Surrendered my healthy 3 year old cat because I had no other option. She was extremely friendly to…read moreeveryone and never had issues with people, but for some reason they claimed she failed her behavioral exam and euthanized her. How can you euthanize completely healthy and friendly cats, but then accept all of the aggressive dogs that are surrendered and not euthanize them? If you want your animals to go to a good home and not be euthanized for no reason, do NOT surrender them to this humane society.

I have a friend who was forced, by her landlord, to surrender her cat she'd had for 18 years. This…read morewas very distressing and depressing for her. When she called to see if he'd been adopted or euthanized, the person she talked was very rude, telling her she wasn't entitled to that information because when she chose to surrender him she lost all rights to information. It wasn't her choice which the person she talked to may not have known, but in my opinion they could and should be taught to show more compassion and understanding. In this computer age it wouldn't take much to look that information up and put a person's mind at ease. This makes me sad because I have dealt with this place many times in the past and never been treated that way. In fact when I had to get rid of a family pet years ago, they were happy to let me know he was adopted that same afternoon. Sad how times have changed!

I think this place is doing great things! I got my cat Sunny from the Humane Society of North Iowa.read more

From the owner: Our organization was founded almost 60 years ago (1959) with the mission to provide temporary…read moreshelter, food, medical attention, and comfort to displaced and neglected companion animals and educate the public about the humane care of animals with a goal of reducing overpopulation.

I know this place has bad reviews but I had a good experience ahead of meat and greet with a really…read morenice dog wasn't the perfect fit for me, but the shelter does a good job.

I thought that maybe my experience with them was different, or unique in some way. I wanted to give…read morethem the benefit of the doubt. Then I found these Yelp reviews and I want to add my voice to the STAY AWAY faction. I adopted an 8-week-old puppy from them in September of 2017. Two days after I got her home, she was extremely lethargic, not eating, having breathing problems. After a number of tests, we discovered she had multi-drug resistant bacterial pneumonia. She had kennel cough (bordetella), pseudomonas, and a multi-drug resistant strain of e.coli in her lungs. I thought they might want to know, because she had brothers. The owner sounded concerned at first and told me she contacted the owners of the other puppies and none of them were sick. Her concern soon dissipated when I told her I had paid $1,500 in vet bills. Haha, drop in the champagne bucket, she got sick in September and was officially pneumonia-free at the end of February. All told, the vet bills came in at around $7,000. At the time I adopted my puppy, they had taken in a number of dogs stranded from Hurricane Harvey, the owner told me a lot of them had "colds," but nothing more serious. I think, due to legal reasons, the veterinarians would not confirm that she was sick when she left the shelter. I don't know where else she would get her lungs all full of bacteria in the 36 hours she was in my house. She is a wonderful dog, and we do not regret spending the money on her, but it concerns me about other dogs that were there. The e.coli was only susceptible to one very expensive injectable antibiotic. I really hope her brothers were okay, and she wasn't just trying to cover her butt. I would have been able to save them considerable expense with the information I had. Email exchanges after this took place were very rude and unprofessional. My husband is a veteran and I thought it would be nice to support a veteran-owned shelter. The shelter building looks run-down, but I was only allowed at the front desk and directed to the runs in back to meet my puppy, so I have no information about how hygienic things are behind-the-scenes. We found this shelter on Petfinder, I would suggest anywhere but here

I thought the pet store was great. The pet store had many exotic reptiles,snakes turtles,fish,ect…read more The pet store always has many pet accessories and food. The people were helpful and friendly. I enjoyed looking at all the animals. It's a cool pet store!

A wonderful pet store with people who truly care for the animals they work with. Staff has a vast…read moreknowledge of animals and very accommodating to customers and always willing to give quality advice whether you bought your pet or pet related items from them or not. Wide variety of freshwater and saltwater fish as well as reptiles and amphibians. Ricky the tortoise is the store "mascot" and can be seen stretching his legs on his rounds meeting and greeting customers. He has an attitude and loves people and attention. The store also provides outcall tank cleaning services that have kept my fish happy!!