Press Release: Lynchburg Humane Society begins construction of a new regional veterinary clinic offering affordable care.

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by Claire LeFew

(July 31, 2025)— Lynchburg Humane Society is excited to share that they have started construction on their new regional veterinary clinic, offering affordable care. A ground-breaking ceremony is planned for the fall, in cooler weather. The construction company that was awarded the bid for this project is Coleman-Adams Construction, and the architect is Dominion 7 (who also designed the current Center for Pets). The current fundraising total for the project is $4.6 million, with a total goal of $7.5 million needed for the project.

This regional veterinary clinic will offer low-cost, quality care that will serve as a lifeline for pets and their owners in need. The clinic will be located next to the Center for Pets animal shelter at 1211 Old Graves Mill Road. The new clinic will also house the Spay/Neuter Clinic operations, which are currently located in Evington. The current Spay/Neuter clinic serves 20+ localities in Central Virginia.

“This is an exciting time for LHS, pets, and the people who love them! Our new low-cost regional veterinary clinic will benefit not only Lynchburg and our organization but also address the overpopulation of pets, alleviate overcrowding in animal shelters in our surrounding counties, and keep pets with their families where they belong,” said Jill Mollohan, Executive Director. “We still have fundraising to do to reach our goal, but we are confident that our community will come through for this vital project, which will significantly benefit both people and pets, and ultimately improve our city and surrounding areas, and allow us to save more animals in our no-kill shelter.”

The Lynchburg Humane Society needs the support of our community to make this crucial project a reality. Anyone interested in getting involved or finding out more information can visit www.LHSvetclinic.org to donate or stay up-to-date on their social media pages. Donations to the Capital Campaign may be pledged over four years. Stock donations and IRA distributions are welcome.

Find out more about the Clinic Project here!

Adoptable dog, Ariel, checking out the site!

Did you know? Donating to your local animal shelter has a larger impact.

Posted on December 16, 2024October 7, 2025 by Claire LeFew

Donating to your local animal shelter directly helps your community.

Author: Jill Mollohan, Executive Director

When you donate to a local animal shelter, your generosity directly impacts pets in your community. It’s important to know that many national organizations focus on broader animal welfare initiatives, such as advocating for better laws or supporting large-scale rescue efforts. While their work is valuable, it may not always include direct support for local shelters. In fact, only a small percentage of donations—sometimes as little as 1-2%—may reach shelters, if at all, and many don’t operate shelters themselves.

If your goal is to help the pets in your local community, donating directly to the shelter you know and love is the best way to ensure your contribution has a direct and meaningful impact. For example, donations to the Lynchburg Humane Society directly support the feeding, medical care, and finding loving homes for the homeless pets in our Lynchburg community and the wider region. Researching the organizations you support, whether they’re local or national, is always a good practice to make sure your donation aligns with your values and intentions.

Thank you for caring about animals and for making thoughtful choices when you give. Your support means everything!

Did you know? Your lifesaving donations are doubled through year-end.

Posted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 by Claire LeFew

Author: Jill Mollohan, Executive Director

Did you know right now your donations are doubled?

End of year giving is vital to the Lynchburg Humane Society to continue helping nearly 10,000 pets per year and over 7,000 people. That is why some wonderful supporters came together and pledged to give a total of $100,000 and are challenging the community to donate and have their donations matched.

That means your donation is doubled from now until December 31! Your donation will help twice as many pets!

Your support will help us save pets like Athena and her kittens. Athena’s owner reached out to us for help, he had become overwhelmed with too many cats and not able to tend to their health needs. Athena came in with some of her housemates who were all sick with severe upper respiratory infections. Athena though, was pregnant and both of her eyes had ruptured from illness and infection. Once she had her kittens, she was too weak and sick to care for them at first. With care from staff and a loving foster home, the kittens were cared for and Athena was treated for her illnesses. And look at Athena now with her beautiful kittens! Even though Athena is blind now, she is a great mom to her kittens and they all deserve a loving home. They are still under our medical care, but will be available for adoption soon! Without your support, we cannot continue to help pets like Athena and her kittens survive and get their second chance at the life they deserve.

Please donate now through December 31 to help twice as many pets!

We were adopted! August 22nd-28th.

Posted on August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 by Claire LeFew

Rockette was adopted after spending over 300 days in the shelter.

If you’ve come to LHS to take a dog on a Petcation in the last year or so, you probably know Rockette! Rockette is our sweet one-year-old mixed breed girl that loved going on Petcations, playing with her dog friends, and getting all the attention.

