welcome to our new look and our new name!
This website will act as a platform for us to share all our details regarding our animals and also help you quickly get in touch with us for all your needs including adoption policies, upcoming events, and how you can help! You can also find additional information, including contact details, educational information, helpful links, and our success stories. We will continuously keep updating this website with the latest information so that you are always up to date with all our activities, new initiatives and offerings.
check out the first of our new updates...
gotta watch!
Each month, a member of the Fort Defiance Humane Society will showcase their "Pick of the Litter" with information that makes their friend special. To inquiry about any of the animals, email at newbestfriend@fortdefiancehumanesociety.org.
Emily's Pick of the Litter is COMING SOON!!
Name:
Age: years
Breed:
want to help? make a donation!
Every day many of you will don the spirit of giving. The Humane Society wants to remind you that we have loving animals come into our shelter year-round. Many of them will be homeless for the upcoming celebrations. Perhaps you would consider makin a special donation to the animals of the FDHS. Please click below to contribute and remember FDHS is an independent 501c(3) organization. Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
come one, come all!
Want to get involved and help our animals? Then join us for our Board of Trustees meeting. The FDHS meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Humane Society. Meetings begin at 7:00 pm. Below is a list of meeting dates. Hope to see you there!
February 15, 2012
March 21, 2012
April 18, 2012
May 16, 2012
June 20, 2012
July 18, 2012
August 15, 2012
September 19, 2012
October 17, 2012
November 14, 2012
December 19, 2012
get 'em while their hot!
2012 CRITTER CARDS NOW AVAILABLE!
FDHS Critter Cards for 2012 are now available for only $5. Again, 20 merchants will be participating with substantial discounts, including: First Choice Hair Cutters, China Garden, Four All Seasons, Padrone's Pizza, Dairy Queen, Gary's Auto Repair, Tim Horton's, The Station, Family Video, Asian Grill Buffet, Captain D's, Carmine's Little Italy, Casa Vieja, Applebee's, BreadStyx, Cosmos, Defiance Pancake House, Nancy's, Quiznos and Burger King. They are available at Lawson Printing, 1st Choice Hair Cutters, Padrone's Pizza, and Four All Seasons.
BECOME A 2012 KENNEL SPONSOR!
Pledging $20 a month earns a Bronze Paw, $50 a Silver Paw, and $100 a month pledge earns a Gold Paw. The plaque will be placed on a kennel with your name and/or business as that kennel sponsor, or in honor or memory of a loved one or pet. Please help the special lives who occupy these kennels. Call the shelter at 419.658.2298 for more information.
WE ARE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Stop by and visit all the animals any day from Noon until 5:00 pm!
They are always happy to see you!
2010 financial reports
To view our auditor' report from 2010 click here
To view our 990 tax return from 2010 click here
membership drive
Now your chance to give back to the animals. Click on the link to print off and fill out a membership application to become a member of the Fort Defiance Humane Society. Completed applications and fees will not be accepted at the Shelter but must be mailed in.
Our Mission is to continually demonstrate our commitment to the highest principles of humane care and professional treatment for all injured, ill, stray or unwanted animals.
Our commitment to offer nothing but the very best is reflected in our vision & mission statements. We exist because of our volunteers and we are very grateful to those who have made us what we are today. We now strive to take our organization to the next level so that we can serve the animals even better and continue to keep them fully satisfied.