fostering

Influx of animals at Jackson County Animal Shelter

The Jackson County Animal Shelter has been reopened for less than a month and already they are seeing an influx of animals. The shelter has about 100 animals and that number is growing by the day. They currently are in…

Social media helps find fur-ever homes

Our growing digital age is helping shelter pets find forever homes. With more than 50,000 followers on Facebook, the Humane Society of South Mississippi is reaching potential adopters, fosters, and donators throughout our area and beyond state lines. Every day…

How to foster shelter pets

It’s hard not to adopt every fur baby we see in an animal shelter, but for many of us, adoption just isn’t in the cards right now. “It’s rewarding. You’re saving a life or many lives.” And sometimes, it’s the…