Program areas at Arizona Humane Society
Ahs serves as a safety net for the valley's most vulnerable pets, and our comprehensive medical, behavioral rehabilitation, surrender intervention and spay/neuter initiatives saved an additional 150,000 lives over the last nine years. Our lifesaving programs, including our trauma hospital and specialized icus save the lives of pets routinely euthanized in shelters. Last year our trauma hospital treated 14,014 sick,injured and abused homeless pets, more than 79 percent of all animals we take in. We also cared for 276 ill dogs in our parvo puppy icu and 482 moms and babies in our mutternity suites. Our kitten nursery and bottle baby kitten icu cared for 2,287 fragile felines.
Ahs' emergency animal medical technicians are on the road 365 days a year rescuing more than 7,400 abused, injured and abandoned animals. We seek justice for abused animals, and our eamts partner with law enforcement to conduct 8,100 cruelty investigations each year. This past year, our eamts responded to 63 cases in which we seized 10 animals or more. We seized 1,441 animals total from these cases. We advance legislation to protect pets involved in the most horrific cases and advocate to fight cruelty and neglect. Ahs also serves as the designated responder for animals in distress during natural disasters.
Last year, ahs saved 13,327 animals through adoption and placement outlets. Our ethical no-kill philosophy ensures we never euthanize a pet for space or length of time. Ahs offers affordable/free medical, behavioral and support services to low-income az residents, and the resource center answers nearly 266 calls per day, providing resources to keep pets in homes. We provided spay/neuter surgery to 12,533 owned/shelter animals, reducing pet overpopulation, and vet services to 20,965 owned animals through our public clinics. Foster heroes expand our capacity for care, providing temporary homes for 800 pets at any given time, while volunteers give over 62,313 hours to our pets each year.
Our support teams, which include
Facilities & maintenance, transport,
Animal care & experience, customer
Experience, warehouse and operations
Support and service operations
Management, play a critical role in
Helping us save the lives of
Homeless pets in our community.