Humane Indiana

11/09/2024

ADOPTABLE DOG 🐕 ALERT

Cranberry sauce is tangy, sweet and pairs really well with turkey 🦃 dinner. Our CRANBERRY SAUCE is energetic, sweet and pairs perfectly with people 😋! CRANBERRY SAUCE is 4 year old male and a lean 62 pounds. When CRANBERRY SAUCE came to us as a stray on Monday he was scared but in these few short days he has relaxed and become his joyful self. You can see his joy as he romps around the play yard and he gets equally excited when he sees the leash. He loves ❤️ attention and can be very affectionate as you can see in the 📸. If you are looking for an easy companion CRANBERRY SAUCE could be the dog for you! It would be great if he could be in a home for Thanksgiving since his name is CRANBERRY SAUCE!

All dog adoptions include one free week of virtual training with GoodPup app 🐕

If you are interested in meeting CRANBERRY SAUCE, call the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/09/2024

🦉 Our 9th Annual Festival of Owls is only ONE WEEK AWAY! Secure your tickets now to experience all things owl with Humane Indiana Wildlife.

🔗 humaneindiana.org/events/2024/9th-annual-festival-of-owls

Owls have specialized feathers that lets them have silent flight. One component of this adaptation is very soft feathers. Most birds have stiff feathers that are water-resistant, similar to a human rain jacket. Since owl feathers are softer, closer to a warm hoodie, they are also far less waterproof. When they get wet, they turn into sopping wet mops - as can be seen here in Jasper after he took a bath. This makes it much harder for them to fly when it's wet. This could be one reason why so many owl species, including Eastern Screech Owls like Jasper, are cavity nesters. Nature is full of opportunity costs. Every great adaptation comes with a few drawbacks!

Even though baths leave owls as sitting ducks (so to speak), they still need to bathe from time to time. Just like other birds, owls have oil that coats their feathers to keep them in good condition, but if they get too oily they need a bath to rejuvenate. This is similar to how human scalps work. We have oil in every hair follicle, while birds have one main preen gland where they collect oil with their beaks and distribute it over their feathers by preening.

Interested in learning more about owls and their adaptations? Or perhaps you'd like to meet Jasper in person because he's so adorable? Both of these goals can be accomplished at our upcoming Festival of Owls!

🦉 Date & Time: Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
📍 Location: Porter County Expo Center

Do you love owls? Join us for a day of owl-themed fun at Humane Indiana Wildlife’s Annual Festival of Owls! Meet our owl ambassadors, learn from experts, shop at the vendor marketplace, and enjoy fun activities for kids.

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
•Meet and greet live owls
•Learn about Indiana’s eight owl species
•Expert presentations and live demonstrations
•Shopping with local vendors
•Exciting kids' activities

https://www.humaneindiana.org/events/2024/9th-annual-festival-of-owls

𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩!

11/08/2024

Duke and Duchess out here looking for their furever family 👀

🐾 Stop by to meet them and all available pets today! Open 11AM - 5PM!

11/08/2024

🙏 Donation Shout-Out!

Please join us in thanking Strack & Van Til for their incredible supply donation! Strack's supports Humane Indiana's life-saving mission year-round, but they pulled out all the stops during 🐾 With over $9,000 in donated items, from bleach to food to litter and more, their delivery last week felt like an early Christmas present!

👏 Special thanks to Strack & Van Til leaders Mike and Randy for facilitating the donation, and a shout-out to Glen from our neighbors at Velko Hinge for lending his forklift skills!

11/07/2024

📣 TNR SPECIAL HAPPENING NOW! 📣

FRIDAY, NOVEMEBER 8th and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th we are offering TNR appointments for only $30! Humane Indiana TNR package includes:

😻 Spay/neuter with pain management
😻 Ear tipping
😻 Vaccines
😻 Flea/tick treatment

Please email [email protected] ASAP to secure your spot!*

*PLEASE NOTE - DO NOT USE the online self-scheduling portal! Discounts can not be applied unless booked directly through Intake!

11/06/2024

ADOPTABLE COLONY 🐈 🐈‍⬛️ CATS

Our colony cats are all petite princesses 👸! ARCADE (🐈‍⬛️) is 3 years old and weighs 5.8 pounds. She is the colony greeter, looking for attention and pets. She doesn't mind being picked up at all. She loves people! MAMA ODIE (black/cream torty)is 2 years old and weighs 6.4 pounds. She is a sweet quiet girl that doesn't mind coexisting with the other gals but she likes to find interesting places to snuggle up in. CUPPYCAKE 🧁(grey/cream torty) is 5 years old and weighs 6.8 pounds. She is the explorer... always wandering in and out of all the different cubbyholes and tunnels. She doesn't mind the others as long as she has her own space.
These three gals are spayed, microchipped, and have negative felv/fiv test.
Come meet these petite princesses 👸. They are ready to go home with you today!

