Humane Society of North Texas (HSNT) Adoption Center — Local services in Fort Worth

The "humane" society of North Texas is the reason my dog did not have her fifth birthday on February 4th. The reason she will never have another birthday.

At the end of September 2017, my ex moved to Texas and temporarily took 1 dog with her, and I took 2 dogs to Maine with me.

The barely 4 year old dog that she took with her to Texas was killed by a dog from HSNT that NEVER should have been allowed to be adopted into a home with another dog.

I believe HSNT gave my ex the same false assurances she gave me regarding the dog being adopted. I don't believe my ex would have ever put Lexie in danger. I am much more concerned that HSNT may misrepresent dog aggressive dogs.

I later discovered months after her death, as I slowly somewhat recovered from an illness in which I lost 40 pounds and am still dealing with today, that a manager at this organization knew the dog being adopted to live with my ex had been reported to this manager as being dog aggressive from another manager within HSNT; and also by a previous couple with a puppy that had returned this same dog. That couple should feel blessed they dodged substantial heartbreak.

HSNT misconstrued the dogs return and ignored what the couple told them and just made an assumption that the couple were just “in over their head” without any further investigation to see if the dog was indeed dog aggressive. It seems that instead of trying to just adopt any dog to any person as quickly as possible, they should be required to make sure they are not adopting dog aggressive dogs into homes with other dogs.

This same manager knew my ex had a 4 pound dog in her home and allowed her to adopt this reportedly dog aggressive dog to live with her around January 13, 2018.

Lexie was supposed to be coming back to live with me in Maine with her brother(Bichon) and sister (Poodle) in the summer of 2018, due to a separation.

On March 31st, 2018, the dog that never should have been allowed to be adopted by my ex, killed my little dog Lexie Just before 9 p.m. Eastern time.

On the same day my dog died, this disgusting organization decided to euthanize the dog that THEY unethically allowed to be adopted into a home with another dog. Both dogs died on March 31, 2018 because of negligence at various levels within HSNT. I have yet to receive an apology from that manager and from HSNT accepting responsibility for what happened. Both dogs would be alive today had Mocha been listed as an only dog adoption. Shame on this organization.

Their response to my demand for rectification and investigation was to have a friend of the manager do an "investigation" in which she concluded, "this is an issue between you and your ex, not HSNT". I'm sorry but my ex is not the manager at HSNT who decided to allow a reportedly dog aggressive dog to be adopted. Furthermore, my ex works for HSNT, so this is an issue with HSNT in any way you want to look at it. What a cold, pathetic response. Incompetent, cold people should not be working in humane societies.

HSNT has destroyed every day of my life since my dog was killed on March 31, 2018. They have caused severe depression.

I have proof of my statements and also proof that they allowed a foster to bring a dog with kennel cough and fleas into their home where another dog lived, and I also have proof that their Vet left an organ in a cage after a procedure with a cat, that an employee of this place found the next day.

This place should not be referred to as a "humane" society until they begin acting like one in all facets, at all times. Actions like this tarnish the name for organizations who do properly adopt out animals and make sanitation and safety a priority.

Every single day I think about Lexie's death. Every day I am broken. She loved her father and her sister Maddy so much.

In closing, I hope everyone that reviews this post leaves my little dog in Heaven a Happy Birthday Lexie on this review page. Lexie is the small black poodle in the pictures on the page. RIP sweetheart!

Happy Birthday Lexie! We love...

I am normally not one to write a negative review, but I’d like this to be a warning for those looking for a place to surrender an animal:

My husband found a ~3 month old cat on a construction site he’d been working on and she was in bad shape. As I have worked in the animal care industry and have family veterinarians, I know not to pick up random feral animals off the street and I know FW has an outdoor cat community that should not be taken. This cat was obviously abandoned on this job site after being attacked or abused and was suffering head trauma and a leg injury and there was no other cats to be found around her, so we brought her in for the night in hopes to get her help. I exhausted my personal connections and was having no luck finding her a place to help and we are not in a position to take care of her medical needs. I did some research and this Humane Society seemed like it had good reviews and I had faith they would be able to assist.

When I arrived, I was greeted with a very rude employee that wanted nothing to do with me. With the door cracked open and me standing on the sidewalk, cat in carrier, she asked me what I needed. I began explaining my situation but was interrupted by an explanation that they don’t take in feral cats. I couldn’t even get another word in before I was being told I “should have left her where I found her” and to bring her back there. After, I was handed a packet on how to identify a community/feral cat and a list of potential rescues that could take her. Although i appreciated the list of rescues, I must add the employee said she doubted any of them would take this cat as she handed the list to me.

1. this cat was surely not feral. We’d had her for 24 hours at this point and she was the sweetest, cuddliest cat I’ve ever met. I have plenty of experience with feral cats and she was not it.

2. this employee did not let me speak or take one glance at the cat. I had no opportunity to explain her situation or medical state. Ideally, I would have surrendered her there but I would’ve just taken some advice or anything helpful! I’m sure this place gets random people dropping off animals all the time, but for the employee to not even look at the animal before assuming she was feral and unworthy of help was very discouraging.

This cat was very much in need of help and I was just hoping that this “rescue” could either take her in, or point me in the right direction of getting the right assistance. It is a hard time for shelters and I understand most are over capacity and struggling but there is no reason someone who is sincerely trying to get an animal out of suffering should be made to feel like an idiot by a place that is suppose to be a shelter.

I don’t doubt this business succeeds in other areas but keep my experience in mind if you are looking for a place to...

Unfortunately, this facility seems to care more about the well-being of pets outside of Texas than those getting euthanized within their own state. I love all pets from everywhere, and it breaks my heart to see any of them euthanized. I just can't wrap my head around taking in animals from out of state, using local resources such as fosters, etc., to accommodate other pets while thousands of pets here are euthanized in THEIR OWN STATE every year. Why would this facility accept pets from outside of Texas, knowing it is the #1 state for euthanizations? It doesn't matter if it is 1 or 500 Texas pets. That is one life given a second chance, and get to see another day. There are many other facilities outside of Texas accepting and rescuing pets. I guess the fame of appearing to be a hero is worth more than the animal lives that were sacrificed because of decisions like this. Pets here sometimes are euthanized immediately after the 3 day stray hold, or even less, simply for space. Some of the animals brought in from out of state had well over 3 days. Hopefully, one day, euthanization will no longer be an option. In response to the response I received from HSNT regarding my review. The Humane Society has numerous facilities throughout the US in other states that are and were fully capable of accepting the precious animals coming from California instead of transporting them to one of the highest kill states in the country, if not the highest! Why not transport the Cali pets to another facility in a lower kill state, and pull Texas pets (those that were healthy, seniors pets, moms with week old pups, pregnant pets, pets that were surrendered because their caretaker passed away, severely abused pets deserving a 2nd chance at life, etc.), which unfortunately ran out of time and were euthanized as HSNT took in numerous pets from out of state. Not only that, resources such as adopters and fosters could have been available to save pets here in Texas. I am all for helping and rescuing, and it saddens me that euthanization is even an option at all in this country. But, it would have made more sense to have transported those animals to one of your other facilities outside of Texas to be rescued. Not only that, but to adopt from a local shelter or one of our other amazing rescues wouldn't have cost people near as much to rescue as they spent there. I'm glad this may have opened doors, but it did cost the lives of some local animals in exchange, sadly. If you don't know this, and you do, because Texas shelters are so overcrowded, every animal brought into this state means that another pet who has either overstayed their time, is old, sick, etc., has to be euthanized. No matter how many partners were gained from this, it in some way cost precious lives of those here in...