Adoption hours are Tuesdays-Fridays from 10am-12pm and 4-7pm and Saturdays from 10am-5 pm. The shelter is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Adoption fees are 150.00 for adult dogs, $250 for puppies (under 6 months) and 100.00 for cats and kittens, this includes spaying/ neutering, vaccines up to the point they are adopted, flea treatment and deworming. There is an additional $10.99 microchip registration fee payable online via credit card for every animal adopted.

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We need your help! Our current dog runs are unsafe, unsanitary and unattractive. We are in the beginning phases of redesigning this crucial part of the shelter to make it safer, cleaner and more comfortable for the dogs. Please consider making a monetary gift toward this important renovation. Opportunities are available for donors to sponsor an entire "room" and have their contribution acknowledged on a plaque outside the room! More details will be announced as they become available. Please call Patti at the shelter with any questions on this important project.


 

About the Lewis County Humane Society

The Lewis County Humane Society operates a "no kill" shelter on the Pine Grove Road, in the town of Watson, that houses and cares for lost or stray dogs and cats.

We contract with the towns and villages in Lewis County, to house dogs picked up by dog control officers in those areas for up to 10 days. The cost to keep the animals left unredeemed by their owners is paid for by the Society.

The Lewis County Humane society is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and exists solely on donations from the public, it is NOT a county run facility, and we  received no funding from the county.

Recently the Society and the shelter have undergone some significant changes.

 We now have payroll expenses and significant repairs and improvements have been made to the house and shelter.

Our new policy regarding animals is:

Animals are put into quarantine when they arrive.

If they are not picked up immediately, they are vet checked by Dr. Fuller, deflead, dewormed and vaccinated.

If they need medical treatment, they get it.

If the animals are not redeemed, they are spayed or neutered, and held for adoption.

There is a surrender fee to leave a cat or dog at the shelter, if there is room. This helps defray the cost of treatment and care of the animal until it is adopted.

The Board of Directors of the Lewis County Humane Society has established this new official website: http:/lewiscountyhumanesociety.org.  All other websites are unauthorized and present misinformation.


The Lewis County Humane Society does not provide animal control. The individual Towns and Villages in the County hire their own dog control officers.

Dog Control Officers in Lewis County are:

Lowville, Mr Ash at 681-8747

Town of Harrisburg, Mr Dorchester at 777-3727

All other Towns, Mr. Lampson at 346-1828





 

 

 

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Edgar S. K. Merrell 3rd, Legal Secretary: by telephone at 315-376-8214; by fax at 315-376-8216; or by mail at P.O. Box 151, Lowville, New York 13367, or Jackie Prashaw at 315-874-4181.
Your input is greatly appreciated!