From all of us at the McCook Humane Society to all of you, Happy Thanksgiving Day and Weekend.
Come check out our “Adopt-A-Kennel” program where our local individuals and businesses can show the community their support for our area’s homeless animals. This month’s (NOVEMBER) Adopt-A-Kennel is in memory of Matthew Hoffman. Matt, an amazing young man in every sense of the word, was an animal lover who spent his life trying to rescue any animal in need. A very special thanks to all of our sponsors for their continuing support. It’s the perfect way to honor someone or memorialize them by adopting a kennel in their name. Call us for more information or visit our website www.mccookhumanesociety.com for more information and to fill out a form online. You can also sponsor an adoption for one of our available pets if you’d like to help out in that way.
The McCook Humane Society will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday starting Thursday, Nov. 28th (closed for the weekend) and will reopen for our regularly business hours on Monday, December 2nd. Just a reminder that the McCook Humane Society started new Winter Hours beginning in November. Our hours are primarily the same, except we will close on Tuesdays. New Winter Hours: Monday, Wed, Thurs & Fri from 2pm until 5pm and Saturdays from Noon until 4pm. There will still be someone available for emergencies and claiming strays on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm until 5pm.
We’ve had some very loving people come in and sponsor adoptions to help make sure that our temporarily homeless furry friends find homes for the holidays. Come on in and see who’s adoption fees have been completely paid for: Ravena, Edo and Cody. This should help us Clear the Shelter, if even for a few days. Some wonderful pets have found truly amazing forever homes because of these generous people.
Spay/Neuter Fees waived… A wonderfully generous anonymous donor has decided that it was time to let the dog’s at the shelter get help in finding homes also. This friend of the shelter started a spay/neuter reimbursement fund for them because, as she said, “they need help finding permanent loving homes also”. So, spay/neuter fees will be waived on all dogs who have been available for adoption for over 30 days, until this fund is depleted. At this time the spay/neuter reimbursement fees are still being waived for the felines. We will continue to waive the spay/neuter fees until the Linda Hedges/Mary Ellinger Memorial fund is depleted. We have truly seen a dramatic increase in the feline adoptions since we’ve been able to waive the spay/neuter fees for them, let’s see if it helps with their barking friends. If you’d like to make a contribution to help either of these funds continue, please make sure that you let us know that it’s for the fund. You can stop by, call us, email us, Facebook us, or reach out on the “Contact Us” form on our website for help.
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