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Humane Society of Amherst County The HSAC is dedicated to the humane rescue, care and treatment of homeless animals with the goal of finding them all loving and forever homes.

Did you save the date?Saturday October 24th? 5 pm to 9 pmWe're setting up for you ghouls! bring it on!We will be listing...
10/22/2026

Did you save the date?
Saturday October 24th?
5 pm to 9 pm
We're setting up for you ghouls! bring it on!
We will be listing vendors
Many trunk-or-treats set up!
Bark-Or-Treat

🤍🐾✨ HOLA, HANDSOME! MEET JOSE! ✨🐾🤍🚨 Excuse me, but WHO gave this man permission to be this fluffy and this handsome?! 🚨M...
10/22/2026

🤍🐾✨ HOLA, HANDSOME! MEET JOSE! ✨🐾🤍

🚨 Excuse me, but WHO gave this man permission to be this fluffy and this handsome?! 🚨

Meet Jose, a gorgeous long-haired white and tabby gentleman who looks like he should be starring in a luxury cat food commercial while dramatically gazing out a window. 💅🐈

With his beautiful coat, distinguished looks, and sweet personality, Jose is serving fluffy gentleman who was born to be adored. 🤍🤎

This handsome boy doesn’t need to be a celebrity. He doesn’t need a fancy mansion. He doesn’t need a personal chef (although he probably wouldn’t complain).

All Jose needs is a loving forever home where he can be cherished for the wonderful boy he is. 🥹💕

He’s a sweet guy who’s ready to leave shelter life behind and start his next chapter with a family of his very own.

✨ The Jose experience includes:
🤍 A handsome, fluffy face you simply cannot resist.
🤎 Gorgeous white-and-tabby coloring.
🐾 A sweet gentleman ready for his happily ever after.
💕 Endless opportunities to fall head over heels for this fabulous feline.

Honestly, look at that name. Look at that fluff. Look at that face!

JOSE DESERVES THE WORLD, AND WE WILL ACCEPT A COZY COUCH AND A LOVING FAMILY AS A START. 😂❤️

💰 Adoption fee: $75

If you are interested, please stop by or visit our website at www.amherstanimalshelter.org to apply.

🤍🐾 Don’t let this handsome fluffy gentleman wait any longer. Come meet Jose and see if he’s the missing piece your family has been looking for! 🐾🤍

⭐️⭐️REWARD $300.⭐️⭐️Do you recognize this dog from your neighborhood?We are looking for information on her owner.Local v...
10/22/2026

⭐️⭐️REWARD $300.⭐️⭐️

Do you recognize this dog from your neighborhood?
We are looking for information on her owner.
Local vets offices?

You can remain anonymous if you'd prefer.
Please call 434-946-2107 or 434-946-2340

🎀🐾✨ SASHA: THE GIRL, THE MYTH, THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND. ✨🐾🎀🚨 BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE FOUND HER. THE CAT. THE ONE. THE ABSOLUT...
10/21/2026

🎀🐾✨ SASHA: THE GIRL, THE MYTH, THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND. ✨🐾🎀

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE FOUND HER. THE CAT. THE ONE. THE ABSOLUTE DEFINITION OF PERFECTION. 🚨

Meet Sasha, a stunning black-and-white beauty who apparently woke up one day and decided that being gorgeous wasn’t enough. She also had to have the personality of an actual angel. 😭💖

Because this girl? SHE IS EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME.

🐱 Other cats? FRIENDS.

🐶 Dogs? FRIENDS.

👫 People? ALSO FRIENDS.

Honestly, we’re starting to suspect Sasha has some sort of secret diplomatic training because this girl gets along with practically everyone and everything. If world peace could be achieved through one cat, Sasha would already have her Nobel Prize. 🏆🌎

She’s beautiful. She’s friendly. She’s got the kind of personality that makes you wonder why humans can’t just be more like cats.

And the LOOKS? HELLO?!

That gorgeous black-and-white coat? Stunning. That sweet little face? Criminally adorable. That personality? Someone needs to check if she’s secretly three cats stacked inside a tuxedo because HOW CAN ONE GIRL HAVE THIS MUCH TO OFFER?! 😭💕

Sasha is the whole package. The deluxe edition. The premium subscription with ALL the features unlocked.

She isn’t just a cat you adopt. She’s the cat who becomes part of your family, your daily routine, your camera roll, and probably your entire personality within approximately 48 hours.

Warning: Adopting Sasha may result in excessive picture-taking, uncontrollable baby-talking, and repeatedly telling strangers about how amazing your cat is. Side effects may be permanent. 😂❤️

Now all this wonderful girl needs is a forever home where she can share all that love with her very own family!

