HELP Humane Society of Belton, Missouri

I adopted my babies from this shelter, before it was open full time. All of the cats at HELP were in foster homes, which cannot have been easy. My babies were found in poor condition and nursed back to full health with no lingering health problems. They were very well socialized and well mannered. This shelter is simply amazing, unless a cat is sick, new, or dislikes other cats it is allowed to roam in it's own room. There are huge rooms with multiple cats in them, so they get to exercise and play with other kitties.

This is a no kill shelter meaning that unless it's absolutely necessary they will not just "put an animal down" because there's "no room". The volunteers all work very hard to take care of the kitties, clean the rooms and everything in them on a DAILY basis, and try to get kitties adopted out to responsible pet owners.

This shelter has a policy that if for any reason an animal has to be brought back they want it as opposed to the owner taking it another shelter. HELP has a questionnaire that each prospective owner has to fill out before being allowed to adopt. It asks about current and past pets, current vet, if the person will allow the their kitty to go outdoors, and a contract saying the owner will not declaw the kitty. they have great strictness on the forms, they don't give cats away to just anyone.

the shelter also has a Trap-neuter-release program for feral colonies in the Belton area. It has helped numerous colonies stop reproducing and stop spreading infectious diseases.

The shelter is a not-for-profit so they rely on volunteers and donations.

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