Huntington County Humane Society

12/05/2025

🎄❄️ ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS… IS
YOU (TO ADOPT OUR ANIMALS). ❄️🎄
While the rest of the world is asking for air fryers, Stanley cups, and whatever the hot thing on TikTok is… we just want our shelter crew to find homes for the holidays.

So for the rest of December, we’re unwrapping some adoption specials:

🐱 Adult Cats: WAIVED adoption fees.
🐾 Kittens (under 6 mo): $25…and trust us, we’ll have PLENTY all month long 😅
🐶 Adult Dogs: $50
🐕‍🦺 Puppies (under 6 mo): $200

And mark your calendars because…
📍 We’re headed to Pet Supplies Plus (W. Jefferson, Fort Wayne) on December 13th!
We’re bringing a dozen kittens and several dogs who are ready to melt hearts, steal snacks, and maybe call shot gun on the ride home!

These winter-wonderland kids don’t want to spend December in a kennel. They want to cozy up on your couch, under your blanket, on your lap, inside your soul.

Come meet them! Make their holiday (and yours) pure magic! 🎁💙🐾

12/05/2025

Winter weather is here to stay and when temps drop, it’s always better to be safe than sorry. 🥶

If you see a dog (or cat) left outside for too long, shivering, without proper shelter or amenities, or you’re just not sure if they’re okay:

📞 Call Dispatch: 260-356-8316

Let animal control check on them. That one call could be the difference between an animal being just fine… or an animal being in danger.

⚠️ Quick Reminder ⚠️
When it’s 32° or below (wind chill counts!), it is both a City of Huntington ordinance AND Indiana state law that animals must be brought inside and/or have access to a temperature controlled environment with fresh water & food.

You can still make your Facebook post BUT calling dispatch HAS to come FIRST ‼️ We don’t see every post/message/tag in real time and we can’t act on what never reaches us.

This winter, YOU are our eyes and ears. 🫵🏻👀👂🏼
If something feels off, trust your instincts.
Make the call. Help keep every pet safe, warm, and alive. ❄️🐾

12/04/2025

🎄🐾 HOLIDAY ORNAMENT ALERT! 🐾🎄
If your tree needs a little extra heart this year…
Midwest Magnolia’s has got you covered!

One of our incredible volunteers, who just so happens to run the sweetest little local business, hand-makes these adorable paw-print ornaments, and she’s donating 50% of proceeds directly to OUR shelter. Talk about love in action. 🥹💛

✨ Custom ornaments: $12
✨ Original designs: $10
✨ Ridiculously cute? FREE with every order.

Have we mentioned we LOVE our local businesses who show up for us, cheer us on, and help us keep pets and families together. They truly are the best kind of community. 🤍

Grab yours here before December 14th to ensure Christmas delivery👇
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/FUPBCSV9YYJ7N

12/03/2025

🌟 Giving Tuesday Gratitude… Beyond Words 🌟

You showed up for us yesterday in a way that took our breath away.

We’re a grassroots, small-town, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of organization… and more than 100 people dug deep and gave what they could to help us build something life-changing.

✨ We raised a total of $27,213 on Giving Tuesday for our STAY program. ✨

This number isn’t just a total.
It’s a thousand tiny acts of kindness.
It’s neighbors helping neighbors.
It’s proof that people believe we can keep families and their pets together!

Thanks to you, STAY will hit the ground running in 2026.

We are grateful…immensely, endlessly, and forever grateful. 🥹🙌🏻 Thank you for believing in this mission, in this program, and in the animals and families we serve.

From the bottom of every paw and every heart at Huntington Humane… thank you. 🧡

12/03/2025

🚨 LAST PUSH, FRIENDS. WE CAN DO THIS. 🚨

We’re this close to $11,000… and if we can get to $17,000…
👉 Our board unlocks their $7,000 match
👉 AND our donor unlocks an additional $10,000 match

All for STAY.
For prevention.
For pet retention.
For keeping families together in 2026.
For stopping the heartbreak BEFORE it reaches our doors.

And here’s the part that keeps me up at night (in a good way):
We have 31,000 followers.
If even a tiny fraction of you gave $10, $20, whatever you can, we would SHATTER our goal before midnight.

