The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association is Charleston, West Virginia's leading animal shelter, caring for around 5,000 pets a year. Its website is adoptcharleston.com. It runs adoption, the Fix Charleston spay and neuter clinic, and animal control for parts of Kanawha County. Here is how adoption, the clinic, and its services work.
The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association, often searched for as the Humane Society of the Kanawha Valley, is Charleston's main animal shelter, caring for about 5,000 pets a year. Its website is adoptcharleston.com. It describes itself as a no-kill, progressive open-intake organization and reported a 91 percent live release rate in 2021.
It provides contracted animal control, but only for unincorporated Kanawha County plus the towns of Glasgow and East Bank. Residents of Charleston, South Charleston, Dunbar, Nitro, and St. Albans go through their local police for animal control rather than the shelter.
Adoption fees vary by age, breed, and size rather than being a fixed schedule, so the fee is set for each animal; the organization says each adoption includes more than $350 of services. Adoption is walk-in.
The shelter is closed Monday, open Tuesday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m., and weekends from noon to 5 p.m., with admissions ending 30 minutes before closing.
Fix Charleston is the association's spay and neuter clinic, which has performed more than 16,000 surgeries and supported 20,000 wellness visits, with a focus on feral and free-roaming cats. The organization also runs a trap-neuter-return program for community cats, and it handles stray intake and cruelty response for the areas it covers; the cruelty line is 304-342-1576, extension 118.
Foster homes apply and complete a short orientation, providing housing, food, and toys while the association covers all medical care. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association holds a three-star rating from Charity Navigator with an 88 percent score and is about 80 percent donor funded. Its EIN is 55-0435381.
Walk-in adoption of dogs and cats in Charleston.
A spay and neuter clinic with more than 16,000 surgeries to date.
Stray intake and cruelty response for parts of Kanawha County.
Trap, neuter, and return for feral and free-roaming cats.
Homes supported with all medical care covered.
Investigates reports in the areas it serves; line 304-342-1576 x118.
Sources: Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association (adoptcharleston.com) about, animal services, and support pages; Charity Navigator (EIN 55-0435381). The current organization dates its era to 2013; some figures are undated. Retrieved June 2026. We are not affiliated with Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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