Humane Society of West Alabama

The city of Huntsville is advocating for pet owners to spay and neuter their pets within the next few months. Huntsville Animal Services are seeking to fix the upcoming overpopulation of kittens. More stray kittens find themselves in the animal shelter or roaming the city which leads to overpopulation.

Animal shelters across Alabama are working to find pets in the state forever homes this holiday season. Six of these organizations are participating in the BISSELL Pet Foundation’s “Holiday Hope: Empty the Shelters” event. The national animal welfare organization is dedicated to ending pet homelessness.

As victims of Hurricane Idalia’s destruction receive help and donations, pets are not being left out. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society is working to transport pet supplies to pet owners who lost their homes in the storm.

Marshall County Animal Watch is announcing a “Chipathon” event where pet owners can get their pets microchipped for only $25 throughout the month of August.The $25 covers both the cost for the microchip procedure and the registration. The procedure itself only takes seconds to complete.

The Bissell Pet Foundation is sponsoring an Empty the Shelters event across the nation, and that includes here in Alabama. The event will last throughout the month of July. Discounted adoptions are being offered along with free preventative pet care for the life of the newly adopted pet. Free preventative pet care includes basic vaccinations, flea and tick prevention and heartworm prevention.

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