Humane Society of Broward County

The information below will help you write a report on the Humane Society of Broward County.

HSBC General Information
The Humane Society of Broward County provides shelter, aid and responsible adoptions to animals entrusted to our care, and educates the community about respect and kindness to all animals.

• Our facility is a 33,000 sqaure-foot, completely air-conditioned shelter. We have the ability to house 300+ dogs and cats.

• We have over 200,000 patrons visiting our shelter each year. In 2007 we placed 9,923 animals into new loving homes.

• We have educated over 150,000 children and adults in 2007.

• We have full time veterinarian services for our shelter animals.

• We are a non-profit organization receives no funding from the government, United Way or any national group. We rely on funding from individuals, like you, who care about animals. Every dollar is carefully spent to help the unwanted animals.

Kids Reports

Pet Overpopulation
Pet overpopulation is a very serious problem in the United States and other countries. For every person born in Broward County 45 cats and 15 dogs are also born. Dogs and cats have pregnancies that last approximately 63 days. Humans have 9 month pregnancies. Since dogs and cats have litters of puppies and kittens and humans normally have one baby you can see that dogs and cats reproduce at a much faster rate than humans.

Our life span averages about 75 years and a dog or cats life span averages about 10 years. Which means that each person living in your home would have to own 2 dogs and 6 cats at all times in order to help control the pet overpopulation problem. Of course, that is an unrealistic expectation.

The Humane Society of Broward County receives an average of 400 dogs and cats a week that are left homeless. Animals Care and Regulation the county facility receives an average of 500 dogs and cats a week plus all the strays roaming the streets (many deceased). In Broward County there are well over 1,500 dogs and cats that are left homeless each week.

You can help prevent this problem from getting worse.

• Spay / neuter all pets in your household
• Adopt an animal from a shelter not a pet store or breeder
• Make a lifetime commitment to your pet
• Tell other people to have their animals spayed / neutered
• Advise people about the Humane Society's Mobile Unit which provides low cost spay / neuter surgeries to the
• community (click here for more info)
• Educate friends and family on the dangers of pet overpopulation
• Don't allow your pets to roam the streets
• Click here for a copy of our Pet Overpopulation flyer --(PDF)