​2023 Accomplishments and Statistics

• ​FCHS rescued 159 cats (18 stray; 120 surrendered by owner; 21 transferred from neighboring organizations) & 98 dogs (79 surrendered by owner; 19 transferred from neighboring counties animal control).
• FCHS donated 10,961 lbs of cat and dog food to our local food bank, Plenty!
• 927 hrs/mo on average donated by our volunteers. 
• FCHS spent $17,200 in spay/neuter assistance to our community.
• FCHS spent $4,300 in trap-neuter-return operations.
• FCHS received a $2,000 grant from the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies and SpayVA for spay/neuter grant funding.
• We received two $500 grants from the Walmart Community Grant program to continue to offer free rabies clinics to our community.
• We were awarded a $4,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. These funds will go where they are needed most to care for dogs and cats in our care, and in the community.
• We received a $2,000 Petco Love Animal Welfare Organization grant to go towards our shelter construction fund.

 Previous Year's Accomplishments and Statistics

2022

• ​FCHS rescued 180 cats and 111 dogs (30 of which were transferred from Floyd County Animal Control).
• 81 dogs and 118 cats were adopted into loving homes.
• 1,115 hrs/mo on average donated by our volunteers.
• FCHS spent $12,000 in spay/neuter assistance to our community – that comes to approx. 200 free surgeries.
• FCHS spent $7,000 in trap-neuter-return operations. This is 165-170 feral cat spay/neuter surgeries, along with rabies vaccinations, to help keep the county feral cat communities in check and healthy.  
• We made 52 donations, totaling 6,617 pounds of pet food to our local food bank, Plenty!
• Thanks to a Walmart Community Grant, we offered our first free rabies clinics where we provided 100 free vaccinations to our community.
• We were awarded an $11,000 grant from the Larry Woodrow Vest Fund and the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia. With their funds, we were able to install an emergency backup generator for both our shelter house and dog shelter. 
• We were awarded a $4,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. These funds will go into our general operations and dog training for at risk dogs that come into our care to give them the socialization and training to become wonderful family pets.

2021

• FCHS rescued 97 dogs and 167 cats.
• ​1,300 hrs/mo on average donated by our volunteers.
• Over 8,000 lbs of pet food donated to our county food bank, Plenty!
• 214 free spay/neuter surgeries provided to the community.
• Spring rabies clinic where 46 dogs and cats were vaccinated at a reduced rate.

​2020

• ​FCHS rescued 318 dogs and cats (144 dogs and 174 cats)​ - almost twice as many dogs and cats as in 2019! ​54 dogs were rescued from the Floyd County Animal Pound.
• FCHS adopted out 97 dogs and 151 cats. (The rest were transferred to other rescues leaving us with 12 dogs and 16 cats in foster care as of Dec. 31, 2020.)
• FCHS donated over 8,200 pounds of pet food to Plenty! food bank in 2020.

​ 2019

• FCHS rescued 176 dogs and cats (91 dogs and 85 cats). 34 dogs were rescued from the Floyd County Animal Pound.
• FCHS adopted out 65 dogs and 81 cats. (The rest were transferred to other rescues leaving us with 3 dogs and 10 cats in foster care as of Dec 31, 2019.)
• FCHS provided the community with two low-cost rabies clinics and vaccinated 171 dogs and cats against the deadly rabies virus.
• Through Mountain View Humane, we sterilized 227 dogs and cats; 40 dogs and 187 cats (139 of which are feral cats).
• FCHS helped reduce the euthanasia rate from 57% in 2005 to 7.7% in 2019 (13 dogs euthanized /169 dogs impounded).​

Additionally, our partnership with the Floyd County Animal Control has helped reduce the euthanasia rate in the county throughout the years from 57% in 2005 to 5% in 2021 (5 dogs euthanized /100 dogs impounded).