JCHS is committed to supporting and promoting the humane treatment of all animals, particularly the companion animals in our community.

The Johnson County Humane Society (JCHS) is committed to supporting and promoting the humane treatment of all animals, particularly the companion animals in our community.

We encourage the support and sponsorship of humane education programs aimed at developing more compassion, better understanding, and a deeper appreciation regarding the diversity of animals in our world, and to advance community understanding of the need for animal protection and advocacy.

We actively serve as animal advocates by providing appropriate services for animals in conditions of need, and as appropriate, for their companion humans.

We support just laws for the protection of animals in cooperation with the appropriate authorities.

• We are a nonprofit organization, funded entirely through tax-deductible donations from people like you.

• Although our group is licensed by the State of Iowa as an animal shelter, we do not operate an animal sheltering facility. Instead, we recruit foster caregivers who take companion animals into their private homes until permanent homes are found.

• We work collaboratively with our municipal animal shelter, the Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center, as well as other animal agencies.