Catios: A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Enclosures for Cats
What is a Catio? A catio, or cat patio, is a secure outdoor enclosure designed to provide a safe environment for cats to enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of…
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Petco Love Grant Announcement
We want to give an enormous THANK YOU to Petco Love for supporting our lifesaving mission with an incredibly generous $75,000 grant! This transformative investment from Petco Love will help…
Are You A Kit-Napper?
Kitten season has arrived in the New Braunfels community! For those unfamiliar, kitten season is the time of year when community cats are most likely to reproduce due to warmer…
Friday Facts 10/21/22
10/21/2022 – The good we did last week 117 Intakes 52 Adoptions 16 Reclaims 45 Animals to Foster 0 Transfers Out 67 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 40 TNRs
Friday Facts 10/14/22
10/14/2022 – Still high intake numbers for this time of year 112 Intakes (No Exotics!) 55 Adoptions 13 Reclaims 29 Animals to Foster 6 Transfers Out 96 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 33…
Friday Facts 10/7/22
10/7/2022 – Another high intake week 139 Intakes (including a chicken) 44 Adoptions 9 Reclaims 40 Animals to Foster 2 Transfers Out 64 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 19 TNRs
Friday Facts 9/30/22
9/30/2022 – A crazy week for intakes 108 Intakes (including 3 pigs!) 47Adoptions 16Reclaims 29 Animals to Foster 7 Transfers Out 62 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 33 TNRs
Friday Facts 9/23/22
9/23/2022 – Here is the good we did in the last week 100 Intakes (including a rooster and two pigs!) 56 Adoptions 18 Reclaims 16 Animals to Foster 4 Transfers…
Friday Facts 9/16/22
9/16/2022 – Learn what happened in the last week at the shelter 102 Intakes 41 Adoptions 17 Reclaims 25 Animals to Foster 2 Transfers Out 73 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 6 TNRs
Friday Facts 9/9/22
9/9/2022 Friday facts about the last week of movements 109 Intakes 37 Adoptions 19 Reclaims 26 Animals to Foster 14 Transfers Out 66 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 12 TNRs
Friday Facts 9/2/22
9/2/2022 Friday facts about the last week of movements 113 Intakes 42 Adoptions 17 Reclaims 43 Animals to Foster 5 Transfers Out 72 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 27 TNRs
Friday Facts 8/26/2022
8/26/2022 Friday facts about the last week of movements 90 Intakes 63 Adoptions 6 Reclaims 32 Animals to Foster 1 Transfers Out 72 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 21 TNRs
Friday Facts 8/19/2022
Just an update on the shelter for the week of 8/19/2022 43 Intakes 49 Adoptions 12 Reclaims 56 Animals to Foster 9 Transfers Out 61 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 19 TNRs
Friday Facts 8/12/2022
Just an update with Friday Facts! 96 Intakes 24 Adoptions 9 Reclaims 33 Animals to Foster 2 Transfers 36 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 28 TNRs
Friday Facts 8/5/2022
Another weekly numbers update! 98 Intakes 45 Adoptions 10 Reclaims 56 Animals to Foster 1 Transfers Out 82 Spay/Neuter Surgeries 35 TNRs
Friday Facts 7/29/2022
Following our Facebook page, we decided it would be best to chronicle our weekly numbers under the blog so you can see what the shelter’s movement has been like! …
Print Your Own Shelter Valentines
Instead of using generic, store bought Valentine cards this year, why not send out something unique and special!? Show your support for shelter animals by using our official HSNBA Valentine’s…
Kitten Kit Drive
It’s February, and you know what that means…kitten season is just around the corner! This year, we are doing something that we have wanted to do for a long time.…
New Closures
COVID has hit our staff hard and we have made the difficult decision to CLOSE THE LOBBY for 7 days until February 5, 2022. We must let our staff who…
What Does No Kill Even Mean?
The No Kill movement brought awareness to the unspeakably large numbers of animals being euthanized every day in our country and even put together an amazing “equation” to help solve…
Why can’t heartworm positive dogs be treated at the shelter?
Why can’t heartworm positive dogs be treated at the shelter? We get this question A LOT. While we would love to be able to treat every dog at the shelter,…
Thinking About Giving A Pet As A Gift This Holiday Season?
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to adopt, not shop this holiday season and to save a life! While we are always anxious to get our shelter animals out and into…
The Benefits of TNR Trap-Neuter-Return
Did you know that before we started Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) or technically Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR), that our shelter was WAY below a live outcome rate of 90 percent for cats? For those…