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Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?
Shelters are often inundated with pet surrenders, and do not want to provide a simple outlet that takes away the obligation of responsible pet ownership. Therefore, they would prefer that people try hard to find a solution before resorting to surrendering their pet to a shelter. If you must find a new home for a pet, please try posting to our adoption portal before placing the burden on the shelter. Direct adoptions work well and allow everyone to share in the accountability of their community!
Humane Society of Wicomico County
SALISBURY
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The Humane Society is working to make a difference in the lives of animals and the people who love and care for them, and is dedicated to relieving the pain and suffering of animals through education and direct intervention.
The Humane Society of Wicomico County is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. As such, we are governed by a Board of Directors and Executive Director that sets policies and procedures that are carried out by the staff. We are not a Wicomico County entity and do not fall under their supervision. We currently have a contract with Wicomico County and Town of Delmar to provide animal control services. A separate contract with Wicomico County and City of Salisbury to house and care for the stray animals that come from within Wicomico County and City of Salisbury Public and Animal Control.
In order to operate as the Humane Society, we rely on the support of the public in the form of donations, bequests and fund raising events. We receive no funding from the Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Association or any other national or regional Humane Society or SPCA.
As we offer animal control services, we are an open-admission shelter. This means that any stray animal that comes from Wicomico County is not turned away. Shelters that do not offer animal control services can REFUSE an animal they deem unadoptable or when they are full. To turn away animals is unfair to the animal and to the residents of their community by not offering any options. Sadly this means that sometimes the animals that come to us are not adoptable due to being medically untreatable, diseased, or aggressive. Not all animals remain mentally stable or physically healthy due to the stresses of long-term kenneling. When this is the case, these animals are humanely euthanized.
Realizing that what you may be able to do for one single animal at home; we cannot do in a shelter environment as we have to keep in mind the health and safety of all our animals. Additionally, the financial impact if we spend thousands of dollars on a single animal, how does that affect our ability to help hundreds of more animals.
OUR GOAL IS TO ADOPT ALL OF OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS!! We do not have animal euthanasia dates or euthanasia lists. Any animal that is adoptable stays with us until adopted. For our long-term residents, we may try to transfer the animal to another one of our shelter partners that share our philosophy of ADOPTION FIRST!!
5130 Citation Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
Office: 410-749-7603
Fax:410-543-0756
The Humane Society of Wicomico County is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. As such, we are governed by a Board of Directors and Executive Director that sets policies and procedures that are carried out by the staff. We are not a Wicomico County entity and do not fall under their supervision. We currently have a contract with Wicomico County and Town of Delmar to provide animal control services. A separate contract with Wicomico County and City of Salisbury to house and care for the stray animals that come from within Wicomico County and City of Salisbury Public and Animal Control.
In order to operate as the Humane Society, we rely on the support of the public in the form of donations, bequests and fund raising events. We receive no funding from the Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Association or any other national or regional Humane Society or SPCA.
As we offer animal control services, we are an open-admission shelter. This means that any stray animal that comes from Wicomico County is not turned away. Shelters that do not offer animal control services can REFUSE an animal they deem unadoptable or when they are full. To turn away animals is unfair to the animal and to the residents of their community by not offering any options. Sadly this means that sometimes the animals that come to us are not adoptable due to being medically untreatable, diseased, or aggressive. Not all animals remain mentally stable or physically healthy due to the stresses of long-term kenneling. When this is the case, these animals are humanely euthanized.
Realizing that what you may be able to do for one single animal at home; we cannot do in a shelter environment as we have to keep in mind the health and safety of all our animals. Additionally, the financial impact if we spend thousands of dollars on a single animal, how does that affect our ability to help hundreds of more animals.
OUR GOAL IS TO ADOPT ALL OF OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS!! We do not have animal euthanasia dates or euthanasia lists. Any animal that is adoptable stays with us until adopted. For our long-term residents, we may try to transfer the animal to another one of our shelter partners that share our philosophy of ADOPTION FIRST!!
5130 Citation Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
Office: 410-749-7603
Fax:410-543-0756
Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?
No-kill shelters do wonderful work, but as a result, are often inundated with pet surrenders. In the unfortunate scenario that you have to find a new home for your pet, please read through the rehoming solution and articles on this page before contacting the shelter.
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