It is hard to avoid stories about cruelty to animals. They appear in television news reports, Internet sources and print media. And they range from individual acts of mindless abuse and animal hording to organized dog fighting rings and puppy mills.  As a culture it is reported that we react more strongly to incidents of animal abuse than we do to child abuse.  Not a flattering statistic as a whole but at least we are reacting.

But at the opposite end of the spectrum are the stories of courage and self-sacrifice by humans to save animals. The pet owner who goes back into a burning home to rescue an animal companion.  Abuse victims who will not leave the abuser because they will have to leave an animal behind and know that their pet will be at even greater risk. And recently in our own headlines, a man who rushed onto an icy pond to save a dog. The dog survived but he did not. His family said he could be counted on to do the “right thing” and it must have been his instinct to be there for the animal in his care that contributed to his actions.



Our volunteers save the lives
of many animals every year,
like this wonderful kitty named
Casanova.



Imagine that you are facing a terminal diagnosis and want to do the best for your beloved pets.  You want to do “the right thing”. This is what the volunteers at Safe Place for Pets do every day. It is our mission to work with people at the end of life to ensure their companion animals will be “rescued”, will be looked after, will be placed in new forever homes.  And now we have expanded that mission to allow these animals to stay in their homes longer, to help our terminally ill clients care for their pets as long as they can.  If you would like to help us help them consider being a foster or serving in some other volunteer capacity. We love what we do and would love to have you join us.