Cochrane & Area Humane Society

About This Service

What We’re All About The Cochrane & Area Humane Society provides food, shelter, medical care and the opportunity for adoption; to unwanted, surrendered, lost and unclaimed animals while promoting responsible pet ownership through its educational programs, rural spay/neuter programs, and public fundraising events. The Cochrane & Area Humane Society was founded in 1998 as a collaboration between Tracy Keith, a volunteer at the time with Animal Services and Charlene Ruttle, an Animal Control Officer. They worked together to improve the living conditions for impounded animals and recognized a need in the community for better animal sheltering. They organized an open meeting to gauge interest in forming a humane society and were pleasantly surprised at the turnout from local residents, standing room only. And just like that the Cochrane Humane Society was born. Charlene remained with Animal Services and Tracy headed up the new society and is currently our Department Head of Behaviour. The society incorporated on March 10, 1998, received charitable status February 1999 and currently consists of an executive board of directors, a variety of skilled full-time and part-time employees and many dedicated volunteers. The Cochrane & Area Humane Society has been serving the City of Airdrie since 2016 when our staff and volunteers began making daily trips to the city to rescue stray and homeless cats. The shelter also serves Rocky View County West of Highway 2, MD of Big Horn, MountainView County, Redwood Meadows, Stoney Nation, Tsuut’ina Nation. The Cochrane & Area Humane Society staff and volunteers strive to find loving homes for all of the animals that come into their care. They work hard at socializing the shelter animals, offering playtime for the cats on a daily basis and even teach the dogs basic obedience and manners so that the transition into a new home is easy for everyone. The staff knows that when a well-socialized animal is placed in a good home, the result is a successful and permanent adoption. Learn more about how we work in our Philosophy Statement.

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