Amory Humane Society

06/26/2024

These dogs may look sad 🥹 … BUT guess what …

THEY’RE GOING ON TRANSPORT!
🥳🥳🥳💃🕺🚐

These intake photos were taken when they were scared, hungry, exhausted … defeated.

Now, they’re going to find furever homes. 🐾

⭐️ WANT TO HELP DOGS LIKE THESE? 💖

We’re looking for motivated volunteers to drive pets to transport hubs! 💞🚍

We’re doing more and more transports and are building a lifesaving team.

Comment below, or message us to sign up for your first mission today!

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DETAILS

🌅 It’s usually early morning Friday or weekend.

⏱️ The drive is as short as 15 minutes to an hour. Knock it out before work or play, and know you’ve saved lives!

🗓️ You don’t have to do it every week — just when you can. We’re trying to build a big, dependable team so we can all rotate.

Thank you, and PLEASE SHARE to save lives!

Let’s make them happy again. 🥰

06/25/2024

This month will go downy in henstory as one for the bocks! 🐔 🐓🦆

Thank you to the feather friend who donated a feeder and waterer!

And to folks who have donated feed and funds so far! 🪶

We cock-a-doodle-do still need: feeders, waterers, milk crates or small plastic totes (for nests 🪹), straw, pine shavings and feed.

Or here’s a link to donate money 💸 if you’d like to help that way: https://donorbox.org/paw-pals.

We have chickens, ducks and quail.

Love,

Your feather-brained AHS flock

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NOTE: The birds are not up for adoption right now. They’re part of a police case. Please see previous posts for more info. 🐤

06/24/2024

❗️🐔❗️Do you have any …

🪺 Milk crates or small plastic totes

🪺 Straw or pine shavings

We need to make 25 nesting boxes, to make the chickens we’ve taken in more comfortable!

If you have anything to donate, please leave on porch: 1317 Old Hwy 6.

(Please do not go beyond porch. Danger — property damage.)

THANK YOU for helping us help them!

06/23/2024

We are so extremely PROUD of our director, staff and volunteers who are pulling off the impossible. 😮‍💨👏🐓🦆

You’ve been seeing bits and pieces of this story on our feed.

Now that we can breathe: Here’s what’s been going on behind the scenes.

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WHAT HAPPENED:

Last week, police told us they were going to seize about 100 illegally kept birds on Thursday. They needed us to take them.

When animals are in need, we want to do the best we can for them! We strive to ensure they’re healthy and comfortable.

… Pulling this off was going to be a challenge. 😬 Can you imagine? 🥴

Not only are we not set up for this many birds, but we’re still working out of a temporary facility 🌪️ … and we already have a whopping 92 dogs and cats in our care! 😲🫥🤯

No time to waste …

Staff immediately scrambled. 🍳 One dedicated volunteer even took off work to prep — outdoors in this extreme heat. 🔥

The team put together cages, networked, found supplies (THANK YOU, donors) — and even helped gather the birds. ☀️🥵

There turned out to be 134❗️

🐤 20 ducks
🐤 49 quail
🐤 65 chickens

In one day, the number of animals in our care more than doubled. 😱

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HOW IT’S GOING:

Experts have told us our setup looks good, considering how quickly we had to make this happen. 👍 We are still working on improving it.

The birds are doing well. More pictures to come.

⭐️Donations are needed and appreciated.⭐️ This is expensive, and we are dedicated to taking good care of them.

EDITED TO ADD: The birds are not available for adoption right now. We have to hold them while the case progresses.

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We hope you’re proud of this amazing team too. Your support is part of this! 🤝👏🫶🐤Thank you!

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P.S. Shout-out to the fast-acting, proactive Mississippi State University team and network of partners who have consulted with us — and even came look at the birds and our set-up!

06/22/2024

Seeking nesting boxes & waterers.

We have 130 chickens, ducks, quail.

06/22/2024

We had some very special donors this week.

Thank you, Amelia Jade, and your animal loving friends! 😍 We’re rooting for you in your upcoming competition! 👏👑🐾

Kayla Jones McGonagill

06/22/2024

😭❤️🐓 Thank you, Magnolia Wildlife Education, Conservation and Rehabilitation, Inc. for your GENEROUS donation to help with supplies!!! 🦆🐤🎉

We took in 134 birds Thursday. 😱🥴 (See previous post.) We were not equipped but are getting there.

