Second Chance Humane Society, Ridgway, Colorado

Second Chance is proud to announce that despite an economically challenging year, homeless pet rescues and adoptions were at an all time high for 2009. With 388 pets rescued into the shelter and 316 matched into new loving forever homes, Second Chance was able to complete 100 more adoptions than the previous year. Additionally, 49 lost/stray pets were safely reunited with their parents (the remainder of the rescued pets are awaiting adoption).

Given how 2010 has begun it does not look like the need for rescuing pets will be slowing down, the shelter is full, adoptions are going strong, and the staff are working at full capacity as usual to meet the demands of these pets in need. As always Foster Homes are being sought to help care for young, elderly, ill, or overflow pets. Consider making a difference in the life of a lovable homeless pet.

Call the Second Chance Helpline at 626-2273 to report a lost pet, learn about adopting a homeless pet, or about the SCHS Spay/Neuter Financial Assistance, Volunteer & Foster Care, or other Programs.

3rd Annual Wine & Whiskers Carnival

February 20th, Ridgway 4-H Event Center

(see Events Page for details)

Second Chance Humane Society

Board of Directors Meeting

Next Meeting: March 5th, 2010

Location: TBA

SUPPORT SECOND CHANCE IN THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE'S $100,000 SHELTER+ CHALLENGE!

Now you can help the Animal Rescue Site choose which animal rescue organizations will recieve speical funds to help the animals! Go to The Animal Rescue Site to vote, it's both easy and fun. You can vote for Second Chance once per day, every day!

Winter 2009 Newsletter just released!

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Winter 2006-07
Summer 2007
Winter 2008

Spring 2009

SECOND CHANCE LEVERAGES IMPACT THROUGH COLLABORATION!

In order to make a bigger impact in prevention Second Chance has been working with the WeCARe SW Coalition for the past 4 years, a coalition of other animal rescue and welfare groups throughout the Colorado Western Slope region. WeCARe recently secured a $40,000 grant to support its combined prevention efforts.

The grant was awarded from Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation, (www.maddiesfund.org) a family foundation funded by Workday and PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. Maddie's Fund is helping to create a no-kill nation where all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats are guaranteed a loving home. Maddie's Fund is named after the family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer.

The Pet Rescue Foundation typically awards grants to large demographic areas where a great need is demonstrated. The WeCARe SW Coalition covers 7,283 square miles and includes Delta, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel Counties. It is home to approximately 216,000 people and 100,000 dogs and cats.

The $40,000 grant will support the worthy goal of eliminating euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in this Western Slope Region. This grant supports the collection and sharing of shelter statistics and reporting shelter data. By partnering together the ten animal welfare organizations of WeCARe were able to establish a need for this grant as a united group. As goals are achieved, the WeCARe SW Coalition will be eligible to apply for additional grants to develop and implement a strategic plan to achieve this admirable objective.

As a part of the funding agreement, we are required to publish our shelter statistics on our web site. Please click below to view our shelter's statistics:

2008 Statistics

2009 Statistics

Second Chance is excited to announce its new partnership with The Wags & Menace Foundation (www.wagsandmenace.org)! This new partnership exemplifies the growth of our organization as we broaden our resources and capacity toward "Loving Homes for All Pets"!

The Wags & Menace Foundation, based in Denver, has pledged initial funding of $3,000 for the development of The Wags & Menace Foundation Medical Fund for 2009. This Fund will be used for treating special medical needs of Second Chance Shelter pets. The Wags & Menace Foundation Medical Fund significantly expands our ability to give sick or injured homeless pets a Second Chance.

Thanks Cindy Lee and "Baxter" for your commitment and passion to making a difference!

2006 IRS Form 990

2007 IRS Form 990

2008 IRS Form 990

The Second Chance Pet Column is nearing 4 years of weekly publications. The Column is written by a different Shelter Pet each week (often times resulting in the adoption of that pet) and promotes humane education, shelter news, pet training tips, pet nutrition and safety, and much more. It is printed weekly in the Ridgway Sun and Telluride Planet as well as on our website. Send your Pet Column questions or ideas to: Kelly. She will make sure that the pet columnist of the week promptly responds.

Second Chance has an outstanding Volunteer Photographer, Kaycee Clark of Real Life Photographs. Kaycee has transformed the look of our pet photos into artistic and compelling images that have really forwarded our adoption program by capturing the various personalities and unique traits of our homeless pets. You can see her photos in our weekly newspaper adoption ads and many will be appearing in this website replacing older images that aren't nearly as exciting...Thanks Kaycee and "assistant", Aaron!!!