They have taken care of my Dog Caeser, and it has been amazing so far. He had a bad experience with vets in the past but the Humane Society has done a great job to take care of Caeser and treat him well!
The female that calls the names on the list is just horrible find a better place to adopt I heard some animals were adopted with fleas, and that woman should be working with a trash company her attitude was just horrible.
Gave a second chance after I informed the director of what happened and this time their manager even lied about my son giving her a fake phone number to call our landlord , she even told us that our neighbor would complain in the future for us have a husky adopted, I explained the directo her employee lies and told her we won’t go back but she didn’t care either instead she defended her dishonest employee Carrie all are the same dishonest and extremely rude, adopt from a better place I heard they keep the breed and cutest dogs for themselves and their friends. now we understand their horrible reviews, those employees should be replaced with professionals that don’t hate their job and are racist .
Please go to a better place those two employees are full of hate and racism.
This is an extremely exciting update on an abused, neglected 6month old kitten I adopted on April 24th 2021. I was immediately drawn to his picture. He looked sooo scared and so very sad. I went without ever meeting him (Prince) his former name and it was heavy on my and soul I just knew I could give him the life he deserves and thats exactly what I did through lots of love and patience. He was renamed at adoption to Keko Devine. Funny story, I taught him the word LOVE, Keko is extremely intelligent. He stopped answering to Keko& now only answers to Keko Love. Keko Love is now 9mnths old, very loving, playful , super happy, weighs 13lbs, healthy and is a very good boy mamiz lil Angel! Idk how any disgusting person could have ever harmed him. But Keko Love will NEVER ENDURE NEGATIVITY EVER! WE ADORE HIM !
My youth group Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Nu Upsilon Zeta Chapter Pearlettes and Amicettes were warmly greeted today when donating 300 puppy pads for a service project. The girls felt their donation was really appreciated. This will definitely be a project that we do again.
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They failed to disclose correct information about puppy's health or contagiousness, putting in danger other pets in our household and causing big extra immediate vet expenses.
My husband, 4 year old son and I went to the Humane society shelter to check out the puppies they had available for adoption. We fell in love with one of them and decided to adopt him.
When we sat with the adoption coordinator he mentioned as he went over the adoption contract that the puppy was on antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection which he called a common cold. I asked if it was a danger for him and he said he was out of danger at that point as the treatment was for 14 days and he had only 2 days left. I asked worried twice if he was contagious because I had another dog at home and ferrets and he assured me twice that he was not at that point. We "donated" the $250 adoption fee and left happy with our new baby. 3 hours in from getting home, we set him up, and he had smelly yellow nasal discharge. Of course I know a dog who is almost done with antibiotics does not get colored nasal discharge, so I freak out, kept him quarantined all night, made sure he was warm, steamed the room, put some saline on his nose and did not sleep all night. First thing in the morning made him the appt with our vet and took him in. He got a shot of penicillin and 10 more days of antibiotics. Vet said my other dog had already been exposed and therefore we have to keep an eye on him for 7 days and look for symptoms. Not to mention my ferrets too! Then they noticed the puppy had a flea and flea dust! So i also asked them to put the topic flea control and got home straight to vacuum and wash everything in hot water. What kind of shelter does not apply flea control to their dogs!? This really put a horrible feeling on an experience that was supposed to be happy and magical. Instead, I have a puppy who i cant play with nor my other dog because he is quarantined ( I feel so bad) and I'm extremely worried about the health of my other pets and any fleas outbreak in my house. They should be reported and investigated!
Shame on you causing so much harm on your adopters and not caring for your pets in adoption!!!
Review from Guidestar
I’ve been volunteering with the Humane Society of Tampa Bay for a few years now. I truly love the organization and helping the animals. I started as a Cat Companion, and I’ve done several events, but in the last year I’ve been very involved with the HSTB TNVR program. It is eye-opening to see how many feral cats there are in need of this service, and I feel I am making the greatest impact for the cats and the community by volunteering for TNVR. I don’t mind getting up early or facing the challenges of trapping the cats because I see the progress and really love being a part of it. I have also fostered several litters of kittens, which is also fun and rewarding.
