Humane Society Naples

Our Mission

Sheltering animals in times of need, locating life-long homes, and advocating for responsible pet ownership.

What We Do

Humane Society Naples is a "no-kill" shelter that provides safe haven to and adopts out nearly 3000 companion animals per year. HSN also operates a full-service veterinary clinic, a boarding facility that provides traditional boarding as well as free boarding services to community members in crisis, canine behavior management and training services, and provides outreach programs at schools and businesses to promote responsible pet ownership, including pet sterilization. In 2020 we added a mobile veterinary clinic to provide no/low cost veterinary services to those with limited access to such resources.

Our History

In the early days of Collier County up through the late 1950’s, there was no local organization to care for lost, injured or abandoned pets. Concerned citizens pooled their resources to form what in 1960 officially became known as Humane Society Naples with Lois House as the founding President. Humane Society Naples volunteers kept strays in their homes and garages until architect Walter Keller donated plans and money was raised to build the first shelter and adoption center. In March of 1963, HSN’s first shelter opened and filled up quickly.

In July, 2010, Humane Society Naples celebrated the grand opening of a $4.5 million state-of-the-art shelter and adoption center. Its first ever satellite adoption center opened at Coastland Center Mall in the fall of 2011. This satellite location closed in 2018 and was replaced by the von Arx Adoption Center in North Naples in 2019.