Thank you to everyone who is donating!! EVERY donation helps!!!

06/21/2024

‼️URGENT‼️ 134 BIRDS SEIZED! 🚨🚓

They need your help! 🦆🐓🪺

Today, Amory Police Department and Amory Animal Control seized dozens of CHICKENS, DUCKS and QUAIL being kept illegally. We are caring for them.

NEEDED ASAP:

💧 Waterers and feeders
🥣 Food and vitamins
🪹 Proper enclosures*
💸 Monetary donations

ADDRESS TO LEAVE SUPPLIES AT:

1317 Old Hwy 6
Amory, MS 38821

Please leave on porch. We pick up supplies from this address. ‼️✋🛑 DO NOT ENTER fencing‼️ Tornado-damaged property. Thank you for your cooperation.

*We cannot pick up enclosures. No staff capacity. Must be delivered. Thank you for your understanding. 😵‍💫

THANK YOU to the following for your support during this emergency:

Tractor Supply Co.

Mattox Feed Mill in Aberdeen

Magnolia Wildlife Education, Conservation and Rehabilitation, Inc.

Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc.

Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine

06/20/2024

People have asked whether we have a monthly donation program. Elvis says, UH-UH-HUH, WE DO! 🥳🥁🎺🎵🎤

Sustain our lifesaving work by becoming a Paw Pal superhero! 🙀🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️🎉

📲 Click this link: https://donorbox.org/paw-pals

Together, we can save more lives and find more homes. 🐶😻🏡

Hat tip, Allyson Hamlin Sanjuana Gonzalez! 💛

06/19/2024

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!!! You are filling bellies!

UPDATE: Thank you for the donations! If you purchase actual food, rather than donate money, we specifically need *****Fancy Feast canned kitten food.***** We keep them on a consistent diet to prevent digestive problems. We are still GREATLY in need. Thank you again!!!

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🚨🆘‼️HELLLP ‼️🆘🚨

We are OVERRUN with kittens!!

60+ felines. 🙀🫨😭

‼️WE NEED FOOD. And funds.

😻$5 supports 1 spay/neuter.
😻$25 feeds kittens for 1 day.
😻$25-$30 gets 1 cat flea/tick protection (1 mo.)

Can you help us get through this INSANE kitten and puppy season?!?!

THANK YOU!

💗Shares appreciated!💗

06/18/2024

UPDATE: Thank you for the donations! If you purchase actual food, rather than donate money, we specifically need *****Fancy Feast canned kitten food.***** We keep them on a consistent diet to prevent digestive problems. We are still GREATLY in need. Thank you again!!!

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🚨🆘‼️HELLLP ‼️🆘🚨

We are OVERRUN with kittens!!

60+ felines. 🙀🫨😭

‼️WE NEED FOOD. And funds.

😻$5 supports 1 spay/neuter.
😻$25 feeds kittens for 1 day.
😻$25-$30 gets 1 cat flea/tick protection (1 mo.)

Can you help us get through this INSANE kitten and puppy season?!?!

THANK YOU!

💗Shares appreciated!💗

06/14/2024

🆘 We are out of kitten food! 🆘

Can you help? 🐱

We have over 50 cats. 😮‍💨 Food’s going fast.

⭐️We need Fancy Feast canned kitten food.⭐️

ADDRESS:
1317 Old Hwy 6
Amory, MS 38821

(Please leave on porch. For safety, this address — the damaged shelter — is closed to the public, except for quick supplies drop-offs on porch. 💛)

Thank you as always for supporting homeless animals! 💛💗💖

06/13/2024

We are heartbroken to share that we lost a member of the shelter family this week.

Jose Guillen, from the day we met you, you were part of our rescue family. You and your precious wife, McKenna, have done so much for animals and for the community — as fosters, volunteers and beautiful souls. Our lives are better for having known you.

Our heavy hearts and prayers are with McKenna and all of Jose’s loved ones, including his Air Force family.

