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Welcome to the Women’s Humane Society website! We’re glad you are interested in adopting a new friend, using our vet clinic or otherwise supporting the animal welfare work of our organization that was founded in 1869. Many wonderful animals are homeless through no fault of their own and deserve another chance at finding a lifelong home. Please take a look at our adoptable animals and read through our Adoption Information and Procedures sections (see the menu to the left) which will explain the process.

The Women’s Humane Society is a non-profit organization serving the Delaware Valley area. We are located in lower Bucks County. Our Bensalem facility is our only location and place to visit our adoptable animals. We receive no government funding, relying instead on donations and fees that reflect our animal welfare mission. We shelter unwanted dogs, cats, domestic rodents, birds, and the occasional ferret. In addition to our adoption services, we offer a walk in vet clinic for routine care, cruelty investigations, an animal ambulance service for the pick up of animals being surrendered to our facility, obedience training classes and humane education programs. Volunteers assist us in working with the public and in clerical roles. Most of our adopted animals are spayed or neutered at our on-site veterinary hospital, which is also open to the public.

The Women's Humane Society is an open admissions or unlimited access shelter, meaning we turn no unwanted animal away. We will euthanize when space becomes an issue. We have not had to euthanize dogs because of space issues since 1999, when the internet became a popular tool in pet adoption. There continues to be many more cats and kittens that will need homes than there are shelter, rescue, foster care space and adopters during the busy kitten season of summer and early fall.

We are a humane shelter, meaning we will end suffering or the high risk of suffering in the future for that animal or others at the shelter, in an adopter's home, or their community. While we respect the work of our limited access or no kill counterparts in the animal rescue and adoption field, we stand by our position to turn no one away and keep adoption affordable. You may learn more about how we determine suffering and risks by reading the section on 'Giving Up an Animal' and the two adoption pages on the menu to the left. We invite you to sign our guest book and review the many topics covered on this site.