Dog and Puppy Relocation

On June 3, 2011, NACHS participated in a second transport of dogs and puppies from our local shelter to shelters in the Orlando, FL area.  This was done as a joint effort with The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).  To date, almost 70 dogs and puppies from NACHS have been transported to shelters in other areas of the country where they will have a better chance of being adopted.  We are extremely grateful to HSUS for offering these transports to us and our hope is that we will be able to continue participating in this program.  Sadly, our shelter was again filled to capacity just a few short days after the transports. 

Photos of dogs being loaded for this transport:



              

        
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On May 26, 2011, 61 dogs and puppies from the Natchez-Adams County Humane Society shelter and 19 unowned puppies from the temporary shelter on Wall St. were transferred to shelters in the Richmond, VA and Washington D.C. area. This move was made as a joint effort of NACHS and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).  Many of the dogs and puppies relocated had been at the NACHS shelter for several weeks or months and adoption prospects in our area were not good for most of them.   There is a much higher demand for shelter dogs in the Richmond, VA and  Washington D.C. area, and we are confident that they all will be adopted there.  

It is unfortunate that there are not nearly enough adoptive homes in the Miss-Lou area to accommodate the huge numbers of pets turned in to our shelter, and euthanasia of healthy and adoptable pets is a sad fact.  Pet overpopulation in the Miss-Lou area is such an enormous problem that it would not be possible to build a shelter large enough to house all of the unwanted pets.  In other areas of the country where long-running, progressive spay/neuter programs have had a positive impact, there are far fewer abandoned and unwanted pets and far less euthanasia in the animal shelters. 

We are very appreciative of HSUS for helping us to relocate this group of dogs and puppies to a place where their chances for adoption are much better.  This relocation effort was done at no cost to NACHS.   Our shelter quickly refilled with beautiful, adoptable dogs and puppies and we sincerely hope that people in the Miss-Lou area will come by to adopt as often as they have room in their home for "just one more."  

This link is to a video made when the dogs reached HSUS headquarters:
http://video.humanesociety.org/video/629262638001/Channels/602022756001/Latest-Videos/963718698001/From-The-Floods-Come-Dogs/


      NACHS President Barbara Platte with HSUS staff and volunteers


        NACHS Shelter Manager Pat Cox helping to load the transport truck


     HSUS volunteer at work


      County Jail Trustee helping to load dogs on transport truck


       Interior view of specially designed HSUS transport truck


     HSUS volunteers at work


     HSUS sidekick "Duke" watches over the loading of the transport truck.
     Only a few short months ago, he was a homeless pet.........