OUR MISSION
The mission of Floyd County Humane Society is to advocate and provide for the welfare, protection, and
humane treatment of companion animals in Floyd County, VA. Its objectives and activities in support of
this mission are:
humane treatment of companion animals in Floyd County, VA. Its objectives and activities in support of
this mission are:
- To reduce the population of stray and unwanted pets by promoting and providing access to low-cost spay-and-neuter services;
- To maintain a stabilized population of feral cats in the county by augmenting and participating in community-based Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs;
- To assume comprehensive custodial care for as many homeless companion animals as possible – including strays, owner-surrendered, and those taken in by Animal Control – through temporary sheltering and fostering by our volunteer base;
- To facilitate the permanent placement of animals in our care through the operation of a vigorous adoption program, including on-line promotion, community adoption events, and thorough screening of applicants;
- To support the community in the humane and healthy treatment of their pets through such programs as low-cost vaccination clinics, distribution of free pet food through the area food pantry, free identification collars, and an emergency medical fund;
- To heighten the community's awareness of existing challenges with the pet population and together implement solutions via robust online and print informational outreach.
WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE’VE DONE
The Floyd County Humane Society first met in 1998 and officially incorporated in 2000, with immediate goals to reduce pet overpopulation, improve the local pound, and find new homes for unwanted animals. Our founding members included Floyd natives, long-time residents, and recent transplants.
Our cat program began in earnest in 2005. Cat rescues and adoptions have been a wonderful success. We have a successful partnership with Mountain View Humane's TNR program for feral cats.
We brought low-cost spay and neuter services to Floyd by partnering with regional clinics. A mobile clinic, or transport to clinics, has been offered every month since that time. Our rabies clinics have helped hundreds of residents vaccinate their animals, who would not otherwise have received this vitally important vaccination.
In 2008 we petitioned the Board of Supervisors for permission to obtain dogs from the pound at no cost, for the purposes of fostering or transporting them to other rescue groups. We finally gained official sanction to do this work in 2009, saving more than one hundred dogs from euthanasia that year. Thirty-seven of them went to rescues through our transport program.
Our involvement with the pound has blossomed into a great working relationship. We are now able to help maintain the premises, advertise the dogs, and direct adoptions!
All this was done by passionate volunteers willing to muck the kennels, train dogs, show kitties, raise funds, and rouse support amongst their neighbors. It is through your moral and financial support that we have been able to achieve so much in so little time.
Thank you!
Our cat program began in earnest in 2005. Cat rescues and adoptions have been a wonderful success. We have a successful partnership with Mountain View Humane's TNR program for feral cats.
We brought low-cost spay and neuter services to Floyd by partnering with regional clinics. A mobile clinic, or transport to clinics, has been offered every month since that time. Our rabies clinics have helped hundreds of residents vaccinate their animals, who would not otherwise have received this vitally important vaccination.
In 2008 we petitioned the Board of Supervisors for permission to obtain dogs from the pound at no cost, for the purposes of fostering or transporting them to other rescue groups. We finally gained official sanction to do this work in 2009, saving more than one hundred dogs from euthanasia that year. Thirty-seven of them went to rescues through our transport program.
Our involvement with the pound has blossomed into a great working relationship. We are now able to help maintain the premises, advertise the dogs, and direct adoptions!
All this was done by passionate volunteers willing to muck the kennels, train dogs, show kitties, raise funds, and rouse support amongst their neighbors. It is through your moral and financial support that we have been able to achieve so much in so little time.
Thank you!