Avoid These Assumptions About Hinsdale Humane Society: Leader

HINSDALE, IL – For the second time in a week, the Hinsdale Humane Society has put out the word that it is suffering financially.

“As we’re having conversations with our donors to explain what we’re up against, we’re hearing again and again that people assume we have an endowment and that because we are in Hinsdale with a beautiful facility, we don’t need any financial help,” Jacki Rossi, the society's executive director, said in a news release Wednesday. “That is just not the case. We receive no government funding, have no endowments and put every dollar into saving as many animals as we can.”

The shelter has been over capacity for months and is relying on foster homes to help with the overflow, the society said.

At the same time, donations have fallen significantly and costs are rising, creating an imbalance that has put the shelter in jeopardy, according to the news release.

Kristin Tvrdik, the society's medical director, has performed nearly 3,000 spay-neuter surgeries this year.

“A disturbing trend is that many of the stray pets coming in are no longer being claimed by their families," Tvrdik said in the release. "So we are now caring for those pets that have been discarded, in addition to all of the homeless pets resulting from a lack of spay/neuter surgeries.”

The society was founded by six local women in 1953.

To learn more, visit the society's website to donate to the society's S.O.S. Save Our Shelter campaign, email jacki.rossi@hinsdalehumanesociety.org or call 630-323-5630.