Happy Tails Humane Society of Rock Falls

Happy Tails Humane Society of Rock Falls is a pet store and animal shelter in Rock Falls, Illinois. It operates as a limited intake, no-kill facility that shelters and cares for stray and abandoned dogs and cats until they are adopted into permanent homes. The organization promotes pet adoption and humane education and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. It holds a rating of 4.50 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The shelter's mission is to help sick, injured, abandoned and unwanted animals within the limits of its resources, to seek suitable homes for animals without owners, to reunite lost animals with their owners, and to educate the community in the humane treatment of animals. Happy Tails describes its guiding values as stewardship, quality of care, community focus and respect. Its stated goals include eliminating pet overpopulation and the euthanasia of adoptable animals, providing quality temporary care to homeless animals before placing them in permanent homes, and educating the community on responsible guardianship of companion animals. The shelter serves the Whiteside County area, placing safe, healthy companion animals in responsible homes. It is led by Director Michelle Longtin.

The shelter is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to noon, and Tuesday and Thursday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Happy Tails also runs a thrift outlet on Dixon Ave in Rock Falls. Animals in its care include dogs such as Ronnie, a Shepherd mix around 3 to 4 years old who has been at the shelter for over a year, walks nicely on a leash, and is looking for a patient home. Community supporters sponsor adoption fees, and the shelter hosts live fundraising events to support the animals in its care.

The shelter sits on McNeil Road, about 0.4 miles from East Rock Falls Road and roughly a mile from the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. East Coloma-Nelson Elementary School and Leisure Lake Campground are each about 0.9 miles away, Rock Falls Medical Clinic is about a mile away, and the Hennepin Feeder Canal is about 1.2 miles away.

Happy Tails Humane Society of Rock Falls pairs its no-kill sheltering work with adoption and humane education across the Whiteside County area, giving stray and abandoned dogs and cats in Rock Falls a path to permanent homes.