Greater Birmingham Humane Society

The Greater Birmingham Humane Society, founded in 1883, is the largest and oldest humane society in Alabama. Over the course of our history we have witnessed the changes in our community and yet have never left the original mission of Dr. Phillips to promote the humane treatment of people and animals through education, advocacy and services. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society is an open access humane society, meaning that we will accept any animal in need of our services. We have two divisions: GBHS Animal Care & Control: The Greater Birmingham Humane Society provides animal care & control to many cities in the Greater Birmingham/Jefferson County area. We regulate uncontrolled domestic animals, assist with bites and attacks by aggressive animals (depending on the jurisdiction), investigate reports of possible animal cruelty and neglect, pick up stray animals, pick up confined strays, pick up loose animals without proper rabies identification, rescue injured animals, keep re...