Program areas at IHS
Veterinary Medical Services - Provides full service veterinary medicine and surgery to the community utilizing a household income based sliding fee scale; provides comprehensive medical and surgical care to all pets in our shelter; provides post adoption medical care for animals adopted through our shelter; provides training in medicine and surgery for fourth year veterinary college students. Provides affordable spay and neuter surgeries. Performed almost 10,800 spays/neuters and provided $1.5 million in discounted and free medical services to shelter pets and pets of local low-income families.
Animal Shelter - Receiving, sheltering, care and adoption of stray and unwanted animals; provides behavioral evaluation and training for dogs prior to adoption; transfer of pets from other animal shelters for care and adoption through our facilities. In 2022, IHS received almost 9,400 lost and surrendered pets and transferred in over 1,200 pets for adoption from other shelters. We adopted out almost 6,800 animals; Reunited 1,450 lost pets with their owners; Nurtured almost 2,000 animals in foster care; and transferred out almost 200 pets to other rescues. In addition, we saved 149 cats through our WISKR prison foster program.(Continued on Schedule O)The Idaho Humane Society presented pet safety tips, classroom pet programs and shelter tours to over 3,000 youngsters through our Humane Education Program. In addition, we distributed over 66,000 lbs. of pet food through our pet food donation and distribution program to needy families and assisted the pets of 81 home-bound seniors by delivering over 12,000 lbs. of pet food to companion animals through Pet Food Pantry via Meals on Wheels program.
Animal Care and Control, Investigations and Rescue - Animal welfare officers provide health and public safety protection for residents and animals; rescue stray and abandoned animals from jurisdictions served by IHS, and conduct cruelty investigations and seizures of injured, neglected or cruelly treated domestic animals. Responded to over 1,200 reports of cruelty, neglect and abandonment.