Cleburne County Animal Shelter

01/01/2025

As 2025 is just hours away, we want to say a big "Thank You" for your support in 2024. We are grateful that our community is beginning to understand the importance of an animal shelter and are donating funds to help us carry out our mission to make a positive impact on the stray and abandoned animal problem we have in our county. We have said before that this would not be possible without your support and that is the absolute truth. Each dollar you donate gets us a step closer to opening the doors! There are still a few hours left in 2024 to donate.

12/30/2024

If any of your Calhoun friends were planning on purchasing vouchers/snip its they need to do so Monday or Tuesday at their courthouse before prices go up.

The prices are STILL very low

🚨 Important Update for Pet Owners 🚨

Starting January 2, 2025, the pricing for Snip-It-Tickets will increase.

The Calhoun County Commission, in collaboration with Alabama Spay Neuter, has proudly offered the Snip-It Ticket Program since January 2, 2019. Over the years, thousands of vouchers have been distributed to help residents access affordable spay/neuter services for their pets.

Here's what you need to know:

2025 Snip-It-Ticket Pricing:
🐾 Male Cat Neuter: $47
🐾 Female Cat Spay: $62
🐾 Male Dog Neuter: $62
🐾 Female Dog Spay: $77

Voucher Details:
Residents in unincorporated areas of Calhoun County are still eligible for $25 vouchers.

Certain municipalities contribute to the program, reducing the costs by $15 per voucher for residents. Participating municipalities include:
⚫️Town of Ohatchee
⚫️City of Jacksonville
⚫️City of Anniston
⚫️City of Oxford

Program Guidelines:
🐾 Residents can obtain up to 5 vouchers at a discounted rate. After using the first 5 vouchers, additional vouchers can be purchased at the standard rate.
🐾 Eligibility is limited to residents of Calhoun County.
🐾 Payments can be made via checks or money orders. Cards are also accepted, with a 3.5% fee.

How to Get Started:
📞 Call the Calhoun County Commission Office at (256) 241-2800 (option 6) to confirm the specific cost based on your location.
📍 Visit the office in person to purchase your vouchers.

If you purchase a Snip-It-Ticket before December 19, 2024, it will be honored at full 2025 value as long as the ticket hasn’t expired.

This program is a great way to support the health of your pets while also contributing to animal welfare in our community. Don’t miss this opportunity!

For questions or more information, contact Alabama Spay Neuter at (205) 956-0012 or visit their website at www.alspay.org.

Let’s continue working together to support animal welfare in our community! 🐶🐱

12/30/2024

If you are like millions of pet owners holidays like New Years Eve and 4th of July, which are celebrated with the sights and sounds of fireworks, bring thoughts of anxious, shivering pets or perhaps even a pet that bolts due to the stress and gets lost.

Give your pets a New Year’s gift and have a strategy planned out for an stress-free day and night. Below are some helpful tips.

12/29/2024

Good Morning to everyone EXCEPT
-the person who initially dumped the Mama for the crime of being female
-the person who dumped her pups in Vigo area of Cleburne Co & threatened to kill her (this area borders Piedmont)

Yesterday a few good samaritans picked up these pups from the woods. (We always suggest you post pics in our Lost & Found page and allow the rescuers & community to network.)

Well this urgent situation took off like a rocket as animal control was already contacted. For the post views & shares, we are grateful.

WHY IS SPAY & NEUTER SOOOOO IMPORTANT??? This is why. Look at the stats from this post after 18 hours.

13,800 newsfeeds saw this
3,000 views on individual photos
140 shares

🔟 T-E-N people reached out to adopt
2️⃣ backed out
1️⃣ hasn't returned the call yet
And 1️⃣ person has offered a fenced in pen to foster. O-N-E

Did you get a puppy for Christmas? Start saving NOW. $10 a week for 10 weeks. You'll have $100 by mid March for low cost spay or neuter plus rabies

If you have space to foster, have crates, bedding, food, please contact our friends on the front lines at the newly established, foster based Pinhoti Animal Rescue

There are 3 chocolate lab mix girls still needing homes.
Link to original post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Agb2y1e2Z/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Happy Update here! https://www.facebook.com/share/1DYN1vRpX1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

12/29/2024

11:40pm December 28, 2024
Cleburne Co Tornado watch until 4am. (Conditions are favorable to form a 🌪️)

Stage II on the Spann Scale.

That means thunder, high winds, and possible flooding.

Does your pet have
A collar with contact info❓
photos to ID or prove ownership❓
A place to be dry & escape flooding❓

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to our wonderful community!!! How do you include your pets in the holiday festivities? Show us below! We know you have 📸

12/22/2024

Merry Christmas to Becki Jones from Cadence, Bonnie & Phillip!
A $15 donation has been made in your honor 🎄

12/21/2024

Congratulations to Fruithurst General Store & Family Restaurant! You earned it!

