Awesome people! Great animals! Slow moving animals but they are respectful and helpfulread more

Though I've never adopted from HEART I have stopped in to both their Hamburg and Williamsville…read morelocations. All of the volunteers are super friendly and so so caring! You can tell how much they love what they do. They're all extremely educated on their animals as well, if you need help finding your match they will find you the perfect cat. :)

Great county with lots of things to do! Including hiking and biking! Enjoy the outdoors in grape…read morecountry!

Our first experience with the Chautauqua Humane Society was in 2017. We had recently lost our…read morebeloved dog of 17 years and knew we wanted and needed another dog. The staff was welcoming, supportive and understanding of our grief. They allowed us to view the adoptable dogs privately, there was no pressure. We saw a lot of options, but none seemed to fit our wish list of a puppy, female and German Shepherd mix. As we were leaving a staff member suggested we take one more walk with her. She pointed out a few dogs that might be a good fit but for one reason or another we said "No". When we reached the end of the hall, we stopped in front of a glass enclosed room. Three older dogs were playing, one stopped and locked eyes with my husband. The staff member said Snowball was 10 years old, a staff favorite and very shy around men. He had been abused by a man, so he tended to trust and make friends slowly. She asked if we would like to meet him. We agreed to meet him and were taken to an outdoor patio area. They brought Snowball in and he walked around the area and then climbed into my lap and started licking me. When I was thoroughly loved; he climbed in my husband's lap and proceeded to lick him. We knew we had found our forever dog. The adoption process was efficient, professional and personal. We were sent home with food, toys, a collar, leash, coupons and a dog that was a perfect fit for our family. We can't thank the people at Chautauqua Humane Society enough; their compassion and patience helped us find the perfect dog. Snowball is loved and has found his forever home. Our second interaction with the Chautauqua Humane Society was in 2019-2020. In 2019 we noticed 3 feral cats on our property. The cats were young, so we fed them. We soon realized we had the start of a feral colony. 3 female cats soon became 3 cats and 10 kittens. We reached out to the Humane Society for advice and help. They suggested we try to socialize the kittens for future adoption and get on the list for the spay and neuter clinic. This was a very stressful time for us, we felt a responsible for the cats and helpless at the same time. The staff called to check on us, they offered support, invited us to meetings on the feral cat problem in this area and always made us feel like we were not alone. Trapping feral cats is not easy and there were times we felt like we would never succeed. The staff always encouraged us and showed genuine happiness when we "got another one". Our colony is no longer growing, every cat has been spayed and neutered. We can't say enough about the staff, they are friendly, compassionate, knowledgeable and caring. We recommend them highly for pet adoptions, feral cat problems and animal advice. You won't find a more professional and caring group of individuals.

I adopted my cat from them. She was in Petsmart and I fell in love!…read moreShe is beautiful and gentle. I was encouraged to stay in contact & they were happy to answer any questions I had. Definitely recommend!

I adopted my cat Lily from Second Chance and it's one of the best decisions I have ever made! Since…read moreadopting her I have also started volunteering with them. They have cats in many different Petsmarts and Petcos around the north and southtowns and even more animals in foster homes. If you're looking for a new cat/dog definitely get in contact with them - everyone cares so much about the animals and will help find you the right one!

When my emotional support dog unexpectedly died, I went to the Anna shelter to adopt a new…read morecompanion. There was an owner surrender named Bruno, he was four years old. He was at the shelter for around six weeks. Lots of people looked at him, but he would growl and cower in the corner. He did want to be touched. Bruno is a Pomeranian Chihuahua mix. Sometimes you need to be aware of the breed you are adopting, understand the animal has been traumatized, and show a lot of love and patience. I was told Bruno would not allow me to pick him up, was unsocialized, and hated to go for car rides. When I open my car door, I said Bruno want to go for a ride he jumped right in, Bruno loves to go for rides. He is housebroken, he smiles and many times people think he is showing teeth but that's not the case. His previous owners said they did not have enough time for him. It showed! I'm sure Bruno was kept in a crate all day long. He loves to roam the house, sleeps in the bed with me, is extremely protective of me. He has turned into a cuddle Buddy. He listens really well, loves baths And gets along extremely well with other dogs. After a little time, effort and training, Bruno is now my emotional support dog and goes everywhere with me. I am very grateful the Anna Shelter took Bruno in. Many kill shelters kill owner surrender dogs first. Each day I had Bruno, a little more of his personality came out. He has turned out to be an amazing companion and I feel very blessed to have him in my life. Thank you for giving Bruno a second chance. He has found his forever home.

