Buffalo Humane
   
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About Buffalo Humane

Where are the Animals? Buffalo Humane is not a shelter, but a rescue group. All animals available for adoption live in foster homes until they find their forever homes. We do not believe in the warehousing of animals in large numbers, only to have them deteriorate over time (both behaviorally and physically). We want to have complete knowledge of our available dogs & cats in an environment in which we know they will ultimately be living — a home, not a shelter.

As such, we have no physical shelter where you can come to see our availble animals. Instead, we direct you to our online listings:

• Dogs
• Cats

From there, you can contact the foster parent to find out more about the animal. We can arrange a private meet-&-greet, but only after you have submitted a formal adoption application. Alternatively, we sometimes bring out some of our available animals to adoption events. Contact the foster parent, whose email address is included in the animal's listing to find out how and when you might meet a dog or cat of interest.

Our available-animal listings propagate out to several national listing services. The most up-to-date listings will be found on our own Buffalo Humane website. For complete information on animals, events, etc, go to our online database site.

History. Buffalo Humane began as a group of area citizens protesting the announced end of adoptions at the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter, part of the city's cost-cutting moves to close its serious budget gap. Effectively, the shelter would have become all-kill, allowing only 3 days for animals to be claimed or they would be destroyed. The original Save-Our-Shelter group mobilized quickly and successfully stopped the cuts for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, with the hope that the 1-year reprieve would allow some kind of safety net to be put in place before elimination of the adoption program in July 2005.

Fortunately, the anticipated 1-year reprieve for the city shelter appeared to become a permanent reprieve. The immediate fight to retain the adoption program seemed to be over, but we knew that more could be done. Buffalo Humane emerged to help fill the gap between what a cash-strapped city could provide and what was needed. Furthermore, a core group of original protest participants wanted to work as a city-based no-kill rescue organization, and to support the efforts of individuals throughout the city who make a difference daily in the lives of homeless companion animals.

Nonprofit status. Buffalo Humane is a New York State incorporated nonprofit organization and IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 public charity devoted to animal welfare in the region. We operate on a 100% volunteer basis, and our activities are funded exclusively through fundraising, contributions, and donations. Your help is greatly needed so that we can continue our work on behalf of area animals.

Organization Documents

By-laws. The current ratified organizational bylaws are available in several formats, including HTML and Adobe PDF.

Original Articles of Incorporation. The certified copy of our original filing (March 13, 2006) as a New York State nonprofit corporation is available online in Adobe PDF format.

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation. In June 2006, we filed an amendment to our articles of incorporation to add a dissolution clause, required by the IRS for our 501(c)3 exempt status. The certified copy that filing is also available online in Adobe PDF format.

Statistics. A complete list of our 2008 stats can be found in Adobe PDF format. This sheet lists all our intake figures, adoption figures and outcome figures for the organization between January 1, 2008 & December 31, 2008.

Our first quarter of statistics since becoming a Maddie's Pet Partner is now available for viewing online in Adobe PDF format.