About

The Bahamas Humane Society was founded in 1924 and is the oldest charity in the Bahamas. We are located on New Providence in the city of Nassau.

Street address Dunmore Avenue in Chippingham. P.O.Box N-242, Nassau, Bahamas.

Tel: 1-242-323-5138 or 1-242-325-6742,
fax: 1-242-356-2659
and e-mail petinspector@gmail.com .

Opening hours:
General Shelter hours:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday

Clinic Hours:
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday to Saturday
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
(No afternoon clinic Wednesdays and Saturdays.)

Adoption hours
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Thrift Shop
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday
12 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

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Cindi

Hi! I wanted to report that I came across a mighty slim but beautiful and friendly young black cat with gorgeous golden eyes in front of Exuma Market in Georgetown. She looked as though she was ready to give birth any day. She was super friendly, came right up to me and once I petted her, followed me for some time. It was night time and I wished I had something to give her. Since the vetinarian passed sadly at a young age this summer, the island has no vet that I know of and the vetinarian clinic appears all boarded up. I hear there is a visiting vet that comes on Fridays sometimes from Miami. I thought I would report this cat in case anyone from a rescue organization was in the area and was able to help her or if anyone knew the vet and wanted to let him/her know, particularly since she is about to add more stray, and sadly unwanted, cats to the island. I would have loved to have taken her home but my situation is such that I was unable to. Thanks for caring and doing the great job that you do.
Claudine

I will be on Green Turtle Island and am interested in adopted Alice from your shelter. Would this be possible? And how would I receive her?
BHS

Alice has been adopted!
Dogs go to the Family Islands usually by mail boat. Best to give Fiona a call at 242-323-5138 for more details.
Krista

Hi there,

I am a tourist from Canada. I just took a tour that took us through Nassau past the Straw Market. There was a horse wearing a straw hat being used to pull a cart for paying tourists around the square. The poor thing looked really under-fed, so skinny. It was also walking around with its lips pulled back because it was so thirsty and there didn’t seem to be any water around. This absolutely broke my heart. This animal is working hard all day, every day to help its owner earn a living and doesn’t even get the basics for survival in return. Instead it has to parade around in a straw hat for people’s entertainment while it suffers. Please check on this horse and any others in the area. If the owners can’t be bothered to feed and water their animals then they don’t deserve to own them. Please follow-up with me, I would love to hear about their progress.
BHS

Thank
you, Krista, for taking the time to post your concerns about the Surrey
horse. I would like to assure you the horses have access to fresh water
at the Surrey Horse Stand where they also have shelter from the sun or
rain while waiting for riders.

Unfortunately
you did not give us the Surrey number nor the colour of the horse,
which would have enabled us to check on this particular horse and see if
indeed it was suffering from dehydration or is severely underweight.
All the Surrey Horses are inspected regularly and the Bahamas Humane
Society attends these inspections. So there is a monitoring method in
place. We are working closely with the owners of a couple of horses that
have trouble putting on weight and trying some alternative feeds. There
has been some improvement, but perhaps not as much as we had hoped.

We appreciate all comments and are as deeply concerned as you are
about the condition of these horses, and please rest assured that we try
hard to keep an eye on what is going on with them.

We hope you enjoyed your stay in Nassau and will consider visiting us again,

Best wishes,

Patricia Leigh-Wood,

Head of the Bahamas Humane Society Horse Committee