I'm going to share with you a few pet adventures I've had over the last 6 or so years and if you…read moremake it to the end, I'll tell you what all of the tales have in common. -There was the time that my late cat Paddy had to have a few extractions and when I picked him up from the clinic I was told that one of his teeth shattered but, since there was no x-ray machine on the premises, they had to guess if they got all of the fragments out. Surprise: they didn't. Fortunately my aunt started a GoFundMe to raise the $1,000 needed to fix the damage that was caused (which of course was done by another veterinarian's office). - When I adopted my late cat Sadie, I was told that she was in perfect health for a senior cat, she just needed a dental cleaning. So I took her into the clinic and after a volunteer (not a tech, a volunteer) traumatized Sadie to the point that she wet herself, the vet comes in, looks at Sadie's mouth and tells me "Oh, she's way beyond a cleaning. She needs to have her teeth pulled." I learned my lesson from the experience with Paddy, but still wasn't prepared to have to take a cat to immediately have all of her teeth pulled when I was told during the adoption process that it wasn't necessary. -My father adopted a cat for me that was a VERY handsome boy. No health issues I had to worry about. Fast forward 24 hours and he's vomiting blood. By the morning when I woke up, my apartment looked like a crime scene. My dad called the place he got the cat from and at first he was asked to keep him until they found a foster, he refused and they miraculously remembered that the cat has a bleeding ulcer, something never mentioned to him or on paperwork. -Saving the saddest, and most recent, for last: I was given a senior kitty for my birthday. He was brought to my door the day before my birthday on Friday, June 27th. His name was Lenny, he was 12 and he was buff colored. He had a smokers meow and I loved him right away. Other than him being a senior, no health issues were reported. There wasn't an FIV test done on him, which I found to be strange. Well, it didn't take long for me to notice the giant elephant in the room: Lenny was skin and bones and I couldn't get him to eat. He had a very hard swallow as well. If I knew then what I know now, I would have gotten him into a vet much sooner, but I thought that maybe it was just a matter of finding the right wet food. But none of it was right. I got him into the vet as soon as I could and they confirmed my worst fears. His belly was full of fluid making it hard for him to breathe, let alone eat. His hip bones and spine jutted out because of this. His body had been slowly shutting down the whole time he was with me. THERE WAS NO WAY THE PLACE I GOT HIM FROM DIDN'T KNOW THE SHAPE HE WAS IN. So, with a broken heart, because not long ago I just lost my Sadie girl and here I am doing this again for a poor boy that was so sick yet overlooked, I gave him a kiss and held him when he slipped away. So what do these stories have in common? Every single one of these were courtesy of The Anna Shelter and/or their clinic next door. I'm not telling anyone what to do or who to support when it comes to adopting animals. I'm only talking about MY experiences. I'm talking about MY broken heart. I'm someone that was raised to love animals, and I do. I love them enough to never, ever, entrust any animal with them again. Whether it be a stray in need or someone asking me where they should adopt from or donate, I will *never* have anything to do with that shelter again. In memory of Paddy, Sadie, Lenny and every other pet owned by anyone that was hurt, ignored while in pain, handled roughly by people that shouldn't even be handling pets in a medical setting, from all of us against declawing, here is a hearty GOOD BYE.

