Organization: KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS
Mission: OPERATION OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER.
Activities: SHELTER PROGRAM:THE KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY IS A NON-PROFIT ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SHELTER AND CARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS, PET ADOPTION SERVICES, DONOR-SUBSIDIZED SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES FOR THE PETS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES, PET TRAINING, YOUTH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND END OF LIFE SERVICES SUCH AS PRIVATE PET CREMATION. IN 2019, KHS PROVIDED SERVICES FOR 16,675 ANIMALS. OF THOSE ANIMALS, 5,066 WERE SURRENDERED BY THEIR OWNERS WHO WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE FOR THEM, AND 6,750 WERE STRAY ANIMALS TRANSFERRED FOR ADOPTION FROM WICHITA ANIMAL SERVICES, THE KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY'S MUNICIPAL PARTNER AT THE MURFIN ANIMAL CARE CAMPUS.OF THE 16,675 ANIMALS SERVED BY KHS, 12,408 WERE HOMELESS ANIMALS NEEDING SHELTER AND 4,267 VISITED KHS FOR ANCILLARY SERVICES SUCH AS SPAY/NEUTER OR END OF LIFE SERVICES. OF THE 12,408 ANIMALS NEEDING SHELTER SERVICES, 11,767 WERE SAVED THROUGH ADOPTION, TRANSFER TO REGIONAL ADOPTION PARTNERS OR RETURNED TO THEIR OWNERS. IN 2019, KHS' LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR CANINES WAS 96%; FOR FELINES 93%; AND OVERALL, 94%. DUE TO HEALTH, BEHAVIOR OR LACK OF ORGANIZATION RESOURCES, 684 ANIMALS WERE EUTHANIZED.
VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER SERVICES:THE KHS VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY MEDICAL CARE TO SHELTER ANIMALS INCLUDING EXAMINATION, EVALUATION, VACCINATION, AND SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY PRIOR TO ADOPTION. KHS CONDUCTED 3,155 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN 2019, ALL OF WHICH WERE FOR LOW INCOME PET OWNERS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE SERVICE ELSEWHERE. EVERY DOG AND CAT ADOPTED FROM KHS IS SPAYED/NEUTERED AND MICROCHIPPED PRIOR TO ADOPTION - ULTIMATELY DECREASING THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ENTERING OUR FACILITY IN THE FUTURE.
COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES:YOUTH EDUCATION IS A KEY BUILDING BLOCK TO REACHING OUR VISION AND REDUCING OUR COMMUNITY'S DISTRESSING PET OVERPOPULATION. IN 2019, KHS REACHED OVER 18,125 CHILDREN TO TEACH INVALUABLE LESSONS OF COMPASSION AND RESPECT FOR OTHER LIVING THINGS. KHS OFFERS PET TRAINING CLASSES TO STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN/ANIMAL BOND AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS RELINQUISHED TO KHS BY THEIR OWNERS. KHS HELPED 2,003 GRIEVING FAMILIES MEMORIALIZE THEIR PET THROUGH PRIVATE PET CREMATION IN 2019. NEARLY 1,581 VOLUNTEERS HELPED FULFILL THE MISSION OF KHS, PROVIDING CARE, SUPPORT, ENRICHMENT, SOCIALIZATION, COMPASSION AND LOVE TO ITS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS. MORE THAN 222 VOLUNTEER FOSTER FAMILIES PROVIDED SPECIALIZED CARE FOR 1,181 ILL OR UNDERAGE PETS IN 2019.
NTEE category: Animal-Related
Secondary category: Food, Agriculture & Nutrition