The Twin County Humane Society works every day to improve the lives of animals in Carroll and Grayson Counties and the City of Galax.
Help the animals of the Twin Counties all year long!
There are many ways you can help.
Volunteer, donate, or become a member!
Twin County Humane Society had a great year in 2025!
Click to Read all about it!
Spay & Neuter
Our primary goal is to provide spay/neuter for dogs and cats through various programs.
Sadly, there are more animals than good homes. Our local shelter is full and making difficult decisions daily. Spay and neuter is the humane way to reduce the population of homeless and unwanted animals!
In 2025, we spayed and neutered over 1,500 dogs and cats. We have something big in store for 2026 – stay tuned!
Pet Assistance
We also help the animals and the people who love them through our owner assistance programs, including vaccinations, microchips, pet food, housing, and medical assistance. These programs help people keep their animals at home and out of the shelter.
During 2025 we administered 2,500 vaccines (rabies, feline distemper, and canine distemper/parvo) and microchips to dogs and cats!
Foster & Rescue
And we are working harder than ever to help those animals that are already here and in desperate need of a lifeline through no fault of their own. Because of the support of our donors, we are able to respond immediately when called.
During 2025 we rescued 660 homeless or unwanted dogs and cats, taking them into our pet foster homes and providing them with medical support and love!
We are an all volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit humane society dedicated to providing spay/neuter assistance, shelter and veterinary care assistance, community education and outreach, and promoting the compassionate care and treatment of animals in our area.
All donations are used for animals in our local area.
Thank you to our Partners!
Pet News
Doing TNR in the summer comes with many challenges, but the primary one is: KITTENS!🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
When we’re working on colonies in the summertime (when cats are out there doing what they do best), we are confronted with what to do about all the kittens. If we leave them behind, they will grow up and start reproducing before we are able to get back and catch them all. So we take them into our foster program if we have any space at all. During the course of this TNR we took in 29 kittens!
We also had a rescue transport this morning that collided with TNR release day. We sent 13 lucky puppies off to our fabulous partners Homeward Trails Animal Rescue (thanks JR Pet Services Waggin' Train Galax for keeping them safe), and we also sent 10 kittens to our partners Operation Paws for Homes, and helped Simon, a sweet pup from the Galax Carroll Grayson Animal Shelter.
Oh, and we also trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinate, and provided needed medical care to 52 cats 😺 (thank you, Angels of Assisi ❤).
We’re going to go sit down for a minute and catch our breath. Thanks to all the volunteers and fosters who make these events happen and to our transport partners Tazewell County Animal Shelter and to all the cat colony caretakers out there who are doing their best to keep their kitties safe and healthy!😻
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Please go by and meet these sweet cats 💗 ❤️
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Please note: we are not affiliated with the Galax-Carroll-Grayson Animal Shelter. You can find information about the shelter at https://galaxcarrollgrayson.dogrescues.org/