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License Your Pets, Win Prizes!

June 7, 2018

Pet Licenses Help Lost Pets Get Home: License or Renew to Enter Fun Prize Drawing! Did you know that 75 percent of lost pets never make it home? Many of those pets are brought to our shelter, and sadly, without a license or microchip,we’re unable to reunite them with their families. Licenses help pets get… Read Entire Story »

Kitten & Puppy Season is Here!

Summer is on the way, and kitten season (and puppy season) is in full effect! May was busy, busy, busy with dozens of puppies arriving at the shelter, and more than 200 kittens in KHS foster homes… and we’re just getting started! Hundreds of puppies and kittens will need our help (and yours!) this spring… Read Entire Story »

Sounders Drawing Sold Out!

June 4, 2018

SCARVES UP, SOUNDERS FANS! Donate to enter a drawing to see the Sounders v. Chicago Fire from your own private stadium suite for 16 at 7 p.m., Sat., June 23 at CenturyLink Field! To help us raise money for animals in need, our friends at Kitsap Community Foundation donated a private family suite to KHS!… Read Entire Story »

Thanks, Haselwood!

May 25, 2018

Haselwood’s Drive for a Cause Raises $47K for the Animals!  Haselwood Auto Group’s Drive for a Cause in April raised a whopping $47,000 for animals at Kitsap Humane Society! Haselwood Auto Group owner Rick Wiler presented the check to Kitsap Humane Society Executive Director Eric Stevens and his staff May 23. Haselwood’s Drive for a… Read Entire Story »

Fostering Kittens is Rewarding!

April 20, 2018

Kitten season is fast approaching, and that means Kitsap Humane Society needs families who love pets to join our foster parent brigade! In animal welfare, spring is known as “kitten season,” (and to a lesser extent, puppy season) which lasts until fall. It’s the time of year when nearly every unspayed female cat with access… Read Entire Story »

Petco Awards $150,000 Grant

April 3, 2018

Kitsap Humane Society has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support improved housing and care for animals and higher adoption outcomes, particularly for cats in need. “KHS is thrilled to have our important lifesaving work recognized and supported by Petco Foundation,” said KHS Director of Animal Welfare Natalie Smith. “Our… Read Entire Story »

Lost Pets now on our Website!

March 16, 2018

Technology upgrades help reunite lost pets! Thanks to a grant from animal welfare organization Maddie’s Fund, Kitsap Humane Society has been able to add some exciting new technology to our website that will help owners reunite with their lost pets! Starting March 1st, the Lost and Founds Pet page of our website  now features a… Read Entire Story »

Keeping Your Plant-Loving Pets Out of Danger

March 14, 2018

Looking to add a little greenery to brighten up your home and show your friends you’re “hip” to the hottest interior design trends (hint: interior jungles are hot)? Before you swipe your card at the local nursery on that designer fiddle leaf fig, giant cactus, or cut-leaf philodendron, remember that your cat or dog will… Read Entire Story »

Rep. Appleton Wins Humane Award

March 5, 2018

Rep. Sherry Appleton (D-23, Poulsbo) was awarded the 2018 Humane Legislator of the Year Award in Olympia, honoring her for her work on behalf of animals. She adopted her 130-pound Rottweiler, Bear, from Kitsap Humane Society! Appleton was joined at the ceremony by Eric Stevens, executive director of KHS, who said, “I can’t think of… Read Entire Story »