Hurricane Katrina

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Please support our Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts by making a tax-deductable, secure online donation. Thank you. Charity Navigator has deemed the Humane Society of Missouri a top-rated charity, awarding four stars out of four.

Emergency Foster Pet Clearinghouse

Have you lost or found a pet in the hurricane-affected area?

Thank you for your words of encouragement.

Welcome to the Emergency Foster Pet Clearinghouse

In an effort for pets evacuated from the hurricane zone to remain safe while their owners stay in temporary housing in the St. Louis area, the Humane Society of Missouri has set up an Emergency Foster Pet Clearinghouse.   

The goal of the Emergency Foster Pet Clearinghouse is to provide temporary boarding for the pets of hurricane-affected pet owners with caregivers in the St. Louis area who can provide temporary animal care, including food, water, shelter and any required medical care at the caregivers’ expense.

If you have been affected by the hurricane and require foster care for your own pets, please understand that the Humane Society of Missouri makes no claims about the suitability of the foster homes. Please read this important information. To receive foster care for your own pets, click here or phone (314) 951-1579.

Due to the overwhelming and heartwarming response from St. Louis area pet lovers, we are no longer accepting registrations for Emergency Foster Pet Caregivers. Please consider other ways to assist pets and pet owners. Thank you! If you have registered to provide foster care, we appreciate and welcome you! Please understand that the pets coming through the clearinghouse are unknown to the staff and volunteers of the Humane Society of Missouri.  The Humane Society of Missouri makes no claim as to the health and/or behavior of the animals.  As a clearinghouse, the Humane Society of Missouri staff and volunteers will do our best to match needy pets with foster home capabilities.  Furthermore, pet owners will be given your phone number and will be contacting you directly.  Foster pet caregivers take in animals at their own risk and expense for an unknown period of time. Please read this important information. Questions about the Emergency Foster Pet Clearinghouse? Read these FAQs.

How to Help Pets Affected by Hurricane Katrina

• Donate items to our Wish List.
• Make a tax-deductable, secure online donation.

How to Help YOUR Pets

• Have an Emergency Plan for your pets in case of disaster.

How to Help ALL Pets

The fewer unwanted pets born will mean fewer homeless stray pets injured or killed in a disaster.
Therefore,

• Spay or neuter your pets.
• Adopt your pet from a reputable animal shelter or rescue group.