Services

Adoption services

The Humane Society receives animals from individuals who are no longer able to care for their pet and animals that are lost or abandoned. Animals remain available for adoption as long as they maintain good health and good behavior and for as long as we have enough space in our shelter. All animals that are available for adoption have passed an evaluation based on their known history, health, and behavior. Lost or abandoned animals must be held at the shelter for six days to provide the opportunity for their owner to find them. During this period they can be evaluated and put on the adoption floor as .adoptable strays."

For more information check our How to Adopt page.

Incoming Animals - Surrender services

The Humane Society of Parkersburg has an open admission policy, which means we accept animals regardless of where they come from, their temperament, health, age or breed. We accept both stray animals and owner-released animals. Surrendering an animal is done by bringing the animal to the Shelter during our normal business hours. Dropping animals off at the Shelter after hours is not acceptable and is considered abandonment and unlawful.

While we do not charge a fee for surrendering animals into our Shelter, we do ask you to consider making a donation to help with our animal care costs.

For more information check our How to Surrender page.

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Animal Control

We provide animal control services to Wood County, which includes the pickup, shelter, medication and care for stray, injured or vicious dogs picked up in the county. We also provide Animal Control services for injured or vicious cats, but NOT strays.

(Note: We certainly provide all our other services for cats when they are brought to the Shelter, but are not authorized to seize or pickup stray cats in Wood County or the cities we serve.)

Regular business hours for Animal Control: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Only emergency service calls will be responded to after these hours. All other calls will be addressed as soon as possible within regular working hours.

Emergency Services

Our animal Control Officers provide 24 hour emergency services for injured or abused animals in our community.

• During business hours call: 304-422-5541
• After hours call: 304-420-1717

Stray animals running at large are not included in emergency services. These will be dealt with during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Lost and Found

We receive reports of lost and found animals by phone and in person during our business hours and via phone after hours. Shelter staff check reported information against the animals received and reports of found animals that are not in our Shelter. We will communicate possible matches as soon as possible to the owner of the lost animal. See Lost and Found for more information.

Spay/Neuter Financial Assistance

We also provide financial assistance to area residents to assist and promote spaying and neutering of their pets in an effort to reduce the overpopulation problem.