Humane Society of Raleigh County — Local services in Beckley

I didn’t believe the rumors about this being the worst place to try to adopt animals. I was trying to adopt a dog (Evelyn) that has a huge unexplained scratch down her back with no explanations as to how she got them. Well after putting in an application to adopt her, I was told to call back in 2 days, and they never picked up the phone. On the 3rd day, I tried again, but the lady was super rude and said if I haven’t gotten an email then it’s because they haven’t reviewed my application yet (well duh!! That’s why I was calling!!) but I just politely said ok. The 4th day I called back and they said they’d call me back the next day because they have other applicants, well obviously they’re not even trying very hard to give this dog a home they’re being lazy and quite possibly shady. Finally, on the last day, they still hadn’t called me back so I called them 2 hours before closing. They told me to be patient that sometimes it takes awhile. I said “that’s crazy but ok” and the lady on the phone said “yeah umm now you’ll never get her!” So I just hung up before I said something rude back. Their website isn’t even set up right, if you filter it to show dogs who are dog friendly, it only shows one dog and the description for it says not dog friendly. Over all this facility is...

There is no room at the inn. Walked a stray dog my ex-wife had mistakenly thought she was able to care for properly to the facility on Dry Flats Road from Woodlawn Ave only to find out they were at maximum capacity. Maybe they should publicize that fact on their Google search results so people don't waste their time. Maybe there should be a time limit on how long a dog is able to be housed there before being euthanized. While they spend time "categorizing" the various temperaments of the dogs living there, which may or may not assist in finding them homes, they might want to focus on getting rid of the ones whose possibility of "homing" properly is almost nil. The stray dog I brought to them would probably be one of them because he is an Alpha male dependent human biting devil dog. If I had a big yard with a privacy fence & a good shock collar setup, I wouldn't get rid of him. But I don't, and neither do I care to care for his fate beyond basic feeding & watering. It's a dog, not a child, and since my time in Korea back in the mid 1980's, my personal view of pets is that they are nothing more than furry domesticated chickens. Read that and weep. As you wish....

First adoption several months back went perfectly fine, doffrent employees than recently. Application and adoption all within under the week, loving boy you know? This last time ive tried to adopt, the application got ignored for a week, so i go call the request information, seems fine, untill we get off the phone. Lady was hateful when asking for my name of the application, then as soon as we hungup, it denies. I sit, wait a minute then try to call to see if it was accidentally declined where she was having the page open. Call denied. Twice. I dont reccomend adopting here untill shes removed, as she was kinda rude when my family saw her last too. Its some blonde-ish short woman. It feels like intentional hatefullness and spite, and i feel she may possibly want the kitten...