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This year we’ll be in person AND offering virtual!

April 25, 2022

In person AND virtual 5K-participate with or without your dog!

Participants will either join us on site at Immanuel Baptist Church in Rib Mountain OR chart out their own neighborhood 5k route, and use their preferred timing method on race day.

 

Click here to register!

In the meantime, enjoy a few photos from prior year’s virtual participants!

Santa Paws is Coming to Town!

November 10, 2021

Santa Paws will be visiting HSMC!

Bring your pets of any shape and size to have their photo taken with Santa for just $10.00!Color copies of your pets photo will be provided and an album of the digital image will be posted to our Facebook page.Proceeds support the animals and programs at HSMC!No appointment necessary, just come between 12-5:00pm and you will be assigned a number- your photo will be taken when your number is called.Humans can be in the photo or not, your choice and we can do more than one pet per photo.Bring some extra cash, too! We’ll have some baked goods and a donation station for browsing.We will operate the same as last year- you will wait with your pet in your vehicle until your name is called to avoid congestion in the shelter. Hope your pet isn’t on the naughty list! 

Chloe is head over paws about her humans!

September 5, 2018

Greetings to my friends at Marathon County Humane Society,

You may not remember me as it is 6 months ago on Mon. the 3rd that I left your place.  My name is Chloe Anna Tews (CAT) and I just wanted to give you an update.  (Picture attached)

I’m having a very good life and I thank you.  We’ve made an old couple smile often.  I’m healthy and have grown a lot in 6 months.  I’m very muscular ’cause I chase glitter balls all over the house.  I even retrieve for them which they think is cute.  I sleep with them every night except when they go away.  They do have nice people come in and feed me and visit with me when they’re gone but I still don’t like it.  I have a wonderfully warm closed porch to sleep on during the day which I love.  They have lots of company and I love engaging with all of their friends.  They seem to like me too.  So, I have a great life and I thank you.  Keep up the good work.

Love,

Chloe

 

 

Falling for Fawn

February 27, 2018

Fawn arrived as a stray to an animal control facility in Milwaukee before getting transferred to HSMC.  She was very scared and very shy for the first month we had her; we gave her several weeks to adjust to staff before making her available for adoption.  She’s so adorable and people fell in love with her right away, but she wouldn’t let her heart go to someone new very easily.  She got adopted in February and any time a shy pet leaves for their happily ever after we hold our breath and cross our fingers that they’ll take well to their new surroundings and families.  And then we get updates like this <3

“Miss Fawn loves to be cozy! Still nervous, but doing better. Thanks so much!”

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February 20, 2018

Did you know that 68% of U.S. households, or about 85 million families, own a pet, according to the 2017-2018 National Pet Owners Survey conducted by the American Pet Products Association?  That’s a great statistic in the animal sheltering world and one that we hope continues to rise.  Knowing that over half of the available households already have pets, can make it difficult to find placement for pets that are particular and cannot live with other animals.  We often hear people saying “I would adopt them if I could!” or “If only he liked other dogs!” 

Even if your household is full, or if you already have a pet that is particular at home, you can still help these picky pets find a home!  How?  The wonderful world of social media, of course!

We are lucky to be located in a community that cares about pets and more specifically, cares about shelter pets!  Did you know that we have pets featured weekly on a variety of local media outlets?

  • Every Wednesday morning on WSAW’s Sunrise 7 program we feature two adoptables; these pets are also typically featured on WSAW’s website as well as their Facebook page.
  • Every Thursday evening we have a pet featured during Pet Savers on WAOW; this segment runs toward the end of the 5:00pm show and sometimes ends up on their Facebook page.
  • Every Tuesday morning we are in studio with Bryan Scott of 101.9 WDEZ with an adoptable pet; this segment is recorded on Facebook live and featured on their website blog.
  • Each week we have two adoptables featured in the Wausau Daily Herald with photos and descriptions; sometimes these photos are also featured on their Facebook page.
  • Each week we have an adoptable dog featured on 93.7 WHDG Hodag Country’s website in their Hodag Country Critters blog.
  • Each week Fox Wausau or WZAW features two of our adoptables on their website and during their newscast.

In addition to the pets we get to feature on different platforms, we are constantly posting about our awesome adoptables on our HSMC Facebook and Instagram pages.

Still looking for how you can do your part, even though you can’t adopt?  It’s coming!

Even if you cannot adopt one of our awesome pets, you can still help us tell their stories.  You can do this by “sharing” the posts you see on our social media sites, as well as on other local media outlets.  “Sharing” a post improves the reach that each of our critters can get and increases the likelihood that someone out there in this great big world of ours will fall in love with that pet.  Someone may come into our shelter to see one specific pet and end up falling in love with another.  Someone may come out to visit and bring a friend or family member with them that may fall in love with an adoptable pet.  So many wonderful things can come from something that takes so little effort.

We ask you kindly that the next time you see a fun post about an adoptable pet on one of our social media outlets, you press that little “Share” button and help us spread the love and the wonderful stories behind each one of our furry friends!

 

 

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Humane Society of Marathon County
7001 Packer Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: 715-845-2810

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday -
Noon to 5PM
Thursday - Noon to 7PM
Closed Sunday, Wednesday and Holidays.

The mission of the Humane Society of Marathon County, Inc. is to inspire and engage the community to end animal suffering and commit to responsible pet ownership.

Our vision is a cruelty-free community enriched by the special bond between people and animals.

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