We strive to continue to spay and neuter the majority of the pets at our local animal shelter to reduce overpopulation and to reduce costs to adopters. Less than 2 out of every 10 pets stay in their original home for their lifetime. The rest are either given away, sold, abandoned, become lost, or taken to animal shelters. The vast majority of the pets in animal shelters are not strays, they are turned in by people that no longer feel they can provide for them. Consequently, there are so very many wonderful pets to choose from who need a second chance. We promote and advertise adoptions.

Since our inception, we have brought about a great deal of change which resulted in improvements at the Kalkaska Animal Shelter.  The Shelter Staff, Chuck and Sara, strive to find homes for all of their adoptable animals. Sara, Sandy (a previous shelter employee) and Chuck persevered even when a rescue of 80 animals (a rescue which we were involved in) resulted in a total of over 100 animals at their small facility. Over 90% of the animals were adopted out even though they had to care for them for many months. That is outstanding!

We work to end over-population by funding spaying and neutering. We also promote humane, compassionate attitudes toward animals. No animal deserves to suffer, and all pets deserve a loving home. We have a long-term goal - to become a Humane Society - and we will strive to achieve that goal. In the meantime, we continue to help in all ways possible.