When my son Ty left for college 6 years ago I became an empty-nester. The depression I had fought for many years flourished and I really tanked emotionally. My whole life changed overnight and I was struggling badly. I sank into a hopeless black state that depression envelopes you into.
My saving grace was my strong family, friends and dogs. My dogs stayed with me daily as I struggled to dig myself out of the black hole of depression. My 4 rescued furry friends were devoted to me 24/7. After 3 long years I started to surface.
As I began to get better I started to think of ways to reinvent my purpose in life. I went to the Humane society of tampa bay and inquired about volunteering some time there to give back to the dogs that stayed by my side so faithfully. Surely there had to be dogs out there that could be important companions to others in need.
From my first orientation class to today (3 years later) I have been able to give back through this amazing organization. The Humane society of Tampa bay has enriched my life tremendously by allowing me countless opportunities to share my love of animals out in the community. I have also felt so valued as a volunteer in a family of like minded folks. The enthusiasm and love that flows through this shelter is unparalleled. We all love to be there to help wherever needed and to have lots of fun doing it!
Now today I can say I have no depression and have been able to get off so many medications and I credit the Humane society of Tampa bay and all of its furry little friends as the number one reason why. They have helped me to reshape my purpose in life to help provide a better life for so many deserving and faithful dogs and cats and for that I cannot be more thankful.
The humane society of tampa bay is a hub for animals and animal lovers to unite and enjoy their time together through countless innovate programs which benefit all.
When people find out that I volunteer there they compliment me on my commitment to helping save lives of these animals but I'm quick to credit the animals to saving mine.
HSTB has the most selfless volunteers I have ever met. The heat and humidity during our Florida summer is brutal but they keep showing up for their shifts because they know the animals need them! And when Hurricane Irma threatened a couple of years ago, they came to move the shelter animals to a more secure building when they might have been home managing their own stuff. It’s been a privilege to work alongside them for the past 3 years.
I volunteered at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay back in the 1960's, when I was in high school. When my husband retired and we moved back to the Tampa area, I started volunteering again. We are in the process of building a new modern facility, but not slowing down during the construction. The Humane Society takes in strays and owner surrenders, as well as accepting animals from high kill shelters. The vet clinic is the only AAHA accredited nonprofit veterinary hospital in the state. They offer low cost full service veterinary care to our animals and to the public. We have a thriving community cat program and just about any other program you could want in a humane society. The motto "Every life matters," is true at this shelter. The staff are great and there were 120,000 volunteer hours logged last year by members of the community! The Humane Society of Tampa Bay really cares for the animals in our community.
I was at your shelter today looking for a little dog that I thought my sister would want to adopt. She had already found her forever home - great!
There were only 3 puppies in the puppy kennel. There were quite a few dogs in the large animal kennels. These poor dogs stay much longer at your adoption center than do the puppies but they must spend their days in these hot conditions without air conditioning. Why? Put yourself in their place (I do). How would you like to be in a cage day in and day out as hot as it is outdoors? Also, why not help out the Hillsborough County Animal Shelter a little more and take in those dogs that are being euthanized? Your shelter raises so much money and receives so many donations that I know air conditioning must be affordable.
You do wonderful work but this is something that I find unacceptable. Thank you.
