Provides animal control services throughout the county.

Offers the following services:

- Provides temporary refuge for lost, stray, or unwanted animals.
- Facilitates adoptions of animals to new owners.
- Offers a variety of behavior training courses, fear free training, and pet education classes for pet owners.

The Foster Program offers animals a temporary home for animals waiting on a forever home.
Types of animals in the program:
- Short-Term Animal Refuge (STAR).
- All-Star Dogs, dogs that are in the behavior program.
- Dogs and Puppies.
- Cats and Kittens.
- Parrots and Other Pet Birds.
- Rabbits, Hamsters, and Gerbils.

Promotes the humane treatment of hooved animals through education, legislation, investigation and, if necessary, legal intervention (impoundment). Also provides physical rehabilitation to animals that have endured severe neglect and abuse and then facilitates adoption to compassionate homes.

Animals targeted are: horses, sheep, goats, llamas, and pot-belly pigs.

Services provided by HHH are tailored to the patient's/client's individual needs. All services available by private pay or Medicaid waiver only.

Services include encouraging active thinking and light exercise, errands, friendly conversation, homemaker services, meal preparation, planning social activities, pet care assistance, snow removal and lawn care, and transportation assistance.

Offers guidance for pet parents who need help with their pet's behavior. Owners can call the Cat Behavior or Dog Behavior helplines to speak with one of the behavior specialists. Can also offer assistance with other species.

Offers boarding for companion animals at a reasonable cost.

Pet adoptions.

Shelters pets when owners are in a homeless shelter or otherwise temporarily unable to care for them.

Pet food pantry for Douglas and Sarpy County Residents

Provides a variety of enforcement, educational, and animal disposition services including, dog licensing, cruelty and complaint investigation, pet care presentations, animal adoptions.

For situations in which an animal's welfare may be in jeopardy (such as animal abuse, neglect, injury, or endangerment) or where public health or safety may be impacted (such as a bite, attack, or harassment of a person by an animal), contact the office to report what was seen or heard. An Animal Control Officer will be dispatched to investigate the situation.

Animal rescue and re-homing Pet Adoption Center.

After submitting an application, an adoption counselor will review and follow-up with any questions. Typically, applications are processed within a few business days. Please allow at least 2 business days before contacting about the status of application.

Finds forever homes for the homeless animals of the Cedar Valley.

P.E.T.S. Place. Educate. Teach. Shelter. CBHS is passionate to: Place animals in lifelong, loving homes. Educate on the issues of humane care. Teach responsible pet ownership. Shelter the stray, neglected, and unwanted.

All volunteer animal rescue organization. Obtains medical care and shelter for stray and abandoned cats and dogs until they are adopted by utilizing a wide network of volunteer animal foster homes.

Animals available for adoption are listed on the website, with some cats available at the local PetSmart.

Provides a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program. Humanely and effectively reducing Des Moines' outdoor community cat population by altering, vaccinating, ear-tipping and returning cats to the areas where they are already living and thriving. The program is free to community cat caregivers in Des Moines.

Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing:

- Training Programs.
- Fostering.
- Reduced Adoption Fees.

Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.