Terre Haute Humane Society

"I believe they do well by their animals, but answering/messaging is not good. I’d recommend to others that if they have their heart set on a specific animal to go in person and not speak over the phone. One afternoon we went before closing to visit the animals. Our family fell in love with a cat. My 13 year old spent the rest of that night writing a game plan on how he would take care of the cat. Many hours were spent in discussion trying to convince his father. I called the next day and left a message asking to keep the cat on hold. The weather was bad and we couldn’t get on the road. We had been told that once we made a decision they could place the cat on hold for 24 hours. My son called his grandparents and friends , we kept looking at the cats photo on the website, and my son prepared by doing extra chores. I called the humane society multiple times. I warned my children that I hadn’t been able to speak to anyone, but since I had left a message the day before it should be ok. Our very excited family of 6 went in with a cat carrier to be told “I’m sorry he was JUST adopted.” I have some very broken hearted tear faced children. This is a life lesson and we are telling our children that it’s just how things go sometimes. Maybe it’s a sign that we don’t need another pet. We hadn’t planned on adopting, but had fallen for this specific cat. Therefore our son quickly carried out the empty cat carrier before anyone could see his tears. We hope this cat went to a good home and we are thankful that so many animals are being adopted! However, I do hope they can improve their answering system and listen to messages each day. It’s going to be a long tearful weekend for our family."

"they are always so rude, never say hello or ask to help. also are completely unaware of what animals they have. curly haired lady has been consistently dismissive and rude the three times I have come. would never recommend and they starve their animals. One dog we saw on the website was a healthy weight and then at the shelter we could see its ribs when it had been there for months. poor customer service, no wonder they’re above capacity when they can’t treat customers with basic human decency."

"The most amazing staff volunteers and overall experience we have ever had to include being added to the emergency foster Apollo is absolutely adorable and is thriving and the most dapper and vocally sassy little beagle mix that we absolutely adore Emma and so does are 7 year old English mastiff mix they are two peas in a pod I wish that we could set up a live cam to directly feed it to you all of the wonderful ladies that helped us in adopting "Clover" Apollo, so that they may see the daily shenanigans he and his big sister get up to on a daily basis!!! When he first came home he would eat all of his food and then I walked in and saw him on his tippy toes under neath Athena eating out of her bowl directly between her front paws and under her giant chest as she was eating out of her elevated dog food!!! I literally cried!!! She has NEVER LET ANYONE SHARE HER FOOD, EXCEPT MY RECENTLY DECEASED HUSBAND AND I, AND HERE IS THIS LITTLE SILENT DOG THATS PERFECTLY CALM AND HADN'T MADE A SINGLE PEEP FOR THE FIRST 4 DAYS WANTING TO BE A BIG BOY AND EAT WITH HIS SISTER! MOVE FORWARD A FEW DAYS AND HE HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO CLIMB ONTO HER ELEVATED BED WITH HER THERAPEUTIC MATTRESS SND HER CACHE OF TOYS, AND HE'S BARKING HIS HEAD OFF BECAUSE SHE WANTS ON HER BED AND HE'S REFUSING TO GIVE UP HIS VICTORY! SO SHE JUST GETS INTO BED WITHY SON, AN OFFENSE HE CAN NOT LET SLIDE AND NEEDS TO RECTIFY THAT HE IS HIS FATHER AND NO ONE ELSE'S! HIS NEW SISTER GENTLY PLACES A PAW ON HIM MUZZLE AND PINS IN SHUT SO HE CAN NO LONGER TELL HER WHO IS AND ISN'T BOSS! HE CONCEEDS AND THEY BOTH FALL ASLEEP WITH THEIR PERSPECTIVE BODY PARTS NEEDING TO TOUCH THEIR DAD/BUBBIES!!!! HE CAME WITH A PRETTY BIG BAG OF HILL SCIENCE DOG FOOD AND AFTER LEAVING THE HUMANE SOCIETY WITH EVERYTHING TYPE OF PAPER WORK YOU COULD IMAGINE, WE HEADED HOME TO PETSMART TO GET HIM HIS OWN STUFF! ROLLING OUT WITH MY BANK ACCOUNT CRYING, WE HEADED HOME AND NOTICED THAT APOLLO WASN'T NECESSARILY PUTTING ANY FORM OF WEIGHT ON AS WE CONTINUED TO FEED HIM THE HILL SCIENCE DOG FOOD....SO WE BEGAN THE TRANSITION OVER TO PUR GRAIN FREE, AND ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS FOOD WITH ZERO FILLERS! NOT ONLY DID HE STOP EATING SUCH LARGE QUANTITIES WITH ZERO FORWARD PROGRESS, HE BECAME MORE ALERT AND PLAYFUL, HIS HAIR WAS LOOKING SHINY AND WAS EVEN SOFTER THAN IT WAS WHEN WE PICKED HIM UP! HIS GROWTH WAS STAGERING AFTER WE MADE THE FULL SWITCH! NO MORE BALOTED TUMMY AND RAIL THIN SKIN AND BONES, HE BEGAN TO BUILD LEAN MUSCLE AND AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTHY WEIGHT, THIS TEETH ARE GROWING LIKE CRAZY! ANYWAY, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GIGANTIC FANS AND SUPPORTERS OF NO KILL SHELTERS, AND THE REHOMING OF ALL ANIMALS BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A COMPANION OUT THERE FOR EACH AND EVERY ANIMAL! INCLUDING US, LOL..... JUST LIKE HUMANS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SOUL SHATTERING LOSS OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, ANIMALS THAT ARE ADOPTED HAVE A PROFUND AMOUNT OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR THEIR HUMANS THAT WERE THEIR BRIGHT SHINNING LIGHTS OF LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, INSPIRATION AND COMPASSION! THAT ENTIRE PROCESS BEGINS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PUT THERE 24/7 RESCUING ANIMALS THAT HAD LOST ALL HOPE OR THAT HAD BEEN THROWN AWAY LIKE TRASH, or surrendered due to life's unexpected curve balls! Initially we'd been going there on a regular basis trying to find a senior dog that was closer to our fur Daughter's age of now 7yrs old! But sadly we'd been unsuccessful at finding any companions that would give her the time of day or would freighten her! She's an EXTREAMILY tender hearted and laid back quirky dog, that does suffer from her own unique personality traits! After years of no success we'd arrived to look as a group of males because she does not do well around other females, and there was this trio of tiny babies in a playpen tucked far away from prying eyes, and I instantly knew that this particular one was OUR NEW ADDITION! WITHOUT KNOWING THE SEX, I KNEW HE WAS A BOY AND WHEN READY WOULD BE COMING HOME! THE REST IS HISTORY!"

"Got myself a kitty from here. It was so hard to choose, all the cats in the cat condo were extremely sweet. The cats all seemed healthy and happy. Adoption was an extremely easy process, and they are very fast."

"Its a amazing place! We got our first cat, Barbara, there. She’s a little scared, but she’s adjusting! The place is so tidy and organized now! It’s a really nice place to a adopt pets. The old building was a little bit smelly, but the new one is just amazing! The people there are sooo nice and answer all the questions they can, so wanna adopt a forever friend? Why don't you go to the Humane Society! Really nice place with just incredible, caring people that really care about their animals! ^^"