Danville is wonderful! The spirit of Danville is a generous one. All of these pictures were taken today!

First and second pictures: One call to Sheriff Mondul and we had help doing a major power cleaning! Lt. Wyatt and her crew of Octavia and Angela left Camp Bow Wow squeaky clean.

Third picture: Food Lion at Cane Creek donates food to us. This morning, William, a God’s Storehouse volunteer, picked up donations from Food Lion and said he would drop off our donation, too.

Fourth picture: A man said his cat is finicky, so he brought us canned food for the shelter cats.

Fifth picture: God’s Pit Crew donated an entire pallet of dog food to us.

Sixth picture: Through the generosity of The E. Stuart James Grant, we received $50,000 to install awnings to keep the dogs snugger, cooler, and grief. Thanks, J.W. Squire, for taking good care of us.

It takes a village and we are grateful our village is filled with kind hearts.




Buddy wants you to be sure to check out our full-page ad in:

Today: Chatham Star Tribune

Tomorrow: Piedmont Shopper

Saturday: Danville Register & Bee

March issue: Showcase Magazine & Evince


This little boy, Charlie, was featured as our pet of the week in the Register & Bee, as well as being the pet spotlight in the URW. After his picture was taken, he exhibited signs of parvo. We took him to a veterinary clinic and treatment immediately began. For a few days, he seemed to be doing better.

Yesterday, a veterinarian told us that it appeared the vomiting had caused his intestines to “accordion.” There were some treatments that could be tried, but she said he was suffering.

After Charlie and his veterinary team tried valiantly to save him, he was euthanized. Why are we telling you?

On our 2024 annual report, Charlie will be counted in the “euthanized” column. If we had allowed him to linger until he died on his own, he would be included in the “died in facility” column. That number would have been overlooked by the “no-kill” calculations and would not have adversely affected our numbers.

But, Charlie would have suffered. And that is unacceptable to us.


Happy, happy to announce that we have renewed our transfer partnership with Richmond SPCA. Nicole came today and took eight friendly cats from us. Stay tuned for an announcement about new transfer partnerships with shelters in Northern Virginia; yay!

Our shelter doors are never closed to ANY companion animal.

That means we take in hundreds of unadoptable ones. It means that we provide the last act of kindness owners can perform for their beloved companions, after they have surrendered the animal to us. It also means that other localities’ public shelters refer people to us if they have closed their doors to accepting any animals.

It also means we must make difficult decisions. Last year was a very busy year for shelters and rescue groups. We, however, never made the decision to make numbers more important than animals and that means we had to make difficult decisions all the time.

In 2023, we received 1,085 animals that had been turned away by other Virginia public animal shelters. Here are a few of the stories:

The number included a kitten who was being eaten alive from maggots inside her body. The public shelter in the locality where she was found told the person, “Put her back where you found her and let nature take its course.” We said “yes” to the person who found that unacceptable and accepted her. She was euthanized.

The number included many cats and three chained dogs from another locality. An elderly woman let her granddaughter move in with her and the granddaughter immediately started collecting cats. She then moved away. The family of the elderly woman sought help from the public shelter in that county, telling them they were afraid it was an unhealthy, unsafe situation for their loved one. They were also concerned about the care of the animals. The public shelter people told the family it was the family’s responsibility, not theirs. The desperate family called us for help and we said “yes.” Most of the animals were unadoptable.

The number included a woman who lived in a car with a high number of small dogs. Shelters in two localities would not accept them (they were “closed to owner surrenders”). A police chief in the town called us for help. We said “yes.” Many of the dogs were sick and we spent hundreds of dollars in veterinary bills. Upon recommendation of a veterinarian, two were immediately euthanized and one died at the clinic within a few hours. We adopted out the ones we could and had to euthanize the rest because of their condition.

When you hear the “all the Danville shelter does is kill,” please remember these stories. There are many, many more stories waiting to be told.

Our doors can never and will never close to accepting animals.

🐾💌 Exciting News from Danville Area Humane Society! 💌🐾

Hey everyone! We have some paws-itively fantastic news to share with you all! 🎉

At Danville Area Humane Society, we’re always looking for ways to improve and enhance our communication with our amazing supporters. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that we’re now collecting email addresses to offer quicker and more efficient updates, news, and events straight to your inbox! 📧✨

By signing up, you’ll be the first to know about our latest rescue stories, adoption success stories, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, and so much more! Plus, you’ll be helping us streamline our communication efforts to better serve our furry friends in need. 🐶❤️🐱

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This female beagle was picked up as a stray in the county by a citizen who kept her. They decided that they could not keep her, so brought her to us. She does require treatment for “cherry eyes.” There have been so many reports of lost beagles in the county, and we hope we can reunite her with her original owners.

URGENT!!! Two people reported an incident at the gas station and Hilltop Mart at the intersection of Piney Forest and Old Piney Forest at about 5:45 this evening. Men in a white SUV were seen kicking a white pit bull, then lifting him up by his collar, hitting him, and throwing him in the back of the SUV. We are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible. Please call 799-0843. The police were notified, but the SUV was gone.
Photo is posted just so we can post this on Instagram! The dog pictured is NOT the dog involved