Our Story
The Washington Humane Society and the Washington Animal Rescue League have each served the animals and people of the District of Columbia and the National Capitol region for over a century. Now these two great forces for animal protection have come together to form an even more powerful organization: the Humane Rescue Alliance.
With the creation of the Humane Rescue Alliance, we’re combining our proficiency and knowledge in all aspects of animal care, from providing quality, affordable medical services to creating families with each adoption. Most importantly, we’re here to tenaciously protect and advocate for the animals in our community, and support and celebrate people’s love and compassion for them. We are the Humane Rescue Alliance.
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Dear HRA: Your "virtual" adoption process is so slow and tedious and impractical for normal people leading normal lives on tight skeds during a pandemic .. it hurts your animals. It is so cumbersome I feel it dissuades adoption. And WHY are you doing this? I can walk through Gaithersburg, Prince George, just about ANY animal shelter or event and look at pets real-time and take them home same day. IF PEOPLE CAN PRODUCE A VACCINATION CARD, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN TO THE SHELTERS. ______
And HOW can one interact with and sense a pet's response, when the animal does not understand the concept of video? They cannot sense a warm, loving person at the other end of the camera and respond accordingly. And it is crazy to make them wait in the cruelty of your shelter and cages, or in some home that will kick them out... WEEKS... whilst the prospective parents get discouraged and move on. I wanted another friend / sibling for my cat NOW. He is lonesome and craving other animal companionship NOW. Not in a month or two weeks. And when I drove up to your shelter yesterday I was told, despite a vaccination card, I would have to go online.. so I went online and waited TWO HOURS ... and NOTHING. I am urgently putting my earnings back in order and attending to other parts of life and church and so on - and then parents with younger children have soccor and etc all weekends or evenings ... we cannot sit online and wait for you all day long. But YOU TAKE AWAY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE PET AND HUMAN. VIRTUAL IS FOR YOU, NOT FOR US OR FOR YOUR ANIMALS. YOU SLOW OR PREVENT THEIR ADOPTION.
FOR ONE CAT -- AND MOST OF YOUR ANIMALS, LET'S FACE IT, ARE WONDERFUL, BUT HARD-TO-ADOPT, either older or with infirmity, so this is HUGE to them, to be forced to WAIT, and you are a 'kill' shelter, are you not?? -- I WAS TOLD 3 OTHERS WERE IN FRONT OF ME AND I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT BEHIND THEM. But that's not how humans 'shop' for anything. We will move on, because our child or our other animal child wants an adoption NOW, or this is the timing based on other things, to adopt NOW ... and that poor animal will suffer and/or die, because you made the process so difficult. They do not 'see' us. SO 'VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET' IS STUPID. IS NOT BASED ON ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY. HOLD AN EVENT AND BRING THEM ALL THERE, FOR EX... WE CAN ALL GO INTO MALLS NOW WITHOUT MASKS, SO WHY CAN WE NOT GO INTO AN EVENT WITHOUT MASKS? #hra #animaladoption
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Good morning, just thought of sharing this here in hopes to find anew home and/or financial support for Melanie.
Hello. Your website says you are offering vaccines by appointment only but your phone message and the email response I got say that you are not. Can you please clarify?
We adopted our Oreo the tripod from you on August 21, 2015. He was fostered by Echo Kief through Lost Dog by way of HRA. People thought we had lost our minds adopting him as he was terrified of everything. Now he is the happiest dog!! Best decision ever. He tolerates his sibling who was rescued as well.
Please helpme find me dog
If u see her please call me on thes fone number
2407666456
2027599090
My heart is broken I'm looking for her every single day if u so here please help me reunite whit my girl
Please help me fine my lost dog
The fone number is
2027589090
2407666456
My dear sweet Bubba has been missing since Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from Riverdale, MD. He is a large black on black tabby (very unusual) though from a distance he looks just like a black cat. White patches on his belly and chest, white whiskers, and his back toes are white. He’s about 13yo and 12 pounds, left ear-tipped. I miss him terribly and am worried sick. Please contact me day or night if you think you have seen him. We are on the 5800 block of Taylor Road. 💔🙏
Ellie (pka Mystery) lives in Colorado now - but she is still the love of our lives! Thank you Humane Rescue Alliance. ❤️
By the way...for cat's sake...please don't forget to warn folks to throw away the easter lilies!
Me and my husband have been reaching out to your office asking about adopting our son's dog Winter, put up for adoption without warning him, in DC. Please contact us ASAP.
