Lawrence Humane Society Inc

Veterinary care: the lawrence humane society employs a veterinary team to evaluate and treat animals in our care, as well as ready animals for adoption. In 2024, the lawrence humane veterinary team performed 2,087 spay and neuter surgeries on shelter animals to ready them for adoption. The veterinary team also completed 219 specialty surgeries on shelter animals such as dentals, amputations, mass removals, wound repair, etc. Additionally, the veterinary team performed 1,508 low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for publicly owned pets, along with 171 specialty surgeries and dentals, and 123 owner-requested euthanasia procedures for senior, ill, and injured pets. In 2024, lawrence humane continued to offer monthly low-cost pet vaccine clinics for publicly owned pets. In total in 2024, lawrence humane hosted 17 low-cost and subsidized pet vaccine clinics, serving 732 animals from 418 unique households.

Community engagement: the lawrence humane society has made enormous strides to serve our community in more holistic ways outside of just being a place where people go to either surrender or adopt animals. We believe that the future of animal sheltering is the work that happens in - and for - a community and we actively partner with other community organizations and social service agencies to serve our entire community. In 2024, lawrence humane received 954 applications for assistance through our crisis pet retention (cpr) fund, which assists community members with pet deposits/pet rent; essential pet supplies (pet food, litter, crates, etc.); basic, essential veterinary care (spay/neuter, vaccines, microchips, etc.); emergency and specialty veterinary care; behavior consulting; and temporary boarding for pets whose owners are in crisis, all in order to keep people and pets together through poverty, job loss, loss of housing, and physical and mental health crises. In total, 961 animals from 651 individual households were treated at lawrence humane for essential, preventative care (spays/neuters, vaccines, microchips, flea/tick treatment, dentals) for a total of 67,241 in care provided. Fourteen families who collectively owned 20 pets were assisted with pet deposits, pet rent, and/or pet fees for a total of 3,519. And 83 animals utilized temporary crisis boarding, 83% of whom were reunited with their owners. Lawrence humane also acts as the community's primary pet food pantry. In 2024, lawrence humane distributed 105,630 lbs of pet food, ensuring that pets were never surrendered due to a pet owner struggling to afford food or pet supplies