Mission and Goals

  The purpose of the Winona Area Humane Society is to prevent cruelty to animals, to relieve the suffering of animals and to provide humane education throughout Winona County.

  It is the policy of the Society to provide humane care and treatment for animals needing protection in the area served by the Society; to seek to return lost animals to their owners; to seek suitable homes for animals without owners. In its care and disposition of animals, the Society follows all standards prescribed by the Humane Society of the United States.

Funding

  We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and rely on donations and fees to provide for the care of animals and shelter operating costs. The City of Winona, Goodview and Winona County compensate us for initial medical care and five to seven days of boarding for each animal.  Despite having "Humane Society" in our name, we are not a branch or subsidiary of either the Humane Society of the United States or the American Humane Society. We do not receive funding from either group.

Services

With one full-time employee, four part-time employees and many dedicated volunteers, we are able to provide the following services:

   1. Boarding and medical care for abandoned and stray animals. Since we are a no-kill shelter, some cats have been with us for as long as five years.

   2. Advertising of stray cats and dogs received by the Society.

   3. Spaying and neutering of animals in our care.

   4. Spay/neuter assistance for individuals who care for a feral cat colony.

   5. Two Trap/Neuter/Release fix-a-thons each year in cooperation with Camp Companion, a Rochester-based organization dedicated to reducing the population of feral cats.

   6. Placement of stray and abandoned animals needing new homes.

   7. Boarding and placement of adoptable animals in the event the owner is incapacitated and is unable to continue to care for them.
 

In the span of seven years, an unspayed cat and her offspring can produce 370,000 kittens.  -ASPCA Statistics