Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe Inc

Mission

HSTT is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services, and humane education programs.

HSTT’s Low-Cost Community Spay/Neuter program HSTT’s Low-Cost CSN programs provide low and no-cost surgeries to qualified limited-income, full-time residents of Eastern El Dorado County or South Lake Tahoe from Glenbrook to Meyers.

HSTT provides FREE Vaccine & Microchip Clinics at our South Lake Tahoe location for permanent residents of Eastern El Dorado County or South Lake Tahoe from Glenbrook to Meyers. Clinics occur quarterly and serve populations of pets who have typically never seen a Veterinarian.

To help guardians keep their companion animals through difficult times, we offer Community Pet Care Assistance to qualifying residents of Eastern El Dorado County, or South Lake Tahoe from Glenbrook to Meyers, with the cost of necessary, yet financially unattainable, veterinary care. The goal is to fill a small gap in funding to low-income, elderly and disabled pet caretakers that are keeping an animal from receiving necessary/urgent care.

Our Pet Pantry program provides pet food and supplies to our community members. We've partnered with local social service groups to provide pop-up distribution locations for community members receiving food assistance through these programs.

Our Pet Assisted Therapy program brings joy to the lives of hundreds of local patients at Barton Health. Volunteers, with their trained and certified therapy dogs, visit people who greatly benefit from the calming effects of an animal.

Our Volunteer programs give many adults with disabilities, kids, and seniors the opportunity to learn skills while making a difference in the lives of needy pets.

HSTT’s Reading program, Read Up For Fun (RUFF), is designed to build self-esteem in young readers. Trained volunteers bring their certified dogs into the El Dorado County Library, where children will practice reading to the dog.