Washington Humane Society

* We offer free TNR services (surgery, vaccination, flea treatment) to any feral cat in DC and we offer this service at a very low cost to feral cats outside the District;

* We work with a network of rescue groups for all kinds of animals, although most frequently for dogs and cats (we’ve started hosting “rescue brunches” to invite rescue groups in who we don’t already work with to see how we may be able to work together);

* We are working on a longer-distance transport program (sent our first group of dogs to New Hampshire in June!);

* We have active foster networks for both dogs and cats, and have recently started approaching businesses about fostering cats in their location to provide additional exposure for cats and grow our available foster homes;

* We have a behavior department who works with our animals who are having problems behaviorally. We treat as many medical conditions as possible (we have a fund just for serious medical issues), and treat things like heartworm as a matter of routine (I’d be interested in learning where something was posted about kittens and urinary tract infections – that is not something we really see in kittens – we do very commonly see upper respiratory infections and we treat kittens for that);

* We have an active volunteer program that helps in our shelters as well as at our events. We work to reunite lost pets with their families, and are working increase our “return to owner” in the field, so that lost animals can be reunited with their family without ever coming to the shelter. We have an active outreach program to educate children and adults on proper care of animals – trying to keep more animals in their homes by teaching people what they need to do to take care of their own pets, and what to do when they see an animal in need;

* We have an active social media network and are always looking to grow that. Our current campaign involves a “word of the day” – the word is given out via Facebook and Twitter each day. Whomever comes in with the word of the day receives 50% off their adoption fee (adopters get a deal, and we get another follower via social media) and we are working with local businesses to have them share this effort with their Facebook supporters so that we can grow our list.

* We routinely run adoption promotions (right now, in addition to the word of the day, we are offering fee-waived adoptions on all pit bull type dogs and 50% off adoption fees every day the temperature reaches 100 degrees). We also offer discounted adoptions in our “seniors for seniors” type program, and we work with Pets for Patriots (a program designed to promote adoption to service members). Recent shelter-wide promotions include fee-waived cat adoptions for the month of June, a “Brindle is the New Black” promotion that reduced fees on brindle-colored dogs when our kennel had many brindle-colored dogs who weren’t getting attention, and free training sessions with some of our dogs who have been with us the longest.

Address: 7319 Georgia Ave., NW Washington, DC 20012 Tel:+1-202BEHUMANE (202-234-8626)