Beatrice Humane Society

Over the last 23 years, the Beatrice Humane Society has made a huge impact on the animals of Beatrice and beyond. Along the way, we have grown and become the leading No-Time Limit Shelter in Nebraska with a save rate of 97.9% meaning we only euthanize 2.1% of all animals entering our shelter. Our mission is to ensure that every animal has the best chance at a long, healthy, happy life. Last year, we had over 1,300 animals enter our shelter, and amazing 2,006 adoptions!!!

What is a No-Kill Shelter

What does it mean to be No-Kill? It means our top priority is to provide exceptional medical and behavioral care for every animal entering our shelter so they can recover, thrive and live their best lives. We know that sometimes just keeping them alive isn't the humane thing to do but we will always exhaust other options such as training or rescues better suited to their individual needs, before considering euthanasia. In a small number of animals with severe medical and behavioral problems, euthanasia is the safest and most humane option. We know that it is not only our responsibility to provide humane care to the animals entrusted to us, but it is also our responsibility to our community to only place healthy, happy and sane animals up for adoption. We take that responsibility very seriously but still manage to save 97.9% of all animals entering our shelter.

Both PetSmart locations in Lincoln house our animals throughout the year and help us expedite our adoptions with their employees assisting in the adoption process. We also bring dogs and puppies to their stores for adoption events throughout the year. In 2023, this partnership resulted in an amazing 514 adoptions These adoptions along with the 694 adoptions we did out of our shelter in Beatrice allow us to be an open admission animal shelter for Gage County and know that as soon as our animals have overcome whatever health challenges they arrive with, we will have adopters waiting to welcome them home. This focus on adoptions has also allowed us an amazing opportunity to save even more lives as there are times throughout the year where we have more adopters wanting to adopt than we have pets waiting to be adopted. We take this opportunity to save lives and bring animals at risk of euthanasia at other shelters into our no-kill shelter. From kittens diagnosed with fungal skin infections, to dogs and puppies born into communities with small shelters and inadequate space, we are here to welcome them into our family. 

We know that we can't do this alone. It takes a community of supporters to keep this lifesaving program moving forward, from our employees, fosters, and volunteers on the ground, to the PetSmart employees and organization, to the adopters and our donors, this can't happen without YOU!!! Thank you for helping us continue to be the best No-Kill Shelter in the state of Nebraska. 

To become more involved through fostering or volunteering (Yes! You can live outside of Beatrice!) check out our website here: https://www.beatricehumanesociety.org/