With a mission to “Rescue, Rehabilitate, & Educate; Fostering a Kinder Community for People and Their Pets”, LCHS is dedicated to matching families with homeless pets, advocating for animals in need, and educating the community about responsible pet ownership. Approximately 1,000 animals find their way to LCHS every year through various means including transfer from crowded animal shelters, surrender by owners who can no longer care for their pet, and rescue from cruel and neglectful situations. Once healthy and available for adoption, we do our best to match adoptable pets with informed adopters.
LCHS is a no-kill organization, therefore, animal intake is limited to provide adequate care and socialization for the animals in our program. LCHS works closely with numerous animal shelters as a receiving animal transfer agency. While we do receive some animals as owner surrenders, priority is placed on animals at risk of euthanasia. LCHS also works to find loving adoptive placement for many senior animals and animals with special needs. While LCHS does house adoptable cats and kittens on site, all underage kittens as well as some senior cats reside in foster homes. The LCHS Dog Program is completely foster home based.