If you’re like most pet owners in Flagstaff, your pet is an important member of your family. With the fire and monsoon season upon us, it’s important to think ahead to how you would protect them in an emergency. The team at High Country Humane wants you and your pets to be safe at all times and offers the following information. Whether you decide to stay put in an emergency or evacuate to a safer location, you will need to make plans in advance for your pets. Keep in mind that what’s best for … [Read more...] about Planning Ahead Can Protect Your Pet in an Emergency
Pamela Tharp
Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Volunteer?
Every one of our non-profit organizations relies on volunteers to help maximize their efforts to make our community an even better place to live, and most people realize the value of volunteering at some point in their lives. Retired folks are often the first ones we think of when volunteers are mentioned, but there are countless others who understand the value of giving of themselves and their time now, not later. Moms and dads volunteer at the schools or after school activities for their … [Read more...] about Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Volunteer?
Veterinarian Joining High Country Humane
Dr. Carly Bennett is the High Country Humane shelter’s full-time veterinarian. Dr. Bennett was born in Germany and came to Arizona at the age of 12. As an undergrad at Northern Arizona University, she started volunteering at Second Chance Center for Animals and says this is where her love of shelter medicine began. “I’ve wanted to be a veterinarian as long as I can remember and worked as a technician at Second Chance for a year and a half before starting vet school. That’s when I really knew … [Read more...] about Veterinarian Joining High Country Humane
How Elevating Animal Welfare Benefits the Community
When High Country Humane (HCH) was awarded the contract to start providing animal shelter services for the city and the county, it came with a clear mandate to provide a high level of care for the companion animals in our community. Based on input from the community, the city and county had recognized the need to make animal welfare a top priority. The county had accepted the donation of the former Second Chance Center for Animals as the new state-of-the-art animal sheltering facility and asked … [Read more...] about How Elevating Animal Welfare Benefits the Community
New Animal Shelter Offering ‘Elevated’ Animal Welfare
There’s more to our new community animal shelter, High Country Humane, than first meets the eye. Yes, there are all the obvious components you expect to find at an animal shelter: lost pets being reunited with their owners, pets being surrendered by owners who are no longer able to care for them and newly adopted animals heading out the door with their new families, excitedly anticipating a fresh beginning. But, there’s more. Our new shelter is offering “elevated animal welfare,” which means a … [Read more...] about New Animal Shelter Offering ‘Elevated’ Animal Welfare
Working Cats
Girlie, a fluffy calico cat, has a great new home, complete with a stunning view of the San Francisco Peaks. Her bed is comfy, too, and is located by the desk in the office of Lynne Nemeth, executive director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff. Along with her relative, Cleo, they are on 24-hour rodent patrol inside the historic Walter Reichardt House, the former stone home of the non-profit organization’s founder, Frances McAllister. “Girlie rolls around when I come in the morning,” Nemeth said. … [Read more...] about Working Cats
