Remembering Chili Our hearts are completely broken. Our sweet girl Chili passed away yesterday. We poured everything we could into her care and were awaiting bloodwork results to determine if she had Sharpei Fever, but this poor girl was just too immunocompromised to continue fighting the barrage of illnesses she’d been battling. As we process this loss, we find peace in
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Support Shelter Animals While You Shop KHS has compiled a list of amazing ways to shop for the animal lovers in your life so that you can give extra meaningful gifts this holiday season. Your support helps nearly 6,000 vulnerable cats, dogs and horses that come into our care each year. Get Your Gifts from the
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The Kentucky Humane Society is grateful to ADP for sponsoring our Volunteer of the Month program in 2025-2026. Thanks to their generous support, we can celebrate the incredible volunteers who give their time and hearts to help shelter animals. Each month, we’ll shine a spotlight on one of our dedicated volunteers their time to better the lives
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At KHS, we’re dedicated to supporting both the animals in our community and the people who love them. So, when Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana (OKI) reached out to us to help make a four-year-old animal lover’s dream of becoming a “pet doctor” come true, we couldn’t wait to be a part of it! Ellie, who is bravely undergoing treatment for
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Support Shelter Animals While You Shop KHS has compiled a list of amazing ways to shop for the animal lovers in your life so that you can give extra meaningful gifts this holiday season. Your support gives hope to nearly 6,000 vulnerable cats, dogs and horses that come into our care each year. Get Your Gifts from
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Today is GivingTuesday – a globally recognized day of giving. We have set a lofty goal this year to raise $37,500 by midnight – enough to prepare 150 additional animals for adoption. Help us reach it by donating today. Thanks to a $10,000 matching gift challenge from MetLife Pet Insurance, all gifts made today will go even further to support lifesaving care
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The Kentucky Humane Society Pawliday Raffle is open now and has the purrfect gifts for everyone on your list this season. You can win a shopping spree or rare bourbon to lift your holiday “spirits,” all while helping animals in need. This year’s raffle features: $1000 Holiday Shopping Spree: For $10 per chance, you could be the lucky winner of
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HURRICANE UPDATE: Meet Our Newest Arrivals! When Hurricane Milton destroyed the Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch in Palm Beach, Florida, and left their animals in need of shelter and safety, we joined forces with BISSELL Pet Foundation to provide as much aid as possible. We quickly transformed our Pet Retreat into an emergency shelter, and 24 animals were transported
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Hurricane Animals Coming to KHS – How You Can Help Our hearts go out to all the communities, people and animals impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. KHS is partnering with BISSELL Pet Foundation to help hurricane-impacted shelters by bringing animals – all of whom were unowned and in a shelter before the storms hit –
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Little Tatum came to KHS with horrific injuries after being hit by a car. His tail was completely degloved, leaving raw tissue exposed and vulnerable to deadly infections. Without immediate treatment, his short two-year-old life would be at stake. Our vet team performed an emergency tail amputation surgery, but fear Tatum may be suffering from further injuries. They will take
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