🎅Congratulations to Fruithurst General Store & Family Restaurant!
🏆Winner of the 2024 Heflin Parade of Lights Float competition!
Thank you to EVERYONE that participated! It was a beautiful parade with great participation! We hope you are already planning for next year!

12/19/2024

Ok we need your help!!! Give this photo a "like" on the original post to help us win!!! Share our photo and we have a picture of the back in comments.

Cleburne County Animal Shelter

12/17/2024

Need an incentive to spay or neuter your pets? Here is one for you. Click the link below for Adoptapet.com and put in your hometown and see how many dogs from your area are already looking for homes. Adoptapet.com is just one database of many where organizations post their stray, abandoned and surrendered animals. As you will see there are already WAY TOO MANY animals that need homes. Don’t be responsible for adding to this burden of animals that need homes! Spaying and neutering is the only way to stop this animal crisis! There are low cost spay neuter options. Message us for more information.

Pet Adoption - Search dogs or cats near you. Adopt a Pet Today. Picture of dogs and cats who need a home. Search by breed, age, size and color. Adopt a dog, Adopt a cat.

12/17/2024

About 4 miles from Oxford Walmart. Symptomatic rabies is >99% fatal in pets & people. Contagious through saliva. Bite not required. 🚫 contact with wild 🗑️🐼 aka racoons and 🚫 contact with wild bats.

12/16/2024

People who have lived in other areas often ask why this process is not implemented here to raise animal welfare revenue. And why existing Alabama leash laws are not enforced.

To enforce leash laws, dog licensing is needed. To enforce licensing, there has to be a dog impound or "dog pound" that always has space to accept strays. The only way to always have space is to euthanize. 🚫🚫🚫

We will provide a SHELTER that focuses on animals 🐶 not an impound that focuses on removing animals from the streets.

How licensing works:
1. Pet owner purchases license/tag from local government and gives health info on animal such as required vaccinations, & spay/neuter status
2. The license fee is used to run the Animal Control department of the city or county government.
3. The animal control officer enforces leash laws by picking up any unrestrained animals and taking them to the impound. If they have a tag, the owner is contacted and fined.
4. If the animal has no tag, chip, or has slipped its collar, it goes on "stray hold" to give the owner a chance to claim.
5. Unclaimed animals are killed to make space for more strays next week.

*photo borrowed from Allen County Ohio*

12/16/2024

12/15/2024

Oh no!!! There is a missing pup!!!

Did you know Snoopy was a rescue? Story here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EF7AH2CGj/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Update: Snoopy has been found ❤️

Missing: Snoopy! 🐾

Have you seen Snoopy? 🐶 Our beloved friend went missing after the parade. He was last seen bungee jumping from the parade float near the Health Department.

If you have any information about Snoopy's whereabouts, please contact the Chamber of Commerce immediately. Let's bring Snoopy home safely!

12/15/2024

We had so much fun putting our float together and leading this year's Parade of Lights! Please send us or tag us with any photos or video you have!!!

12/14/2024

Today's the day!!! We are honored to be featured as the Grand Marshals of the Heflin Parade of Lights!

We hope this visibility brings more awareness to our community of the work that we are doing to bring animal welfare services to you! Dogs & cats don't have jobs so we are dependent on your donations to open!

We are currently asking to match our $5,000 kennell grant from RC & D. Please specify "kennels" if you want your donation applied to purchase those.

We have more work to do today still on our float, but we want to thank our volunteers!!!

In addition to our hard working board members and their families, we had student volunteers from Cleburne County Career Tech HOSA & FBLA, CCHS Ag, and CCHS Beta Club, the horses who loaned us their barn, the neighborhood dog who came to supervise, our behind the scenes donors for the trailer, the truck, the candy, the costumes, & the decorations.

Venmo link
https://venmo.com/u/Cleburnecoshelter?
Or search under charities

Paypal Link
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cleburnecoshelter?

Checks can be mailed to PO Box 1104, Heflin, Al 36264 or deposited to our Metro Bank account. All donations are tax deductible!

12/05/2024

Worried about keeping any outdoor cats and kittens warm during this cold weather? Here is an easy guide on how to build a cozy box for them to take shelter in🐈‍⬛🥶.

12/05/2024

Helpful information keeping your animals warm during this cold we are experiencing.

Humane Education: HAY is for HORSES, STRAW is for STRAYS!
With winter finally making an appearance and temps dropping dramatically, we have been giving out community cat winter shelters to the public, as well as instructing how to build your own. One key element is the STRAW that is packed inside the Styrofoam for bedding and warmth. If you change out the bedding, it's VITAL to remember that you use STRAW and NOT hay!

Hay (and cloth/blankets) retains moisture, and can freeze an animal who is laying down in it overnight. It can also become moldy or cause an allergic reaction for some cats.

Straw repels moisture and traps in heat, so it keeps our furry friends safe and warm! Be careful when purchasing and read all labels, because straw and hay can look similar!

So remember: HAY is for HORSES, STRAW is for STRAYS!

Check the comments for a HOW TO on building community cat winter houses!