Often times, kitties with Feline Leukemia (FeLV) are overlooked by adopters because they don’t understand this diagnosis. We’re here to tell you that it’s not as scary as it sounds! Simply put, FeLV weakens a cat’s immune system by attacking the white blood cells in their body. While this condition sometimes shortens a cat’s lifespan, […]
The Kentucky Humane Society Pawliday Raffle is open now and has the purrfect gifts for everyone on your list this season. You can win a shopping spree or rare bourbon to lift your holiday “spirits,” all while helping animals in need. This year’s raffle features: $1000 Holiday Shopping Spree: For $10 per chance, you could be the lucky winner of
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Fluffernutter Update 11/22/2024 Our sweet girl Fluffernutter is still fighting for her life against Parvovirus after recently arriving at our Sam Swope Pet Treatment and Lifesaving Center in terrible shape. At just 8 months old, her tiny body is struggling to fend off this terrible virus as it simultaneously battles a severe eye infection. Fluffernutter
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Harold’s Road to Recovery Continues Earlier this week we introduced you to Harold, a seven-year-old Shih Tzu who came to KHS in heartbreaking shape after our friends at Louisville Metro Animal Services rescued him from a life on the streets. This poor boy’s eyes were swollen and protruding from the sockets. He had so much scarring
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POE UPDATE 11/6/2024 Poe arrived at KHS last week with extreme injuries caused by a gunshot. We jumped into action upon his arrival by providing him with pain medication and antibiotics to keep him comfortable as we assessed his wounds. Our hearts broke when x-rays revealed a severe break to Poe’s front right leg along
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Halloween may be a fun night for trick-or-treating and festivities, but it can be particularly spooky and possibly dangerous for our four-legged friends. To help your best buddies have the best Halloween ever, check out our Halloween pet safety tips below! Halloween Costumes If you plan for your pet to wear a Halloween costume, make
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HURRICANE UPDATE: Meet Our Newest Arrivals! When Hurricane Milton destroyed the Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch in Palm Beach, Florida, and left their animals in need of shelter and safety, we joined forces with BISSELL Pet Foundation to provide as much aid as possible. We quickly transformed our Pet Retreat into an emergency shelter, and 24 animals were transported
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Hurricane Animals Coming to KHS – How You Can Help Our hearts go out to all the communities, people and animals impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. KHS is partnering with BISSELL Pet Foundation to help hurricane-impacted shelters by bringing animals – all of whom were unowned and in a shelter before the storms hit –
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National nonprofit Petco Love, in partnership with BOBS® from Skechers®, is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2024-2025 Petco Love Stories campaign. Beginning on August 26, 2024, pet adopters across the nation are invited to share their inspiring stories of how their adopted pets have transformed their lives for the better. The Petco Love
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Help us unlock an extra $15,000 for our TLC Fund! On Saturday night, we hosted our annual Tuxes & Tails Gala, where we highlighted special animals whose lives were changed this year by our Tender Loving Care (TLC) Fund. The TLC Fund covers the cost of urgent medical care and behavioral rehabilitation for our most
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