Evansville-Vanderburg Animal Care & Control

Oops! I originally posted this for the humane society, but realized my mistake! Here we go:
Hubby and I went in looking for a dog but fell in love with a kitten instead. Needless to say, I LOVE my kitty, but since this is a review of the shelter, not my cat, I will try to keep the fact that WE LOVE OUR KITTY out of it. :)
This shelter is fairly small compared to others I’ve been to. It’s one of the cleanest ones I’ve ever encountered– very few dog cages with piles of poop in them and the cat boxes were all clean and tidy. It’s obvious that the shelter doesn’t have much money– there is no vet in-​house and both the cats and dogs have fairly small cages. The tiny dogs and puppies fair a little better and at least have a blanket or something to curl up on.
When we were looking at both the cats and dogs, very few notes were given about the animal, but they were very nice about letting us take out whatever we wanted to play with.
When we adopted, we were shocked to learn that they let the animals leave the shelter without being spayed or neutered! Wow! That goes against everything I assumed about shelters, but hey, we got our cat, and I am happy. She was given food and a place to sleep while she was there, although she came out with fleas, ear mites, round worms and giardia (but it’s likely she came to the shelter with most, if not all of that). Still, they get an extra star for all the hard work they put in and working with what they’ve got– it’s not an easy job to see all these animals everyday, I am sure. The fact that they don’t ask you any questions about what kind of pet parents you might be speaks, I think, to a level of desperation on their part just to have anyone willing to take one of these furry friends home.
I am not someone who would ever, EVER buy a dog or cat when there are so many at the shelter– there are too many animals in need to even think about it. But there will be some start-​up costs if you choose to adopt from here and I would recommend taking your new family member to the vet *immediately* to get checked out (ours was at the vet within hours). Even with the costs considered, there is something about getting a pet from a shelter– somehow they know you’ve rescued them– and they become the most loving, loyal, sweetest companions you’ll ever have.