Pictured is the day we met him. We were happy for both of these sweet people for having found each other. 💔🦋

06/08/2024

Thank you for donating pools, Dirt Cheap! 🌊🏝️

Monkey thinks this might be fun. … Rocket’s a little more skeptical. 😆🥰

06/08/2024

It’s 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

This is transport life.

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Rewind to 4 a.m. yesterday: The director and her husband (volunteering) take five dogs for transport via Hood's Pet Express to Motley Mutts Rescue in New Hampshire.

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That afternoon: We’re invited to submit for another transport 🎉 … happening Sunday. 👀

👟👟

After a full day of work, the director and a board member start the submission process — hours’ worth of paperwork for 17 dogs. 📋

They finish up just a little while ago — after midnight. 🕛

⏳ Meantime …

Staff members are shuffling their schedules to get the dogs health certificates Saturday — and then to Starkville Sunday, if they’re accepted.

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Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had another 7️⃣ cats and 5️⃣ dogs go on transport.

We still have almost 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ animals in our system.

Three transports have been canceled last-minute. 😭

Adoptions have dried up everywhere. 🌵💔

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Yet we continue to go by no-kill policies, while working hard to ensure humane living conditions.

We aren’t always able to take the time to thank and acknowledge supporters like we wish we could.

⭐️ But we want to be sure you always know:
👆This is the kind of work you’re supporting.💗

You are making a difference. You are making the world a better place.

Thank you.

Now we’re gonna go get some sleep. 💤💕

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📸⬇️ Pictured is Pinky, hoping to go on transport Sunday!

06/05/2024

Northeast Mississippi Board of Realtors making a difference for animals!! 🥳💖🐾

We thank them for their generous $1,000 grant 🙀, which will help us feed and care for the approximately 700 pets we take in every year.

As we continue tornado recovery and take in increasing amounts of animals, donations are needed now perhaps more that ever. 🫶

These Realtors are literal lifesavers! 🛟

06/05/2024

✅ 49 families 🥰

✅ 243 pets 🐕🐈‍⬛

✅ Hundreds of nutritious meals 🥣🦴

Today was our biggest Locks4paws pet pantry since February. 💛

Thank you to …

🌟 Grandma Lucy's
🌟 IAMS
🌟 Walmart Amory
🌟 Individual donors

… for helping us fill bellies!

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MORE INFO

Our goal is to be at Amory Food Pantry, serving their clients, on the first Tuesday of every month.

🗣️ We need 💖VOLUNTEERS💖 to keep making this happen! 🫶

It’s 7:30 to about 10 a.m. one Tuesday a month.

Want to make pets and people happy? Message us for more info!

It was great to see everybody today!

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Corey Glenn Mayor Corey Glenn

06/01/2024

Rocket saw this video and asked us to pass it along so his future family could be prepared. 🤭 (Rocket’s pic is in comments.)

05/29/2024

🙀 It’s our biggest search yet❗️🔎

Help us find our next pet hero — a full-time kennel manager! 🦸‍♀️ 🦸‍♂️

Qualifications include:

✅ Knowledge of shelter best practices, such as sanitization

✅ Ability to recognize early signs of illness

✅ Passion for helping animals

For details, including pay rate — and to apply — please click the link below:

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=73058904d8dfee7e

Please share!! Thank you!

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P.S. That’s Rocket in the photo. 📸 This sweetie-pie is available for adoption!

05/26/2024

We keep seeing this meme go around. 👇

Now, we’re not tellin’ you what to do — we’re just sayin’ …

the pets in the shelter sure do like some Purina! 😁

Current order of priority:

🐶 Purina Dog Chow
🐶 Purina Puppy Chow
🐱 Purina Kitten Chow
🐱 Purina Cat Chow

Wet and dry.

Thank you as always for thinking of pets in need!

😻🐶🦴

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📍 Mail / drop-off (on porch):

1317 Old Hwy 6
Amory, MS 38821

Chewy wish list link is in comments, for easy shipping.

05/25/2024

😮🛻 They drove all the way from Columbus to bring us a truckload of newspaper❗️💖
🤩🥹😭

We put out a plea for LOTS of paper, and, boy, did Chris Autry and his family come through!
👏🫶🙌 Wow!! THANK YOU!

A big thank-you as well to …

🗞️ Monroe Journal for donating a lot of paper — they save it for us!

