Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

They will kill the shy puppies. So my suggestion to you is, if your looking to adopt, go for the shy dogs because they will be the next one on the list to put down on Wednesday. Or, if you are bringing in a dog, and its shy, I encourage you to reconsider.

What you should be fed up with is the people who drop their animals off in the middle of the night in someone else's neighborhood if your that pissed maybe you should rescue them!!!!!

They disgust me! They kill your pet even if it is eligible for adoption. The dog has 5 seconds after arrival to determine his fate. They get no chance.

I visited the Human Society for the first time in over twenty years recently. I am very impressed with the staff and the operation. I'm surprised at the negative reviews here and can only speculate that some of them may have an axe to grind. Being an organization of mostly volunteers, the finesse and people skills of some volunteers may not be always the best. I believe in the mission of this organization. It is not there to please everyone with an animal issue, it is there to do a good job of saving pets with a high potential of getting adopted into loving home. I know that the shelter does euthanize some animals. They do not promote themselves as a "no-kill" shelter. They are a great organization that connects people and adoptable animals together. They are humane. The real problem is not animal shelters that euthanize, it is people who abandon or dump pets and/or fail to get their pets neutered or spayed. Human beings can be at their best or their worst when it comes to dealing with dogs and cats.

I'd give this place ZERO stars if I could

Humane Society makes me sick! Everything from their business practices, to how they treat their animals, to how they lie in the media. Just very upsetting!

I am DISGUSTED with the Humane Society's practices...

I don't like the way they do business

I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR ANIMALS!

They don't even know the age of the dogs they have in their kennels! I adopted a beagle that had a sign on the cage stating she was 5 years old. When I picked her up from being spayed, there was a little note on the adoption form saying that she is more like 10 years old! I asked the staff why they didn't know this before, and they told me the doctor doesn't see the animals until they get adopted. I wonder what the vet actually does there besides euthanizing?!!!

I can't the Humane Society is LYING in the newspaper and to the public stating that they haven't euthanized any dogs in the last five months! I volunteered there in August for about two weeks and know the names and date of a few dogs that were euthanized on Wednesday evenings. I know as a fact that those animals were very adoptable dogs, including young puppies. so, Don't believe anything they say!

In my opinion, the Humane Society does NOT actually CARE about animals. They run a profitable business like none other. They will euthanize a 7 month old puppy because it is “unadoptable” perhaps for the reasons that it pooped in its caged or it is a bit shy… however, they will keep alive a 10 year old dog. I was under the impression that the dog was five years old, that is what the cage tag said. But after the dog was examined by the vet, I found out that the dog was, in fact, twice that age. That should show something about the intelligence of the staff there…..

I was a volunteer at the Humane Society, and would like to voice my DISGUST with their practices. Although they claim that they do the “HUMANE” thing, I think we could all agree that euthanizing a six month old puppy just because she is shy and pooped in his kennel is NOT the Humane thing. I even mentioned several times to staff members that I would like to be contacted before this puppy is put down so that I could adopt him. I came there the next day and saw that the puppy was, in fact, put down. So much for going out of their way to save an animal. I agree that the puppy was shy at the beginning, but after walking her a few times, she became a HUGE SWEETHEART that wagged her tail, licked my hand and was always excited to go on a walk. This puppy didn't even have a change to know what living means. I no longer volunteer there because it breaks my heart to come back to empty cages the next day where innocent dogs and cats are being put down for no reason other than that the staff will claim they had “behavior problems”, which means pooping in a kennel. I would just like to spread the awareness on this matter.

they are a great place to work with