We attended TUX & TAILS last Spring and during the "meet and great" after a fabulous dinner we met BUGSEY a tiny bit of fluff. He was one of 5 born to Tilly a rescue from Falkenberg Road. He was the little bitty boy of the litter ( I do not like the word runt, I have bred Bichons for 30 years and some of my smallest have been my best) after-all only a few in this world are 5-star champs. During the "show and tell" his handler came to our table, his eyes met mine and I turned to our table captain and said ,"tell whomever is in charge, I want to adopt this dog"! She made it happen! We fostered BUGSEY until he was big or old enough to adopt. He was 1 lb 12 ozs when we met him and he was still with his momma Tilly and with his foster litter MOM. The HSTB allowed us to visit him as often as we wanted, with the co-operation of the foster mom. When he was weaned and allowed to come home with us we became his forever family through the HSTB foster program. At just under 5 Lbs he became ours Labor Day weekend. His name is BUGSEY named after the best left winger in the NHL Ryan (Bugsy) Malone! If you could see him you'd know how he came to get his name and we are not too sure he isn't faster !!!!! LOVE the HSTB we even transferred our 9 year old Bichon to the Health Center. This institution is the BEST and Sherry and her volunteers and staff make this a home for the furry friend looking for forever homes. Maybe someday my family life will slow so I can volunteer, but right m=now I have a "winger" to train.
I have been a volunteer at HSTB for almost five years. Shortly after I started, and told my wife all about it, she also became a volunteer there. We both love the place. We see first-hand, all the time, how much the staff really cares and works hard for the welfare of the animals. No place is a utopia when dealing with the immense, ongoing problem of homeless and/or abused animals. There are occasional failures and disappointments, but there are so many successes and happy endings that volunteering has been a truly rewarding experience and I would recommend it to anyone who cares enough to come in and help. "Volunteers" who are doing it just for school credit or to embellish their college applications or scholarship chances are not really volunteering - they are looking to get something: that's what I suspect is the situation with the anonymous commentator. You are never going to like EVERYBODY in a large group of people, but this group is strongly united in a common desire to make a difference in the lives of the animals and any one who is wanting to help can accomplish that at HSTB.
It's good to give to a local charity that helps cats and dogs find good homes. I get so much mail from the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States but after reading about those organizations, I discover that they don't help local shelters and so many other distasteful practices. It's rewarding to know I'm doing something to help those poor unwanted pets here in Tampa - I'd love to adopt them all!
Review from CharityNavigator
I mainly volunteer there as an animal campanion since I love dogs and cats and just want to bring them a few moments of happiness given their circumstances. They love me back, too. The cats usually come straight to my lap when I sit in the cat rooms and the dogs follow me while I walk them and respond when I play fetch or frisbee with me. I've never had difficulties with an animal there. However, there are some volunteers there who act like they run the place and have gone as far as to confront me and stalk me while I am walking a dog. Why? I don't know actually. They claim I'm doing something wrong but I can't imagine what because it's not that hard to walk a dog. Also they've never tried to show me the correct way, whatever that might be. There's this one older lady (and she never wears her name badge of course) who's ALWAYS at HSTB. She's the main culprit. I've even cut back on my volunteer work there because of her. She stalks me and questions everything I do, when I just do things the same way all the other volunteers do. She bullies me to the point that I don't want to return to HSTB ever again, not as a volunteer at least. I was even thinking about becoming a donor there but have changed my mind because of the way I've been treated. The staff don't care either. At least, the new volunteer manager doesn't. Additionally, they have so many volunteers that sometimes the place is so crowded that you can hardly walk on your own much less with a dog. I heard from a staff member that they currently have 400+ volunteers registered in their system. And HSTB obviously can't keep track of all their volunteers because they don't provide training. All they had me do was attend the orientation (a brief overview of things) and "shadow" another volunteer who by the way, didn't seem like she knew much about animals at all. She even lost a dog while she was supposedly teaching me. I say whatever to this place. I don't care to volunteer there anymore. They obviously don't need me and I've never been felt more unwelcome. Plus I don't need to put up with some of the other volunteers' nasty attitude ... that's why I have a full-time job and a boss who actually pays me thank you very much. I'd still adopt an animal from there but I certainly won't help by volunteering my time and donating my money.
