Our Mission
Chartered in 1913 by a small group of concerned citizens, the Terre Haute Humane Society's goals are to work toward the prevention of all unnecessary animal suffering and to teach kindness toward all living things through an area-wide education program.
Our
mission continues to be to maintain the highest standards of humane
care and treatment for our animal friends by providing assistance to
owner-surrendered, mistreated, abandoned, and neglected animals.
We strive to assist in the management of the domestic animal population of Terre Haute through spaying and neutering and, ultimately, adoption of all the animals under our care.
Our goals are simple:
- to educate the public on the importance of proper animal care and responsible pet ownership so that the need for stray & lost animals to be brought into the shelter can be reduced or eliminated; and
- to ensure that the animals who stay at our shelter are safe, happy, and healthy while they await new homes.
The staff and volunteers of the Terre Haute Humane Society believe that education plays a vital role in the care of animals. Therefore, a variety of Outreach Programs have been instituted throughout the community. These include visits to classrooms, day care facilities, and senior citizen centers. For more information or to arrange an Outreach Program, please visit our Humane Education site. We believe that these goals, when met, will make for a healthier, happier community, not only for our two-legged residents, but our four-legged ones as well.
The Terre Haute Humane Society handles many types of animal-related concerns in Vigo County. Our responsibilities include stray animals, owner-relinquished animals, animals from city and county animal control officers and animal bite quarantines. Our responsibilities do not include animal abuse complaints, stray animal pick-ups, animal rescues and wildlife re-habilitation or relocation, but we try to direct callers to the proper authorities for these needs.
Our People
Our facility is currently staffed by eleven employees
including
a Facility Manager, Animal Caretakers, and Pet Adoption Counselors
Employees
- Steve Brown, Shelter Manager and Animal Care Supervisor
- Nelson Andrews, Kennel manager and Animal Care/crew leader
- Melody Ali, Animal Care
- Jennifer Miller, Animal Care and Adoption Counselor
- Desi Smith, Animal Care
- Katrina Bondzsu, Kennel
- Jolene McCall, Adoption Counselor
- Katie Fischer, Adoption Counselor
- Lynn Henenberg, Computer and data entry
Board of Directors
- Susan Marr, President
- Kelli Fuller, Vice President
- Brenda Kirchner, Treasurer
- Barb Edler, Secretary
- Susan Berta, Photographer
- Niki Laviolette,Cat Rescue coordinator
- Sharon Mattison, Dog Rescue Coordinator
- Shelley Patterson, member
- Ginny Jones, member
- Lynn Celerak, member
- Cynthia Petrovic, member
- Ginger Moore, member