Beatrice Humane Society Inc

The organization is EXTREMELY unprofessional, and does not put the welfare of its animals or their adoptive families first.

I adopted a cat from BHS Saturday, May 9 through PetSmart. BHS dropped her off that morning at the PetSmart, I adopted her that evening at 6. She had been spayed 4/30/20. By 8PM that same night, I noticed her incision was leaking fluid, dark red tissue was visible through holes in her skin, stitches poking through, and large patches of her skin were bright red. I called and left a VM at the BHS to let them know what was happening, and then called the emergency vet. They told me to bring her in that night. My cat I had had for two hours needed emergency surgery. The vet told me she was appalled BHS allowed her to be adopted in this condition, as it had obviously been infected for some time.

A woman from BHS called me the next afternoon. I informed her what had happened, and asked her what the protocol was to handle the bill. She was incredibly hostile, informed me once I signed the paperwork the cat was my responsibility (which, under almost all other circumstances— I would agree with), they would pay nothing. She proceeded to tell me the cat may have bumped her incision in my home, leading to the raging infection and need for emergency surgery and being sent home with two medications (Again, all in 2 hours...) therefore absolving them from responsibility.

Instead of this employee handling this difficult situation with compassion and grace, she said things like “if it makes you feel any better another cat was laying in a pool of blood with her intestines hanging out from messing with her sutures” and “I’m saying what I’m supposed to say.”

There are so many animals that need good homes. Patronize an organization that supports the animals AND the adopters.