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Protect Your Pet from Poisonous Plants
Spring marks the busy season for most nurseries and flower shops as everyone is excited to start planting. One of the most common early spring flowers to either plant, or purchase, is the Easter Lily. While beautiful in sight and smell, lilies are toxic and even...
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Our Stories
Protect Your Pet from Poisonous Plants
Spring marks the busy season for most nurseries and flower shops as everyone is excited to start planting. One of the most common early spring flowers to either plant, or purchase, is the Easter Lily. While beautiful in sight and smell, lilies are toxic and even...
Change a cat’s life today
Calling all cat lovers! You can make a difference in the lives of shelter cats. Through the month of March, the Humane Society of the Black Hills is remodeling three existing cat rooms: Purrassic Park, Cat Adopt 1, and Cat Adopt 2. To celebrate the remodel process,...
March holds a special place for cats
Animal shelters are stressful environments for cats. Some of that stress comes directly from their shelter mates – dogs - of course, but other stressors cats experience are from being moved through the shelter, being transported for medical, and being in environments...
Support animals, enjoy local hockey on Jan. 11, 2020!
Hockey and animal fans unite for a great cause! The Humane Society of the Black Hills (HSBH) is partnering with the Rapid City Rush hockey team for "Organization of the Game", an opportunity for the community to attend a Rush game and support shelter animals at the...
Humane Society outreach with Juvenile Services Center
Even after the shelter is closed for the day, the Humane Society of the Black Hills (HSBH) continues to work hard to educate others about their mission. On Wednesday nights, the HSBH ventures to the Juvenile Services Center (JSC) with various animals to teach...
More details of the highly anticipated kennel project
Many people who have talked to me at the Humane Society of the Black Hills – either during a tour, orientation, or just some poor soul who happens to make eye contact with me in the lobby – have probably heard this number: 5,227. That’s a big number and it raises some...
Kennel project moves forward, fosters and volunteers needed
In late 2018, the public helped the Humane Society of the Black Hills raise funds to replace the kennels on the adopt floor. The Humane Society of the Black Hills (HSBH) Board of Directors has approved Mason Company kennels for the kennel project. Kennels...
Keeping busy, looking forward to new challenges
I’m glad to be back on the pages of the Rapid City Journal after a short hiatus from writing a humane society column. I spent decades doing newspaper work and still believe media and newspapers are vital to a healthy, vibrant community and I’m proud to be part of the...
Executive Director named
Jerry Steinley has been named executive director of the humane society of the black hills
1 day. 100 cats. FREE spay neuter offered
http://www.operationpetsinc.org/application.html
April 30 is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
April 30 is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. It’s a day set aside to raise awareness of the thousands of animals in shelters waiting to be adopted into new homes. At the Humane Society of the Black Hills, we saw 5,227 animals come through the doors in 2018 and we...
