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Humane Society reports increased spay/neuter and adoptions; asks for vet access to scale services
Summary
The humane society told Boyle County Fiscal Court it performed 530 cat surgeries in 2025, adopted out 338 cats and 255 dogs, and expanded a Compassionate Care Assistance Fund that granted $8,600 last year; staff said lack of veterinary appointments is the main barrier to more services.
Carrie, director of the local humane society, gave a summary of 2025 operations and priorities for 2026, highlighting major program metrics and community partnerships.
She said the shelter and its partners completed about 530 spay/neuter surgeries for cats in 2025 and adopted out 338 cats and 255 dogs (numbers include animals sent to rescue). The shelter expanded a Compassionate Care Assistance Fund that can award up to $500 for pet fees, spay/neuter or vaccination costs; the fund granted approximately $8,600 in 2025 and has already received 12 requests in the first six weeks of 2026, approving roughly 90% of those requests.
Carrie credited a strengthened community-cat (TNVR) program, a home-to-home rehoming website (hometohome.org) that broadens the online audience, volunteers and fosters. She noted the main operational limit for scaling spay/neuter work is availability of veterinary appointments rather than demand — the shelter lacks enough clinic capacity to increase surgical throughput further.
Carrie also described collaborative on-site work with Boyle County Animal Care & Control and singled out staff and volunteers (including a community cat coordinator) for improving intake management and lowering euthanasia rates: the shelter’s euthanasia rate was reported at about 7% last year, a figure Carrie described as within the no-kill benchmark.
Court members thanked the director and noted the partnership between county animal-control services and the humane society. No formal action was required or taken during the report.
The humane society director encouraged residents to use the home-to-home platform and noted ongoing recruitment of volunteers and foster homes to sustain rehoming work.
