We are looking for team sponsors for year 10! A great way to support the team, Talbot Humane and individual runners and show your Talbot Humane pride! 

Many opportunities from friends of UNLEASHED to take part in helping ordinary folks do extraordinary things for themselves and the animals we serve. 

Download the sponsorship form today! UNLEASHED sponsorship form.summer.22

We are so excited to share our Charity Running Program- UNLEASHED for Talbot Humane is returning- and it is the program’s 10th anniversary!  This program has taken hundreds of local friends across finish lines over the past 10 years, and raised close to $400,000 for the animals.

This wholly supportive, non-competitive program seriously takes everyone- from couch potato to weekend warrior and teaches & trains you through the Galloway run:walk program. You are put in a pace group with others of the same fitness level. You encourage each other and WILL cross that finish line together each week of training, and at the final day- race day!

In exchange for training, runners agree to raise funds for Talbot Humane. “It is truly a win: win situation,” says veteran UNLEASHER Sara Rhoades. “I never would have thought I could finish a half marathon 10 years ago- and here I am still running and racing today at age 71 with UNLEASHED! If you are looking to change your life- this is the group for you.” Changing your life and the lives of animals- what could be better?

This year we are training for the Richmond Half Marathon. It a race we have trained members for in the past, so we know all the ins and outs of race day!

If you are interested in being added to our informational email list add your information here- (please note we never sell or share your information!) https://hipaa.jotform.com/pattycquimby/unleashed-email-opt-in-form

Dates to Remember: 

• Wednesday August 3rd at 6PM: Informational Meeting at Talbot Humane. Come hear from our coaches all about the program, how raising funds is the easy part and meet some of our amazing friends who have had their lives changed thanks to UNLEASHED.
• Saturday August 6th at 7AM: Try it You’ll Like It – we meet at the Rails to Trails parking lot off of Springdale St. next to the Talbot County Board of Education. Come see what a day of UNLEASHED is like. We will have coaches and alumni runners there to answer questions and take you on a short jaunt on the trail!
• Saturday August 13th at 7AM: First day of Training!
• Wednesday September 14th: Last day to register for this season of UNLEASHED

If you have any questions about the program we are here to answer!  Contact Head Coach Amy at talbothumanevolunteer@gmail.com or call 410-822-0107.

Thank you to our corporate sponsors!

Adoptions will take base on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can save time and pre-register HERE!

Please fill out the application as completely as possible. You can also email copies of your driver’s license to: adoptions@talbothumane.org

For SAME DAY adoptions you will be asked to fill out an application on site. Please bring the following items with you to ensure our ability to process your application same day:

• Driver’s License or State ID
• Proof of home ownership and/or lease with pet addendum or policy
• Proof of rabies vaccination for all animals currently in the home

No Adoption Fee for Cats and Kittens

No Adoption Fee for Small Animals, Reptiles, or Turtles

Dogs and Puppies are 1/2 off

Dogs – $90 $45

Puppies – $125 $62.50

Every adoption will earn you a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of our amazing gift baskets!

Additional tickets may be purchased for $1 each.

Cat Raffle Basket

• cat bed
• cat carrier
• scratching pad
• KitNip Subscription Box
• Pet Treater Subscription Box
• Toys, treats, and tunnels

Dog Raffle Basket

• Toys, treats, and Kongs
• Pet Treater Subscription Box
• BarkBox One Month Subscription gift card
• Leashes and collars
• Food dishes and travel bowls

Family Fun All Afternoon

Join us from  11 AM to 3 PM

July 30, 2022

at Talbot Humane

7894 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD

We’ll have music, food, raffles, goodies, and even a pup kissing booth!

You may have heard (ha ha!) we are celebrating 90 years of serving the animals and neighbors of our community this year! 

For the month of August we will be displaying banners in the Town of Easton showing our pet pride. 

While spots are limited, we are offering our friends the opportunity to spotlight your pets, past or present, or perhaps a loved one who truly loved animals and/or our organization on a banner.

The banners are a $150 donation and you will receive your banner when they are removed. 

If you are interested please download and return the banner form 22 with photo (prefer photo electronically) or contact Patty Quimby today- patty@talbothumane.org or 410-822-0107 

Photos must be received by June 30th to ensure completion in a timely manner. 

The Mid Shore’s original pet photo contest is back! Talbot Humane’s 4th annual photo calendar contest, Petparazzi, offers pet lovers the opportunity to enter their dogs, cats, or other small companion animals in a photo competition while raising funds for the shelter’s animal care and community outreach services.

