Gulf Coast Humane Society

This is by far one of the nicest Humane Societies I've seen. They have done a wonderful job with their "tropical oasis" park and pool area. A wonderful effort to minimize shelter stress. The outdoor runs are big and well maintained. Good job.

The Gulf Coast Humane Society (GCHS) is a shining beacon of hope for Corpus' homeless pet population. Without it, there would be a many stray cat and dog without any chance of going on to have a better quality of life.Firstly, the Humane Society: The Humane Society is a non-profit organization with a mission of helping neglected and abused animals. They have a good cause, and for that, I support them as a whole. I have looked into their mission, and they are pretty straightforward, without any weird ideological angle or catch.I am very biased towards the Humane Society, as that is where I adopted my household firstborn, Pinto (my English/American Bulldog / Dogue De Bordeaux mix). I will give you some backstory on him, just to give you an idea of the lengths they will go to for their rescues.Pinto was found at about 10 weeks of age by a construction worker in Southeast Houston. He was emaciated, worm-riddled and covered with mange. The kindhearted man brought him to the Houston Humane Society, where they diligently treated his skin condition, and brought him to great health. Now, the GCHS is just as great a branch as any Humane Society location. However, you must understand that Corpus has a real problem with neglected, homeless, and roaming pets. Not that this is a problem exclusive to this city, but if you lived here, you would notice that it is pronounced.There are many ways to support the Humane Society. You can volunteer, donate pet food (try to make sure it is "grain free" please) or blankets to your local one, or you can also donate directly to them. They make it very easy to setup one-time or recurring donations directly from your bank account if you wish to do that.It is the time of year to be thoughtful and considerate. Perhaps you want to give to a good cause. This would be one of them, IMO. Also, if you are in the market for a new companion, consider adopting one from here. Adopt, don't shop!

Love the work and efforts they make to save so many animals and truly help our community and surrounding areas with necessary support and kindness on protecting animals. Gulf Coast has impressed me greatly with their leadership and adoption numbers continuing to run on such a high volume. They support other rescues and are leaders in this community! They are industry leaders with a huge heart!

I got my cat microchipped for FREE here on valentines day! They had a free microchip drive thru for the first 100 pets! It was quite a wait despite being early :( There was maybe 10? cars ahead of us and we waited for an hour.... The staff were so nice, welcoming & helpful and I appreciated their service!! Now the reason why I didn't give 5 stars was because I know someone who wanted to get in contact with GCHS and have them take in a stray cat he found and they said they didn't have room and that was it. I 100% understand there is a capacity limit but I feel like they could have given some other resources and shelters for this stray cat or some guidance to this good samaritan but no - they didn't provide any other help than "yeah no we don't got room" :( *on a brighter not tho: he decided to keep the stray!* Last note: kittens/young cats get adopted SUPER QUICK HERE!!! My bf & I were considering getting a young cat here and after we decided to adopt him after a few days that cat was GONE LOL

Very caring staff to surrenders and make sure the animals are well cared for. Had 2 strays at my place of business for a few months. I tried other shelters but everyone was full, I tried GCHS again and was able to get the dogs taken in. It did cost me money but well worth it knowing the dogs would get the care they needed.

This is the second time I have found an animal running through the streets. Out of the goodness of my heart I picked them up and brought them to the GCHS. Both times I was told I would need to " make a reservation." But of course, they aren't available on the weekend. I was then told " I'm out of luck , and good luck." How is it that you can be a humane society where you " care" about the humane treatment of animals but you expect people who find these animals to then keep them for multiple days. It sounds like you've set a system up to discourage the good people in this world and allow the animals to fend for themselves . That's the truth . And it's disgusting.

All of the staff my child and I spoke with were very friendly and helpful. The facility was very nice and the animals seemed to be taken care of very well. We saw one of the dogs being bathed and several of the other workers outside giving the animals love outside of their kennels. My child is very picky about the pet she wants and we didn't go home with a pet yet but we will definitely go back to look again.

My husband and I volunteered here over the summer. It is very easy to get started after orientation. They make it super easy to come when you can and walk dogs. We enjoyed volunteering here. However, we wanted to help with clinic. We were asked to come in at noon and we stood around waiting for the clinic coordinator to come in for over an hour. Then they stuck us in a room with the parvo puppies to help socialize them by ourselves. We noticed over 30 ticks on the walls, the dogs, and some on my husband. The coordinator finally showed up and introduced herself then left us alone again. We were not sure what to do and had to tell a worker about the ticks then waited another hour until everyone showed up again. Then we walked two dogs and got asked to scrub kennels. We were told the worker would come help us but she never did. We were asked to commit to Monday and Friday for 4 hours and didn't feel like this was a good place for us. It really disappointed me because I am in school to become a vet tech and the clinic experience would have been amazing. We promptly went back to just walking kennel dogs and absolutely love it. I think Melissa is a wonderful coordinator, I think Yvonne needs a lot of guidance and mentoring from Melissa if she wants people to volunteer under her. Other than clinic being disorganized for volunteers, we loved our time there.

The Staff truly care about the animals and want the best homes for them. The dogs and cats are kept in clean kennels and exercised a lot. The medical care is great for these animals. One of the best places to adopt an animal.

14 years ago (this coming December) I adopted a 4 month old kitten from the Gulf Coast Humane Society. It was about 6:00 PM when I walk into the room all cats were asleep except him. I was looking around when I notice him sticking his paw out of his cage moving it like making the sign of "come here"!, that was it, I said "I will take that one"! At the time of the adoption I was notified he had some kind of problem with his pelvis and if I wanted to exchange him for another cat, I could. I did not have the heart to send him back to his cage. So I decided to give the little guy a chance and let me tell you, I don't regret it, not even for a minute. He is so much more than a pet, he is my best friend! When the time comes for his departure (which I hope wont be for a long time) I will go back there to give another kitty a chance for a better life. That night, I made the right choice at the right place!