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Welcome to Safe At Last Animal Rescue!

Safe At Last Animal Rescue, Inc. is an all-volunteer 501c3 not-for-profit corporation 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 a lack of commitment -- results in a tragic loss of life every hour of every day in shelters across the U.S. We 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. We do not have a centralized facility. Rather, we foster these animals in our own homes, providing them with proper veterinary care, good food, warmth and love. And then, when they are ready, we match them with wonderful forever families that will make a commitment -- forever, for life.

Another vital part of our mission is to assist the shelters, which are so overloaded with the never-ending influx of new animals (now being seen in record numbers). Our goal is to ease the shelters' financial plight by sending the bulk of our adoptions fees back to them, to be used for food, medicines, cleaning supplies, and other necessaries. We also do fundraisers, which provide additional monies that can be used to assist shelters that are barely able to keep their doors open in these difficult economic times . Beyond assisting shelters in being able to maintain the "basics," our hope is that increased financial support will also allow them to provide for special medical care (such as heartworm treatment or surgeries), thus increasing the likelihood that the more needy animals will also be able to get to rescue, rather than being euthanized.

Safe At Last is also working with other rescue friends to facilitate adoptions directly from shelters. We help with administration, coodination, transport, financing, and in any other way we can, to help shelter pets find their forever homes. We strongly encourage adoption through rescue or directly from shelters, as we know that every such adoption is surely a life saved.

To that end, Safe At Last is likewise dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the over-population problem and responsible pet stewardship. We are active in providing the public with "animal-related" information (both online and through events). Our informational 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 from rescues and directly from shelters, rather than from pet shops or breeders. Finally, we educate regarding responsible pet stewardship and general "pet-related" matters.

With regard to adopting through Safe At Last, for the well-being of our animals, adopters must first complete an online adoption application and go through our review/approval process, which includes reference checks and a home assessment. The details regarding our adoption process, including information on accessing an adoption application, are set forth under "Adoption Information" under "Home" on the lefthand side of our home page.

Also, we encourage you to conside volunteering for us. We are in need of foster parents and non-fostering volunteers. The more foster parents we have, the more animals we can save from euthanisia, by taking them into our rescue & ultimately adopting them to loving forever homes. Even if you cannot foster, you can still help. There is also so much else to do -- for example, application processing, fundraising, transport assistance, running errands, and much more.

Any and all help is appreciated. We welcome your efforts, ideas, interest, and enthusiasm. Each of us CAN make a difference in changing the world for shelter animals. Get involved by taking that first step -- contact us (info@safeatlast.net) & then join us to make that difference!

From all of us at Safe At Last, thank you for your interest, be it through sponsorship, adoption, donations, or volunteering. Without your assistance, patience and understanding, we could not help these precious fur-babies. With your help, many innocent lives will be saved.

Thank you for working together with us, saving shelter pets, one life at a time.