Our experience first started with their website in the adoptable dog section, which is updated…read moreevery hour. Saturday was our first time here. We arrived promptly at opening at 10am. There was already 6 cars waiting at the gate. Such a busy place! The volunteers were all very helpful. We were able to see the dog we had in mind, but another couple had their eye on him first so we went to see the other dogs in the back. Everyone was so kind and personable. After 5-10min, the original volunteer told us the couple left and did not adopt the doggo we were looking at so we got to adopt him within the hour. All dogs are neutered/spayed, bordatella, flea treatment, heart worm tested, and given a few other vaccines. They are also microchipped. I felt the staff had genuine care for these pets and wanted the best for them. Thank you again!

I got my two previous babies from here! From what I've seen they treat their animals well and it's…read morevery appreciated that before adoption the pets come neutered. Whenever people ask me how I got my cat I tell them that I got her for $7 from my local shelter, and $2 of those dollars where for a box to carry her in.

These are the sweetest kind of people.., they had every chance to be curt and rude as I did not…read morehave the correct paperwork to get my three-year rabies shot for my two little Shorkies. They help me get all the paperwork I needed gave me a choice of having one year shot which I didn't want... And assisted me in getting the information they needed and I got my Three year rabies shot plus the additional provided. I am very happy with the way they treated me. I am a senior living on Social Security and the savings I got. Versus going to my normal were SIGNIFICANT. Thank you so very much !

Went again to get the dogs their yearly updated vaccinations/ great experience- I really like the…read morestaff! So kind caring and just GREAT! Place is super clean . I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this vet place . 5 lol

Kurt is the best. He took my girlfriend and I around the sanctuary in his SUV regaling us with…read moreinformation, history and future plans the entire time. He was charming and understanding of my girlfriend's fear of deer flies. She kept jumping out of the car, but he didn't mind, haha. The current location is still under construction, but your awe at the animals will eclipse any notice. We came to trust that Kurt, Lisa and the volunteers truly cared for the animals and were doing their best for them. Far more magical and worthwhile than a zoo, I've been telling everyone about this place.

From the owner: NOTE: Not open to the public…read more Wildlife sanctuary, dedicated to restoring and protecting natural habiat for rehabilitated native animals to be safely released when they cannot go back where they were found. We also rehabilitate orphaned or injured black bear cubs for wildlife officials in Florida and surrounding states. The cubs are restored to health and returned to the officials for release where they deem apropriate.

July 17, 2020: Our 13.5 year old Labrador was put to sleep today due to her health. After she died…read morewe had a 80% bag of food and her medications and a few other things that we decided to donate to Journeys End Animal Sanctuary. This is a beautiful place and the people working there were so gracious to accept our donations to help their sheltered animals. We are so glad to find Journeys End Animal Sanctuary.

This is a lovely place hidden in the neighborhood. They are doing such great work here. They…read moreprovide a loving home to all types of animals. We were here to visit and only had time to visit with the cats. But there were so many cats but they all seemed happy. There was a porch on the cat building where the cats could hang out. I will definitely come back and visit next time I am in town.

I cant tell you how amazing this staff is. They did such a great job with my love Leo! He was a…read morelong term resident ...their patience and love they gave Leo really made him such a great pup! They all truly care about these animals. The staff is so kind. I had such a wonderful experience adopting Leo. Im so happy that I found my boy!! Thank you for all you do!

Hello, my name is Alyssa. Almost 5years ago I adopted a kitten named Alex from your selter. Alex…read morehas meant so much to me words can't explain. I've been through a lot these past few years, and he's been the best thing to come home to. I just wanted to message you to say thank you for all the work you and the staff do for Ocala community and our animals. I'll never forget the girl who I spoke with when I was picking him out, she loved him. Please tell everyone there how amazing they are and how much their work matters. Every animal saved, saves someone like me out there. Some days are really hard and it's a relief to come home to our fur babies.

They take great care of the animals and the facilities are clean and well kept!…read moreStaff are amazing!

Using Petfinder online, we stumbled across the cutest kitten. We made the 3 hour round trip from…read morethe UCF area to pick him up at Petsense in The Villages. The adoption went smoothly and even got a free bag of Petsense brand food. The lady was super nice and made sure we got along with the kitten and didn't pressure us into anything, even though she went out of her way to meet us at the store. Thanks for the new member of our family!

This rescue imposes unnecessarily burdensome and discriminatory requirements on disabled and…read moreelderly adopters. After approving our application and after I personally spent over 30 minutes meeting the dogs, they insisted that my partially disabled wife travel a 2.5‑hour round trip so a medically untrained volunteer could "evaluate" whether she might fall on a dog. That person would then report their impressions to a committee for final approval. I am fully mobile and would be the primary caregiver for the dogs. My wife simply wanted companionship. No other rescue in our 20 years of adopting dogs has ever required this kind of intrusive and medically unqualified assessment, nor have they refused to offer reasonable accommodation such as a home visit. This process effectively penalizes disabled applicants and creates barriers that are unnecessary, inappropriate, and discriminatory in practice. For an adoption fee of $600, adopters deserve a respectful, professional, and accommodating process. Until they revise these policies or offer a reasonable alternative, this review stands. Apparently the concept of service or companion animals for the elderly or partially handicapped is beyond the capacity of this rescue. They will claim that they just want to protect the animal while providing unqualified and a harshly judgemental attitude toward the human client.

