Colonial Beach Humane Society

30/11/2025

The CB Humane Society’s Tree of Bones and Bells is “absolutely on” at Truist Bank again this year. A tax deductible donation of $5 will get you a Bone or Bell on the Tree in Memory or Honor of a Beloved Pet. A bit of a delay getting the actual tree up, but you can drop off your donation to Pat Fitzgerald or at the bank by December 15th to get your pet listed in the Westmoreland News for the Christmas Edition. Click on the Call Now Button to call Pat!

29/10/2025

We sincerely appreciate all who recycle their cans to benefit the Colonial Beach Humane Society. Our dedicated volunteers take the recycling to Summit Recycling, LLC where we get paid by the pound. It is hard work. It is dirty work. Please note the following before dropping off your bags:

1. We can only take ALUMINUM CANS! NO other cans! No tin cans, no metal cans. That means no dog food cans. No vegetable cans. No meat cans. No tuna cans. To be sure, only bring your aluminum drink cans.
2. You must crush your cans...if you don't have a can crusher, then crush them as best you can with your hands or by stomping on them with your foot! If the can is not easy to crush, then it's NOT ALUMINUM!
3. Please rinse the aluminum cat food cans - they stink and make our volunteer's jobs so much nastier! And be sure they are aluminum - not all cat food comes in aluminum cans.
4. NO FOIL! No aluminum foil. No foil tops off plastic containers.

29/10/2025

Join our Volunteer Aluminum Can Recycling Team

Help! We need help with our Aluminum Can Recycling Program to benefit the Colonial Beach Humane Society. We have had 3-4 volunteers managing the program for several years now…and they need help. You can help by:

1. Sorting and Crushing Cans behind the CBVRS

and/or

2. Taking a load to Fredericsksburg when you go.

Youth Volunteers are welcome! We just need parents to sign a permission & waiver. For more information or to volunteer, please call Pat Fitzgerald at (804) 761-5115 or Dianne Imhof at (252) 288-8705.

29/10/2025

JOIN OUR Volunteer TNR TEAM! If you can help on any of the dates below, please call or text Pat Fitzgerald at (804) 761-5115. Thanks.

Our TNR TEAM Volunteers transport cats in taps (feral) or carriers (tame) for TNR on Wednesdays. Volunteer once a month (or more) for AM Drop Off or PM Pick Up, or both ways. AM Drop Off is 7:30 (leave CB 6:30); PM Pick Up is generally a between 3:00 and 4:00. For more information or to volunteer, please call Pat Fitzgerald at (804) 761-5115.

Our TNR Vet: Paw Prints Animal Hospital & Spay Spot, 8500 Bensville Road, Waldorf MD 20603

October 29: AM Alberta; PM Lisa
November 5: AM Lisa; PM OPEN
November 12:
November 19:
November 26:
December 3:
December 10:
December 17:
December 24: No TNR
December 31: No TNR

01/10/2025

Oh no...so sad...one of my mentors, Dr. Jane Goodall has died of natural causes while on speaking tour. She worked for the conservation of animals right up to the very end of her life. RIP Dr. Jane. Blessed be.

The primatologist was a "tireless advocate" for species protection, her institute says.

19/09/2025

Update From Huk’s Family:

We found our sweet boy today in the riffraff, and sadly it looks like he was hit by a car. 💔

Thank you to everyone who searched, shared, and kept an eye out for him. A special thank you to the person who spotted him and took the time to notify us. We also want to thank my in-laws, Connie and Ray as well as our friend, Bryson for helping us pull him out, and Storke Funeral Home - King George Chapel for meeting us after hours so our boy can be cremated with love and dignity.

He gave us so many memories—from his wild, goofy antics that always kept us laughing, to his gentle cuddles and sweet kisses that melted our hearts. Our kids grew up with him by their side, and he will forever be a part of our family story.

Rest easy, buddy. You were so very loved. 🐾❤️

To the one who struck him, and left no word—

We understand.
Maybe you were scared.
Maybe you froze, unsure of what to do.
But so were we.

We were scared when he didn’t come home.
We searched and searched, clinging to hope.
By the time we found him, hope had already rotted.
His body; bloated, bare of fur,
a collar the only whisper of who he once was.
Unrecognizable.
Buzzards circled, the air heavy with the smell of death.
We carried him up from the riffraff in that cruel condition,
our hearts breaking with every step.

All you had to do was tell us.
A word, a call, a sign,
and we could have spared him this.
Spared us this.
We could have brought him home sooner,
touched his fur one last time,
looked into a face we knew, loved, and recognized.
Said goodbye with dignity.

Instead, our final memory is decay.
A silence where compassion could have lived.

Next time, please.
Choose mercy.
Choose courage.
Choose love,
enough to spare another family this kind of ending.

01/09/2025

Are you confused about whether wet cat food or dry cat food is better for your cat? You’re not alone. In this video, we break down the wet vs. dry cat food d...