Marin County Humane Society

If you're in the market for a great new pet or want to get involved with helping animals, consider stopping by the Marin County Humane Society. This animal shelter is a wonderful place for you and your family to go to both bring home a new loving member of your family and to learn about how to make the lives of all animals in the Bay Area better.

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One of the oldest animal shelters in the nation, the Humane Society of Marin County was founded in 1907. The progressive organization, a model for other humane societies across the nation, offers shelter and sanctuary for over 8,000 animals every year. Since 1979, in addition to being a non-profit shelter for stray animals, the humane society has also been in charge of the animal services for the entire county. A staff of over ten animal services technicians is responsible for responding to the thousands of emergency calls and complaints that the county's residents register each year. The good people of the Marin County Humane Society have built an organization that is a wonderful resource for the people and animals of Marin County. A recent newspaper poll shows an almost 90 percent approval rate from the community regarding the work that they do.

The shelter offers the services ranging from adoption to lost pet searches to spaying and neutering to training and education. If you live in the Bay Area and have a question that relates to animals, the folks at the Marin County Humane Society will definitely be able to help you out:

• Adoption – The most important work that any animal shelter performs is putting animals into loving homes. This shelter has dogs and cats available for adoption, as well as some less traditional animals. Rabbits, chickens, roosters, goats, and other barnyard animals are available at different times of the year, so if you have a lot of space and want to bring home a unique family pet, this is the place to look.
• Behavior and Training – The Marin Humane Society offers over 35 training classes a week. In addition, private lessons of an hour or more are available for a fee. You can also bring your cat or dog in to meet with a private behavior consultant if you are having difficulty understanding the problematic behavior of your pet.
• Volunteer – If you want to do more to help animals in the Bay Area, there are many programs that you can participate in with the help of the Marin Humane Society. You can foster an animal, be an advocate, or volunteer at many of the outreach facilities that the humane society runs.
• Events – The Humane Society has a regularly updated calendar of events including low cost spay/neutering clinics, vaccination and microchip clinics, pet first aid and CPR clinics, training workshops, and more. In addition, they also regularly bring in experts in various areas of animal and wildlife behavior as an educational service to the community.
• Veterinary Clinic – The Marin Humane Society has a full service veterinary clinic open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact (415) 883-3383 for more information.
• Other Resources – If you need information on everything from traveling with your pet to where pets are welcome to pet bereavement to the companions in crisis program, just contact the Society for more information.

Stop by and visit or contact the Marin Humane Society at 171 Bel Marin Keys Boulevard in Novato, California 94949. If you have any additional questions, give them a call at (415) 883-4621 and see what this incredible organization can offer you, your family, and your community.

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