Great Plains SPCA

Great Plains SPCA is a No-Kill animal welfare organization located in the greater Kansas City area, serving 6, 000 needy pets annually. When we began as Animal Haven in 1966, we committed to working as the community shelter, filling in a need that didn?t exist at the time. Today, our commitment remains to the cities and residents we support. As Kansas City?s premium family shelter, we continue to support the seven municipalities that we are contracted with including Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Lake Quivira and Johnson County Parks and Recreation and unincorporated Johnson County. We work every day to provide best in class care for homeless pets, reuniting lost pets with their owners, and serving those in greatest need through our HERO, Pups for Parolees, Public Behavior classes and Pet Food Pantry programs. Our commitment to matching pets with forever homes is at the center of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse organization for everyone, filled with kindness, grace and accountability to both enable and empower success in all we do and ensure that our mission to be ?A Hero for Pets; Partners for Life? is possible. Mission:?As an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, our lifesaving services for animals can only be provided because of your generosity and commitment to our missionAs an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, our lifesaving services for animals can only be provided because of your generosity and commitment to our mission. Great Plains SPCA exists solely because of our caring Kansas City community and gracious donors. We proudly report a live-release rate of 97% or higher. Our live-release rate is calculated by the number of adoptions, returns to owner, transfers and other live outcomes for a given time period divided by the total number of animals the shelter brought in for that same period. We offer a lifelong, full-circle approach for pets and their human companions with our three-pronged approach: prevention, adoption, retention.