Ozark Humane Society

Newton County Animal Shelter

Rabies Clinic Feb 13th at Hudson's Supermarket - 9:00 am

Credit Card: Arrangements have been made by using your credit card to facilitate contributions to the OHS and to enable out-of-state adoptions to be processed more quickly. Go to Adoption for more information.

Always call 741-3050 before bringing an animal to the shelter. Animals are accepted only between 12 noon and 4 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Animals are not accepted on weekends unless prior approval has been obtained. We must frequently put a freeze on taking in new animals until enough have been adopted out to make room for more. Following are new policies on incoming animals:

The Shelter will charge for Incoming Animals starting July 1, 2008, because of increased expenses--food prices have gone up, medication expenses have gone up, and the cost of most of our supplies has increased. In order to keep the shelter in operation, we must now charge for all incoming animals. Fees will be $10 for an adult dog and $5 for puppies up to a maximum of $25; and $5 for an adult cat, and $5 for kittens up to a maximum of $15.

Animals will be accepted from Boone County ONLY, effective July 1. Because of severely overcrowded conditions at the shelter, we must stop accepting animals from outside of Boone County. Persons bringing animals to the shelter must show proof of Boone County residency.

Meetings: Regular membership meetings will be the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Capps Road and Arbor Drive (which is Goblin Drive north of Capps). Come in the side entrance. If the first Tuesday falls on a holiday, the meeting will be canceled or rescheduled.

ADOPT-a-THONS: Please check with the Shelter, 741-3050, for the date of the next event. We very much appreciate being able to use the Castle Rental and Pawn facilities for these events.

NEW WINTER HOURS: The Shelter is open from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Sunday and Wednesday.

Foster Care Needed: We often need folks willing to provide foster care to dogs and cats. See the Needs List for more information.

Ozark Humane Society has an e-mail address: ozarkhumane@windstream.net. Please feel free to contact us with questions or comments. Keep in mind that our e-mail correspondence is handled by part-time volunteers; answers to questions may take a few days. Questions about adoptable animals should not be made to the above e-mail address. Animal inquiries may be made to the shelter number, 870-741-3050, or to the Shelter e-mail: ohsshelter@windstream.net.