The Humane Society of Utah

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Humane Society of Utah Social Media Comment Policy

This is a page for supporters of the Humane Society of Utah, and we encourage open discussion and invite you to share your opinion on our issues.

By participating on this page, you are agreeing to our commenting policy, outlined below.

We reserve the right to delete posts on our page containing any of the following elements:

- profanity
- misinformation
- spam
- off-topic / irrelevant
- personal attacks
- promoting violence
- promoting illegal or questionable activities
- rallying on behalf of people or organizations which support animal abuse

If you repeatedly violate this policy, you will be removed from our page.

If you become a bother to our supporters, since this is a supporter page first and foremost, you will be removed. Again, we encourage open discussion, which includes disagreement, but we will not tolerate harassment or taunting of our supporters.

We also ask that you do not use the Humane Society of Utah as a platform for rehoming your pets. If you are looking for a new home for your pet, please contact the Humane Society of Utah at 801-261-2919 to learn about our surrender policy or by clicking here http://www.utahhumane.org/shelter/receiving.

We appreciate your cooperation and support, and look forward to connecting with each of you, our loyal supporters!

If you have a question regarding this page or anything on it, please email us at guinn@utahhumane.org.

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Founded in 1960, the Humane Society of Utah (HSU) has always fostered an atmosphere of love, compassion and respect for Utah’s pets and is dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear and suffering in all animals. The HSU is a member of the No-Kill Utah (NKUT) Coalition and works hard to ensure that every healthy and treatable pet that enters our facility will be placed into a loving home. There is no set limit on the length of time an animal may remain in our adoption program.

HSU is an open-admissions shelter, meaning that our doors are always open for any animal that we can legally accept. In 2014, an expansion and renovation project was completed which allowed the HSU to save more pets than ever before. Through an education-focused adoption process, positive promotion of shelter pets, and our many other programs and services, even more animals are expected to be saved in the future.

The Humane Society of Utah recognizes that the key to reducing the euthanasia of pets in Utah is through controlling the pet population. In 2016, 10,575 dogs, cats and rabbits were spayed/neutered by our veterinarians – 3,494 of which were owned animals. The HSU Clinic also administered 100,283 dog and cat vaccinations to ensure the health of owned pets in the community.

Over 2,790 animals at risk of euthanasia were transferred to our facility in 2016 to reduce the burden on other smaller shelters across the state of Utah and neighboring states.

HSU currently embraces, and will continue to expand, a variety of programs to save more lives each year.

- Veterinary care and sterilization surgeries at our in-house clinic for all homeless companion animals in our care.
- Affordable spay/neuter and vaccination services for the community.
- Foster care in the homes of foster volunteers for special needs, ill, injured or baby animals to improve adoptability.
- Education about responsible pet ownership, the humane treatment of animals and the homeless pet population crisis.
- Transfer and rescue network of over 320 partner facilities and groups to place more animals.
- Behavior assessments, positive reinforcement training and enrichment activities to keep pets mentally and emotionally healthy while at our shelter.
- Off-site education and adoption events to highlight adoptable pets and educate the public about adoption and HSU services.
- Cruelty investigations of animal abuse and neglect around the state.
- Promotion of legislation and ordinances that will enhance the welfare of animals in Utah.
- Volunteer program with 1,540 active volunteers to keep all pets healthy and happy at our facility.

Furthering our progressive multipronged approach to increase adoptions and placements of pets, we are constantly improving our shelter. Beginning in 2011, the HSU embarked on an ambitious remodel project to increase holding space and create a more inviting atmosphere for the public. Completed in early 2012 were the much-needed expansions of our foster care, volunteer, clinic and administration departments. “Kitty City” was also unveiled in 2012 – a state-of-the-art adoptions area that features our cats in a home-like setting and allows people to interact with their future pet more comfortably. Remarkably, cat adoptions have increased since this new area opened. In early 2014, the “Bunny Bungalows,” a new adoption area for our third-most adopted species, increased the space available to showcase rabbits. In May 2014, the highly anticipated “The Wait is Over, Rover” dog adoption area was completed. Our large and small dogs are now showcased for the public in “Dawgville” and “Tiny Town.” As with the cats, the dogs are more relaxed in the new kennel systems that are separated into five different rooms and adoptions have increased as a result.

Please join us in our life-saving mission, and stand with us to ensure that our doors are always open for every animal, every day. The Humane Society of Utah is a locally operated private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does not receive any tax dollars or government funding and is not a branch of any national organization. It is funded solely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses and foundations in our community, and supported by sponsorships, grants, bequests, investments, proceeds from its retail outlets and some fees for service.
The Humane Society of Utah requires significant resources to provide our programs to animals in need. We can’t do it alone. Our mission is a community initiative which involves collaboration and the support of people like you.