Butte Humane Society

Got my cat spayed at their clinic. Nice front desk staff. I wasn’t aware of the surcharge for spaying if a cat is in heat, but otherwise convenient and well priced spay procedure.

Love this place. My favorite thing about them is how honest they are when you’re looking to adopt an animal. The staff clearly spends a lot of time with the animals because they know them well, and they can honestly tell you which ones will or won’t be a good fit for your house/​lifestyle/​etc. This is great because I’m sure it limits the amount of returned animals they get. I definitely appreciate the time they took with me asking me questions and telling me about the cats, because I adopted Gilly (formerly Calamity) and couldn’t be more in love with her! They’ve even been a help after the adoption process too, always quick to answer a question or offer advice.
The facilities are clean and the animals are well taken care of and loved. Even if you can’t adopt one or foster one, you should consider donating or volunteering… or even just socializing with the animals if you have an hour to kill. This is a great place full of people with big hearts.

I love BHS! They are really clean, they clean the cat rooms, litter boxes, towels, toys and everything to avoid sickness and maintain hygiene. They care so much about their cats and want the best for them. I adopted my cat from here

They can’t even return phone calls! I left a message for the director and for another person in charge on the weekend, as we had an emergency cat situation. Some idiot threw out an old female cat who is declawed and never lived out side. Something had all ready bit her. I asked them to please call me. It’s been a week and no call.

I’m not a fan. We wanted to get our dog flea dipped when neutered. We told them this when we set up the appointment on the phone, when we went in, and in the paperwork filled out before leaving the dog there. We picked him up and they didn’t do the flea dip. So, essentially asked three times and they ignored the request. They didn’t charge for the dip, but my dog has a cone on for the next 7 days and can’t really scratch him self. Not going back here.

Best front desk staff!!! Took the cat in to get neutered and found the service to be exceptional.

I love this place! We adopted a dog, super sweet, but not the right match for us. BHS took him right back, found him an awesome home. When we were ready to try again, they were great! Patient, kind and let us take all the time we needed. We now have the perfect dog for us. Trent and Alison are great. We have had our dog for about 6 weeks now and just got a call from BHS to check in, see how things are going and to see if we needed anything. Awesome!

I have adopted like 6 cats from here over the years, and I always feel good doing so. Their animals are treated really well while they are waiting to get adopted, and the adoption process is really smooth. They usually have specials on the prices, and the pets come with food, a microchip, and already spayed/​neutered. They also list vets that they recommend for vaccines. Oh, and here’s something that other shelters don’t offer: if a pet doesn’t work out for your home, they will take that pet back. No worrying about finding the pet a different home on craigslist, just take it right back to the shelter and explain that it didn’t work out. Really great staff here too.

It seems like all the people that work here are angry women that don’t much like men… The place is cared for mainly by unpaid community service workers who are essentially sentenced to work there or else go to jail (involuntary servitude (8^th Amendment)). It smells of animal feces.
My friend and I went here to adopt a dog, and the woman that helped us was not the most helpful or friendly person, which you would expect them to be considering all they do is care/​hang out with dogs and cats all day.
Bad experience with the people, good thing the animals will eventually get out of that place, because the back «storage area» where they house the adult dogs is absolutely disgusting.

Great place! I adopted my kitten here, and his adoption fee included a bag of science diet kitten food, microchip, 30 days of pet insurance, shots, and he was neutered already.
The staff at BHS do an amazing job taking care of the animals and I would definitely recommend adopting from this shelter!

I am currently a volunteer at Butte Humane Society and I enjoy going there to visit with the dogs since mine are 7+ hours away. However, the other day I doing kennel socialization and saw a dog with a cone around his neck (not the issue here– I am pre-​vet major and fully understand the reason for putting a cone on an animal). The cone on this particular dog was broken and missing a huge chunk of plastic from it, which allowed it to flop around this dog’s neck (obviously not fulfilling it’s purpose). The cone could have got caught on something or cut him if he moved the wrong way. Sorry I thought it was HUMANE society. When I went out to the front desk to let an employee know he responded very rudely and as if I had no knowledge whatsoever about animals and their well-​being. Simply saying, «Ya we know.» And blowing me off. I am volunteering my time to sit with these poor animals and i have more concern for their well-​being than you– an employee– do. Something is wrong with that picture.
I will continue to volunteer at the humane society, however I have lost some respect for that certain employee.

