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!
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.
Post your comment on Heartland Humane Society (Corvallis)
IMPORTANT: This form is only for public comments about the shelter. To contact Heartland Humane Society (Corvallis), please go directly to their website (link on previous page), this form will not send your comment to them.
Hello, I was wondering about your statement about "we always evaluate & euthanasia is always a last option, we now offer to notify people who surrender or find an animal to reclaim the animal if that animal somehow becomes a candidate for euthanasia". If that statement is true then why won't you allow me to retrieve my own dogs in your shelter that have not shown any signs of aggression or meanness? I believe they are on this list of a good candidate for euthanizing. Is it that you are only taking the word from another person, and not evaluating them yourself to make that decision to kill them? I believe your shelter should be the one to make that call and not the influence of another person outside of your people that work there.
posted by Amy Hollaway-McElroy,
on 2023-01-27 23:40:05