MILTON-FREEWATER HUMANE SOCIETY, Inc.

Milton-Freewater Humane Society, Inc. has been in operation since 2002, formerly under the names PETS (Preventing Euthanasia through Schooling), Pets of Milton-Freewater, Inc. & Cats Galore.

Spay Neuter Our Primary Focus. We believe strongly in promoting spay/neuter to decrease the number of cats and dogs without homes. We are leaders in Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) of feral and stray cats.

Adoptions. We adopted out close to 200 cats and a few dogs per year for the last five years. However, due to limited finanaces and our volunteer-only workforce, we no longer operate Cats Galore Shelter, and are using foster homes for adoptable cats and a few dogs in 2010.   We reserve most of our foster care homes for cats for the cats that come in to us from our TNR program.  However, if cats and fixed and vaccinated, we will take owned cats to our adoption events from individuals and help find them a home. 

Sanctuary.  We operate a sanctuary for cats that we have not been able to place, but it is is not open to new cats due to inadequate finances.

No-Kill Philosophy. We are strong believers in the No-Kill philosophy and do not kill animals unless we and our veterinarians believe the animal does not have reasonable quality life remaining, and/or if it is deemed unrehabilitable or unsafe to handle (for dogs). We do not spend large amounts of money on vet care for sick or injured animals that do not have a good prognosis for the future, but we do save unweaned kittens, elderly animals, injured animals with good prognosis for recovery, and hard to adopt animals that may lack a limb, eye, or have other disabilities. We are, however, limited to what homes we have available in our foster home system. As a result we are always looking for new foster homes so we can help more animals.