Support them! Great place dedicated to mans best friend

Need I say more? Read the other reviews! Just adopted my little american cocker spaniel cooper!

I got my dog (lab/​terrier) from the humane society when (about 3 month ago) he was 8 weeks old. The difficulty of letting people adopt is very understandable, and it is mainly to make sure the dogs/​cats are going to a good home, wont be strayed or returned to the shelter. With adoption they give free pet insurance for 30 days, the pets come neutered and vaccinated which is great.
I believe they should make it easier for people to walk dogs without an appointment would be awesome, and would help the dogs get more domesticated.
Things i didn’t like was the fact that the shelter is not as clean as it should be. The shelter is also over crowded but thats just due to the high volume of animals coming in.
Overall Butte Humane Society does a great job!

Don’t ever go to an animal shelter «just to look.» It doesn’t ever work that way.
My experience went something like this: I went on their website «just to look,» spotted a dog that I wanted to «meet,» and then went to the shelter the next day. The day after that, I had a dog. I am now the proud owner of a handsome purebred pittbull, Johnny Skycaptain of the Universe.
Not only was it a great and fairly fast but thorough process (I had to get my landlord to call and confirm that it was ok with her if I had a dog in the apartment), but there are so many advantages to adopting a rescue dog from here.
–Free 30 days of pet insurance
–Free flea/​tick prevention
–Free first vet checkup (from their list of providers)
–Free dog wash
–Free obedience class through the Humane Society
–Doggy care booklet
–Coupons for local pet supply stores
Free microchipping
And of course… a wonderful dog.
What they don’t tell you is that there are also other pet supply shops and service groups that will offer additional discounts for rescue dogs. When I started looking at more obedience and training classes, many of them noted that there would be discounts for rescue dogs by as much as $ 25! We also went to Petco right after we got Johnny U, and when we told the trainer there that he was a bit of a leash puller and I had just adopted him from the Humane Society, she gave us a free leash training around the store and recommended a great collar (and by the way, he walks like an absolute champ now).

I looked for about a month to find a purrrrfect kitten and I finally found one here. All the employees I had to deal with here were wonderfully nice. It cost me $ 55 to adopt him and that came with:
–A wonderful kitten!
–A microchip
–A month of free pet insurence
–All his shots taken care of
–Already neutered
–A bag of kitten food
They make sure the pets they give away are going to be well taken care of and safe. I took my kitten to the vet and he had a cold and ear mites, but I think that is to be expected coming from a crowded shelter. Overall my experience was great, this is a wonderful organization, I now want to volunteer! If only I had time.

People who work in and for animal rescue organizations are angels. The angels at the Butte County Humane Society are a particularly wonderful bunch.
There are several things I appreciate about this location:
1). They are a no-​kill shelter. (except of course the animal is too badly injured to save or is too aggressive to be safe)
2). The adoption process is pretty painless.
3). The fees are reasonable (for cats and kittens $ 50 adoption fee + $ 50 spay/​neuter deposit).
4). On Saturdays they have special $ 20 cat adoption days (spay/​neuter fees still apply for animals that still need the procedure) and you can ‘adopt a friend’ for free.
5). They have three rooms full of cats to play with.
6). The staff is really great, you can tell that they really do love animals and genuinely care about finding good homes for their furry charges.
I’ve been wanting a cat for a while now, this weekend I finally talked my boyfriend in to the idea, so on Saturday we went ‘just to look’. We were, most emphatically, not going to come home with a cat. *snerk*
We spent about 2 hours cuddling, petting and playing with felines of all ages. There were two particularly wonderful adult kitties that we came *thisclose* to taking home with us, but then 8 week old Peaches stole our hearts.
Her new name is Tatiana (she’s far to dignified to be «Peaches», besides, she’s not orange), she’s a purr machine and I love her.
I’m so glad we went ‘just to look’. You should go too.