On July 21st we adopted a scrawny looking little 4 lb female brown and black tabby named Dela, who…read morelooked like she needed some TLC and peace and quiet. She apparently hadn't had a lot of interaction with people, (or people who were kind to her), tended to hiss and lash out a lot. Patience and love have had an effect, and she is starting to warm up to us as we gain her trust. The biggest problem was her sensitive stomach, since she would wolf down her food and then upchuck everything. I have found that Purina One, hairball formula is helping, and I also bought an automatic cat feeder that dispenses about 8 grams of food 5 times a day, plus I give her one 80 gram can of wet food in the AM. Seems to be working! She has put on some weight, and her coat is looking beautiful and fluffy and shiny. Hard to tell it's the same cat my Grandson says. Dela is coming along nicely, and even though at times she is hard to love, we love her just the same. I commend the Humane Society of Welland for helping animals like Dela and others, and I am glad I could find this little cat there. We live in Welland ON

The Welland Humane Society is ridiculous. Today my mother and I brought a stray cat that we've been…read moretaking care of in to check if he had a micro chip and if he was fixed, but once we were there one of the girls checked him for the micro chip then when they found none she took him from my arms (pulled him actually) and brought him to the back room we had told them that one of are good friends were interested in given him a permanent home with them and that we'd like to keep him with us tell we know for sure. The girl at the counter that was already being really rude then told us that they were keeping him because we have no right to him because he is a stray. We had called prior to going and we were told that we can bring him in to get check and then bring him back home but apparently not because they took it just like that. moral of the story: The workers are really rude (and treat you like an idiot) And they might just steal your cat. if you have a stray and want it to be checked for a micro chip bring it to your vet not the humane society!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very professional, kind and skilled. I have had 5 stray cats…read morespayed/neutered with Almost Home Animal Sanctuary. I am so thankful that they do what they do. Very caring people. A huge asset to the area.

He is a quack!! he put stitches in my dogs ear WITHOUT anything for pain. when we eventually had…read moreto take my other dog there he said she had cancer and needed to be put down right away. We were lost...we did not want her to be in pain and finally said yes..we had her for 10 yrs and wanted the best for her. months latert the vet she did have called us. (he was out of time at the time and that was way we took her there. the regular vet asked if he could call me back.. he looked over her records and then called me an said there was NOTHING wrong with her and he had the regular records to prove it!!! WE PUT OUR BELOVED GRACIE DOWN TO SAVE HER FROM PAIN AND BECAUSE OF HIS WORD WE KILLED OUR BELOVED DOG. nO ONW WOULD LIKE TOUS BECAUSE HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A GREAT HUMANITARIN AND ANIMAL LOVER. hE HAD A PROBLEM WITH GRACIE BEING A BLACK PITBALL AND MADE THAT known several times. He is nasty, foulmouthed, rude, downright mean. I also would like to give him a O if I could. since that time I have told anyone who would listen about this man. }|}| }| }| }| }| }\ ]\ ]\ ]\ ]\ ]+

Please note: this is in the Niagara Centre Mall, NOT 6025 Chippawa Pkwy. Yelp insists on lumping…read morethe locations together. My friend and I stumbled upon this fantastic cat adoption centre in the otherwise dead mall that is Niagara Centre. In the front area, they stock odds and ends (water bottles, t-shirts, etc) to raise proceeds for their efforts. The back of the store is the really impressive part; it's divided by a floor-to-ceiling chain link fence with a gate, and they have dozens of cats wandering free. The area is the size of a large living room, and it's filled with all sort of furniture for the cats to climb/sleep on, as well as toys. There's an area in the very back marked "employees only" where the cats are free to retreat to if they need the litter box, food, or just a quiet place to hide. The employees are happy to let anyone in with the cats to visit, and you're free to pet or play with them, or just let them come to you. It's a great setup, almost like a cat cafe, where you can get to know your future pet on their home turf. No cages, so the cats aren't stressed out. One cat in particular approached us for attention, and we happily petted her and fed her some treats while she purred non-stop. The other cats casually strolled around or slept, not bothered by us in the slightest. I only wish I lived nearby, because I'd love to visit all the time. It's probably for the best, since I'd want to take all of the cats home.