Willamette Humane Society

Dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals through leadership, education and action, WHS exists to:

• Provide a temporary shelter for discarded, abused, abandoned, and lost animals as an open-admission shelter,
• Complete families by matching companion animals with people, and,
• Lead the community through education by teaching respect and compassion for animals.

Willamette Humane Society is an independent, private nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable…

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Dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals through leadership, education and action, WHS exists to:

• Provide a temporary shelter for discarded, abused, abandoned, and lost animals as an open-admission shelter,
• Complete families by matching companion animals with people, and,
• Lead the community through education by teaching respect and compassion for animals.

Willamette Humane Society is an independent, private nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that receives no tax dollars or financial support from local, regional or national humane organizations. To deliver services to the community WHS relies solely on donor support, fees for service, and for profit ventures, such as:

-Willamette Humane Society Thrift Store
-Helping Paws thrift store & pet supply center
-Davenport’s Den retail pet supply store


~Are you looking for an oppurtunity to Volunteer? Visit our website and look at our Volunteer Tab, and give us a call, we are looking forward to it.


Shelter hours:
Monday/Thursday/Friday 12 p.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.
Tuesdays/Wednesdays Closed

Holiday hours
The shelter is closed in observance of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The shelter closes early on Christmas Eve.

Directions to Our Shelter Facility
Due to construction on the Turner Road overpass as part of the effort to widen I-5, traffic is slow between the shelter and Airport Way. To bypass this construction, we suggest the following routes to the shelter:

From downtown Salem
Take Commercial S. to Kuebler.
Turn left on Kuebler.
Turn left onto Turner Road SE.
Drive 1/2 mile. You will see the shelter on the right-hand side.
Please use the second driveway, just past the large WHS sign.

From I-5, heading South (from Portland)
Take Kuebler Blvd. (exit #252)
Turn left onto Kuebler Blvd SE.
Turn left onto Turner Road SE.
Drive 1/2 mile. You will see the shelter on the right-hand side.
Please use the second driveway, just past the large WHS sign.

From I-5, heading North (from Albany or Eugene)
Take Kuebler Blvd. exit #252.
Turn right onto Kuebler Blvd SE.
Turn left onto Turner Road SE.
Drive 1/2 mile. You will see the shelter on the right-hand side.
Please use the second driveway, just past the large WHS sign. Categories:   Pets and Pet Supplies | Pet Training | Animal Services | Charitable Organizations

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