If you are interested in meeting the princesses 👸in the colony, stop by the Shelter; we are open for walk-ins 7 days a week! Please contact the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/06/2024

There are only so many times we can say that animal welfare facilities are struggling. Eventually, we just have to show you.

In under 24 hours, SEVEN animals have been dumped at our Shelter, including the dog pictured below. Named Mashed Potato, this senior girl is fighting for her life after being left in our lobby with multiple lacerations and fractures to her tiny body.

We understand it can be overwhelming when owners feel they can no longer care for their pet, or when a good samaritan finds a stray and doesn't know what to do. But when the Shelter is overflowing with animals, our resources are stretched thinner and thinner with every animal left at our feet. It takes a mental and physical toll on the staff who work tirelessly to care for more animals than we have kennels for. It depletes our already negative budget to house and feed dozens of animals over our capacity. It increases the stress levels and length of stay for the animals in our care.

Nationwide, Adoption rates are plummeting at the same time that owner surrenders and strays are at an all time high. The math is simple: too many animals are coming in, and not enough are going out. We need to work together to bring balance back to shelters and rescues, and there are so many ways YOU can help right now:

✅ Adopt/Foster: Giving one Shelter animal a home, even temporarily, makes room to save another life.

✅ Spay/Neuter: The number of homeless animals continues to multiply due to pets having litters their owners can't care for, backyard breeding, and strays continuing to reproduce.

✅ Donate: Many times we can keep pets in their homes simply by providing resources to their families. Material and monetary donations help us extend aid to our community beyond what our limited budget can cover, and help offset the cost of care for animals like Mashed Potato.

Please visit the links below to discover more ways to help:

🐾 To view all animals available for Adoption, visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet.

💗 If you are interested in Fostering, visit humaneindiana.org/foster or email [email protected].

🩺 To schedule low-cost spay/neuter for your pet through Humane Indiana Estelle Marcus Pet Clinic, visit humaneindiana.org/schedule.

💖 Make a donation or find our Wish List at humaneindiana.org/help-shelter.

11/05/2024

ADOPTABLE SENIOR DOG 🐕

Imperfectly PERFECT 🥰, joyfully happy, energeticly playful and adorably adoptable! I could keep going with the adjectives but if you meet her you will understand why I am so enthusiastic in describing THELMA. We were out taking pictures 📸 and dropped our bag of treats and even though THELMA only has one eye that didn't stop her from scoping out every singe tiny piece of hotdog in the tall grass.
THELMA came to us with so many ailments- sores all over her skin, ear infections, fleas and a severe infection in one eye. Her eye had to be removed. Despite all of her issues she has had a sunny disposition and she is healing quite nicely. THELMA is about 8 years old and has seen some rough times but she embodies the saying 'when life hands you 🍋 lemons....make lemonade!' The only thing left to heal is THELMA 's ❤️. She needs a family to give her a 🏡, playtime and love ❤️! Could you be the family that heals her.

All dog adoptions include one free week of virtual training with GoodPup app 🐕

If you are interested in meeting THELMA, call the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/04/2024

ADOPTABLE BONDED 🐈‍⬛️PAIR 🐈ALERT

Cool weather is a great time for some tasty soup, watching leaves 🍂 fall and adopting a pair of bonded 😸 kittens! CHICKEN 🐔 NOODLE and LEMON 🍋 RICE are tasty soups and names for these sweet 3 month old female kittens. They are considered a bonded pair because 1 won't thrive without the other. CHICKEN 🐔 NOODLE is the 🐈‍⬛️ cat and LEMON 🍋 RICE is the tabby/white kitten. These two are shy and a bit fearful but if you give the a safe home and are patient they will be loving furbabies. Your 🏡 home could be the place for them to grow, thrive and get the ❤️ they deserve!

If you are interested in meeting CHICKEN NOODLE and LEMON RICE, stop by the Shelter; we are open for walk-ins 7 days a week! Please contact the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/04/2024

Very cutesy to spay and neuter

🐶 Very mindful, very sterile, very spayed/neutered 🐱

We have surgery openings this week!!! Book online now: https://www.humaneindiana.org/schedule

Check ins are at 8 am! We have low cost surgery available daily 😊

🐾 Cat spay/neuter is $75
🐾 Dog neuter is $150
🐾 Dog spay is $200

You can add on vaccines too!

Let our very demure surgery team spay/neuter your pet! 🩺💅🏻

11/04/2024

‼️WALK-IN APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE TODAY!!!

Low cost, high quality care for your pets is available NOW! Stop in for vaccines, wellness exams, some testing, minor acute condition treatments. Pets must be spayed/neutered and meet eligibility qualifications.

