Kitsap Humane Society

Animal rescue & enforcement:acted as the animal control & impounding authority for Kitsap county & all incorporated municipalities in Kitsap county. This agency enforced laws and regulations regarding the care, treatment, control, impounding of pets and livestocks. Animal rescue and enforcement officers investigated 3,237 citizen complaints in 2022.

Veterinary services:the khs shelter medicine/veterrinary services provided medical evaluatin, vaccinations, care and necessary treatment to animals brought to the Kitsap Humane Society animal shelter. The veterinary services also performed spay/neuter surgery on 4,000 animals. Of this total 1,519 of spay/neuter surgeries, were non-shelter animals from familes who met low-income guidelines set by the state of Washington. Veterinary care for stray animals is part of khs's responsibility under its animal control contracts.

Animal shelter:the Kitsap Humane Society animal shelter's mission is "rescue, rehabilitate, rehome." Rescue refers to taking in stray, abandoned and surrendered pets and providing food, board and care for those animals while at the shelter. Rehabilitation refers to medical and behavioral rehabilitation, rehome refers to reunited stray animals with their owners, adopting out animals left at the shelter or sending animals out to other rescue organizations. In 2022, khs rescued 4,304 animals and found homes for 3,996 of those pets. Caring for stray animals in the shelter is part of khs's responsibility under its animal control contracts.

Our primary purpose is to advance animal welfare through compassionate, individualized, lifesaving veterinary care and sheltering to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome thousands of homeless animals every year. We do so by providing low cost care, a pet food pantry, pet protection program, fostering, and community-focused programs.capital campaign for a new facilityover the last decade, Kitsap Humane Society has transformed our campus and animal welfare in Kitsap county. But our veterinary facilities are outdated, overcrowded, and inadequate. Every pet that comes to khs requires individualized care and attention, but over the last several years, the percentage of pets admitted to the shelter requiring critical medical treatment has grown significantly.in addition, khs recognizes that too often, pet owners who are low-income in our community cannot afford the urgent veterinary care they need and want for their pets. Lacking resources or assistance, families often face the painful choice of having their pet go untreated or having to surrender their pet to khs.but we know there's a better way. More than ever, it's time to provide our community's pets in need with a veterinary facility that matches the excellence of our work and sustains our high lifesaving rate. And it is time for Kitsap Humane Society to take the next step in developing a stronger safety net in our community to keep people and pets together whenever possible. The construction of the russ & linda young veterinary lifesaving center, including the development of a community clinic is the next crucial step khs can take to provide a full spectrum of innovative animal welfare programs and facilities. With the expanded, better-equipped 6,000 square foot russ and linda young veterinary life center, to be completed in september 2023, we will have triple the space to save even more lives, accept more medically at-risk patients from other shelters and improve animal health throughout our shelter and community.