Humane Society of North Central Florida
Hours: Cat room: Mon-Sat 10am-12pm and 1-4:30pm. Dog adoptions: Mon-Sat by appointment only.
- What it is
- Shelters and rescues
- Service area
- North Central Florida
- Status
- Open
- Checked
- on the official website, November 5, 2026
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Privately funded nonprofit shelter (formerly the Alachua County Humane Society) offering cat and dog adoptions, fostering, rehoming resources and community cat help, along with a low-cost spay/neuter program, a vaccine and wellness clinic and a pet food bank.
How to reach them
Address: 4205 NW 6th St, Gainesville, FL 32609
Service area: North Central Florida
Hours: Cat room: Mon-Sat 10am-12pm and 1-4:30pm. Dog adoptions: Mon-Sat by appointment only.
Good to know
- How to get started: Visit the cat room during open hours; dog adoptions are by appointment. Browse adoptable pets on the website.
Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines
If cost is the barrier: Paying for Care compares grants, payment plans and fundraising, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet.
Also from this organization
- Humane Society of North Central Florida - Pet Food Bank · Gainesville
- Humane Society of North Central Florida - Vaccine & Wellness Clinic · Gainesville
- Operation PetSnip (Humane Society of North Central Florida) · Gainesville
More shelters, foster and boarding, end-of-life care and pet loss near Gainesville
- Alachua County Animal Resources and Care (Gainesville) · Gainesville · 3 mi
- Clay County Animal Services (Green Cove Springs) · Green Cove Springs · 35 mi
- Humane Society of Marion County Shelter · Ocala · 36 mi
- Marion County Animal Services (Ocala) · Ocala · 37 mi
- Jacksonville ACPS Pet Resource Center (Rehoming and Admissions) · Jacksonville · 58 mi
Other help near Gainesville
- Vet clinic UF Health Small Animal Hospital (University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine) · Gainesville · 1 mi
- Spay/neuter Operation Catnip Community Cat Spay/Neuter Clinics (Gainesville) · Gainesville · 2 mi
- Emergency UF Small Animal Hospital - Emergency & Critical Care · Gainesville · 4 mi
- Low-cost care Humane Society of Marion County Animal Clinic · Ocala · 36 mi
- Pet food Marion County Animal Services CAREs Program (pet pantry and keep-pets-home help) · Ocala · 37 mi
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