Humane Society of Indianapolis
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The Humane Society of Indianapolis (HSI) is a humane organization in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. Located in Marion County
Marion County, Indiana
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded a population of 903,393, making it the largest county in the state and 55th most populated county in the country, greater than the population of six states. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state capital and...

, Indiana, it is a private non-profit charitable organization with approximately 10,000 animals cared for each year and was founded in 1905. In 1919, the Humane Society of Indianapolis merged with the Citizen's Humane Society.

It is an animal rescue
Rescue group
An animal rescue group or animal rescue organization is dedicated to pet adoption. These groups take unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray pets and attempt to find suitable new homes for them...

 and adoption
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...

 operation, whose physical plant is situated at 7929 Michigan Road in the city of Indianapolis. The mission of the Humane Society of Indianapolis is to Provide shelter and comfort to animals in need on the path to loving lifetime homes.

Services

Principal services offered are animal rescue, veterinary care of sick and injured animals who are in their care, adoption services, spay and neuter services for animals subject to intake, microchipping and animal training
Animal training
Animal training refers to teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. Training may be for the purpose of companionship, detection, protection, entertainment or all of the above....

. A full time staff is employed. In house veterinary care is available for intake animals who are injured or infirm. Foster care is available for intake animals who need rehabilitation. To supplement the full time staff of 37 HSI has several hundred part time volunteers.

HSI has an on site adoption center and conducts classes in animal behavior.

History and governance

HSI is governed by a 22 member board of directors and has existed for 104 years.

In March 2008, the Humane Society of Indianapolis partnered with Indianapolis Animal Care and Control to improve intake procedures and coordinate services.

In September 2008, John Aleshire began his tenure as Executive Director, replacing outgoing Executive Director Martha Boden who left the position in June 2008.

Fundraising Events

The Humane Society of Indianapolis hosts the Mutt Strut annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

. 2004 was the inaugural year; 2009 will be the fifth annual occurrence of the event.

The Humane Society was a beneficiary of the Indyprov
Indyprov
INDYPROV formed after completing a series of workshops conducted by David Brunoehler in October, 2003 at Crackers Comedy Club in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Brunoehler, an Indianapolis native, was a founding member of the troupe “Interplay” and had co-founded the National Improv Theatre in New...

Laff-a-thon in 2009.

Further reading

  • http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=30752 Humane Society Announces New Leader
  • http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/LOCAL18/808020419 Humane Society of Indianapolis hires a new director
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=TuoCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA135&dq=indianapolis+humane+society&ei=DXfXSafHOYLANrbjmfEC#PPA133,M1 Indianapolis Monthly October, 2002

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