Participants may enter their pets online beginning June 15 until the contest ends on August 17. Using email and social media, entrants urge their family, friends, and co-workers to “vote” with their dollars for their pet on the contest website. The top dogs, cats, and other companion animals who receive the most votes in their respective categories at the end of the contest will be featured as a Pet of the Month in the 2023 Talbot Humane Petparazzi Calendar. The pet who raises the most funds overall in the voting will also appear on the cover of the calendar. The entry fee of $30 is considered a tax-deductible donation to Talbot Humane and includes a copy of the 2023 calendar with each entry. Pets entered in the contest are not limited to Talbot Humane alumni, or even to Talbot County; all pets are welcome!

In its first three years, through the generous support of our community, the Petparrazzi calendar contest raised over $55,000 for the animals of Talbot Humane and community outreach. For more information, or to enter your pet in the contest starting June 15, visit https://www.gogophotocontest.com/talbothumane2023

Great thanks to our sponsors: 

Imagine your dog is a Houdini and slips under your fence. You search high and low with no sign- for days, weeks, months. You all but give up. You assume the worst has occurred that your beloved pet has been stolen, or even worse, injured or died. What happened is shortly after your dog escaped a good Samaritan saw your dog, picked him up, and assuming he wasn’t wanted or was mistreated just kept him. They chose not to report him or surrender him to the local shelter.  

Unfortunately, this scenario is not uncommon.  

Professional Animal Workers of Maryland (PAWS), the state association of shelters and animal control authorities wants communities across Maryland to know it is imperative, and in most jurisdictions required, for citizens to report a found animal to the local animal control authority. “We are seeing an increase in these cases across the state,” shares PAWS president and director of Talbot Humane Patty Crankshaw-Quimby “cases where animals are missing for months and only by chance are they reunited with the owner when the animal gets loose again and ends up at a shelter or happens to be scanned at a veterinary hospital or clinic.”   

The intent is usually for good. But the fact is, in Maryland and many other states animals are considered property. To harbor an animal found on the streets and not report to animal control or the local shelter could constitute theft, not to mention cause unintended heartache for the families missing these pets. “Often it is assumed the animal is neglected or abused” says Robin Catlett, PAWS secretary and Administrator at Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control. “When in fact the animal may have a medical problem, been lost for a significant period, or any other reason that may leave an animal appearing uncared-for.”  

Conversely, citizens should report lost pets at once. Animals often never have to enter the shelter system because they can be reunited in the field by neighbors or animal control officers. As shelters across the state often struggle with space, the community reporting lost and found pets at once helps these reunions happen outside of our walls. 

As county regulations vary across the state, PAWS is considering introducing legislation in 2023 to make it a state law that any stray found in Maryland must be reported to the shelter/animal control authority in that area within 24 hours or face penalties. “Our goal is to keep pets and families together. The heartbreak of losing a pet is something all animal lovers should understand. Shelters are here to support pet owners and protect animals. We need the community’s help in doing so, “shares Quimby. 

Talbot Humane’s Spring Yard Sale returns this year. Come shop or sell!  Sale will take place directly next to Talbot Humane in the former Sts Peter and Paul student parking lot. All to help the animals of the Midshore! 

If you wish to rent a spot- $20 per parking space. You bring your tables and supplies. Set up by 7:30A. 

Sale starts at 8A NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE 

If you would like to rent a spot, go to https://hipaa.jotform.com/pattycquimby/talbot-humane-yard-sale-spot-reserv

April 10-16th is National Animal Control Appreciation Week. The Work of our animal control officers is too often forgotten. They are the boots-on-the-ground warriors on the front lines of protection our animals and providing assistance to pet owners and beyond. If you see Officer Gonzalez or Phillips this month, please thank them for all they do for the animals and our community. 

This April Officer Gonzalez celebrates 19 years of service to the animals and citizens of Talbot County.

Like most of us who enter the field of Animal Control, we “thought” we knew what it was all about. Officer Gonzalez quickly learned there is so much more than simply picking up stray animals on country roads.

The job of animal control in our county goes beyond stray animals and barking complaints. Our officers are charged with enforcing not only the county ordinance but the state anticruelty laws as they apply to animals. In his 19 years Valentin has seen it all. Dogfighting, hoarding, abject cruelty and neglect. But he has also been a part of the change. “We would see the same people every year. We would seize their pets due to failure to provide proper care, or they would surrender them to the shelter, and then they would just get more. When we started looking at educating our community instead of punishing them for what they did not know, the animals and people both benefited.” shares Valentin.

Indeed Valentin has been a part of the shift in attitude and improvement in treatment of the animals within our community. In his first years we had 3 officers that were continuously out investigating acts of cruelty and neglect. We were seeing almost 2,000 animals annually enter our care. Now, we see very few true cruelty cases in our county, and the number of animals entering our care has dropped by half.

Officer Gonzalez is a huge part of the success of Talbot County Animal Control and Talbot Humane. If you see him on the road, please thank him for his commitment. He is the Cat’s Pajamas!