Pope County Humane Society

COVID-19 UPDATE

Pope County Humane Society is closed to the public

The building will remain closed to the public (appointments only) until further notice.

*We are still doing adoptions by appointment:

How the process will work:

•Fill out an application from our website, PchsMN.org. Email application to pchspets@gmail.com

•Once the application has been approved, we will call you to set up an adoption appointment.

•Please come with EXACT cash or check, otherwise we can accept payment in advance through PayPal.

•Please bring animal carriers or leash with you to your adoption appointment.

•All other instructions will be provided during our phone call.

Our COVID-19 Protocol for entrance into the building:

Covid Protocol for people adopting animals: by appointment
- If you answer yes to any of these questions, reschedule your appointment
  - Do you have any of the following?
    - Fever or chills
    - Cough
    - Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    - Fatigue
    - Muscle or body aches
    - Headache
    - New loss of taste or smell
    - Sore throat
    - Congestion or runny nose
    - Nausea or vomiting
    - Diarrhea
  - Are you ill, or caring for someone who is ill?
  - Have had contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19?
  - Live in or visit a place where COVID-19 is spreading?
- Visitors MUST wear a mask and use sanitizer upon entering the building. Hand washing available as well
- Only one person in the building during appointments
- Currently we are appointment only
- We ask people to submit an application for approval before adoption appointments
  - If you do not have an appointment, please call our shelter number and we can provide an application for you
  - We can not guarantee an appointment if you have not made one ahead of time
- Meetings will take place in the front office
  - We can walk people through the cat rooms with their mask on. If they find someone they are interested in spending more time with, we will offer a meet and greet in the front office
  - Initial dog meetings are with one person only and held in the front office. If more family members would like to meet that dog, we can arrange a meeting in our open area kennel behind the shelter
- Staff is required to wear a mask while other people are in the building
  - We have cloth face masks for people coming in to use
    - People can bring their own

If you have a found animal, please Facebook message, email, or call first. We will get back to you as soon as we are able. We can do interactions curbside, outside the building if desired. We will give more specific instructions over the phone.

Our funds coming in are drastically reduced due to Covid-19. If you would like to donate at this time please do so through our donate button. We are set up through PayPal and would greatly appreciate any donations.

About Us

Our History

Pope County Humane Society was established in 1985 and incorporated in 1987. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, dedicated to caring for lost, abandoned, and stray animals. Seeing a need for an energetic nonprofit to support our community's animals, we formed our organization to provide solutions for animals in need. We've grown considerably since then, all thanks to the helping hands of this amazing community!

Animals Are Our Mission

Our mission: Help pets in need in our community and surrounding areas through sheltering, adoption, education, spay/neuter, and community outreach.

Our goals:

-To reduce the number of animals euthanized in our community by providing the animals temporary housing, foster homes, or other suitable venues, until they can be placed in adoptive homes.

-To educate the public in areas of humane treatment of animals, the importance of spaying and neutering, the importance of pet adoption to help eliminate the need to euthanize animals due to lack of space in existing shelters and humane societies.

-To work with other humane societies, other animal rescue groups, the public, and governmental agencies to offer relief from pet overpopulation.

-To provide medical care to all animals in PCHS custody, through local veterinarians.

-To grow Pope County Humane Society to fit the needs of our community