💖 Adoption fee: $75.

If you are interested, please stop by or visit our website at www.amherstanimalshelter.org to apply.

🐾💕 Sasha is proof that sometimes you really CAN have beauty, brains, and the sweetest personality all wrapped up in one gorgeous little cat. She’s ready to be somebody’s everything. Could that somebody be YOU? 💕🐾

🧡🖤⛓️ ANNABETH: SHE WASN’T BORN AN ORANGE CAT. SHE WAS BORN EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE. ⛓️🖤🧡🚨 Attention, please. We have an ...
10/20/2026

🧡🖤⛓️ ANNABETH: SHE WASN’T BORN AN ORANGE CAT. SHE WAS BORN EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE. ⛓️🖤🧡

🚨 Attention, please. We have an orange girl who missed the memo about being sweet, soft, cuddly, and sharing the singular orange-cat brain cell.

Meet Annabeth. 🧡

She is NOT your classic, sweet little orange girl. Oh, absolutely not. This woman was raised in the ’90s by a single mom who worked three jobs, listened to Alanis Morissette, and taught her daughter that feelings are best expressed through aggressive eye contact and a perfectly executed eye roll. 💀😂

Her favorite movie? Probably The Craft.

Her favorite activity? Judging you.

Her resting face? Like she just found your secret diary, read it aloud to your entire friend group, and decided you’re no longer worth her time.

And if you dare tell her that this whole grunge thing is just a phase?

“IT WAS NEVER A PHASE, MOM!” 🖤🎸

Annabeth is serving:
🖤 1997 Hot Topic employee of the month.
🖤 Smudged eyeliner and unresolved teenage angst.
🖤 The emotional intensity of a My Chemical Romance album.
🖤 The facial expression of someone who just heard you say you don’t like cats.
🖤 A permanent vibe of I’m surrounded by idiots.

This girl is NOT here to be your soft little cottagecore princess. She is here to be your alternative icon, your tiny orange goth queen, and the reason your family photos suddenly look like an album cover for a band nobody understands.

And honestly? We respect the commitment. 💅

Annabeth is looking for a forever home where she can continue being unapologetically herself. No forced personality makeovers. No telling her to smile more. No suggesting she might look prettier in pink.

SHE LIKES BLACK. SHE LIKES GRUNGE. SHE HAS A BRAND.

And if you don’t understand it, that’s a YOU problem. 😭🖤

💰 Adoption fee: $75

If you are interested, please stop by or visit our website at www.amherstanimalshelter.org to apply.

🧡🖤 Adopt Annabeth. Because it was never a phase, Mom. It was a lifestyle. 🖤🧡

Now accepting applications from people who still own a band T-shirt from 2004 and understand that eyeliner is a personality trait. 🎸⛓️

🎃🦇 WHEN THE MOON RISES, THE PAWS COME OUT… 🐾👻Something wickedly fun is creeping into Amherst Animal Shelter! Join us Oct...
10/19/2026

🎃🦇 WHEN THE MOON RISES, THE PAWS COME OUT… 🐾👻

Something wickedly fun is creeping into Amherst Animal Shelter! Join us October 24th from 5–9 PM for a Halloween Movie Night featuring The Nightmare Before Christmas! 💀🕸️ Expect spooky goodies, a raffle basket (bring dog/cat food or treats as an entry, or purchase raffle tickets!), Trunk-or-Treat, a food truck, treats, and possibly a few mysterious vendors lurking about! 🎃🖤 Our shelter pups will be roaming around, ready to cast a little puppy-love spell and steal your heart. 🐶✨

📍 318 Shelter Lane, Amherst, VA
📞 434-946-2340 | ✉️ [email protected]

🚗🍬 Want to join the Trunk-or-Treat crew? Call or email ahead to claim your spot… if you dare! 🦇

Come for the scares, stay for the paws, and help our shelter animals find their happily-ever-after… even if it’s a little spooky! 🖤🐾

🚨🍊🧡 DUTCH: 1 BRAIN CELL, 0 GRACE, AND AN OIL SPOT THAT HAS OUTLIVED MOST RELATIONSHIPS. 🧡🍊🚨Ladies and gentlemen, we have...
10/19/2026

🚨🍊🧡 DUTCH: 1 BRAIN CELL, 0 GRACE, AND AN OIL SPOT THAT HAS OUTLIVED MOST RELATIONSHIPS. 🧡🍊🚨

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a situation.

Meet Dutch, our orange goofball who arrived at the shelter TWO MONTHS AGO with an oil spot on his forehead the size of the entire state of Texas. 🤠🛢️

And guess what?

