Education & Outreach

We are a 501 c3 no kill facility that houses and adopts homeless pets into approved homes. Pets are spay/neutered, tested, vaccinated, wormed, bordetella and healthy prior to going to their new home.

We are a group of individuals who want to help dogs in need. We pull dogs from kill shelters, take owner surrenders and also take dogs from hoarding situations and breeders who have been shut down. We provide veterinary care for the dogs, spay/neuter, provide a safe and loving foster home and then try to find match the dog with an appropriate forever home.

We are a community benefit organzitation consisting of volunteers helping the Doberman breed through education, assistance and adoption. We do it because we love our breed and want the opportunity to share their beauty and spirit with families interested.

We are a non profit animal rescue group. We rescue unwanted animals and find them forever loving homes. We feel it is our calling and must help with the overpopulation of dogs and cats. It is unbelievable how many wonderful animals are not given this second chance at life.

Safe At Last Animal Rescue is an all-volunteer not-for-profit group dedicated to saving the lives of shelter animals. Every day, staggering numbers of wonderful animals are discarded in shelters across the country. Irresponsible pet ownership -- be it, the failure to spay/neuter or follow through on one's commitment -- results in a tragic loss of life. We, at Safe At Last, feel these animals need a voice. It is Safe At Last's mission to help ease the suffering, as well as stop it at its source. We do this by taking animals into our organization from shelters across the country, fostering them in our homes, providing them proper veterinary care, and then matching them with wonderful forever homes. Further, to help assist with the financial plight in many of the shelters, we send the bulk of our adoptions fees back to the shelters. We also do fundraisers to raise much needed monies for the shelters, many of which are barely able to keep their doors open. These funds assist the shelters in buying the basics (food & medicines) for the continuing influx of animals. These monies also allow the shelters to provide more advanced medical care (e.g., heartworm treatment, special surgeries), thus increasing the likelihood that these animals will be able to get to rescue. Safe At Last is also working directly with shelters to assist in facilitating adoptions directly from those facilities. This not only gets more animals out of the shelters and into forever homes, but also provides much-needed financial support. Finally, Safe At Last is dedicated to education (both online and event-related). Educational efforts are multi-dimensional. We educate relative to stopping the overpopulation problem at its source, by emphasizing the need to spay and neuter. We also educate to increase awareness regarding animals already in need, stressing adoption via rescue rather than pet shops or breeders. Finally, we educate regarding responsible pet ownership and general "pet-related" matters. At Safe at Last, we remain committed to saving shelter pets, one life at a time.

Our Vision: Leavenworth County sets the standard for humane communities – becoming a place where all animals are treated humanely, and every pet has a loving forever home. We believe that: Animals are capable of pleasure and pain, and are worthy of human compassion. Humans have a moral responsibility to treat animals humanely. People want to provide lifelong appropriate care for their animals. Companion animals enhance the quality of human life. Violence, cruelty and neglect toward animals is related to violence, cruelty and neglect toward humans. Promoting compassion toward animals encourages people to treat each other with respect and kindness. Humane communities attract law-abiding, responsible citizens that contribute to the overall quality of life for all.

We are a group of friends that have been working and volunteering within an animal control for sometime. We have great knowledge and dedication on our side. We are ready to start out on our own and work hard to practice the principles of teaching good pet ownership while leading my example. We will also be working hard to educate our community, provide spay/neuter assistance, training and offer help with alternate placement. Our goal is to keep animals in their homes, however, if they can not be kept in their homes; to help find them placement so that they do not enter high kill shelters allowing more space for the animals in those shelters.

In the past 11 years NAFA has been responsible for and assisted with the rescue of thousands of dogs and cats from puppy mills, catteries, class B dealers, backyard breeders, pet stores and individuals. NAFA has no shelter. All animals are kept in foster homes to help promote mental and physical health. Volunteers give their time, supplies and love, but receive no monetary compensation. All donations are used for the direct care of the animals. Programs include: ASH - Animal Safe Harbor for pets in domestic violence; RAID - Rescuing Animals in Distress for abuse investigation; PATS - Pet Assistance to Seniors in conjunction with Area Agency on Againg; NAFA ARK - Arkansans Reduce Killing - providing low cost spay/neuter; monthly Low Cost Vaccination Clinics; Paw Patrol - Youth Education Programs; AID - Animals in Disaster; Animeals - Animal Food Bank; Juvenile Detention Vistitation; Trap-Neuter-Relocate; Monthly Animal Events; Court Advocacy for Animals; Public and Professional Seminars for Animal related issues; free behavior assessment and training recommendations

We are all volunteer, non-profit, and each of us is personally dedicated to improving the lives of as many homeless animals as possible.