Please join us for Cabin Fever 12, the 12th annual day of live music this Saturday June 1 at 674 Cole’s Knob Rd NE, Pilot, VA. Check the flyer above for all the details!
Admission: $10 for adults, free for kids under 14 and pets! Gates open at 11:00, live music will begin around noon. You'll also find food, fun, auctions, crafts and more! Performers. This year's talent includes Hoppie Vaughn & the Ministers of Soul, Seph Custer, Chris & Chelsea, Jake & Jess, the Good Ole Boys, the Flying Doves and By All Means. Check the videos below for a small preview! What is Cabin Fever? Cabin Fever is a live music fundraiser presented twice a year by Cabin Fever Charity Events. In 2013, Rob and Whitney Maddox founded the organization in memory of their friend, T. Kevin Dodson. Since that first concert, they've presented Cabin Fever once or twice a year in the spring and/or summer (with the exception of 2020). Rob and Whitney have a passion for animals. In the early years of Cabin Fever, the charity funded four St. Francis Service Dogs. Since 2019, Cabin Fever has raised over $106,000 for the Floyd County Humane Society's new shelter facility and kennels. Remember--100% of proceeds benefit the Floyd County Humane Society. Be sure and read the attached flyer for details or visit the Cabin Fever Terry's Fork Facebook page. We hope to see you on Saturday!  Share
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 Janis Joplin, Rockstar Mama! If you would like to adopt Janis or one of the kittens in this story, start by filling out an adoption application (link provided in the article below) Part 1: Janis and the J Family She starts her career as an obscure but competent meow-sician. Reports are that she is a wild mama (with four kittens in her band) and that she will never conform to the norms of human society. We dispatch two talent scouts (Floyd County Humane Society volunteers) to see if we can catch a performance. She is elusive, and moves her band several times. It is clear she does not want to be "discovered." We find her kittens and surprisingly, they are tame and cuddly. We found them in time! But where is wild mama? We stand on the grassy lawn of the outdoor venue where she last performed, debating the best plan to see her in action. Her kittens begin an irresistible chorus of mewling. We look up and see the elusive, wild meow-sician, cautiously judging the situation, checking her kittens from a distance. One of our experienced volunteer talent scouts waits patiently while wild mama approaches. She knows how to recruit even the toughest talent! She gains her trust. Wild mama relaxes, and transforms into a friendly, gregarious cat! She is NOT wild! The manager at the grassy outdoor venue signs up two of the kittens to stay and perform at her place forever. Our talent scouts sign the Mom and the remaining two kittens as "The J family." Mom takes the stage name Janis Joplin and her kittens, Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell. Check out the sweet photos of Janis and her bandmembers, then continue to Part 2 for the rest of the story! Part 2: Janis and the K Family Janis and kittens live safely and creatively at an FCHS content house (foster home) for a few weeks while they develop their own style of meow-sicianship Our volunteers sense that it is time for Jimi and Joni to go in different creative directions. Coincidentally, FCHS receives another report about four 9-day-old orphan kittens who lost their lead singer/mom. We take the four kittens and dub the group "The K family." Without their mom, their prospects for success seem in doubt. The smallest, who we name "Katy Purry," is lifeless. We think she is already gone. We expect the others, Keith Moon, Kid Rock, Kurt Cobain to require bottle feeding and extra care. Then, one of our volunteers suggests that Janis is still lactating and might be able to help feed, mentor and train the orphans. And that's exactly what Janis is doing! Janis accepts the four "K" orphans and even tiny Katy Purry miraculously survives. Janis is jammin' it with her second family--nursing, grooming and caring for them in her own amazing Floyd FelineFest! You don't want to miss a performance by our Rockstar Hero Janis and the "K" family at the Bell Gallery and Garden, 112 N. Locust Street, Floyd. Tickets are free, but showtimes are only during regular business hours (closed on Mondays & Tuesdays). To adopt Janis or one of her beautiful kittens, start by completing a Feline Adoption Application or email the Floyd County Humane Society at [email protected] or call us at 540-745-7207. Share
 NO MORE MONDAY WALK-IN APPOINTMENTS FOR FERAL CATS!
Beginning April 1st, 2024, Mountain View Humane (MVH) will no longer offer MONDAY walk-in feral cat spay or neuter appointments. Public walk-in appointments will continue as before on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Feral cat surgery days and times are still subject to change. Admission is on a limited basis and is at the discretion of the veterinarian. Please visit MVH's Feral Cats web pages and contact MVH at (540) 382-0222 prior to trapping for the most current schedule. Share
WAHOO! Thanks to everyone who donated to Floyd County Humane Society during #MarchMuttness qualifying round! We made it to Round 1!
(Imagine sportscaster voiceover here): And now... get ready sports fans and pet fans! It's onto Round 1 against the Nassau Humane Society in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The competition will be tough: Fernandina Beach is a much larger organization with many fans and supporters. We will have to hit it hard to beat them and move on to Round 2! Can you donate $5 or $50 or $100 to help your home team Floyd County Humane Society win Round 1 against Nassau Humane Society? Use this direct link for Round 1 NO LATER THAN 11:00 PM Eastern Time on MARCH 9. March Muttness is a bracket style fundraising competition (based on college basketball's March Madness)! There are different “rounds” in which each shelter competes with another to raise the most donations. Whoever wins their “round” then advances in the bracket to the next round. Thirty two of 38 animal shelters made it through the qualifying round. Throughout the month of March:
If you know someone who is interested in supporting us, please donate and pass the word along! Share
We'd like to thank everyone who came out to support Laurel Galaszewski's presentation of a K9 Vest to K9 officer Greer with the Grayson County Sheriffs Office! Check out the photos of Atos sporting the new ballistic vest and video of Atos' skills above!
Almost 30 guests attended the event on Saturday February 23 at the Floyd County Humane Society's shelter property. Not only did we get to watch a demonstration of the K9 team at work, going after a "bad" guy in padded red suit, but we introduced our human guests to our shelter cats and dogs who need homes. We received three adoption applications. SUCCESS! Thanks to Laurel and Mindy and all those who donated to Laurel's fundraiser for canine protective vests! It is not too late to donate! Share
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The Floyd County Humane Society is a non-governmental, non-profit organization supported entirely
by donations and volunteer activity.
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The Floyd County Humane Society is a non-governmental, non-profit organization supported entirely
by donations and volunteer activity.
501c3 EIN 52-1266614