CCHS was founded in 1972 to help animals in our community through providing foster homes for lost and abused animals. In 1992 the Keweenaw Animal Alliance (KAA) was opened as the first animal shelter in the area. In 1994 the CCHS and the KAA combined resources thus forming one organization to better serve the community and the animals. The organization and shelter is now known as the Copper Country Humane Society. In the beginning less than 100 animals were cared for at the shelter annually, but CCHS has quickly grown and now cares for approximately 900 cats and dogs annually. In 2005, CCHS opened the doors to a new state of the art animal shelter after 3 years of fundraising and planning the construction was completed. The new facility with bright colored walls, spacious kennels, play areas and lots of care allows CCHS to help more animals. It also encourages more people to adopt homeless animals and to volunteer at CCHS. Both the community and the animals are winners with this new animal shelter.
Laurium MI 49913 | 8.6 miles away
The original purpose of K-SNAG was to financially assist area residents with the cost of spaying/neutering their pets in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals in our area. When people learned that we were an animal welfare organization, we began to get calls from people needing help with stray animals and that is how we began our rescue program. K-SNAG is an all-volunteer organization