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The Atlanta Humane Society operates a shelter which receives and houses animals with a trackable adoption program and deals directly hands-on with animals and their problems. AHS efforts provide immediate and critical services such as sheltering for the unwanted, abandoned, abused, and injured on a regional scale. The Atlanta Humane Society is your local Animal Care and Community Center, and your financial support is vital to our success.

No. There is no national organization which financially supports local shelters. The AHS is like over 3,000 other humane shelters in this country in being a non-profit independent organization which takes in funds to provide services and programs for their individual communities. Supporting your local shelter supports your community.

The AHS does not receive federal or local governmental funding nor United Way funding. Support of the hospital and two campuses is from individuals, corporate and business gifts and private foundations. We are a 501c(3) non-profit organization and the majority of our funding is from individuals. Funding is in the form of cash donations, bequests, trusts and endowments, and fees. Our tax ID number is 58-0685900. As a 501 (c ) (3) non-profit corporation, the Atlanta Humane Society is required to file an annual 990 form with the IRS. In order to provide complete transparency, Atlanta Humane Society is providing our constituency with our most recent filing.

Never. We are a safe haven for the sick, homeless, and abused. Under no circumstances are our animals utilized for experimentation or research.

The Education Department provides informative programs to schools and community groups on a number of topics. One purpose of the Education Department is to promote Responsible Pet Ownership in an effort to reduce the number of homeless animals and increase awareness of pet overpopulation. The Department also serves as a troubleshooter to help people communicate and work out problems with their pets rather than surrender their pets. We offer an extensive SmartHeart pamphlet series to answer many commonly asked questions.

The Atlanta Humane Society is one of the largest private, nonprofit animal shelters in the Southeast United States, placing approximately 8,000 animals each year. AHS is committed to finding homes for all adoptable pets. We do not euthanize adoptable animals, and there are no time limits for the animals once they are in our care. We only humanely euthanize those animals suffering from significant medical issues or that pose behavior concerns. We are proud to be a part of the solution to ending pet homelessness and overpopulation in the Southeast United States.