Southern Hope Humane Society is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to finding good, permanent homes for homeless dogs and cats. Southern Hope became incorporated in March 1993 and was formerly known as Paulding Volunteer Animal Rescue. Southern Hope managed the Paulding County Animal Control adoption program for three years. In addition, Southern Hope managed Fulton County Animal Services for five years.
During Southern Hope's management of the Fulton shelter, we dropped the euthanasia rate to one-third of what it was under previous management, worked with hundreds of rescue groups, educated the public about responsible pet ownership, implemented a high volume transport program to no-kill shelters, provided free heartworm treatment and issued over 5500 FREE spay/neuters to low income residents under our "Fix 'Em Free" program.
Southern Hope currently has numerous programs which help to save lives of pets in the Atlanta area. Some of the programs include:
- Roswell Pet Adoption Shelter - Southern Hope's no-kill pet adoption shelter is located at 900 Mansell Rd, Roswell, GA, 30076, 770-641-1211. Potential adopters can view pets for adoption or visit the pets at the shelter in person.
- Foster home program - Southern Hope has had an active no-kill foster home program for over a decade. Animals are kept in foster homes, rehabilitated, provided with medical care and adopted into new homes. Pets for adoption from our foster homes are found on this website. If you are interested in becoming a foster home for pets, please fill out our volunteer application.
- Transport Program - In order to save even more lives, Southern Hope regularly transports 50-75 homeless animals at a time in our air conditioned/heated bus from animal control "kill" shelters in the metro Atlanta area where their lives are in danger to "no-kill" shelters in the northeasten United States where they are quickly adopted.
- Heartworm Treatment Program - Southern Hope pays for the entire cost of heartworm treatment (retails for over $500) for heartworm positive dogs before they are adopted from our shelter or our foster home program.
- Veterinary Treatment Program - Southern Hope provides lifesaving veterinary treatment for sick or injured animals in our care.
- Volunteer Program - Southern Hope is always looking for more dedicated volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out our volunteer application.
- Don't Get A Dog - Southern Hope has initiated the Don't Get A Dog program in order to promote responsible pet ownership.