Knox-Whitley Humane Association

Knox-Whitley Humane Association A non-profit committed to giving abandoned and surrendered animals a new beginning. You might just find the one who’s been waiting for you. ❤️
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With help from volunteers, rescues & vets, we place pets in loving homes & promote spay/neuter, humane care, and responsible ownership to build a kinder community for all. Welcome to the Knox-Whitley Humane Association page! 🐾
We’re a non-profit organization dedicated to giving abandoned and surrendered animals a second chance at life. With the help of passionate volunteers, rescue partne

rs across the globe, loving foster homes, and skilled veterinarians, we work tirelessly to place each animal in a safe, well-matched forever home. Every year, our efforts help hundreds of dogs and cats find their happily-ever-after. We’re also here for our community — offering education on responsible pet ownership, guidance on the importance of spaying and neutering, and resources for positive, humane training methods.

🐶🐱 Meet your new best friend! View our adoptable pets on Petfinder, or stop by the shelter to see them in person.

🚨 A CUTIE WITH A NEW B***Y 🚨We want to give a HUGE thank you to Veterinary Care Center and Dr. Birch for squeezing in th...
08/14/2026

🚨 A CUTIE WITH A NEW B***Y 🚨

We want to give a HUGE thank you to Veterinary Care Center and Dr. Birch for squeezing in this tiny lady yesterday. ❤️

This little kitten came into the shelter with a re**al prolapse, and we’re gonna be transparent, with no veterinarian on staff and our primary vet unavailable yesterday, a case like this would typically leave us with very few options. Realistically, without access to immediate veterinary care, we would have had to make the decision to euthanize her.

But we looked at that little face and just… couldn’t. 😭 Believe it or not I have a soft spot for these tiny lil freaks of nature.

So we started making calls.

Thankfully, Dr. Birch at Veterinary Care Center was able to see her immediately. Her prolapse was treated, everything was put back where everything is SUPPOSED to be, and she is now recovering like the tiny champ she is. 🥹

Basically… new b***y, who dis?

And because we cannot behave when naming animals, we’d like to introduce you to:

ANNALISE.

Yes.

ANAL-ise.

The pun was 100% intentional. We are not accepting criticism at this time. 😭💀

But jokes aside, this is why having veterinary partners willing to help shelters matters SO much. Yesterday, Veterinary Care Center helped give this little girl an outcome that we may not have been able to give her on our own, and we are incredibly grateful. ❤️

Annalise will be available for adoption once her b***y is fully healed and she’s been spayed.

BUT 👀

In the meantime, she would LOVE a foster home where she can recover somewhere quiet and comfortable instead of hanging out at the shelter.

So if you’ve ever wanted to tell people:

“Yeah, I fostered a kitten named Annalise because her bu****le fell out.”

This is quite possibly your only opportunity. Well, maybe. Animal welfare is pretty crazy sometimes.

Thank you again, Veterinary Care Center & Dr. Birch, for helping us save this sweet girl. ❤️🐾

👇Foster Application:
https://knoxwhitleyhumane.org/foster-application

A HUGE thank you to Carrie with Best Friends Animal Society for helping get some of our puppies transported to Harlan An...
08/14/2026

A HUGE thank you to Carrie with Best Friends Animal Society for helping get some of our puppies transported to Harlan Animal Shelter, and an equally huge thank you to Harlan County for opening their doors and accepting these babies! ❤️

Sometimes saving lives really is a giant game of “Okay, who can get them from Point A to Point B… and who has room when they get there?” 😭😂

And when everyone works together, this is what happens. Puppies get out of the shelter and one step closer to their forever homes. 🥹

Speaking of transportation… 👀

We are currently in need of crates of ALL different sizes!

Small ones. Medium ones. Big ones. The “good Lord, what size dog goes in THAT?” ones.

Safe transport requires having the right size crate for every passenger, and with the number of animals we’ve been moving lately, we can ALWAYS use more.

