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For adoptions: Scotts Bluff County and Surrounding Areas
For strays and surrenders: Scotts Bluff County only. (This helps keep our numbers manageable.)
Panhandle Humane Society's adoption process
1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
Our Shelter is located across the street from Warehouse Fitness Center. You can come into the shelter to visit all of our available animals.
2.
Meet the Pet
Once you find a animal that you are interested in online or at the shelter you can ask a staff member to meet the animal.
3.
Interview
You must fill out a questionnaire in person and complete an adoption interview before taking an animal home. Landlords will be called.
Additional adoption info
All adoptions are same day. We do not put holds on cats and will only put a hold on a dog if it is awaiting surgery.
All adoptions are same day. We do not put holds on cats and will only put a hold on a dog if it is awaiting surgery.
The Mission of the Panhandle Humane Society is to provide a nurturing and fear-free environment for the community and its pets in our care utilizing the Five Freedoms model.
The Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare:
1. Freedom from hunger and thirst by easy access to fresh, clean water and a diet to maintain health and vigor.
2. Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment, including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
3. Freedom from pain, injury, or disease by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
4. Freedom to express normal behavior by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.
5. Freedom from fear and distress by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering.
The Mission of the Panhandle Humane Society is to provide a nurturing and fear-free environment for the community and its pets in our care utilizing the Five Freedoms model.
The Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare:
1. Freedom from hunger and thirst by easy access to fresh, clean water and a diet to maintain health and vigor.
2. Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment, including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
3. Freedom from pain, injury, or disease by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
4. Freedom to express normal behavior by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.
5. Freedom from fear and distress by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering.
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Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?
Why should you adopt?
Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.
What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.
