About Us

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors generously donates their time and talent to oversee the affairs of our organization.  The 2011-2012 members list is as follows:

• Susan Kamberalis - President
• Robert Tate, DVM - Vice President
• Tom McKean - Treasurer
• Christina Franzen, Secretary
• Dave Zaslavsky
• Jennifer Zuberer
• Diane Voigt

Who We Are

• The Flagler Humane Society believes in helping the greatest number of animals with our available resources.
• As such, we have an open admission policy and will accept any animal that comes through our doors.
• We place healthy, adoptable animals into new homes.
• We provide medical and behavioral rehabilitation for those animals that may need some extra care and attention before they are adoptable.
• We also euthanize animals that are not adoptable because of medical or behavioral issues.
• The Flagler Humane Society’s goal is to end euthanasia for all healthy and treatable animals.
• Please help us help them, donate today.

The unfortunate reality is that some animals are unhealthy and untreatable. This means they are suffering from a disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the animal’s health either now or in the future. Some may have a behavioral or temperamental characteristic that poses a health or safety risk. The seriously ill animals are not likely to become healthy even if provided with care and treatment, and dangerous animals must not be released back into the community; these are the animals who should be euthanized to minimize suffering or for the safety of the public.

The Flagler Humane Society does not encourage euthanasia. What we do encourage is adoption, responsible pet ownership, and sterilization to save lives. We make every effort to find new homes for the dogs and cats in our care. We provide programs that sterilize animals at reduced or no cost.

Unfortunately, until there are enough homes for all the animals that enter this shelter each year, and until there are no longer any sick, injured, aggressive, or unpredictable animals, euthanasia will still be a reality, a humane reality. It is this reality that is the responsibility of an open admission shelter. Simply turning our back on these animals and merely pronouncing that euthanasia shouldn’t exist won’t make euthanasia go away: tirelessly working to increasing adoptions, decreasing unplanned breeding and educating the public will reduce the necessity. Toward this end, The Flagler Humane Society, along with the other shelters, has embraced the concepts behind the Asilomar Accords: nationally recognized goals focused on significantly reducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable companion animals in the United States. Visit http://www.asilomaraccords.org to read the complete statements.

The Flagler Humane Society is only able to exist through generous donations from our community. We are a 501C3 organization. Please consider us and the animals when making contributions or volunteering. We thank you all for your support over the past 30 years.

Because Flagler Humane Society believes in helping the greatest number of animals with our available resources, we offer a wide variety of programs and services.  Certainly, we provide adoptions for animals, low or no cost spay/neuter surgeries for anyone who needs them for their animals, and rehabilitation to help animals become adoptable. Our Education and Community Outreach programs help spread the message of respect and humane treatment for all animals. Our wellness clinic provides veterinary care for animals that may not otherwise be able to receive it.

If you are looking to add an animal to your home, adopt from a shelter. If you have an animal in your home that is not spayed or neutered, have these surgeries done. Encourage others to adopt from a shelter or have their animals spayed/neutered. Foster an animal. Donate to The Flagler Humane Society and help us help them.