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, adoption services, lost and found pet services, guardian requested euthanasia fo elderly or sick pets, behavior modification for shelter animals and pet training to The public, and coordination of volunteers. In 2023, our shelter had 5,374 incoming companion animals, including 136 guardian requested euthanasia. We adopted 3,537 pets to new homes, and 752 pets were reclaimed by their guardian. 637 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 1,022 dogs and cats through its behavior modification program. Volunteers contributed 54,517 hours caring for homeless animals, The equivalent of 26 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 affor emergency veterinary care. In 2023, our veterinary clinic peformed 3,319 spay and neuter surgeries and saw 8,072 appointments, including 1,900 lower income clients receiving a share program discount.