Like… imagine launching STAY not with a whisper, but with a ROAR.
Imagine saying to this community:
“You asked us to help dogs AND cats stay home. We heard you. And we’re ready.”

We just need that last surge.
A few bucks.
A share.
A comment.
A nudge.

💚 Let’s finish strong. Let’s show what Huntington can do. Let’s get STAY off the ground and into the lives that need it most.

👇 Donate here and BE the reason a family stays together: https://givebutter.com/HuntingtonHumaneSTAY

LET’S MOVE THIS MOUNTAIN. 💥🐾💚

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

💚Giving Tuesday is HERE and our mission to keep people + pets together through STAY starts NOW.

If your pet has ever saved you on a hard day... if you've ever told your pet "I don't know what I'd do without you"...if your dog, cat, or critter is a part of your family, then you understand STAY.
👉You are STAY. 👈

Our initial goal is to raise $20,000 to get this program off the ground.
But we aren't just asking our community to invest in our vision. Our board is investing right alongside you.
💥Our board is matching every donation, dollar-for-dollar, up to $7,000. 💥

When a board believes, a staff commits, and a community rallies? Animals and their loved ones win every single time.
We know animal sheltering can be more than a last resort - it can be a lifeline that steps in before a family ever has to say goodbye.
This is the future we're building.

Help them STAY 💚🏠

DONATE NOW:

Launching Huntington County Humane Society's Pet Retention Program

12/01/2025

📢👉🥳 THE REVEAL👈📢🥳
For weeks, we've asked you to wait & wonder. To trust that something beautiful was taking shape behind the scenes. Tonight, we are PROUD to introduce you to our biggest, boldest, and most compassionate program we've ever created!

✨Introducing STAY - Standing Together for Animals and You✨
A program built from every tearful surrender we've witnessed, every "I have no other option" we've heard, and every family trying to choose between surviving life's messiest moments and trying to stay together.

STAY is our answer. Our promise. Our way of saying: You are not alone. You do not need to lose your pet, and your pet does not need to lose you.

STAY will bring together:
🦴 More pet food pantries (including located throughout Huntington County
✂️ Expanded low-cost spay/neuter services ... NOW for DOGS too!
🏠 Short-term crisis fostering
🩺 Additional low-cost vaccination and wellness services (and mobile vaccine clinics coming throughout Huntington County!)
📚 Training & behavioral support

By helping animals STAY safe, healthy, and loved in their homes and with the family they know and love, that enables us to save EVEN MORE lives by utilizing our limited space and resources for the animals who need us most.

We launch in 2026. But tonight? We light the fuse.🔥
And tomorrow, on Giving Tuesday, we need your support more than ever to make this program come to life.

🎥 Watch the premier video.
❤️ Spread the word.
🫵 Be a part of the movement. Help them STAY.

Keep pets and families together this Giving Tuesday.The Huntington County Humane Society’s STAY Program (Standing Together with Animals & You) provides essen...

12/01/2025

Welcome to Episode 2 of “What The Heck Is Huntington Humane Up To?”

Tonight… everything will be revealed.
But before we get there, we need YOU in the story. Yes, you.
And more specifically: your pet. ❤️

Drop a photo in the comments of the furry family member you’d move mountains for.
Your snuggle bug.
Your chaos muffin.
Your “I wasn’t planning on adopting today but here we are” soulmate.

Fill this thread.
Because every photo, every tail, every whisker is WHY we’ve built what we’re launching tonight.
A game-changing something that supports pets just like yours AND the families who’d do anything for them. 📸⬇️🥰

Get ready. Episode 3 drops at 6pm tonight🐾🎬

11/30/2025

Something is happening at Huntington Humane… and you can feel it, right? 👀✨

For weeks we’ve been dropping hints, breadcrumbs, winks, cryptic whispers, and zero context. You’re welcome. 😉

And now we’re down to 24 hours until we finally open the curtain on what’s been quietly in the works behind the scenes.

So consider this your official Episode 1:
Something exciting is coming.
Something we’ve never done before.
Something that’s going to change how we help pets and the people who love them.

Tomorrow, the story unfolds.
Same time. Same place. Bring snacks. 🐾📺

And also enjoy these photos of Shirley, the snow queen of the shelter, who refuses to come back inside if snow is on the ground. ❄️