September 2007 a group of individuals from local animal welfare agencies began meeting to discuss ways we could partner with Springfield-Greene County Animal Control to address animal welfare issues. The result: Springfield Animal Advocacy Foundation (SAAF). Our dream: A no-kill community by 2018. We took a significant step towards that dream with the opening of S.A.A.F. Spay Neuter Clinic in Read more...

We are an animal adoption center that helps overpopulation of our local animal control agencies. We have two thrift stores that help fund our organization. Read more...

We are a local animal rescue needing volunteers to help walk dogs and care for them, help with adoption events, and help playing with and caring for cats. We are the last resort for animals who are on the euthanasia list at Animal Control. We specialize in saving these animals, rehabilitating them, and finding them forever homes. Read more...

C.A.R.E. is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals. We have saved over 20,000 lives since establishment in 1992. We are southwest Missouri’s largest no-kill shelter. Everyday we strive to ease the pain that victims of neglect and abuse endure, offering safety and hope, and finding them the homes they so richly deserve. We serve as a voice for Read more...

The purpose is to exhibit live tropical butterflies for guests from around the world and provide a once in a lifetime experience for Branson’s visitors and butterfly fanatics. In addition, you will learn how the butterfly industry was created to help save the rainforest. The money spent on butterflies not only creates jobs in the rainforest but helps buy rainforest Read more...

At Dogwood Canyon, we strive to connect people to the outdoors by joining them outside in our 10,000 acre nature park, where the natural beauty includes towering bluffs, waterfalls, creek beds, hand-crafted bridges and wildlife such as bison, elk and whitetail deer. Our volunteer team is essential in providing a fun and educational experience for all of our guests, while Read more...

Watching Over Whiskers is a 501(c)3 no kill feline rescue that supports routine vetting to help place kitties in loving homes, as well as Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) assistance and emergency vet assistance for kitties on a case by case basis. We NEED fosters, event volunteers and TNR volunteers! Read more...

SNAP is an all-volunteer organization that provides financial assistance to pet owners who could not otherwise afford to have their dogs and cats spayed or neutered. Read more...

“Where love is whispered to the last breath…” WWSDS is a 501c3 non profit lifetime sanctuary & licensed in Mo. The rescue specializes in end of life hospice care for senior dogs 12 and older. Read more...

Friends of the Zoo of Springfield, Missouri, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to help make Dickerson Park Zoo a first-class facility. Friends of the Zoo generates revenue to fund vital zoo projects and programs through various operations and activities. Two of the most important beneficiaries of Friends of the Zoo fundraising are the conservation education department Read more...