DANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY

Dchs's wildlife center is a specialized program that aims to promote the health and welfare of wildlife through rehabilitation, professional training, and public education. Licensed rehabilitators care for sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals found in southern wisconsin year-round. In 2024, dchs staff and volunteers helped 3,377 wild animals of 148 different species, including songbirds, mammals, raptors, waterfowl, reptiles, and amphibians.

Dchs's humane education and outreach services include youth and adult education programs such as camp pawprint, scout badge workshops, school field trips, shelter tours, educational presentations and public speaking engagements, and dog training classes. Outreach programs include pets for life, community cat days and community dog days, and a pet food pantry program, focused on closing the service gaps for pets in underserved neighborhoods and keeping existing human-animal bonds intact.

Dchs's volunteer program includes recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of dchs's volunteers. In 2024, 1,226 volunteers provided approximately 104,044 hours of volunteer service to dchs.