San Diego Humane Society is a non-profit organization headquartered in the US. Founded in 1880, it employs approximately 530 individuals. The organization operates as an open-admission animal shelter in San Diego, California. Its mission focuses on fostering compassion, providing hope, and improving the welfare of animals and people in San Diego. Through its signature programs, the organization saves thousands of lives annually and contributed to San Diego becoming the largest U.S. city to achieve zero euthanasia of healthy or treatable shelter animals in 2015.