{"id":67174,"date":"2025-05-19T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/about\/150-years-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:45:07","slug":"150-years-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/about\/150-years-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"150 Years of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1875<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A meeting is held in Omaha to organize a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in Nebraska.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1897<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS declares its intention to prevent child cruelty and neglect, which would continue through the 1950s.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hardware037-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"669\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1904<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS inaugurates a crusade against cock fighting and dog fighting in Omaha.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1922<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Construction begins on a new headquarters for the Nebraska Humane Society at 21st and Izard Streets in Omaha.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scanner_20240529_131808_Page_1_Image_0001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"995\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1942<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS Executive Secretary John Welch directs a program to train civilians on how to care for pets and farm animals during WWII.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1968<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nebraska Humane Society moves its operations to 8801 Fort Street in Omaha. The new shelter can accommodate 250 animals.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scanner_20240529_132803-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1268\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1975<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS celebrates its centennial year with a series of events, including an art exhibition at Joslyn Art Museum.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Centenial-Art-1975-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1990<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first Walk for the Animals is held at Standing Bear Lake. The event is now called the Margre Durham Walk &amp; Dog Fest and takes place in our meadow each September.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1990-Walk-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1510\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1992<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Friends Forever, a fundraising guild for NHS, is established.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/friends-forever-logo-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1993<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The PAW (Pet Adoption on Wheels) van is dedicated. It was purchased for NHS by several donors including Friends Forever and Baker&#8217;s Supermarkets.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PAWS-at-Bakers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1665\" height=\"1111\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1998<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Marty Ramm starts spaying and neutering all cats and dogs at NHS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1999<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS starts microchipping every dog and cat that goes up for adoption.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2000<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After a $11.5 million capital campaign, NHS opens a new shelter, the Lied Humane Center, at 8929 Fort Street in Omaha.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHS-outside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"686\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2003<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Cat Bench is created by artist John Kevern and donated to the shelter by Dennis and Sunny Lundgren.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cat-bench-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2003<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the approval of Legislative Bill 273, animal cruelty becomes a felony in the state of Nebraska.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lossy-page1-2880px-Capitol_building_Lincoln_Nebraska_LCCN2010630796.tif-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1638\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2005<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>43 dogs who were separated from their owners during Hurricane Katrina are transported to NHS.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gulf-coast-animals-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1243\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2008<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nebraska Humane Society <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NebraskaHumaneSociety\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong> is created.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2015<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Puppy Cart makes its first appearance on social media.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-at-2.30.16-PM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1312\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2016<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first Virtual Kitten Shower is held at NHS to support kittens being cared for by foster parents.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/468195739_10160071669062027_1018317147075467837_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1872\" height=\"1167\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2018<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS has its highest adoption total for one year on record, as 11,230 pets find forever homes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2020<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Judy Varner Adoption and Education Center opens. The $14.1 million dollar renovation began in 2018 and finished right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHS_Camp-Kindness-82-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NEHumaneSociety_JudyVarnerAdoptionEducCtr_1005_lg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1236\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2021<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/article\/nebraska-humane-society-removes-exotic-animals-from-home\/38580769\">largest Animal Control confiscation in shelter history<\/a><\/strong> takes place in Papillion. Over 600 animals, including a toucan, ferrets, macaws, snakes and a tortoise, are rescued from inhospitable conditions.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GmpZhtfWsAAr5BI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"418\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7783-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1543\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2023<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NHS launches the Community Cat Program, with the goal to improve the lives of free roaming and feral cats by ensuring there are caretakers in their areas.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Community-Cat-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1193\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2025<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nebraska Humane Society celebrates its 150th anniversary.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NHS_150_Year_Logo_PMS-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1875 A meeting is held in Omaha to organize a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in Nebraska. 1897 NHS declares its intention to prevent child cruelty and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":67148,"menu_order":41,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68364,"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67174\/revisions\/68364"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehumanesociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}