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Our Mission Statement
The Central Brevard Humane Society provides an animal welfare shelter and programs that foster a humane ethic toward all animals. Our organization strives to deepen the community’s commitment to spaying and neutering, as well as to the adoption of homeless companion animals. We believe this to be essential to achieving our purpose of humane care and treatment of all animals.

What is a Humane Society?
The Humane Society by its very nature should reflect through its governing body and employees, those characteristics of being humane: that is to show compassion, sympathy, kindness, benevolence and charity to those animals suffering or distressed.

It should be a non profit organization dedicated to the prevention of inhumane treatment of all animals, and provide shelter and care for lost or unwanted and abused animals. The organization should make every effort to return them to their owner or place them in loving and responsible homes.

The Humane Society should keep animals for as long as there is room for them and they remain healthy. Unfortunately, this is not always possible if there are more animals waiting for adoption than can be cared for. Those animals which are unhealthy or aggressive or those that cannot be placed will be euthanized with dignity.

Through community education, we foster responsible attitudes towards animals. True to our belief that animal welfare is crucial to improve the quality of life in our area of influence, we sponsor the following programs:

Blood Donor Dogs & Cats for Veterinarians at "NO" Charge
Lost & Found Program
Cremation Service for the Public & Veterinarians
Foster Care Program for Young & Old Animals
Community Outreach Educational Classes
Volunteer Programs for Community Service
Vet Rescue for Injured/Sick Stray Animals
Hurricane Disaster Assistance

Our Position:
Feral Cats
The Central Brevard Humane Society supports the principle of "appropriately managed" colonies in an effort to reduce the overpopulation of feral felines.

Feral is defined as generally deemed not likely to be a candidate as a companion pet. This position parallels that of the ASPCA and the HSUS for responsible and long term management that includes, but is not limited to trapping, vaccination, neutering, identification, treatment as necessary, and ultimately, placement and/or release of homeless felines to suitable/approved environments in accordance with county/state ordinances where appropriate. Managed colonies are defined as those which provide, but are not limited to shelter, food, water and an established program of monitoring for veterinary care as needed.

The Central Brevard Humane Society acknowledges that while probably not the ultimate solution, "appropriately managed" TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release) Programs are a reasonable recourse in the effort to maintain status quo population of felines at large.

Rescue Groups
In that CBHS acknowledges the demand and need for alternative animal care facilities (aka “rescue groups”) in Brevard County, we recognize the need for county and/or state guidelines/parameters/mandates for same so that they may operate in the best interest of the animals.

Dangerous Dogs
The Central Brevard Humane Society is opposed to any change in verbiage to Florida Statute 767 - Damage by Dogs. http://floridaanimalcontrol.org/

With specific reference to 767.14, the Central Brevard Humane Society supports and concurs that no such regulation is specific to breed.
767.14 Additional local restrictions authorized.

* Nothing in this act shall limit any local government from placing further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dangerous dogs or developing procedures and criteria for the implementation of this act, provided that no such regulation is specific to breed and that the provisions of this act are not lessened by such additional regulations or requirements. This section shall not apply to any local ordinance adopted prior to October 1, 1990.