Meet Maila
Maila was brought into the pound alone as a tiny little kitten. She was quickly taken into foster care by our humane partner, PAWS of Michigan. She boarded our transport van, made the one hour trip, and was spayed at approximately 10 weeks at the Humane Ohio clinic.

Transport/Rescue Partner Program
Humane Ohio's cargo van allows us to offer transport and low-cost services to 33 humane partners throughout seven counties in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Before our collaboration, many of our partners were adopting out in-tact animals. Because our clinic can alter these animals at a reduced cost, this is no longer the case. In addition to fixing adoptable pets, many of these shelters can also offer free spay/neuters to low-income families in their communities. Our clinic helps with this too. By ensuring that area shelters are adopting out altered animals and reaching out to other families in need of assistance, we take an important step in realizing our vision.

Cody Fund
In 2007, this fund was inspired by a dog named Cody who taught Humane Ohio's founder about unconditional love and how to live life in the moment and with pure joy. Cody was adopted from a shelter where she would have been euthanized if she had not found a home, for the simple reason of not enough space.

The purpose of the fund is to help with the cost of spay/neuter surgery for those who can't afford it; for free-roaming cat caretakers to eliminate unwanted litters; and to make every pet a wanted one like Cody. The Fund also helps pay for any medical treatment deemed necessary at the clinic such as flea and worm treatment, antibiotics, and treatment of wounds for free-roaming cats. Cody recently passed away but her legacy will live on.

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Meet Boo
Boo's family breathed a sigh of relief when they heard about our special pricing for the spay/neuter of Labrador Retrievers through our Labrador Day promotion. Boo was fixed for just $50.00, and now plays and romps happily without risk of becoming pregnant and adding to the massive overpopulation crisis plaguing Black Labs across the country.

Special Promotions
Humane Ohio offers a number of special promotions each year in an effort to reach animal populations most at risk of euthanasia in area shelters. These promotions include fun and functional events such as:

Labrador Day
Labrador Retrievers are the most populous breed in shelters and therefore one of the most euthanized breeds. Humane Ohio offers a special promotion and even reduced pricing for the spay/neuter of Labrador Retrievers during this fun promotion that ties in with the Labor Day holiday each year.

Beat the Heat
Humane Ohio offers reduced pricing to spay female cats each February in an effort to prevent unwanted litters before kitten season and keep animal shelters/rescue groups from becoming overwhelmed with kittens.

Black is Back
Cats and dogs with black fur tend to be overlooked and spend the longest time in shelters. Humane Ohio reaches out to guardians of animals with black fur, offering special pricing for spay/neuter of their cats and dogs during this creative initiative.

No Father's Day
Similar to "Beat the Heat," Humane Ohio offers special pricing to neuter male cats in June with the intention of fewer homeless kittens during this key part of kitten season.

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Meet Rocky
Rocky's new family was leaving a local fast food restaurant when a small bundle of fur with a great personality jumped into their car! With no guardian in sight, they took him home where he eventually came to stay. They were worried about the challenge of the expense it takes to responsibly care for a family pet. Rocky's new mom learned about Humane Ohio from a friend at church, and now calls Humane Ohio "a blessing."

Reduced Costs for Low-income Populations
We offer low-cost spay/neuter to pet guardians, people caring for free-roaming cats, animal shelters and rescue groups, and we offer a special, even lower rate to pet guardians on Medicaid, Food Assistance, WIC (Women, Infants & Children), SSI (Supplemental Security Income), Section 8 Public Housing, OWF (Ohio Works First) and Heat Assistance Program. If a person cannot afford even our low-cost prices, we work with them to determine what they can afford - which is sometimes nothing - and reduce our low-cost price to whatever they can afford or do the spay/neuter at no cost. As a private, non-profit organization, we use private donations and grants to subsidize the true, higher cost of spay/neuter procedures and offer further financial assistance to those who need it.

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Meet One Happy Colony
One Good Samaritan has overseen the fixing and immunizations of 10 free-roaming cats (eight pictured here) in his neighborhood which has controlled the cat population without having to euthanize.

Trap-Neuter-Return
Humane Ohio focuses on prevention, not reaction, and we are proud to work with the community to humanely reduce the free-roaming cat population. One crucial way we do this is through our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Program. This invaluable service supports our mission that spay/neuter is the best defense against pet overpopulation.

Education
As an animal welfare leader in our community, Humane Ohio feels a strong sense of responsibility to educate the pet guardians who use our service. We educate our clients on flea preventatives and explain the danger of using inexpensive flea collars. We stress the importance of having pets vaccinated and preventative care, and the importance of having a collar with ID tags and a microchip. We explain the reasons cats should be indoor pets and not allowed to roam outside, and we teach people about the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) process and help them learn how to become responsible free-roaming cat caretakers. Our goal is to provide pet guardians and those caring for free-roaming cats with the necessary education and instill in them the confidence and compassion to teach others.