IT. IS. STILL. THERE. 😭💀

We have tried. We have cleaned. We have waited. We have questioned our life choices. That oil spot has officially become a permanent member of the shelter staff, and at this point, we’re considering giving it its own adoption profile.

But enough about his forehead. Let’s talk about the orange menace attached to it. 🍊

🧡 Dutch is sweet.

🧡 Dutch is goofy.

🧡 Dutch has absolutely NO grace whatsoever.

🧡 Dutch is the physical embodiment of a computer trying to run 47 programs at once.

You know how orange cats have that one shared brain cell? We’re pretty sure Dutch was not present when they handed it out. He was probably staring at a wall, walking directly into something, or trying to figure out why his own tail was following him. 😂

This boy is pure orange-cat chaos. The kind of cat who could trip over absolutely nothing, look offended by the floor, and then immediately forget what happened.

And yet, somehow, underneath all that ridiculousness, he is an absolute sweetheart. 🥹❤️

Dutch deserves a home where his goofy personality can shine, where he can be loved for the ridiculous little creature he is, and where his new family can join us in the ongoing investigation of THE FOREHEAD OIL INCIDENT OF 2026 and not the bite of 87.

Will the oil ever come off? Will Dutch ever locate his brain cell? Will we ever know peace?

Probably not. But we can dream. 😂

💰 Adoption fee: $75

If you are interested, please stop by or visit our website at www.amherstanimalshelter.org to apply.

🧡 Adopt Dutch. Because life is too short for boring cats, and this orange disaster comes with a built-in comedy show AND a limited-edition Texas forehead stain. 🛢️🍊🐈

Clyde was owner surrendered due to no fault of his own.His owner is in a nursing home. Clyde became an immediate hit wit...
10/19/2026

Clyde was owner surrendered due to no fault of his own.
His owner is in a nursing home.

Clyde became an immediate hit with the staff due to his gentle endearing personality.

He's calm and easy going.
He's only 2 years old and unfortunately has found himself looking for a new home.
He weighs 78 pounds of ewey goowey goodness.

He's somewhere caught in a body of a RedTicked Hound and the Flying Nun. We know this isn't a breed but what else could we assume? 😀💁‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Clyde looks like a Hound but doesn't act like your typical Hound.
He's quiet & reserved, no howling or jumping, just looking for guidance of what you want him to do with those big gorgeous eyes. He's definitely a unique looking dog!

He half knows "sit" he does however like boop pictures!
Can you see in the pictures his kind eyes? he's genuine & calm as a cucumber 🥒

We dare you to find a smiling flying nun at another shelter like our Clyde!

This super handsome boi is available for adoption now.
Come on by and meet him, he's worth the trip.
Perfect for first time adopters.
He's dog friendly.
Refused to look at the cats.
Gentle enough & not rambunctious so small children would not be a problem either.

🎥 VIDEO in comments

www.amherstanimalshelter.org/adopt. for an online application.

Adoption fee $150. fully vetted!

Meet Poppy!Our Red Ticked Beagle with the smile of an angel.Poppy was at a weekend foster & had a blast with the fosters...
10/17/2026

Meet Poppy!
Our Red Ticked Beagle with the smile of an angel.

Poppy was at a weekend foster & had a blast with the fosters Redbone named Preacher. So many videos in comments of them tearing it up in the backyard.

She's now fully vetted & spayed.
2 years old & weighs 37 pounds.

We had 2 vets look at her bowed legs. She came in as a stray but most likely she was restricted in a small crate when she was a pup causing untreated rickets, our it could have been poor nutrition as a youngster.

It's cosmetic, to fix her front legs at 2 years old would mean breaking her bones in both legs & resetting the bones. We can't see putting her through that surgery plus our vet recommend against that procedure.

But we can't see why anyone would have a problem with her front legs, she certainly doesn't mind! plus has learned to walk with her legs like this. It does not slow her down.

Let's move forward to her outstanding personality & great smile !!

🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥
MULTIPLE VIDEOS IN COMMENTS show a very playful pup.

She's happy as a clam!
We think she'd really appreciate another dog in her new home to keep her company & have a playmate.

She's available for adoption now, fully vetted, spayed & heartworm negative.
Ready to go, her adoption fee is $150.

To apply please go to 👉👉www.amherstanimalshelter.org/adopt

Notes from her foster:
Foster Friday.

Just brought this adorable and sweet girl home as a temporary foster.
We're just getting to know her, so far she did good with her bath, didn't love it but didn't fight it.
Did really well in the car. Walks nicely on a leash.
Her and Preacher have gotten along great.
She's just precious!

Address

318 Shelter Lane PO Box 614
Amherst, VA
24521

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

+14349462340

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