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Welcome to the Humane Society of North Iowa!
The Humane Society of North Iowa operates an animal adoption shelter located in Mason City, IA. In the past 25 years, we have found loving homes for over 6800 abandoned, displaced, and neglected animals. We hope we can help you find your new best friend too! Please view our available animals online, or even better, come visit them in person!
What’s New?
Their is always something fun & exciting going on at the Humane Society of North Iowa!
Mark Your Calendars….
Chocolate and Romance 2012!!
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EXCITING NEWS!!! Mason City author Chuck Caponi will be selling SIGNED copies of his NEW book “My Adventures With Kolby (and I don’t mean the cheese)” at Chocolate and Romance! Chuck adopted a kitty from the Humane Society of North Iowa last spring. This book is a hilarious and irreverent look at his journey to discover his feline side!!!
A MAJOR portion of the proceeds from this book is going to the Humane Society of North Iowa!
Mason City man writes book about his experience adopting a cat from the Humane Society of North Iowa
Mason City resident Chuck Caponi adopted Kolby from the Humane Society of North Iowa in the Spring of 2011. After sharing a brief, but hilarious essay with friends and family about the adoption process, he was encouraged to continue to write about his “adventures” of adapting to life with a new pet. In his book “My Adventures with Kolby (and I don’t mean the cheese)” Chuck shares humorous, witty, and often self-deprecating stories of life with Kolby and also other short stories from his personal life.
Chuck has decided to sell his book as a fundraiser for the Humane Society of North Iowa. A MAJOR portion of the profits from this book will go directly to the Humane Society of North Iowa and help other displaced animals like Kolby find homes!
The book costs $12.99 and is for sale at the Humane Society of North Iowa shelter and at Health Country in Willowbrook Mall in Mason City.
WE MADE THE NEWS! The Globe Gazette did a feature story on the release of Chuck’s book. Click here for full article!
For more details, (including an excerpt from the book) please click here.
Osage man literally donates a ton of dog food to the Humane Society of North Iowa!
The difference between the HSUS and HSNI:
Executive Director, Sybil Soukup, was interviewed recently by KIMT News Channel 3 about the difference between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Humane Society of North Iowa (HSNI) Click here to watch video
And….they’re off!!!
Humane Society of North Iowa builds four new dog runs; Dogs go nuts! (click on link for full story)
Before and After: Have you noticed???
A few weeks ago, I saw a news story about a professional photographer that donated their talents to a local shelter by taking photos of some of the shelter dogs for their website. In doing so, it helped the animals get adopted MUCH faster! I posted the story on the Humane Society of North Iowa’s facebook page asking if their was anyone like that in our area who could help us do the same thing. And guess what? A fabulously talented woman had stepped forward!! THANK YOU DeAnn Waitek from Ames Photography in Mason City! Check out just one example of her work:
BEFORE: 
AFTER: 
Quite a difference huh?????? Of course, she got adopted right away!!! DeAnn is working on updating more photos of the shelter animals but is also keeping busy with her business, Ames Photography. Please support this local business as she is so selflessly giving her time and talents to animals in need of good homes!! THANK YOU!!!!
PART TWO:
Another talented professional photographer has stepped forward to help us with our online photos!!! Katie Jennings of Arickx Photography in Osage has also come to the shelter to help us get better photos of our shelter animals! Thank you Katie!!! Check out an example of her work:
Max: Before-(the picture we took) 
Max: After (with his brother Squeak) Photo by Arickx Photography of Osage
PART THREE!!!:
AND ANOTHER talented professional has has stepped forward to help us with our online pet photos!! Nikki Bahler of lifephotography in Clear Lake has been taking some really beautiful photos of our shelter cats and dogs with excellent results! An example of her work:
BEFORE: The photo we took.
AFTER: The photo Nikki took! 
THANK YOU to ALL of these talented photographers for helping us to better showcase the animals in our shelter!!! We truly appreciate what you are doing for us!!
Humane Society of North Iowa honors 25 years of Service
HSNI recently honored Kennel Manager Rachel Hinrichs for her 25 YEARS of service to the Humane Society of North Iowa! In 25 years, Rachel has fed, loved, and cared for over 6700 animals!!!! WOW! How many people can say that? Rachel is a valuable asset to the Humane Society of North Iowa and we couldn’t do what we do without her! THANK YOU RACHEL!!!!!!
Rachel (left) is presented with the “Golden Scooper Award” for her 25 years of service by HSNI’s Director Sybil Soukup.
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July 26, 2011 4:59 pm
