Spay/Neuter Services

We are a foster based rescue interested in saving and re-homing adoptable animals because we love animals.

The Kansas Humane Society is a private, non-profit organization that receives nearly 18,000 animals each year from citizens unable or unwilling to care for them. We receive no local or state tax dollars, United Way funding, or support from the Humane Society of the United States and depend entirely on private donations and adoption fees.

The only 501-C3 Non-profit rescue in this county and beyond that rescues mostly from high kill animal control facilities and individuals and off the streets.

We are a county run animal shelter dedicated to helping the community and providing a safe environment for all of our residents. We attempt to control the feral animal population in the most humane ways available.

How We Work Where we get our dogs: Most of our dogs come from animal control facilities (also known as dog pounds or "doggie jail"). They have either been found as strays or abandoned there by their prior owners. We also accept dogs directly from owners who no longer want them - most of the time, it's due to a change in their family circumstances and they find that the dog simply no longer fits into their plans, but sometimes it's truly an unfortunate set of events that require them to relinquish a beloved pet. How do we choose which dogs we accept: There are three main criteria we use to determine which dogs come into our organization for rehoming. First, and most importantly, is the temperament of the dog. In an ideal world, this would be the only criteria we would apply to accepting a dog for rehoming. We try to get as good a behavioral assessment as we can prior to committing to taking the dog. If a dog is still with its owner, we require that the dog be assessed by a professional selected by us before we will agree to accept the dog. Second, whether we have an open foster space available. This, sadly for many dogs, is simply a matter of lucky timing. We have no physical facility, so we have to wait for a dog to be adopted before we have a foster space available (although we dream of having a facility some day). Foster space is definitely the bottleneck in our ability to save more dogs. Third, if we have a way to get the dog transported from where it is to where the foster home is located. We sometimes have a dog in one state, but the open foster space is in a different state. If we have volunteers to help transport, we have to incur expense to board the dog for at least two weeks, get its vaccinations and have a health certificate issued in its home state before we transport the dog across into another state for fostering. If we have the funds and volunteers available, we can save the dog. Where are the dogs located: Once a dog enters our program, he or she lives in a foster home. Our foster homes are in many different states. The dog lives as a member of the foster family until he or she is adopted. The foster parents learn all about the dog and can give potential adopters a detailed description of the dog's personality and quirks. What keeps us going: WE LOVE PHOTOS AND UPDATES! Hearing that our dogs are doing well and that you're happy with them is what keeps us going in this otherwise fairly grim business. Please keep us posted on significant events or just whenever you happen to think of it. We love to hear from you!

Two by Two Animal Rescue began in 2002 when Sonya Smith began feeding strays in Old Town Helena. We strive to save the lives of unwanted, abused, and abandoned animals. Two by Two's goal is to care for these rescues in foster homes until they find their forever homes, and educate the public about responsible pet care. Our animals are fully vetted, spayed or neutered and micro chipped. They are treated regardless of age, breed, or medical cost.

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I am the founder of this rescue. I do this because I love animals and there are too many in the workd that need help finding their forever homes.

Our organization has been in existence since the mid 1990's and we incorporated in 2000. We have rescued and rehomed over 4,500 Boxer dogs. We are an all volunteer organization.

To provide lifetime care for abandoned domestic rats in a home where there is human companionship 24/7. To educate the public about the plight of domestic rats including: being over-bred; being used as live food for other animals; being kept in pet stores where their problems are exacerbated by lack of knowledge on the part of the staff; being sold as pets without accompanying information on their requirements as exotics. To research new avenues of health care for domestic rats with the goals of reducing the three main causes of early death: tumors, respiratory and heart problems.