We work to foster the human-animal bond.

Visit Us

If you would like to adopt an animal, fill out an adoption application first.

For any other services, call us at (509) 525-2452. Upon arrival at the shelter, please follow the signs posted so we can best assist you.

We are open daily to provide essential services to our community.

Shelter Hours

  • Monday: CLOSED

  • Tuesday through Friday: Noon to 6 p.m.

  • Saturday: Noon to 4 p.m.

  • Sunday: CLOSED

Email
adoptions@bluemountainhumane.org

Phone
(509) 525-2452

Address
7 East George, Walla Walla

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Our mission and vision

Blue Mountain Humane Society’s mission is to promote kindness, prevent cruelty, and foster the human-animal bond.

Our vision is to end pet overpopulation and homelessness and to inspire a compassionate community.

Blue Mountain Humane Society was founded in 1967 by a group of local residents committed to creating positive outcomes for animals in the Walla Walla Valley. Over the years, the Society has grown and evolved to include a humane, state-of-the-art, no-kill shelter facility designed to serve companion animals.

We work to educate, inform, and equip our community with the tools required to accomplish our ultimate goal: to end pet overpopulation and homelessness in the Walla Walla Valley. To that end, in addition to sheltered animals, we provide animal control services in rural Walla Walla County, including cruelty and neglect investigations to ensure that animals have homes with responsible, committed caregivers. For our community, we offer subsidized spay/neuter surgeries for income-qualified families. We also provide humane education programming and volunteer opportunities for supporters of all ages.

Compassion in Action: Blue Mountain Humane Society

Board of Directors

  • Alzada Tipton, President

  • Krista Timm, Vice President

  • Danielle Christopher, Treasurer

  • Tish Watts, Secretary

  • Gary Asmus, Past President

  • Joe Burlingame

  • Shannon Ebding

  • Jeremy Hyndman

  • Kathy Kaping

  • Taylor Knight

  • Lynn Mallory

  • Jayne McCarthy

  • Julian Saturno

We’ve been serving pets and people since 1967.

We’re taking good care of homeless pets.

We’re proud of our Four-Star rating.

Charity Navigator is America’s premier independent charity evaluator. They help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing in-depth, objective ratings and analysis of the financial health and accountability and transparency of America’s largest charities.

Charity Navigator awarded Blue Mountain Humane Society four out of a possible four stars. Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that Blue Mountain Humane Society adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently execute its mission in a fiscally responsible way. See our four-star rating.

We won an award from PetSmart Charities.

In 2018, we received a $13,000 grant from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America. The award was earmarked to support the daily operations of Blue Mountain Humane Society so we can continue helping homeless pets in the Walla Walla Valley.

More specifically, the shelter operations grant is designed to enhance the new surgical suite with a dental machine and install portals in the stainless steel cat housing to expand the living space for each cat.

We’re making plans to be helping for a long, long time.

Here are some highlights.

 
 

We started caring for animals a long time ago.

  • 1967 – Humane Society was incorporated as Walla Walla County Humane Society.

  • 1972 – Name was changed to Blue Mountain Humane Society. Wellington shelter site was purchased.

  • 1974 – First contract with the City of Walla Walla.

  • 1980 – Shelter moves to the airport location.

  • 1984 – County Adopts Animal Control services.

  • 1986 – County cuts Animal Control Program due to budget cuts.

  • 1987 – Shelter closes due to a lack of funding.

  • 1988 – Shelter re-opens in July.

  • 1989 – Intake at 1,800 animals.

  • 1991 – Intake climbs to over 3,900 animals.

  • 1997 – The campaign for a new, modern shelter is announced – The Building on Kindness campaign.

  • 2003 – New shelter on George Street opens!

  • 2009 – Cat Management Coalition forms to trap, neuter, and return (TNR) Walla Walla’s feral and free-roaming cats.

  • 2010 – Spay/Neuter surgeries on shelter pets are performed at BMHS.

We’re still going strong.

  • 2011 – Paid off our building loan to become DEBT FREE. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,027 animals.

  • 2012 – Celebrated 45th Anniversary. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,115 animals.

  • 2013 – Converted .75 acres into an off-leash dog play area. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,210 animals.

  • 2014 – Cat Management Cooperative assumes responsibility for TNR and low-income cat spay/neuter assistance.

  • 2015 – Achieved a Leave Live Rate of 95.2%. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,355 animals.

  • 2016 – BMHS launched the “Unleashing a Brighter Future” capital campaign.

  • 2017 – BMHS celebrates 50 years of service in the Walla Walla Valley.

  • 2017 – Achieved a Leave Live Rate of 96.7%. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,607 animals.

  • 2018 – BMHS celebrates 51 years of service in the Walla Walla Valley

  • 2018 – Achieved a Leave Live Rate of 97.5%. Record-breaking adoptions of 1,910 animals.