About the Grant County Humane Society

We are strictly a volunteer organization. Donations, contracts with county, city and township governing bodies, and memberships comprise our "income". We like to subsidize spays and neuters if we have the funds from grants to pay for them; we set up "clinics" or set designated days. We have a small office where we keep our cats, but the dogs are kept at 2 different foster homes. We have no set office hours but a 24-hour answering machine and call forwarding. To encourage adoptions, we are willing to travel and meet you half way (up to 60 miles) so you can pick them up. We have a "trial" period during which we hold your check or cash for the adoption fee. During this time, we make periodic check-ups. When the time limit is reached (or before) you may formally adopt the animal and we bank the money or you return the animal and you receive the money back. Returned animals must be in at least as good condition as when you received them. If the animal is lost or killed while in your care, you forfeit the fee. We do charge the State's 6.5% sales tax.

Fostering Animals / Serving the Community: these are strong words, but we are committed to them. This community is our stronghold. We "work together & play together." GCHS relies 100% on volunteers and the funding to continue our mission comes 100% from generous contributors. Fostering is the best way we can safely care for our animals while they wait for caring families to adopt them into their home. Our facility is not large enough to house dogs. Please contact us if you want more information on how you can foster an abondoned cat or dog.

We are located in the Central Court Buisness Center in Elbow Lake.

Serving the community means more to us than just caring for animals while they wait for homes. We strive to educate the public on ways to prevent the rise of homeless cats and dogs. Education is key.

The GCHS is growing. We exist because passionate devoted individuals are willing to take responsibilities. The volunteers of this organization would adopt all of the animals if they could; unfortunately, this scenario is impractical. Many cats and dogs have been through the GCHS, which provides temporary shelter until loving families adopt. We also bring animals into a veternarian clinic for their shots, and in most cases we have them neutered / spayed.