I visited the tampa bay animal expo that was heled at the tampa fair grounds. The humane society of tampa bay had a big part in the event. My family and i adopted a puppy Sat. afternoon 11/5/2011. On sunday 11/6/2011 we returned to the humane society because he was sick. After their clinic seen him they told us he had parvo. He will be put to sleep really humane place huh............................................................................................
Review from CharityNavigator
To be a part of this wonderful organization called the Humane Society of Tampa Bay gives me such a feeling of satisfaction that is beyond words. I know from experience that a successful organization begins at the top. The leadership, initiative, communication, hard work, and most importantly the vision, is what the director has created at the site. She and her staff of dedicated employees work tirelessly to maintain the culture that is the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. It is truly something that can be felt when you visit the site. The cleanliness, incredible care of the animals, and attention to their clients is what makes the organization so wonderful. I know from first-hand experience how the public feels about our organization, I assist each month with the surveys that have been filled out by our clients. I can honestly say that over the hundreds of surveys I have reviewed over the past year, less than a handful have had anything negative to say about the organization. I found this to be amazing!
Animals, especially dogs, have an uncanny way of letting you know how they are being treated. When you see a dog that you know has suffered some type of abuse or neglect before arriving at our shelter, completely turn around in just a few days and trust the people around them, you know the love and care they have received has been genuine. It is clearly evident on the dog’s face.
Training is such a large part of the overall program. Bringing in new volunteers each month takes an enormous amount of planning and preparation, but the staff makes it look easy. I remember when we went through the training and how welcome and appreciated we were made to feel. The best part of the volunteer program is that there are so many areas in which you can devote your time, based on your area of interest. Being able to work as a dog companion, helping in the front office, working with either the dogs or cats, assisting in the clinic, working with the laundry, and countless other jobs that must be done each day, is what makes volunteering there so exciting. You never get bored and there is always something to do.
Which brings me to my next area; planning and staging of our community outreach programs. This is a tremendous responsibility. Making sure there are enough volunteers at the event, selecting just the right animals to bring, loading the huge van with everything needed for the day, and driving the van to the site, is no small task. To see the faces of adults and especially children when they visit with our animals, make all the work worthwhile. It’s almost bittersweet when one of our animals that we may have bonded with, finds a loving home. Turning over the leash to the new owners brings out the pure joy and at the same time, sadness that one of our close friends is leaving us.
Because we are a non-profit organization, we depend entirely on donations and grants to continue providing the level of service the public has come to expect. I know this is a thankless job. Reaching out into the community looking for donations, especially in tough economic times, is a very difficult task. Fortunately we not only have great staff to do this, but also wonderful people in the community who feel as we do about animals. Once I became a full-time volunteer, I began learning more of the history and background of the Humane Society. When the staff shared with me that it takes close to $2,000,000 a year to keep us operating and that we typically adopt over 5,000 animals a year, I was astonished. These two statistics helped put into context the amount of work it takes each and every day by the staff as well as volunteers to keep the operation running smoothly.
In conclusion, the best words of support I could give to this wonderful organization, is to come visit and spend some quality time with our staff and most importantly, our animals. You will definitely be “hooked” and hopefully come join our great group of volunteers.
I have been very fortunate for the past four years to volunteer at HSTB. This is a wonderful organization that has made such a difference in the lives of the animals in its community. I have seen this organization grow each year and take in more animals from shelters in various states and through out Florida that would not have a second chance in their local shelters. HSTB also treats animals that may have physical problems such as heartworm disease or mange. I have seen so many animals come into this shelter, that have clearly never seen human kindness, and blossom from the attention of the volunteers and staff and then go into a wonderful forever home.
The shelter also has programs designed to help keep animals in their current homes as well such as shot clinics, animeals, and the wellness clinic. This is truly an exceptional organization that makes a positive impact in the lives of many and I hope that it continues to grow and be an example to other shelters and communities.