Tag: Rio Grande Valley Humane Society

While there was much that comprised the year in news in the communities of San Benito and Harlingen, residents and public officials endured events in 2023 that rendered one city in such pain that it took the entire Rio Grande Valley community to console them, and left the other in a state of uncertainty regarding a vital service.

HARLINGEN — There’s a new animal shelter opening in town.

HARLINGEN — Days after terminating the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society’s contract, city leaders said they are trying to account for the agency’s use of the city’s annual $400,000 payments.

HARLINGEN — The Rio Grande Valley Humane Society is calling on residents to take home stray dogs and cats to help cut down on "severely overcrowded" conditions that could force increased euthanasia at the animal shelter boasting its "no-kill" stand.

HARLINGEN — The number of stray dogs and cats has climbed "out of hand" under the city's contract with the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society, which prides itself as the region's only "no-kill" shelter, City Commissioner Rene Perez said.

HARLINGEN — Luis Quintanilla, the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society’s executive director who helped turn the agency into the region’s first “no-kill” shelter, has resigned as its board members work with city officials to negotiate a new contract.

HARLINGEN — The Rio Grande Valley Humane Society is proposing revisions to a city contract organizers and animal rights groups argue would open the Harlingen shelter to strays, forcing the “no-kill” leader into more euthanasia.

HARLINGEN — After falling short of a deadline stemming from a city request, the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society’s financial information is trickling into City Hall.

HARLINGEN — Three weeks after animal rights groups rose up against what they called a city proposal that would force Harlingen's "no-kill" shelter to euthanize dogs and cats, commissioners are working to revise the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society's annual contract.

HARLINGEN — Animal rights groups are protesting the city's proposal to allow Harlingen residents to take their pets to the city's humane society shelter, arguing the move would force the agency to euthanize more dogs and cats at the operation, which prides itself as a "no-kill" shelter.