Introducing the Wet Nose News digital magazine!
Drum roll, please! We are absolutely thrilled to present the first-ever issue of the Wet Nose News digital magazine. This monthly interactive magazine is chock full of animal stories, fun games/contests, and other going-ons at the shelter. We look forward to providing our loyal community with entertaining and quality content that you’re excited to receive. […]
#GivingTuesday: How You Can Use Social Media To Help Pets in Need!
There are days when social media can just be too much. Although social media can be a fantastic source of cute puppy and kitty content, many of us still have a lot of mixed feelings while using and interacting with the time-consuming apps. What if we told you that your social media can help our shelter […]
Kitty City at Lawrence Arts Center
The Lawrence Arts Center is once again partnering with the Lawrence Humane Society to bring kittens into the gallery! Kitty City is a fanciful cityscape visible from outside the arts center in our front gallery. The colorful display will warm your heart and give the public an opportunity to see the tiny bundles of love […]
Pets in the Press: KSHB 41 Action News on CPR Fund
Animal shelters offer pet owners financial assistance during coronavirus pandemic By Jordan Betts, reporter for KSHB The economic wrath of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced Americans to make many difficult financial decisions. Those decisions aren’t any easier for those with pets. “We’ve had a huge increase in people contacting us either trying to surrender […]
Dear Lawrence Community, We’re so Thankful
Dear Lawrence Community, Here at our shelter, we sure do have a lot to be thankful for. Every year, thousands of dogs, cats and four-legged friends of every kind come through our doors and into our hearts — and then into the hearts of a forever family. Every time an animal leaves for their new […]
Mass Street Kitten Academy
Mary Costello has always strived to be creative about finding her foster kittens’ future homes. Over the seven years of fostering the tiny felines, she has found success by taking pop-up playpens to kickball games or to South Park during community events. Costello’s latest kitten promotion project—the Mass Street Kitten Academy at Wild Man Vintage—is an […]
CPR Fund Helps Kitten Receive Lifesaving Surgery
On Tuesday, October 20, a woman called the Lawrence Humane Society with a veterinary emergency and spoke with staff member, Jessica Kierstead. She reported her two month old kitten had been attacked by something and its leg was severely mangled. After calling vets around town, the young kitten’s parents realized they couldn’t afford how much […]
Rainbow Strings Around Lawrence
Perhaps you have seen the strings of rainbow colored knick-knacks around town and wondered where they came from and what they mean. What started out as a small passion project to keep plastic lids out of landfills, has now become a fundraising effort for Lawrence non-profits! Sara Gillum, a resident of the Lawrence community, has been […]
How to Celebrate Your Pet’s “Gotcha Day”
You’ve just adopted the perfect pup or kitty and you already love them so much. You want to spoil them rotten like the little fur babies they are, but how? Well, if you want to give your newest shelter love some extra attention, we think you should celebrate their Gotcha Day! You might be asking, […]
Crisis Pet Retention Fund Keep Pets and Families Together
Recently, Lawrence Humane Society staff arrived at work to discover a cat left outside the shelter overnight in the rain. The scared cat was in a box, along with a note asking the shelter to “please help our 18-year-old cat, Aggie.” The note stated the family could no longer care for their cherished pet due […]
