This organization is an embarrassment to Houston
Posted by Deana Sellens  |  February 6, 2009 7:20:23 AM

The Houston SPCA and the Houston Humane Society refuse to work with others to reduce the pet overpopulation problem. Adopt A Cat is working to open a much needed high quality, low cost spay/neuter clinic to the general public in the Greenspoint area. We are so excited about the potential to open a clinic as the nearest clinic is at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter and there is a three month wait to get in. We were extremely disappointed to find that the Houston SPCA’s Patricia Mercer and the Houston Humane Society’s Sherry Ferguson both refuse to share shelter numbers concerning adoptions and euthanasia rates. We had been talking to various sources in the rescue community and everyone had told us that the 2 ladies running these organizations were known for not working with anyone and not being team players, but we were optimistic. Adopt A Cat has been trying to get these numbers since November. We have offered to sign nondisclosure agreements and only report numbers as a Houston total with no specific agency information, but these women still refuse to help out. This data is much needed for grantors funding the spay/neuter project and for impact studies. You see when you ask for grant money, they want to see what impact your project has on the community. Without data, we cannot tell what kind of impact the clinic will have. I think the public should know about the fact that these organizations are not willing to work with other groups to try and get Houston’s problem under control. Neither organization services the North Houston area and nor offers a comprehensive low cost spay/neuter solution to the general public. If any of their major donors are reading this, please put pressure on the organizations to work as a team. If they won’t, we need to be asking for some resignations and finding serious people to run these groups.

Adoption Process Humane Society Sept.2008
Posted by sp  |  October 13, 2008 5:33:17 AM

I know the Houston Humane Society is a non-profit organization, however, the adoption process needs to be improved. We attempted to adopt a puppy and we did not get a phone call about the puppy for over 2 weeks. We were told the puppy was in their clinic. We went their in person to find out about the condition of the puppy and were not given any information on the puppy's health. While we were there another person waiting for an adoption was told someone else had adopted the dog they had tried to adopt.This woman was brought to tears since she did not get to adopt the dog. You have to go in person to check on your pending adoptions because no one ever answers the phone. Also, in the kennel we saw (2) pending adoptions on one dog. I know their are dedicated volunteers and limited staff that work their but the process needs to improve.