🛒 Tammy at Food Giant North Mississippi in Amory for bringing a bunch of shallow boxes we can use as disposable kitty litter boxes.

💞 And EVERYONE who’s brought newspaper and supplies.

True community spirit — coming together to make the world a better place. 💗🐾

05/24/2024

Check out our unexpected visitor! 😮🐊🤩

Officer Harris, of Amory Animal Control, got this alligator to safety with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. 😎

Wanna learn more about our local scaly friends? Read on!

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🐊 GATOR FACTS 🐊

It’s not uncommon to see alligators in Monroe County, according to a rep at Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. They come through the Tenn-Tom Waterway.

Here’s more info from the rep:

🐊 An alligator this size is probably about 3 years old.

🐊 When by the Ten-Tom or its tributaries, assume there’s an alligator there, even if you don’t see one.

🐊 Keep your dog on a leash, to keep them safe.

🐊 DO NOT FEED alligators, even by accident — such as by skinning fish and throwing the guts into the water. That attracts gators.

🐊 Unless one has been habituated by being fed, alligators are usually not a threat to humans. (Of course, don’t approach.)

Have you ever seen an alligator⁉️

05/22/2024

☀️ POOL PAWTYYYYY! 🏝️⛱️

We try to help dogs at the shelter beat the heat in the summertime. 🥵

Now if the youngsters will just stop chewing on the pools ….

This is why we can’t have nice things! 😆🤪🤦‍♀️

05/20/2024

It’s ! Did you know …

At Amory Humane Society, we go by NO-KILL policies!

This means ⭐️we need your help⭐️ to free up space for more pets!

Would you please consider encouraging your friends and family to …

✅ Adopt

🚫 Not shop

✅ Spay/neuter

🚫 Not breed pets

By doing this, you can help pets like the ones pictured find homes! 😍🏡

All of them are precious — and they’re all available for adoption right now!

05/20/2024

🗣️We need LOTS of newspaper!🙏📰

Drop-off: 1317 Old Hwy 6 (porch). THANK YOU!!
TY to Monroe Journal for helping too! 🗞️

05/17/2024

🗣 Shout-out to people who have sent us Chewy and Amazon gift cards!!! 😻💛🎊

We've been using them like crazy for food and supplies during this crisis puppy/kitten season. They're keeping us going.

Astro and his friends say thank you!!!! 🐾

(Astro is available for adoption! Sweet, playful Australian cattle dog mix. About a year old.)

05/17/2024

🗣️ We’re hiring!!!!

Full-time and part-time animal care techs.

⭐️ Love animals?

⭐️ Work hard?

⭐️ Want to make a difference?

See details at the link below!

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=dd78116a07b3e695

👆Click for hours, pay rate, duties, etc.

Pass it on! 🗣️

05/16/2024

UPDATE 5/16: We do still need more Purina Dog and Puppy Chow! THANK YOU to everyone who has donated!! 💛

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🚨ANOTHER litter of puppies and mama. 😭❤️‍🩹

HELP‼️ $20 or $30 buys a bag of dog food.

Can you help???

We need:

🚨 Purina Dog Chow
🚨 Purina Puppy Chow (dry and canned)

ADDRESS:
1317 Old Hwy 6
Amory, MS

Please leave on porch. We’ll take to temp shelter.

As always, THANK YOU for your support. It’s puppy/kitten season, and this is a rough one.

05/15/2024

Another great Locks4paws/Amory Humane Society food pantry is in the books! 🥳🐾🥣

✅ 48 households! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

✅ 193 pets! 🐶🐱

People once again told us how much their pets love the Grandma Lucy's food, which is donated, believe it or not!!! 😋

And now, IAMS has joined the party, representin’ for cats! 😻 Thank you, Iams — and Locks4Paws for hookin’ us up!

And thank you to these businesses for their generous donations and support:

CUDDLY
Walmart Amory
Tractor Supply Co.

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FAQs

WHEN IS THE FOOD PANTRY?
We’re aiming to have it the first Tuesday of every month at Amory Food Pantry. (It’s for their patrons.)

HOW CAN I HELP?
We desperately need volunteers!!!!!! It’s 7:30 to about 11 a.m. Just once a month! Please message us if interested.

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It’s always fun meeting everybody! See you again soon!