Jefferson County Humane Society

Request copies of these documents which are available under the Missouri Sunshine Law: Any correspondence between the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Animal Care Facilities Program, and the applicant. An ACFA licensee MUST HAVE Missouri nonprofit status as issued the Missouri Secretary of State! To ensure adequate care of the animals, any indiv... idual or group accepting animals -- and/or placing them -- MUST BE ACFA-licensed! Contact the IRS at a local office STL 314-612-4002; KC 816-966-2840. They may direct you to a national database of applications. A group's approval and/or application is public information. If not seen in the Search, call the IRS regarding date of an application. The Jefferson County Humane Society is a non-shelter organization that has handled over 300 cruelty-related incidents since 1996. Several remain open. Investigations are done by our volunteers. The JCHS is not paid by the County or any state or national organization. In addition, the JCHS has spayed/neutered over 300 dogs/cats since 1992. The majority of our on-site investigations work at night and on weekends/holidays is to educate irresponsible pet owners. At that point, the incident has not yet become "neglect," as defined by State law. We do everything possible to assist in making the incident adequate and humane for the animals, including ongoing monitoring. We have even provided large outside pens, doghouses and straw, longer leads, and heated water bowls, for those larger animals who do better outside than inside. Volunteers have access to our storage warehouse utilized for pet food, large water cannisters, bowls, toys, towels, blankets, humane traps, pet taxis of all sizes, small exercise pens, cat playhouses, and doghouses. A volunteer drove to Columbia, Missouri, to pay for and obtain a necropsy report for the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. The Prosecutor's Office, the University of Missouri, and the JCHS worked as a team toward a common goal of justice. The Jefferson County Humane Society was ...Read More