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| The Suwannee Valley Humane Society |
| We are located at: 1156 S. E. Bisbee Loop Madison, Florida 32340 Toll Free: 1- 866 - 236 - 7812 Local: (850) 971- 9904 E - Mail: suwanneevalley@earthlink.net Hours are: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., or we will make appointments for adoptions. Physical Shelter Site :21 acres, 2 shelter buildings, outdoor pens, and 2 thrift stores on Bisbee Loop, Lee, FL. Location :Two miles south of Lee,Fl. Directions :Exit 262 on I-10 go north on CR-255 about 8/10th of a mile and make a left on Bisbee Loop ; or come US-90 to Lee, Fl. At the blinking light turn(Right from Madison/left from Live Oak) onto CR-255 go about a mile and turn right onto Bisbee Loop, we are on the backside of the loop you will see our sign. Our Thrift Shop and Nursery are located on the same property. They are open the same hours as the shelter. P.S. Donations welcome but please call ahead to be certain someone is there to help unload. COME SEE US!!!!!! ADOPTIONS: $65.00 for any animal. Dogs: All are spayed or neutered. They are given 5 in 1 shots, heartworm teasted, rabiesshot, heartworm proventive given monthly. Puppies: All are spayed or neutered before leaving shelter, given at least one 5 in 1 shot (Series of 3), rabies shot or coupon given, heartworm preventive given at 4 months. They are wormed monthly. Cats: All are spayed or neutered. They are feline leukemia tested, wormed monthly, given rabies shots Kittens: All are spayed or neutered before leaving shelter. They are feline leukemia tested, wormed monthly, rabies shots or coupon to get one. DROPOFFS - Must always call for available space because we are a no-kill facilty and space is determined by the number of adoptions. We ask for a Dropoff fee to help use defer the cost of caring for the animal. For more information please call. THERE IS NOT A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A LOVING HOMELESS ANIMAL TO MAKE YOUR LIFE COMPLETE!!!!! WE ALWAYS ACCEPT DONATIONS TO HELP THESE ANIMALS (SEE LIST BELOW) AND WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!!!!! P.S. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!!!!!!!! |
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| Be an angel and become a member just $15.00 single and $20.00 family. |
| SHELTER WISH LIST 1) Money 2) Volunteers (Activities, desk help cleaners and yard work) 3) Puppy Chow, Dog Food and Cat food (Prefer dry food) 4) Cat Litter 5) Bleach 6) Towels 7) Cat and Dog Treats 8) Old newspapers 9) Aluminum cans 10) New or used leashes, collars and carriers |
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| History : The organization was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit shelter under the name of Live Oak/Suwannee County Humane Society, for the first ten years volunteers worked out of their homes. In 1996 we acquired our first shelter building on North Houston Street, Live Oak. As the shelter expanded and needed more space to house the many homeless animals we purchased affordable property in Lee and renovated an old greyhound site in April of 2002 and opened our doors at the present shelter on July 16, 2002. As we are currently servicing five counties: Suwannee, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, and Columbia, we changed our name to Suwannee Valley Humane Society in July of 2002. We are privately funded through donations, on-site thrift stores, nursery plant sales, and fund raising events. All are welcome to visit during regular hours to view the new shelter and its potential for growth, our healthy adorable animals, their comfortable shelter home and their general well being. FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES: 1) Pet Fairs - Lake City, Live Oak and Branford 2) Pet Show - Local businesses sponsor the show and the general public enters their pets for ribbons in various catagories. 3) Thrift Shop, includes lots of nice plants from our Nursery. 4) The Suwannee County Fair 5) Membership Dues $20.00 a year family or $15.00 a year individual, we always welcome new members. 6) Brick sale for our memorial wall and sidewalk 7) We are open to new ideas for fund raising, so we can continue to expand the shelter. OUR DO'S AND DON'TS 1) We don't pick up animals. Although we work with animal control officers as much as possible. 2) We don't do abuse cases but will direct you to the proper people or rescue groups. 3) We do need volunteers to help us expand our hours, work on different activities and to help socialize our homeless animals. 4) We do need donations of money to help us continue and expand our programs. 5) We need donations besides money, please check out our wish list below. THE FUTURE 1) Each year people or organizations bring in new ideas. We are willing to try anything if it seems like it will help improve the shelter and bring in more revenue. 2) Bottom line we want to put ourselves out of business. If we could get people to spay and neuter their animals, perhaps there would be no more unwanted stray, starving and sick dogs and cats needing our attention. Until that day arrives we want to make sure that all abandoned animals are being cared for. Our shelter wants to expand we need volunteers and money. 3) If we should reach that point where we no longer have stray animals, we could focus on attending to wild animals that get hurt in storms etc. and importing stray animals for adoption from areas that would still have a problem. |
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