Welcome to our website!

Located at 616 Big Bear Blvd. in Columbia, Missouri, the Central Missouri Humane Society is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1943 to prevent cruelty to and alleviate suffering of all animals. We are committed to responsible pet ownership and elevating the welfare of all animals through our adoption, education, and intervention programs.

Spay-ghetti Dinner and Silent Auction

Want to help the CMHS raise funds for spay/neuter vouchers?  Join us Tuesday, February 23rd for our Spay-ghetti dinner!  There will be open seating from 5-8pm at the First Presbyterian Church on Hitt Street.  Call us today for tickets – 573-443-7387

CMHS “Cat”-astrophe!

The Central Missouri Humane Society needs your help.  We currently have over 100 cats looking for their fur-ever homes, with more coming in every day!!!  Our sweet and spunky feline friends deserve more than to be strays and shelter cats.  To help increase our cat adoptions, we have lowered thier adoption rates.  It’s only $50 to adopt one and an additional $25 if you adopt a second! 

Also, this is just another example of why spaying and neutering is so important!!  Barn cats, Mousers, strays, feral cats… they need to be spayed/neutered too!  Remember to call and schedule those apointments!  We offer a “barnyard special” for 3 or more animals!

Why Adopt from the Central Missouri Humane Society?

Here at CMHS we have LOTS of wonderful animals up for adoption.  We strongly suggest you check us out first when looking to adopt, and there are several reasons why:

• Missouri unfortunately holds the title of the puppy mill capital of the nation. There are over 1,500 known puppy mills in our state! That is 3 times more than the next highest ranking state!  Click here to view the state by state map of commercial breeders throughout the nation
• According to data from the Humane Society of the United States, 4 million unwanted dogs and cats are euthanized every year because there are more animals than loving homes for them.
• We are sadly forced to euthanize animals here at our shelter due to the high volume of animals that we take in. If you purchase animals from pet stores or other locations that is one more homeless animal at our shelter that doesn’t get a home.
• If it is a purebred you are looking for, we have plenty. About 25% of our animals are purebred ranging from Chihuahua to Great Dane!
• Animals from CMHS are fully vetted, spayed or neutered, and evaluated for temperament, so you have a background on the animal before you adopt it.

Thank you for your consideration.  We can’t wait to see you at the Central Missouri Humane Society, where we love putting pets with people!

Thinking about raising chickens?  Read this first!  

 The Central Missouri Humane Society will not be able to take in stray chickens or re-house owned chickens, but we still want to help you answer your chicken questions!  www.freechickencoopplans.com is a great resource to learn how to build an appropriate coop for your chickens.  For a free chicken care e-book, check out www.mypetchicken.com and scroll all the way down to the bottom left hand corner.  This is a great resource for everything from how to raise and care for chickens to what breeds are best for you.  Finally, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture is hosting workshops on how to raise urban chickens.  Be sure to attend if you are considering raising chickens on your property.  For further questions concerning Columbia’s new urban chicken ordinance, please call the Columbia Boone County Health Department at 573-874-7355 or the Central Missouri Humane Society at 573-443-7387.