If you have a new or gently used crate collecting dust, we will happily put it to work transporting some very precious cargo. 🚐🐶

🧡Here’s a direct link to our Amazon Wishlist to have transport crates shipped directly to us:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ZK4CAD6DU5OV/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist

Thank you to Carrie & Anna, Best Friends, Harlan County Animal Shelter, and everyone else who helps keep this crazy rescue train moving.

It truly takes a village. ❤️🐾

Volunteer Opportunities!!Ever want to be involved but not sure what or how!!We have your answer….Knox~ Whitley’s Furry R...
08/14/2026

Volunteer Opportunities!!

Ever want to be involved but not sure what or how!!
We have your answer….

Knox~ Whitley’s Furry Residents and Dedicated Staff would love your help! Here’s just a few of the volunteer opportunities we have.

🐶 Pup Dates
🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️Hiking For a Paws
🦮Public Meet & Greets
📸 Photographers
🛻 Transporters
🌻 Fosters
🛀 Dog Bathers
💰 Monetary or Item donations
🧼 Cleaning- Laundry, Mopping, Sweeping
🌻Seasonal planter donations
🧺 Laundry help
🌟 Organization help

Geez…. we just can’t list all the things we need help with! Comment here to get on our Volunteer Group or stop in the shelter and get started today!!

To our Active Volunteers… Huge THANKS, we appreciate you!

(Pictured is just 1 of our Dedicated Volunteers, Lauren!💗)

🚨 GUESS WHO’S BACK? 🚨Our boy Trucky is back with us. 🥺💔Despite our best efforts to help make Trucky a registered ESA, hi...
08/13/2026

🚨 GUESS WHO’S BACK? 🚨

Our boy Trucky is back with us. 🥺💔

Despite our best efforts to help make Trucky a registered ESA, his adopter recently discovered some health issues of her own that have made her unable to continue caring for him the way he needs.

She had nothing but wonderful things to say about him. ❤️

He is great with other dogs, cats and kids.

His adopter described him as an incredible dog, and her health was the only reason she had to make the heartbreaking decision to bring him back.

So Trucky finds himself looking for a home again, not because his first one failed, but because sometimes circumstances change in ways nobody can control.

The good news is that Trucky is already neutered and ready to go home TODAY!

Come meet Trucky and let’s make his stay back at the shelter a VERY short one. 🐾

We are located at 66 Busy Lane, Corbin Ky, 40701.

Hours of Operation:
OPEN Tuesday & Friday 11-4 &
Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday 10-2
CLOSED Sunday & Monday

TRANSPORT NEEDED! Attention road trippers- Granny Mae (and perhaps a couple of her puppy friends) is needing a ride from...
08/13/2026

TRANSPORT NEEDED!
Attention road trippers- Granny Mae (and perhaps a couple of her puppy friends) is needing a ride from our shelter to a rescue in Murray, KY.

The Deets:
📍 Pick up: Knox-Whitley Humane Association
📍 Drop off: Murray, Kentucky
📅 Date needed: Flexible, but ideally in the next few days
🕙 Estimated drive time: 9 hours round trip (4.5 hrs each way)

We'll handle the crates, the paperwork, and anything else you need for the ride. All we need is a willing driver, a reliable car, and a heart big enough to spend a few hours with possibly the cutest passengers you've ever had.

Granny Mae is ready to move onto her next chapter, she just needs a hero to get her there!

Calling all HIKERS!!This Saturday August 15th at 9am is our monthly HIKING FOR A PAWS!!Come join the fun, weather permit...
08/12/2026

Calling all HIKERS!!

This Saturday August 15th at 9am is our monthly
HIKING FOR A PAWS!!

Come join the fun, weather permitting if forecast for severe weather but we always make out best effort!

☀️Meet: 66 Busy Lane, Corbin KY

🐶Saturday, August 15th

👍🏼Time: 9am

Kids, Friends & Family welcome! You may have to
fill out a hiking waiver on arrival!! 😉

(Photo from past hike!)

