Join us along with Club Pilates on Saturday January 11, 2020 from 1:00pm-3:00pm for an introductory pilates class with adoptable dogs. Book your FREE intro class and visit these deserving animals! For the entire month of January, Club Pilates will be collecting donations for the Brevard Humane Society. With a donation you can enter to win a month of free unlimited classes! For more information, please email events@brevardhumanesociety.org or call 321-636-3343 ext. 218

The rules are simple…

Design a mask, bring it to either the Cocoa or Merritt Island Adoption centers, and compete for first place, official bragging rights AND a prize!

The deadline to enter the mask contest is Feb 5, 2020 at 5pm! We have an independent panel of judges that will be determining our champion!

THEN the fun continues…by bidding to WIN the masks created!

Online bidding will open on Monday Feb 10,2020 and close at 3PM on Friday Feb 14, 2020. The final bidding and auction will be held at our 14th Annual Mardi Gras Paws in the Park event on Feb 16, 2020. The auction winners will be announced at 2pm!

For more information, please contact 321-636-3343 x 218 or email events@brevardhumanesociety.org !

Happy Masking!

The Brevard Humane Society is pleased to partner with the American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame on January 18, 2020 for a special adoption event in honor of the pioneering progress of manned missions through the past five decades.

January 2020 will mark 59 years since a young chimpanzee was launched into space on a suborbital flight that lasted a little over 16 minutes. HAM, the Astrochimp, as he would later become known, was named for the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, the lab located on New Mexico’s Holloman Air Force Base that prepared him for his historic flight into space. Launched from Cape Canaveral, HAM would make aeronautic history aboard a NASA space capsule- and traveling almost 160 miles above the Earth to become the first chimp in space.

“On January 31, 1961, HAM became the first chimpanzee in space, and we are proud to honor HAM, his courage, and his sacrifice,” stated Theresa Clifton, Executive Director of the Brevard Humane Society. “HAM’s flight is remarkable for many reasons. He not only survived the flight, but performed his tasks despite the rigors of space flight and the fear he must have experienced. His courage and heroism ultimately paved the way for Alan Shepard, Jr., the first American in space.”

In addition to the adoption hosted by the Brevard Humane Society at 10 am, the anniversary celebration also looks to the future. Keynote speakers will seek to explore how animals might continue to shape the industry, and guests may enjoy a special “out of this world” pet photo session and stay for an exclusive showing of American Animal Astronaut Heroes at 6pm. For more information, regarding this event, please contact Debora at 321.636.3343 x 218 or events@brevardhumanesociety.org.

The Brevard Humane Society is a 501 (C)(3) animal welfare organization, solicitation #CH-11499, dedicated to the care and adoption of abandoned animals. Donations made to the Brevard Humane Society are tax-deductible.