Our Mission

For over seventy years, the Lynchburg Humane Society has operated as a private, non-profit organization, caring for lost and homeless pets. Last year, our Lynchburg Center for Pets helped over 9,000 pets.. We are a 501c3, as well as a lifesaving Humane Society, where we firmly believe that no healthy or treatable pet should be euthanized. By operating the public shelter for the City of Lynchburg, we accept the lost or unwanted pets surrendered to us from those communities. We help pets at risk for euthanasia at other shelters by transferring them into our care. Last year, 885 pets were brought to safety at LHS from other shelters. We accept those that are easily adoptable as pets, as well as those that need special nurturing from abusive or neglectful experiences. Along with our Center for Pets, we also have a regional spay/neuter clinic which performs around 6,000 spay/neuter surgeries annually It is the help of the community that makes our life-saving programs possible. Mission: Help pets in need through sheltering, adoption, education, spay/neuter, and community outreach. Vision: A community free of homeless and neglected pets.

Services We Offer

Adoptions, Fostering Program, Spay/Neuter Services

Adoption Process

Special Programs & Areas Served

Areas Served: Lynchburg, Bedford, Rustburg, Evington, Forest, Madison Heights, Amherst, Altavista, Goode