Despite her popularity, Rockette spent quite some time in our care…until this past weekend! Rockette finally found her family and was adopted this weekend during our Clear the Shelters Adoption Special! We’re so excited for this match, and even better, this girl who LOVES other dogs went home with a dog sibling! Check out below for the other pets that got adopted last week:

Pets that were adopted August 15th through August 21st.

Cats that were adopted:

Ada, Amy Wong, Anchovy, Annalise, Ariel, Austin, Beholder, Bulbasaur, Button, Cece, Chai, Chirp, Classic, Cuckoo, Julien Baker, Kahlua, Kumquat, Leona, Lisa, Lucas, Lucy Dacus, Maiden, Mary Berry, Meridian, Mozart, Mushroom, North, Olive, O’Malley, Oyster, Paul Hollywood, Pepe, Phoebe Bridgers, Pocket Watch, Pirate, Presley, Pumpkin, Roger, Saturn, Solarus, South, Spiffy, Time Piece, Today, Vance, Winky, Yesterday, Zucchini

Dogs that were adopted:

Athena, Avery, Beleram, Bentley Jet, Cleo, Elijah, Fiona, Ham, Hijinx, Lil Woozie, Molly, Natasha, Prue, Rockette, Shark Boy, Sofia, Timber, Waffle, Yogurt

Did you know? It’s easy to foster at the Lynchburg Humane Society!

Posted on August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 by Claire LeFew

Author: Miranda Ward, Community Pet Coordinator

Fostering a Cat or Dog in Lynchburg, Virginia

The Lynchburg Humane Society serves upwards of 10,000 pets each year, including the operations of our Center for Pets, our Spay/Neuter Clinic, our rehoming services, and our lost pet services. Did you know that around 2,000 of these pets are underage kittens and puppies? This is where our foster team and our amazing community of volunteer foster families comes in!

We are always searching to grow our foster community in order to help further our life-saving mission. Here are some FAQs about fostering if you’ve been thinking about getting started!

How do I become a foster?

A: You start by applying here. Once we’ve received and approved your application, you’ll receive an onboarding email from us teaching you how to join our foster Facebook page which is the best place to learn about fosterable pets. You can also send us an email at [email protected] and ask which pets are available for a match.

How much does it cost to foster a pet?

A: Nothing! Fostering is completely free. LHS provides all of the supplies, medication, and equipment it takes to care for your foster pet. We also provide all of their medical care right here at the Center for Pets with our wonderful Medical Team. You are never obligated to buy or pay for anything.

Where do the food and supplies come from for the foster program?

A: We receive a lot of our supplies from in-kind donations from our generous community! When a community member’s pet switches food, has too many toys, or blankets, they often will drop them off here to help our lost and homeless pets at LHS. LHS also buys hundreds of cans of wet food and upwards of 10-20 bags of dry food per week which is possible because of our wonderful supportive community of donors.

Do you only need fosters for kittens?

A: Nope! We offer different kinds of placements for all sorts of pets. We need lots of kitten fosters for sure, but we’re also always looking for foster families for pregnant and nursing cats and dogs, puppies, and adult cats and dogs (and the occasional rabbit, guinea pig, ferret, or other small pet!)

How long do I keep a foster pet?

A: It depends! If you want a shorter term placement, we offer emergency one night foster placements for pets that come in that are too small to stay by themselves in the center overnight. The next shortest term is a program called Tutoring for adult dogs to get out for a weekend and relax! After that, there are underage kittens or medical kittens that may only need care for a week or two. If you want to keep a pet for a long time, underage pets like neonates have an average stay of 3-8 weeks. Pregnant and nursing pets have an average stay in foster of 2-3 months. If you just can’t bear the thought of giving a pet back once you take them home, we also offer long term hospice fostering, which is a great way to give back, especially for people who would be interested in adopting but may not be able to afford the cost of care for medically complicated or senior pets. If you’re more of a go with the flow type, some of our medical and behavioral cases have no set limit and are just in foster until they are ready for adoption!

What do I have to do?

A: To foster, you need a place to keep the pet isolated from any resident pets. We often provide playpens and crates to help with this, but bathrooms and walk in closets work great for small pets like kittens. You just have to feed them, love them, play with them, keep them and their space clean, and come back for appointments as needed!

Become a foster at the Lynchburg Humane Society!

If this blog encouraged you to apply, let us know in the notes on your application! We are excited to welcome you into the foster community and have you join us in this fulfilling mission to help save and care for our neediest pets.