📅 Can't make it today? Email [email protected] for an appointment at one of our other Community Medicine Dates this month!

-Tuesday November 12th
-Monday November 18th
-Monday November 25th

📣Walk in availability tomorrow, Monday November 4th 📣

We have walk-in availability tomorrow for low cost vaccines, wellness exams, and minor sick visits! We open at 9 am and see the last patient at 3 pm.

To qualify for our services your pet MUST be spayed/neutered and you must meet one of the following criteria and be able to show proof of eligibility:
-resident of Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, or Merrillville
-receive income based assistance
-veteran or active military
-first responder

Please check in first before you bring your pets inside so we can keep our lobby as fear-free as possible ❤️

Let us take care of your pets with high quality, low cost veterinary services! 🐾

11/04/2024

💕 🏡 Furever Tails! 🏡 💕

Check out this update from Cletus, adopted in September just hours after his first family surrendered him:

"Cletus is now Jax in our family and he’s doing SO well!! He gets along with both our other dog and cat! We’ve seen housetraining progress as he’s letting us know “hey I need to go!” Me and my boyfriend are considering putting both dogs into beginner training programs and will be looking into your partner program!"

💖 Thank you so much to Jax's family for giving him a second chance, and for sharing this wonderful update!

11/03/2024

ADOPTABLE DOG 🐕 ALERT

APOLLO is Greek God with many talents and our boy APOLLO has many talents also. The talent to make goofy, derpy faces is one amusing talent. APOLLO definitely knows how to sit and WAIT for treats....that's how I was able to catch his personality. APOLLO was adopted out in 2021 and came back to us as a stray. APOLLO is 3 years old a svelte 53 pound. He is gentle, playful and ❤️ loving. If you are looking for a companion to shuffle through the fall leaves 🍂 APOLLO is your guy. APOLLO definitely knows what the leash means..... when he sees the leash he goes into full wiggle mode! Comemeet this sweet boy....bring a leash and the wiggles will be all yours!!!

All dog adoptions include one free week of virtual training with GoodPup app 🐕

If you are interested in meeting APOLLO, call the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/03/2024

November 24th would have been the 100th Birthday of Estelle Marcus, a champion of animal welfare and one of our organization's most impactful donors. All month long we will be celebrating Estelle and recognizing the lasting effect that her contributions continue to have on pets and people in our community.

🐾 To kick off our celebration, we want to hear about YOUR pets and how they have been impacted by our Shelter or Humane Indiana Estelle Marcus Pet Clinic. Drop a comment below with your pets' stories!

11/02/2024

ADOPTABLE PUPPY 🐶 ALERT

Usually you see little adorable faces but puppies come in many sizes and personalities. These three are about the same size but they are different ages. JAXX(black/white) is a 3 month old male that is 24 pounds of wiggles. Then there's JACK (white/tan ears) who is 4 month old male full of joyfullness weighing 22 pounds. LEGEND (white/brown face) is 5 month old female who thinks she is a lap dog...all 26 pounds of her. These older puppies 🐶 can't wait to go to a home where they will be loved, pampered, trained and have the freedom to romp around. They will enrich your life, keep you active and make you 😃 smile. Older puppies 🐶 are awesome! Come get one.

All dog adoptions include one free week of virtual training with GoodPup app 🐕

If you are interested in meeting the pups, call the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/01/2024

ADOPTABLE 🐕 ALERT

Re-Introducing Dinky!

We featured this sweet pup a few weeks ago, but wanted to share an update after her Slumber pawty!

At just 8 months old, Dinky already has excellent manners. She is housebroken, sleeps through the night, and knows "Sit" and "Shake" 🤝 Dinky is also working on "Stay" and "Heel," and is very motivated by treats and pets! With your free week of GoodPup training, we know Dinky will master plenty of tricks and commands once she settles in.

🐾 In Foster Dinky lived with a dog and cat and did great with both! Always remember to practice slow introductions to any resident pets.

If you are interested in meeting Dinky, stop by the Shelter; we are open for walk-ins 7 days a week! Please contact the Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.

😍To view all available animals, please visit humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

💖Not ready to adopt, but still want to help out? Consider donating at humaneindiana.org/donate

11/01/2024

‼ ADOPTION SPECIAL HAPPENING NOW ‼

Don't miss out on our Adult Dog Special! TODAY ONLY, ALL dogs older than 1 year have completely waived Adoption Fees!

🐾 If you have been considering adoption, now is the time! This special makes Adoption more accessible than ever to our community and will help some of our wonderful dogs find their furever families

😍 To view all available animals please visit our website at humaneindiana.org/adopt-a-pet

*Standard Adoption screening and procedures apply. Please contact our Adoptions department at 219-922-3811 ext. 203 with any questions.*