The Indiana County Humane Society is a wonderful group of people, helping animals that need a good…read morehome. They have a wide range of dogs and cats that are well taken care of and ready to be adopted.

I adopted my cats from the Indiana County Humane Society two years ago. I couldn't be more pleased…read morewith the entire process. The staff was very helpful in assisting me in making my choices. I expected the cats to be scared and standoffish, but that wasn't the case. They were obviously socialized and have taken well to me and visitors to my home. This was my first experience with a humane society and it couldn't have been any better. I encourage everyone to tour the facility and see what they have to offer.

Need a new best friend? Need an old best friend? Look no further. These critters are spoiled and…read moreloved-on by the staff while they wait, as well as having all of their medical needs taken care of in preparation for finding their forever home. The facility is very clean and welcoming, with a great play yard for romping with the pups!

I would like to thank Action for Animals team for giving my husband and I the option to adopt a…read moreyoung homeless dog we truly were blessed to find in their shelter....the staff truly loves the animals they care for and do all they can to hook you up with the right animal you are searching for. Our pet fit right in from the start with a little patience and training they all need after being homeless for so long in a shelter. There are so many homeless pets waiting for their "forever home", I hope more people will realize the need for so many of them who are waiting for love and care and a place they can finally call home. Such comfort, love and joy this little guy has given us. If you are looking for your new fur family member, this is a great place to start at the Action for Animals in Latrobe.

Horrible experience -- truly at a loss for words…read more Our application was initially denied because our cat wasn't spayed. Fine. We immediately scheduled the spay for the very next morning. Then suddenly, they claimed our landlord said there was a two-cat maximum. When we called our landlord ourselves, he not only denied this to them but confirmed the lease says no such thing. So why lie? What should've taken one simple call turned into a series of frustrating and unnecessary hoops caused entirely by their disorganization and lack of communication. Their condescending, "we know best" attitude creates more barriers than bridges -- and ultimately prevents animals from finding loving homes. Despite knowing we lived an hour and a half away, they waited until 30 minutes before our cat was done with surgery -- meaning she would've waited over an hour for us to get there-- just to tell us the cat we'd applied for was adopted by someone else. Luckily, we were only 15 minutes away at that point. They insisted they "don't hold applications," yet somehow ours remained active during this whole process. And their excuse? "We couldn't guarantee you'd come back." While our 9-year-old cat was in their surgical suite. None of it makes sense. None of it felt fair. The lack of logic, empathy, or even basic organization was astounding. Save your time, money, and emotional energy. Go with Save Our Strays or literally any other rescue that's actually focused on matching animals with loving families -- not gatekeeping adoption with made-up rules and callous behavior.

Great Organization Great Organization. They really care…read moreabout the animals they work with. I highly recommend them.

My husband and I are cat people and we love following local rescues to see what's going on in the…read morecommunity and ways we can help. We live in State college, which is about 45 minutes from Altoona, but State College rescues are very closed doors and put on their "best" face (I.e. you don't see many truly struggling animals come through, for whatever reason, or they don't show us). We are in Altoona at least once a week and discovered this rescue via Facebook. We've both followed it for a few years and seen the journey from their previous location in Hollidaysburg to the new cafe setup in downtown Altoona and we love the work that Summer is doing. She does all of this for free, all donations to the rescue go directly to cats and she somehow manages to save hundreds of cats lives (or provide a very caring and gentle exit from the world if absolutely necessary) while maintaining an actual job on the side to help her fund this. She's incredible. The cat cafe is still being set up a little bit when we went but it has the main adult cat room as well as a smaller kitten room, and they have a little merchandise and snack area up front. There are many volunteers but I know they're always looking for more! If you do visit the cafe, the main thing to remember is to either bring or be wearing socks!!! They don't allow shoes in the cat rooms so unless you want to get cat litter and fur between your toes (though I will say it was super clean when we went), it's just better to have some socks. The fee to go in is $10 a person, and again, that all goes to the cats. I found that very reasonable all things considered. And since everyone loves a success story, we have two cats currently, an 11-year old female (with a Napoleon complex) and a 2-year old male who was rescued from a bad situation in Texas (and we are still not entirely sure if all his brain cells made it back here with us). They get along pretty much on a bare minimum basis, and the older one just really can't stand how energetic our boy is. So we started considering a sibling closer to the boy's age that would be maybe a good play companion for him and mellow out the transition from grumpy old female to crazy young male. We contacted this rescue since kitten season is ramping up and decided to visit two kittens, one at the cafe and one at his foster home. The one in the cafe (Gordon!) was a great cat and very social and energetic but we just weren't sure if he was the right fit. The kitten at the foster home has had a really rough time adjusting to people but he loves other cats. He didn't want to come out from under the bed for us but would play with toys with us from under the bed. We decided, based really on his love of other cats but also on his foster saying he showed signs of being able to open up and socialize with people with enough time and patience, to adopt him and we are going on a little over 2 weeks now of him adjusting to our upstairs space. I was impressed by his foster for how well she cared for him and his siblings, and she seemed very perceptive about how he would adjust and she turned out to be right. I really admire this rescue and everyone involved, and if I lived closer I would 100% be volunteering there probably more than I could afford to! If you're in the area, I suggest checking out the cat cafe and following their Facebook page. They're the first of their kind in Altoona and I love to support that.

We adopted Ziggy (formerly an onion name) last September. They are such lovely people who truly…read morecare about their animals! Meeting the foster and hearing about his quirks was also so much fun. Absolutely lovely place. Please don't stop having adoption fairs they're lovely.

Very helpful and knowledgeable and I'm sure they take care of the dogs very well I'm hoping to…read moreadopt a Chihuahua

We have adopted all 3 of our cats from the Pets Come First shelter, and it has been a very good…read moreexperience all the way around. The last two were adopted on a free adoption weekend, and we had a lot of time to familiarize ourselves with the felines. Nobody rushed us. After we decided to take home two instead of one they even loaned us an extra carrier free of charge. I highly recommend!

Horrible place, got ther to adopt a pet was taken to an area to meet prospective animals. Not sure…read morewhat they are doing but met a very timid , cowering dog then met a very aggressive,confrontational dog. was advised that all members of my household had to conduct a meet and greet. I have incapacitated parent and adult child who works and they could not complete this requirement. was told to leave and that I could not adopt. This is u acceptable and with these conditions how in the world do they expect anyone to meet their standards.

It's sad how most of these "bad" reviews are from a long time ago, because right now this place is…read moregreat! The animals are living in great condition, they seem very happy and loving. I volunteer here and it's great. The workers are very nice, and you always have something to do, weather it's walking the dogs, doing the laundry, or cleaning the litter boxes, it shows how much these people do every day. For anyone reading this, I would love if you were to be a volunteer because it's fun and it helps these people out a ton. 5 stars.

We were looking to adopt a dog since ours of 16 yrs recently passed away. We applied to, and…read morescoured countless local shelters, social media and websites looking for one. Then we came across CVAS. These people were amazing! From the volunteers to the staff, they made the whole process easy and answered my endless questions patiently and kindly. We watched them interact with the animals and knew this was the place we wanted to deal with . We couldn't love our baby more and we have the Lord and you guys to thank for her!

Very helpful and very informative great people to work with glad we decided to buy our new addition…read moreto our family from Rhonda she really cares about her animal's and her customers

From the owner: We are a small hobby breeder of the unique and exotic Bengal Cat. We take the time to socialize…read moreand litter train all of our kittens before they are released to their new owner. We register our Bengals with TICA. Our Bengal Kittens go to their Furever homes with their vaccinations and a health guarantee as well as the Kitten's Vet Certificate