Since 1946, Nashville Humane Association has dedicated its efforts to aiding sick, homeless, and at-risk shelter pets in Nashville, throughout Middle Tennessee, and across the globe.
Voted “Nashville’s Favorite Place to Adopt” year-over-year, we pride ourselves on our 99% save rate and making thousands of new families each year, all while focusing our mission on assisting pets and pet people throughout our community.
From continuing to grow our community support programs to special medical cases, thousands of adoptions, and supporting natural disaster relief, there simply isn’t a “quiet” day when it comes to animal welfare. Our goal at Nashville Humane is to help as many pets and serve as many pet-loving people and pet-owning families as possible. Our pets are our families, and we work hard every day to preserve that bond.
Nashville Humane is here to serve our community, and as an entirely gift-based not-for-profit, it's our community of friends and supporters that allows us to perform our life-saving work every day. That's not a responsibility we take lightly. We’re here to make you proud.
Nashville Humane by The Numbers
In 2023, Nashville Humane was able to accomplish some pretty big things:
- 3,414 shelter pets were adopted into loving homes (2,167 dogs and 1,247 cats)
- For the sixth year in a row, we celebrated a save-rate of 99 percent
- We assisted 65 unique urban and rural shelter partners
- 2,670 total animals benefited from NHA’s transport program
- Including 2,670 pets from right here in our own backyard at local urban and rural shelters
- Our medical team helped 54 neonatal kitties, and 45 heartworm-positive dogs
- We assisted during the December tornado outbreak in Montgomery County and helped save 30 animals, and served over 70 families
- Our Safety Net program provided assistance for 5,400 pets and 1,700 families
- Through our Food Bank and Community Food Program we distributed more than 16 TONS of pet food
Visit nashvillehumane.org for more information about our services and to learn more about our daily impact on pets in our community.