The Humane Society of Polk County

The adoption program provides housing and care for surrendered animals and prepares them for adoption. Adoptions are offered at The selter facility as well as at various off-site locations and community events. During The current fiscal year we adopted out over 1,500 animals. Additionally we provided emergency services for over 200 pet owners. The Humane Society is Polk County's first and only no kill animal shelter.

The spay/neuter program (snip) assists low income families to spay/neuter their pets along with providing The first set of shots- including The rabies vaccine when age appropriate as well a micro-chip implant with its registration to home again. This program is available for a cost of 420 for those families who qualify to help control The animal population and reduce The number of unwanted pets. There is also a low cost spay/neuter voucher program which is a affordable program to spay/neuter pets. For The current fiscal year we spayed of neutered over 1,800 animals preventing The births of thousands of unwanted animals.