Program areas at The Humane Society of Boulder Valley
Shelter, behavior & training: The hsbv shelter and operations program strives to cultivate a Humane community for animals and people through innovation, collaboration, and The delivery of comprehensive resources, support, and knowledge. This program provides shelter and care for homeless animals, safety net services, adoption services, lost and found pet services, guardian requested euthanasia for elderly or sick pets, behavior modification for shelter animals and pet training to The public, and coordination of volunteers. In 2022, our shelter had 5,037 incoming companion animals, including 144 guardian requested euthanasia. We adopted 3,390 pets to new homes, and 751 pets were reclaimed by their guardian. 238 shelter animals were euthanized due to severe injury, illness, or behavior issues. Our training and behavior department served clients taking a training class, private consultation, and puppy drop-off training. The department rehabilitated 845 dogs and cats through its behavior modification program. Volunteers contributed 39,020 hours caring for homeless animals, The equivalent of 19 full-time employees. Hsbv's safety net services provide free pet boarding for victims of disaster or domestic violence, or when hospitalized or unhomed, as well as free pet food and discounted veterinary care and behavior and training services.
Community outreach: this program provides education to The community on various companion animal related topics through our website, newsletter, and outreach at community events.
Veterinary hospital: this program provides medical care and spay/neuter surgeries for shelter animals and general veterinary care to The public. We provide subsidized veterinary care to The public on an income based discount program and non-income based subsidies for urgent medical care when guardians cannot afford emergency veterinary care. In 2022, our veterinary hospital peformed 3,195 spay and neuter surgeries and saw 6,318 appointments, including 1,471 lower income clients receiving a share program discount.