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COVID-19 Response

We need your support to ensure the health and safety of our animals during this period of response to COVID-19.

The Nevada Humane Society Reno and Carson City shelters are currently open and in accordance with the latest public health recommendations, we are limiting the number of people in our shelters at a time by transitioning to virtual adoptions. If you are interested in helping the Nevada Humane Society by adopting a shelter pet, please review the animals that are currently available and submit an adoption application on our website. A member of our staff will contact you to finalize your adoption and schedule an appointment for you to pick-up your new furry soulmate.

There are three important things you can do right now to help us:

  1. Adopt
  2. Volunteer
  3. Donate

ADOPT:  Our primary goal right now is to reduce the number of animals housed at our shelters in an effort to avoid overcrowding should we need to restrict our services due to staffing constraints. The most helpful thing you can do to support Nevada Humane Society and the pets we care for RIGHT NOW is to ADOPT.

We presently have a large number of cats in need of forever homes. In an effort to help these fabulous felines find happy homes, we are waiving adoption fees on ALL adult cats (cats over 5 months old) -making them FREE to good homes. To check out the cats & kittens we have available for adoption, please visit the pages listed below:

Cats & Kittens at our Reno Shelter
Cats & Kittens at our Carson City Shelter

VOLUNTEER:  There are a variety of ways you can help support Nevada Humane Society shelter pets during this challenging time. In addition to monetary donations, we also need help with things like; making face masks to keep our staff & volunteers safe, volunteering to walk dogs or help staff our Caturday Kitten Palooza adoption events and building cat colony shelters. Below you’ll find details on all the fun, creative ways you can help support Nevada Humane Society pets.

Visit our Support Nevada Humane Society Pets page to learn more.

DONATE: People who can’t adopt or foster can make a donation to Nevada Humane Society.

Donations to Nevada Humane Society go directly to helping us continue our life-saving work, caring and finding homes for Northern Nevada’s homeless pets. Our team, our volunteers and our shelter pets appreciate your generosity very much!

Keeping the Community Safe

We want you to know that we are working hard to keep our shelters thoroughly sanitized to ensure it is safe for you to come in to visit with, and adopt our shelter pets. We greatly appreciate everyone who is offering to help by adopting a shelter pet in need of a forever home right now!

Steps we are taking to ensure our shelters are safe for the community:

  • Face masks are required to be worn by anyone entering our shelters
  • Hand sanitizing stations have been installed at all shelter entrances & throughout our shelters
  • Social distancing practices are being strictly followed
  • All door handles and communal surfaces (including chairs, counters, tables, public writing utensils, etc.) are sanitized hourly using Rescue which is confirmed to kill the virus

Changes to our Clinic operations
For the latest information on our clinic services please visit our Veterinary Clinic Services page

Can COVID-19 affect pets?
The American Veterinary Medical Association released a statement saying there is no evidence that dogs or cats can infect people with the virus that causes COVID-19. For information about coronavirus in our area and guidance for keeping yourself and others healthy, please reference the Nevada Health Response

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