Save a Life — or Two!
When you adopt from our shelter, you're giving a homeless animal a second chance. Every year, millions of animals end up in shelters, hoping for a family to call their own. By adopting, you’re directly saving a life and giving an animal the love and care they deserve — and you’re also making space for another homeless animal to get the same chance!

Fight Overpopulation
Shelters everywhere are overflowing with animals, and adopting helps reduce the number of animals that are abandoned or left without homes. You become part of the solution to the overpopulation crisis, which includes spaying and neutering programs that keep future generations off the streets.

Meet Amazing, Loving Animals
Shelter animals are often misunderstood. Many are loving, affectionate, and just waiting for someone to offer them the right home. Whether it's a playful puppy or a wise old cat, our shelter is full of animals with wonderful personalities.

Adoption Is Affordable
Adoption fees at our shelter are typically much lower than buying from breeders or pet stores. Plus, our shelter includes vaccines and spaying/neutering in the adoption fee, saving you money on initial medical expenses.

Support Your Local Community
By adopting from our shelter, you're supporting your friends and neighbors who give of their time as well as a local organization that relies on community donations for its existence. We are a nonprofit that does crucial work in animal welfare, and your adoption fee helps fund our mission.

You Encourage Others to Adopt From a Shelter
When your friends ask where you got your amazing pet, you can tell them “at the shelter” or “at the Clinton County Humane Society.” Your adoption may encourage others to do the same.

You Can Find a Pet of Any Age or Any Breed
Shelters have animals of all ages and breeds — from adorable puppies and kittens to grateful senior pets. Older pets often have the advantage of being housetrained, calm, and ready to settle into their new home without all the puppy or kitten chaos. We also care for a lot of purebred animals, including puppies.

Adopt and Help Break Stereotypes
There’s a common misconception that shelter animals are there because they have behavioral issues. In reality, many pets are surrendered due to personal circumstances, such as a move, a change in family situation, or financial difficulties. By adopting, you help challenge these unfair stereotypes.

You help stop cruelty in backyard and mass breeders
Throughout the country, thousands of commercial pet-breeding facilities and backyard breeders produce millions of animals for sale in pet stores, via the Internet, or on social media. Often known as puppy and kitten mills, these facilities repeatedly impregnate female dogs who spend their entire lives in cages without human companionship. These unfortunate animals are often in intolerable environments, forced to produce litter upon litter, and are destroyed after they become unprofitable assets. Adopting a shelter animal means you don’t support such cruel practices.

A Lifetime of Gratitude
Shelter pets are often incredibly grateful for the love and care they receive, and they show it in their own unique ways. The bond you’ll form with an adopted pet can be incredibly rewarding — and you’ll have a loyal, loving companion by your side for years to come. Plus, there’s nothing like seeing a rescue animal bloom in your care!