Each day, The Humane Society Of Huron Valley (HSHV) receives animals to live at the shelter until they get adopted. The HSHV accepts homeless animals, surrendered animals and strays.

Seventh-grader Kirsten Choi and her friends volunteer at the HSHV.  

“I like interacting with animals and knowing I’m doing something good for the community,” Choi said

HSHV also has a TNR program, a Trap Neuter Return Program, where they ‘trap’ stray animals, spay/neuter them, so they won’t have offspring. They do this because even though they love animals, there are enough animals without homes, and they don’t want to increase the number of homeless animals. Choi likes the condition of the shelter because it is very caring and loving,

“It’s a no-kill shelter,” Choi said

If an animal stays a really long time at the shelter, they won’t put it down because they can’t find a home, instead, maybe they would put it in a foster care home. HSHV has another program called the Love Train, which is a program where they take in puppies from other shelters from all over the country because they might not be able to have all that space to take care of the puppies.

The Humane Society currently has 552 Junior Volunteers. Each year, Junior Volunteers combine a total of 10,00 volunteer hours. Also, the volunteer duties aren’t all about snuggling kittens or puppies, there are other assignments too. Other assignments also include small mammal comfort, cat feeding, dog treat enrichment, cat toy and treat enrichment, cat Feliway, shelter cleaning, administrative support, Camp Paws help, special events, and more.

“I also really like comforting the animals,” Choi said.