Tuesday - Friday
11-5

Saturday
11-4

Evening adoption appointments are availalbe.

Stephen Memorial, with the help of the Mahaska Humane Society, cares for over 1,000 animals per year. We also provide animal control for the City of Oskaloosa, rural Mahaska County and smaller municipalities that have signed contracts with SMAS.

Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter is the place to look for your new companion. All of our animals that are adopted will be spayed/neutered, have 1st shots, worming and a micro-chip prior to going to their new home. Dogs are tested for Heartworms; cats/kittens are given a Fel/leuk test. All of our animals are treated with Frontline to prevent fleas and ticks. All dogs are given a temperament evaluation prior to being placed on the adoption floor.

Mission Statement

Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter and the Mahaska Humane Society's mission is to promote the humane treatment of all animals, prevent cruelty and neglect to animals by providing the needed education to everyone to enhance the human-animal bond and to put an end to over population through an aggressive spay/neuter campaign. To reach a time when we will no longer be needed.

Vision Statement

Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter and the Mahaska Humane Society envision a time when our community understands and celebrates the human-animal bond, enjoys the mutual benefits of a companion animal and will become the only place humans look for companion animals. Our community will become a place were pets are not strays or unwanted and Mahaska County becomes a model for achieving a "Humane Society".

Note from the Director

Be sure to stop by the events page and see what we've got going on!

Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter