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The NOAH Center

3.8 (92 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Kittens
Céline A.

They have a ton of wonderful pets for adoption and run great events with affordable spay and neuter clinics. Everyone is always friendly and welcoming.

Sweet momma and babies
Jennifer M.

Thought I would share my foster experience with NOAH as a testament to their focus on animal welfare. I have fostered three times with NOAH: A litter of three 6wk old terrier puppies, a 6wk old daschund singleton, and a young mom with 4 newborns (YIKES!). The first two were easy breezy. I was given good instructions and tons of supplies. The mom with 24-hour old puppies was a bit of a stretch, but they were super helpful again on supplies and support. Unfortunately, the mom became ill. The NOAH team was super quick to respond. They had me immediately bring them all back, took everyone to the vet, and found an experienced medical foster family. All are doing well!

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Trista H.

I was fortunate to be a part of my employer's volunteer event at NOAH. NOAH is a non-profit organization focusing on saving dogs and cats. NOAH is a non-kill shelter. NOAH doesn't accept animals from the public or from pet stores. NOAH only accepts animals from partnering shelters throughout the United States (natural disasters and such). Once a NOAH animal, always a NOAH animal, meaning that if the owner can no longer care for the pet, the pet may return to NOAH. NOAH takes the adoption process seriously and has "match-makers" on site to go over the best fit for owner and animal. Keep in mind, the interest lies with the animal and not the person. Just because a person likes/wants the animal doesn't mean they will get the animal. Animals are only adopted out if the fit is right (temperament, home, family unit etc...) More places should operate within these guidelines in my opinion. NOAH offers discounted spay/neuter 7 days a week. The proceeds from these services unfortunately does not go back into NOAH. The majority of the tasks are completed by volunteers. During our event, we picked up dog poop, re-filled poop bags, laundry, cleaned and disassembled crates. In an attempt to keep costs down as well as raise money NOAH accepts donations. Donations can be placed in the drop box at the front of the building. Donations include but are not limited to: dog/cat food, plastic grocery bags, blankets, plastic gloves, bedding, etc...Donations that cannot be directly used at NOAH will be sold at their garage sale. Proceeds from the garage sale go back into NOAH. NOAH also has an onsite pet store in which the proceeds go back into NOAH. All animal bedding is washed every single day. The walking trails are clean and amply supplied with donated plastic grocery poop bags. The carrier crates are disinfected after each use. NOAH takes pride in their services and they love their animals. I personally am thankful to have been educated on all the work NOAH does. Now that I am aware, my future free time and donations will be given to NOAH.

My new babies, perfect beans and they love to snuggle

Crystal was super friendly and helped me through the process of playing with the kittens and making sure I had all the right stuff for them, the process was awesome and exactly what I came in for!

Robbie and Luna.
David C.

We had just lost one of our most beloved cats and decided to rescue a kitten (or two) to help us move past the grief. It's something we've always done, and in the process we've shared our lives with over a dozen rescued cats in the last 30 years. NOAH staff are extremely efficient at their jobs, and there are lots of wonderful, adoptable animals at their shelter. About the only negative we saw: don't look for a lot of warm and fuzzy (other than from the animals) We figured that anyone lucky enough to work with animals all day would be over the moon about it, but everyone is different, and these folks are mostly all business. That said, we did meet two beautiful kittens, a brother and sister, and it was love at first sight. They're two of the sweetest and most affectionate kittens we've ever adopted, but unbeknownst to us, they both had upper respiratory infections (URI) that became evident once we brought them home. It cost us over $1000, three visits to the vet, and three different antibiotics before the disease began to alleviate. They're still sneezing, but it looks like they're past the worst of the URI. Unfortunately, the infection was also passed to our two adult cats, even though we kept the kittens separate, and washed our hands and all the dishes constantly in antibacterial soap. The folks at NOAH had warned us the kittens may have been exposed to a URI at the shelter, and were treated once already, but apparently they picked up a second, different URI before we adopted them. I'm sure NOAH didn't know this because the kittens were not symptomatic when we left. I notified NOAH of the situation, and they immediately refunded our adoption fee to help us cover some of the extra expense we'd incurred for the kittens once we got them home (and for our two adults when they picked up the virus). They did this without being asked and it was much appreciated. They also promised they would look at their screening and quarantine procedures to be sure this didn't happen to anyone else. For stepping up and being totally professional in the face of this challenge, we give them highest marks.

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Quick and friendly, pricing is affordable as well. All 3 of my cats got everything they needed to be healthy outdoor cats !

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Warning!! Adopted a big on 11-2-24, the bog i adopted had Parvo. Noah puts " sick or compromised animals up for adoption!

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Love this place. Friendly and very good. My kitty was well taken care of. They came to my car for transition with my kitty.

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workers were EXTREMELY disrespectful and rude. the dogs are the sweetest things and deserve a better shelter

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