VHS, Vanderburgh Humane Society

The VHS Holiday Gift Guide is Here!

Dec 04, 2024

Shop smarter this holiday season with the ultimate shopping companion. From pet essentials to stylish accessories, we’ve got something to accommodate everyone’s needs. Best of all, the proceeds benefit the homeless pets at the Vanderburgh Humane Society. For 65 years, the VHS has been dedicated to helping pets in the Tri-State area. We are 100% locally funded and are not financially affiliated with any national organizations. Therefore, every purchase or donation from this guide dire...

VHS Receives $30,000 from City of Evansville Endowment Fund

Dec 03, 2024

The Vanderburgh Humane Society was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the Evansville Endowment Fund, a supporting organization of the Community Foundation Alliance! Funding is focused on capital projects for nonprofits serving within the City of Evansville. The Fund originated in 1994 when former Mayor Frank McDonald II proposed that $5 million of revenue from the gaming boat be invested in a way that would serve the City of Evansville forever.For us, this $30,000 will repair HVAC ERV condens...

Remembering Margie Cox

Feb 15, 2024

Last week we lost a treasured member of our VHS family. Margie Cox volunteered and fostered for the VHS (along with her daughter Cheri) for more than 23 years. When we look back at our recent history, it’s very difficult to imagine without Margie. In fact, she and Cheri were there the day that we moved into our current facility in June of 2004. Our team of staff & volunteers moved cats first, and the plan was to go back the next day for the dogs. But someone from the group said, &...

VHS Receives One of Six National HSUS Mentorships

Nov 13, 2023

The Vanderburgh Humane Society leadership team is incredibly proud to share that they have received a 2024 Humane Society of the United States Community Cat Mentorship. Only six organizations in the entire country received Mentorships for 2024: two organizations in each of the three Mentorship categories. According to HSUS, "These six organizations have displayed a strong commitment to their communities, and we look forward to working with them in 2024. Each will be diving deep into ei...

VHS and Animal Control Team Up To Save More Pets!

Feb 27, 2023

Vanderburgh Humane Society Teams Up with Evansville Animal Care & Control and Best Friends Animal Society to Save More Animals[Evansville, Indiana] — The Vanderburgh Humane Society is partnering with Evansville Animal Care & Control and Best Friends Animal Society as part of Best Friends’ Prince and Paws Shelter Collaborative Program with a goal of increasing a live release rate from 61% to 90% for dogs and cats entering Evansville Animal Care & Control. In all, Best...

2022 In Review: The Numbers Are In!

Feb 08, 2023

The VHS’ annual infographic is here! We are excited to announce that the VHS reached a 93% save rate in 2022, placing the shelter above the national “no-kill” industry threshold and achieving our highest live release rate to date.Some Highlights:Adoptions slowed down significantly while Intakes remained about the same… which resulted in fuller shelters and longer lengths of stay for the animals. This has been the case for organizations across the United States.Despite it...

VHS Clinic Completes 100,000th Spay/Neuter Surgery

Dec 13, 2022

VHS LOW-COST SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC COMPLETES MILESTONE 100,000TH SURGERYOn Tuesday, December 13th the VHS Low-Cost Spay & Neuter Clinic will perform its 100,000th surgery! This is an extraordinary milestone that the entire Vanderburgh Humane Society team is so excited to achieve! History & ContextThe Vanderburgh Humane Society moved into its current facility in June of 2004. At that time, the interior buildout for the future Spay & Neuter Clinic was finished… but it co...

Mutt's Morning Out

Mar 05, 2022

The Vanderburgh Humane Society's Mutt's Morning Out program allows members of the general public to take a VHS shelter dog “out on the town” for a couple of hours! This canine enrichment dog day trip program is the first of its kind in our region and has been a huge success since its launch in 2019.Life in a kennel 23 hours a day can be very stressful on a dog’s psyche. It is emotionally upsetting for them, particularly when they have always been used to family life and...

Animal Hoarding Case: 58 Cats Arrive at VHS

Dec 19, 2021

Harrison County Animal Shelter called us on Friday, December 17, to ask for assistance with an animal hoarding case involving 58 cats in a single-wide trailer home in Perry County. No other shelter had the capacity to take on this case, but after some scrambling, we said yes.Two hours later, all 58 cats arrived at our door. They are shaken and sick, but stable. Medical processing is ongoing, but our intakes team has already noted injuries requiring surgical correction, sympotms of neurological d...

Work at the VHS!

Jun 04, 2021

Join our team! The Vanderburgh Humane Society currently has openings for:FULL-TIME ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN (1)Physical/Mental Demands:Repetitive bending, scrubbing, daily exposure to cleaning and disinfecting agents (PPE provided)Daily laundry & dishes with use of chemicals & detergent such as bleach and Rescue disinfectantExposure to, and controlled handling of, various species of animals including:dogs of all sizes, breeds, strengths, temperaments, and energy levels (mostly large dogs)c...

VHS Acquires Full Ownership of River Kitty Cat Cafe

Nov 20, 2019

As announced at the press conference on November 20th, the Vanderburgh Humane Society and the owners of River Kitty Cat Café have entered into a purchase agreement. The VHS has assumed all ownership and operations of River Kitty effective November 18, 2019!River Kitty Cat Café at 226 Main Street opened in July of 2017 under the ownership of Annette Gries and Nancy Drake, two local cat lovers. They brought an international trend to Evansville shortly before it even reached major nea...

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