🍗🐶 KENTUCKY FRIED FIELD TRIP: SUCCESS. 🐶🍗A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out today and participated in our Kentuck...
08/12/2026

🍗🐶 KENTUCKY FRIED FIELD TRIP: SUCCESS. 🐶🍗

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out today and participated in our Kentucky Fried Field Trip and gave some of our shelter pups a much-needed day away from the kennel! ❤️

Our dogs got to ride in cars, explore the world, meet new people, sniff approximately 47,000 things, get spoiled, and most importantly, spend a few hours feeling like somebody’s dog instead of a shelter dog. 🥹

And apparently some of y’all got a little too attached because…

👀 One volunteer ended up ADOPTING the dog she took out today and we have a couple potential adopter for others!

THIS is why Doggy Day Outs matter.

Even if you couldn’t adopt today, you gave a shelter dog a break. You gave us a chance to learn more about how they behave outside of the shelter. You gave them photos, experiences, exposure, and information that could ultimately help them find a home.

Also ya’ll hit up 7Brew for pup cups so much that a 7Brew employee ended up stopping by to take a dog out himself 🤣

And for everyone who participated today:

YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN! 🙌

You are more than welcome to come back and take another shelter pup on a Doggy Day Out ANY day of the week during our regular hours!

No Kentucky Fried Field Trip required. 😂

Come grab a dog. Take them for a walk. Get a pup cup. Go sit in the park. Let them nap on your couch for a few hours. Take them on an adventure.

You never know what a few hours outside the shelter might do for them.

…or what dog you might accidentally fall in love with. 👀

📸 FIELD TRIPPERS: Drop your pictures from today in the comments!! We want to see what your pup got into! 👇🐾

Thank you for showing up for our dogs today. ❤️

STRAYS // DO YOU KNOW US???IF YOU BELIEVE ANY OF THESE ANIMALS TO BE YOUR PET, STOP BY THE SHELTER WITHIN THE 5 DAY HOLD...
08/11/2026

STRAYS // DO YOU KNOW US???

IF YOU BELIEVE ANY OF THESE ANIMALS TO BE YOUR PET, STOP BY THE SHELTER WITHIN THE 5 DAY HOLDING PERIOD TO RECLAIM. BRING PROOF OF OWNERSHIP IN THE FORM OF PHOTOS/VET RECORDS.

WE ARE LOCATED AT 66 BUSY LANE CORBIN KY 40701

HOURS OF OPERATION:
TUESDAY 11-4
WEDNESDAY 10-2
THURSDAY 10-2
FRIDAY 11-4
SATURDAY 10-2
CLOSED SUN AND MON

🎓🚨 THE CHILDREN ARE RETURNING FROM COLLEGE 🚨🎓Tomorrow, 8/11, our dogs are officially graduating from their 8-week traini...
08/11/2026

🎓🚨 THE CHILDREN ARE RETURNING FROM COLLEGE 🚨🎓

Tomorrow, 8/11, our dogs are officially graduating from their 8-week training program and returning to the shelter.

That means they’ve spent the last TWO MONTHS getting an education while some of us are still ignoring emails from three weeks ago.

They’ve been working on basic commands, crate training, potty training when kept on a consistent routine and general manners and learning how to be respectable members of society

Basically, they left us as shelter dogs and are coming back with qualifications.

& we would REALLY prefer that all those newly acquired skills do not immediately go to waste sitting in a kennel 😭

These dogs have spent 8 weeks learning how to live successfully in a home.

Now they just need…

A HOME TO LIVE IN

Wild concept, we know.

Even better?

They’re already spayed/neutered, routinely trained for 8 weeks and ready to go home.

$120 adoption fee.

They did their part.

They studied.
They practiced.
They graduated.

Now YOU need to do your part and come get your educated child before they start using their new skills to organize a shelter uprising.

Returning to the shelter: Tuesday, August 11
Available for adoption and ready to go home!

Please share and help us get these graduates into homes where they can actually USE everything they’ve learned.

We are located at 66 Busy Lane, Corbin Ky, 40701.

Hours of Operation:
OPEN Tuesday & Friday 11-4 &
Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday 10-2
CLOSED Sunday & Monday

Address

66 Busy Lane
Corbin, KY
40701

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+16065266925

Website

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