE ABOUT AVAILABLE TIMES.

OUR ADOPTION FEES
DOGS (OVER 6 MONTHS OF AGE) $75.00 and up
INCLUDES STERILIZATION

PUPPIES $25.00 and up
STERILIZATION DEPOSIT $40.00

CATS (OVER 6 MONTHS OF AGE) $60.00 and up
INCLUDES STERILIZATION

KITTENS $20.00 and up
STERILIZATION DEPOSIT $40.00

PUREBREED $100.00 AND UP

DEPOSITS ARE REFUNDED WHEN VERIFICATION OF SPAY OR NEUTER HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE SHELTER.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NITA JEFFRIES--------PRESIDENT
SHIRLEY WESTMORELAND-----SECRETARY
JOE GANDER--------VICE PRESIDENT
JACKIE EATON-------------DIRECTOR & TREASURER
CHARLIE CONKIN
KIM SMITH
CHRIS ASHFORD
BRIDGET THOMAS
BARB ADAMS

HOURS:

MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 4:00 P.M.
SATURDAYS 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 12:00 P.M.
CLOSED SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS

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