Good morning, I am…read morereaching out in hopes that you will change your mind and assist sushi's actual owner. The owner was hospitalized and the fabrication that the dog was wandering the street and not surrendered by the person who was supposed to be boarding them is harmful and out right wrong. While researching your rescue I ran into some horrible reviews about your character. Please try to make things right. If this message does not get a response I will be reaching out to news outlets in the Florida area and nationwide in hopes to reunite sushi with his rightful owner who loves him and has had him for well over three years. and to future adopters: it's not too late to find an animal rescue organization that moves with compassion and integrity.

Patti Q. has been taking care of dozens of unwanted dogs and cats for years now in Central Florida…read more She runs this incredible shelter as a non-profit, and she works so hard to take care of her little wards and raise money and make it all happen. I hope people will donate or volunteer or adopt whatever rescues they can from Tails from the Heart - the YouTube video just broke my heart!

Fast response, great communication, healthy puppy We welcomed Daisy in February and she has got…read moreright in.

I would definitely adopt again though puppy pleasers. Renee was excellent answered any questions…read morethat I had . They had full medical records for the dog . The fosters that he was in was a very loving environment. He is a happy healthy boy.

Years ago, we adopted a mother cat and her kitten. Mother(Gracie) at the time was 10 months old and…read morethe kitten(Chloe) was 8 weeks. They were both rescue kitties. Fast forward to 10 years later. Chloe got sick and later found out she was filled with cancer and we had to put her down. A few months went by and Gracie was acting depressed and not eating. We figured she was lonely so we sought out another cat for Gracie. We read about the Humane Society of the Nature Coast and decided to go there even though it was 30 miles from our house. We had looked online before going to see what was available. We picked out 4 cats to look at. We were looking for an older cat as we didn't want to go through the whole kitten stage. So when we got there we were amazed at the facility. It was clean. The cats were kept in rooms with multiple cats, plenty of toys, cat towers, and a cat door heading to a screened in patio they called Catios. In the Catios there were shelves all along the screened area(they also had wire so they couldn't get out of the screen) the cats could sit and look outside and get fresh air. We looked at all of the cats we had picked out and had settled on one. On our way to tell them which one we had picked, we walked by this room that had a quarantine sign on it. Evidently the cats in that room had been exposed to ring worms. As we walked by, this scrawny little kitty was sitting by the door looking out the window. Doors had full length glass in them. We inquired about the room and they told us that if we entered that room we could not go into any other room afterwards. We agreed and went in and looked at and interacted with one kitty. They had named her Turtle Sundae. She was a Patch Tabby and had the colors of a turtle candy and a vanilla and chocolate sundae. She was four years old and exactly what we wanted. We decided on the way out that we didn't want to name her Turtle Sundae, so we dropped the Sundae and left her as Turtle. So this was a weekend and they said we could pick her up on Monday. The adoption process was so simple. Turtle had all of her shots and was spade. I picked her up on Monday and the adoption process only took about 30 minutes. The $75.00 adoption price was reasonable. I put Turtle in her carrier and out the door we went. On the way home, I stopped at the vet and had Turtle checked out per the agreement I signed at the facility. Doctor said she was in great shape and all was good. Fast forward to 6 months later. Turtle has turned into a wonderful companion. To sum it all up. Humane Society of the Nature Coast is exactly what it says. They are Humane, the staff is outstanding, the facility is clean, the adoption process was painless, and the price was reasonable. I have recommended this place to several people. I would use them again. This is truly a 5 star place and experience.

I do not doubt this facility provides great temporary homes until adoption and treat them with love…read moreand care. But my wife and I fell in love with a pup there on Christmas Eve but couldn't adopt that exact day. So filled out an application gave them our current dogs information including not being fixed. So we made a meet and greet appointment with our current doggo and the potential new addition two days later. We arrive on time only to be told we cannot do the meet and greet and cannot adopt because the dog at the shelter because he was recently fixed and won't be sterile for another 6 weeks. I was like ok cool so we have to come back in 6 weeks to do it then because we still want that dog. Nope. Said they didn't want the dogs to mate and create more puppies which I do understand to an extent. Just super disappointing they were not willing to work with us as we are trying to rescue a dog to a very good home to be spoiled at. And never called us to let us know because my wife and I made ourselves available for the next available meet and greet appointment. Phone numbers and emails were on the application and feel like this could've been handled more professionally. End of the day the dog they held for us and we intended on taking home today will unfortunately be sleeping at a shelter until another family falls in love with him as well.