Humane Society of Odessa — Local services in West Odessa

We didn't have a very good experience at the humane society here in Odessa. We had to figure out how to get in the place and once we did there were a couple of workers sitting down outside talking amongst themselves and they didn't greet us or even help us by telling us where to go or who to speak to. We had found a little puppy early that morning and didn't know what to do with it so we thought we'd take it to the humane society and they would take over from there. After standing around for twenty minutes waiting for the volunteers or workers to acknowledge us we went inside a little office looking for someone else to help us without success. In the meantime there were a few people dropping off donations for the place and they too were ignored and asked us if we'd let the owners or volunteers know that they left donations... Finally after standing there a total of about thirty minutes the one lady who was talking with the other lady (volunteers/workers) asked if anyone had helped us in the little office we went inside and after telling her no one had helped us yet she went inside and called someone from in the back to help us.... After explaining to the lady who we assume owns the place about finding the little puppy and that we couldn't keep it (our apartment complex won't allow it) she cut us off and said they were too full and that they couldn't keep it either. We understand that these places are overcrowded but we were just two old women trying to do our best by taking the little guy somewhere where it wouldn't get ran over etc.... She told us that maybe it was best to just take him to the shelter (it's a kill shelter) rather than leave him out on the street to fend for himself... She said that sometimes putting them to sleep was better than them running the streets guys. We were flabbergasted given that this was a place that was supposed to help and given the fact that the little puppy was healthy and probably only three months old. He was well taken care of at some point and there wasn't a flea or tick on him.... He deserved a chance but she was adamant about not being able to keep him even though I was willing to donate money for his care. Long story longer we were literally sobbing when we left the human society out west of town here in Odessa because of their lack of professionalism and compassion. After going home and reading through all the pet sites ( I listed him on at least five pet sites) I'd listed him on when I found him earlier that morning (I heard him yelping and crying at five in the morning) I finally found a lady who came and got him. However, it's just heartbreaking and unbelievable when an owner of a rescue advises us to take him to a kill shelter because they can't take him. Especially when we were willing to donate for his care.... I will never go to the humane society again and they really need to work on their people skills and how to be at least semi professional when you're dealing with people who want to help. My heart breaks for the animals that have been turned away because of her recommendations to take them to a kill shelter! We've gotta do better. Thanks for letting me tell y'all about my experience with the humane society here in Odessa Texas. (The one that's way out...

This is the worst experience EVER i went to ask for them to help some cats from the streets that where sick from Their eyes and they didn’t help the street cats that where sick but then when we wanted to leave they called us back to give us a number for people who pick cats from the streets to help them heal and get a home we picked them cats from the streets to help for them to get help and a home but once we tooken them home they got close to my cats which where NOT sick and they said to take all of them to get the same treatment because my own cats where exposed to the other kittens that where sick they said they would help all of them I said I didn’t need their help for my 2 home cats that they already had an doc appointment and they didn’t want to give my cats back instead of helping only the sick kittens they took all of them and they said once they alll get the same treatment we will give you home cats back WELL GUESS WHAT PEOPLE THEY STOLE MY CATS BECAUSE OF YALL THAT SAID THAT THEY COULD HELP THE CATS FROM THE STEETS NOW WHO TF IS GONNA RETURN MY CATS!!!!????????? 🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭who are those people???? I don’t know but yall do yall said they where from midland so get my cats back!!!!!!!!!!🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭becuase I got my 2 cats because I really loved them I didn’t need help for them I needed yall to help all the cats from the streets which where near 30 cars but yall didn’t help them yall only stole my Cats that I had at home that was a week ago today Monday my sister went to at angels vet place to get my cats back and my Sister saw another lady taking them in a cage (a cage that my neighbor borrowed me to help those people take the little wild kittens for medical help the cats from the streets to but no today my sister went to yr and stop them and guess what they didn’t even let her see my cats and they said they where going for sales adoption and NOOO my 2 cats cant go for adoption because they have a home they have it all SO PLS FIGURE WHOS TAKING MY CAT CONTACT ME BACK AND GET MY CAts VACK BECAUSE THIS IS ALL YALLS FAULT TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO STEEL MY CATS WITH THE EXCUSE THAT THEY WHERE GOING TO GET THE 30 cats that where running around with no home and they didn’t even go see those cats they only stole my cats he is a orange cat named Wero and my other black n white named Gordo cat that belonged to my child it’s so not fair to see my son and also me crying because of this situation and I...

The facility is run efficiently but the Mgr has extremely thin skin, breaks laws, and constantly lies to you to keep you from taking your babies back home with you. Wont let you pet your own kittens. Won't even let you pay to adopt them. Lies to all that they are gone when they are supposed to keep them for 10 days b4 letting them go anywhere. Those kittens were gone in two days. Also they were a bit small, so I'm sure some of them have been hurt in some way already. Even the owner lied to us.

I would take them to the no-kill facility on the Eastside of Midland on Fairgrounds road first. It's a magnificent huge facility.

I'm soooooooo sorry I took my 6 hybrid kittens to the Humane Society. I just cant be disrespected like that. She wants everybody to bow down to her. That's not the way it works. I have enough volunteer time at animal facilities to know the laws, rules and proper behavior to donators, customers, volunteers, vendors, and authorities. I filed a report with their licencing agency in El Paso, TX. I'm going to leave it alone because she's unpredictable and mean.

I feel very bad for those paroles working there. They can't turn around without asking her what their next chore is. They can't look you in the face. They have no answers. They clearly hate their time there. I wanted to take all of them and give them a permanent job somewhere else that didn't constantly hobble them and mistreat them. I still...