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San Antonio Humane Society


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submitted by San Antonio Humane Society on 03/28/25
last checked 04/24/25
The San Antonio Humane Society (SAHS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, no-kill organization that has served Bexar County and its surrounding areas since 1952. The SAHS shelters, medically treats, and rehabilitates thousands of dogs and cats every year. Many of the dogs and cats in our care have been abused, injured, surrendered by their owners, or found as strays. As a no-kill organization, every treatable pet in our care stays in our care until they find a home or necessary placement with another no-kill organization. No pet in our care is ever euthanized to create space. Thousands of dogs and cats in San Antonio and its surrounding areas are saved from euthanasia every year due to the mission and practices of the SAHS.

Through our adoption, volunteer, foster, spay/neuter, and educational programs, we inform and educate the public on the importance of responsible pet ownership. We serve as one of the largest dog and cat adoption organizations in San Antonio, Texas, helping to decrease the community’s large pet overpopulation problem in a humane manner. As a local nonprofit, we are not affiliated with the Humane World for Animals, formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). We do not receive funding from the federal government, the Humane World for Animals, or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

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Address:
4804 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Phone: 210-226-7461

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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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Hello, I'm looking for my dog Beta. She got out of our yard on Saturday, Dec. 10th. She is a female rottweiler that just turned 2 years of age. She is very friendly and obedient. She's around 80-90 pounds and was last seen around Woodlawn lake park. She is microchipped. Please if anyone sees her give me a call, at 210-202-7580
posted by Gilbert Flores, on 2022-12-15 20:52:34
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Hello . I have been taking cate of a stray until I can find him a home . I can’t keep him since I all ready have one dog and two cats . He is Belgian Mil. He is still a puppy . I am not asking for any money just a good home for him .
posted by [email protected], on 2021-11-10 15:02:00
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Hello all, My hairy little sister Mari Miniature schnauzer black/white/grey, she is so missed we just want her back home. She was last seen on 4300 block of Greco Dr., from Pecan Valley Estates. She is very loved and taken care of and part of our family. Please call 210.473.5371 or 210.777.3127 San Antonio help us find my hairy little sister. Andi
posted by Andi Siller, on 2021-10-30 16:31:24
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My dog Odin is missing!! Dark brown with white on his chest and paws. He is an American bully pit mix and isn’t neutered!!! Please call with any info 505-692-4538
posted by Gaia DeMarco, on 2021-10-06 15:57:28
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Lost our dog Hershey on Thanksgiving, 11/26 near Bandera rd and park rd 37. Hershey is brown and 6 or 7 Yrs old and only has 3 legs And looks crippled on back right. She has on on white and blue stripped collar. Please help us to find her.
posted by [email protected], on 2020-11-28 14:38:53
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Please call or text 210.294.4618
posted by [email protected], on 2020-11-28 14:39:56
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My Shitzu went missing on 4/5/2020, Male - 13 years old extremly friendly older dog. Response to Duece. 210.316.6484. or 210.621.5631 Montgomery and Walzem Area - off Braewick/ Northern Hills He slipped out the back door and was probably terrified of the rain.
posted by Felipe Cobarruvias, on 2020-04-06 19:04:45
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Looking for my dog. Her name is princess, she is a small white dog with light brown ears. Princess was last seen on Essex near Gevers, she has a pink collar. Last seen on March 10th
posted by Erica Ramirez, on 2020-03-19 14:49:11
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Have you seen My Princess she got loose from my house I live on Shady Grove Dr Street 78227 area code. Date she got out was 12/7/19. Last seen on Highland Oaks Street. She is a Chihuahua. She has white fur and a black diamond on her forehead.She has a pink thick collar with paws on it with old tags but they are from my other dog moomoo.She was my mother's Princess we lost my Mother a month ago. Please if you seen her or have her please return her. Missing her very much. Please Call 210-514-6369 $Reward$ $Reward$
posted by Rosemary Romo, on 2019-12-11 15:06:13
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My dog Koko has been missing since 11/10/19 . She is a short haired Chihuahua. Chocolate brown color with tan and white. Last seen at Costa Valencia Apts In back of bog 11 disappeared after 12:30 am please call if you see her 2105849342
posted by Koko Loco, on 2019-11-13 20:53:59
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