Humane Society of Central Oregon

With help from our supporters, HSCO assists more than 6,500 pets and people every year.
HSCO serves companion animals and Central Oregon residents by:
• Providing physical, medical, and behavioral care for thousands of abandoned, neglected, and abused companion animals.
• Adopting companion animals into loving, responsible homes.
• Providing a lost and found pet reporting program.
• Reuniting missing pets with their people.
• Partnering with shelters in other states to transfer companion animals to improve their adaptability into loving homes.
• Serving as the Deschutes County Sherriff's and the City of Bend Police Dept. holding and care facility.
• Serving as a dog licensing and renewal site. County cat ID tags are available.
• Offering humane education programs to schools, organizations, and at community events.
• Providing a Spay/Neuter Assistance Program: Since 1975, HSCO has assisted low-income community members with deeply discounted prices for spay/neuter surgery vouchers.
• Offering volunteer opportunities for adults, organizations, and community service youth programs.
• Providing full-service private cremation of companion animals.
• Providing a pet food assistance program to pet owners in need. In 2020/21, our HOPE food bank helped families and pets by distributing 26,508 pounds of food through community partnerships and helping 880 families.
• Serving as a community service program for court-mandated adult programs.

Evaluating the relevancy of policies and how it helps us place animals.
Ensure all animals receive enrichment while in our care.
Develop and maintain strong partnerships with foster volunteers and transfer partners.
Strategically planning for the growth in the human and animal population that our area expects in the next decade.

We have strong executive, management and board leadership. We are a well-respected animal welfare non-profit east of the Cascade mountains.

We are able to provide our region with strong support thanks to financial support from individual contributors.

We have a diversified business model that includes revenues from our thrift store operations as well as service contracts for local law enforcement agencies.

Our volunteer base has increased dramatically over the past ten years and volunteer hours served at our shelter and thrift store equate to almost 18 full-time positions.

We no longer euthanize healthy feral cats but spay or neuter them and return them to their homes.

We have implemented the Association of Shelter Veterinary Guidelines to run a healthy and efficient shelter.

We work to anticipate animal welfare challenges in Central Oregon. We can use our shelter space and funding to deal with an increased number of surrendered animals in an economic downturn or a large hoarding case located in the tri-county area.

We help those having a hard time making ends meet and who need to make difficult choices about providing veterinary care and retaining their pets. Thanks to our mobile veterinary clinic, we can provide veterinary help for needy individuals and families.