More than 11,900 animals enter Oregon Humane’s shelters every year—an impressive number made possible by the generosity of our donors. Every animal in our care receives everything they need—healthy food, medical care, spacious shelter, plentiful exercise, love, and support—but the very best place for every animal is at home. Sunny at Shelter Sunny Day came […]
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News & Blog
Donors Doing More For the Animals!
Serenading the Animals Leigh Brown has been playing the harp for 38 years and has made a career out of music playing for a variety of special events. When longtime Oregon Humane supporters, Marge and Stephen Brenneke, hired Leigh to play the harp for a recent event, it didn’t take long before they all got […]
How Oregon Humane Fosters are Saving Little Lives
Buck and Joey came to Oregon Humane in need of critical care. At only three days old and with no mama to care for them, the tiny siblings had severe injuries that required immediate medical intervention. Upon examination, the Oregon Humane medical team found nearly identical injuries to Buck and Joey’s left hind legs—one limb […]
Investigation at West Coast Game Park Safari
Oregon Humane is also making our Animal Crimes Forensic Center, the only one of its kind on the West Coast, available for any additional evidence support. An operation of this scale and complexity would not be possible without the partnership of all the agencies involved, and the leadership of Humane Law Enforcement Chief, Chris Allori. […]
Announcing the Sharon M. Harmon Endowed Fund
To honor her 36 years of service, Oregon Humane proudly named a portion of our endowment as a lasting tribute to her legacy of service to animals in Oregon and beyond. The Sharon M. Harmon Endowed Fund will support a future of continued impact for animals for many years to come. Sharon Harmon’s Lasting Legacy […]
Oregon Humane Holds Spay & Neuter Clinic
Thanks to donor support, Oregon Humane was able to conduct thousands of high-quality, low-cost spay and neuter surgeries in 2024, giving out $792,730 in subsidized care through our Spay & Save program. Although thousands of spay and neuter surgeries are performed within our community annually, the demand for this procedure shows no sign of slowing […]
Bringing Pets & People Together
Luckily, the small siblings found safe haven with Lila Obeng, Evidence Technician on Oregon Humane’s Humane Law Enforcement team, who stepped in to provide emergency foster care that helped keep the kittens alive during their most vulnerable hours. Although Lila’s care helped stabilize them, the tiny trio needed continual care and attention—especially Stanley, the smallest […]
More Care for More Animals
The hospital opened in October 2022 as part of our New Road Ahead expansion, with a goal of keeping more pets and their people together. By offering high-quality veterinary care to our community—including preventative care, surgery, dentistry, urgent care—and providing families who qualify with subsidized care options, Oregon Humane has been able to reduce the […]
Meet Dr. Forman
Oregon Humane Welcomes a New Medical Director to the Community Veterinary Hospital Looking back on her life, Dr. Franci Forman believes she was always destined to be a veterinarian. She had focused much of her early adulthood around building a career as a competitive downhill skier, but the practice of medicine called to her just […]
Justice for Monte
The neighbors felt something wasn’t right. Rumors circulated as the community grew increasingly concerned about the noises emanating from a SE Portland home. Portland Police Bureau officers responded to the call for help, with the assistance of Multnomah County Animal Services and Oregon Humane’s Humane Law Enforcement and medical teams. A total of 15 animals—13 […]
