Welcome to our directory of Animal Welfare Groups for Nebraska! If your favorite organization isn’t listed, please let us know and we’ll gladly add. *NOTE: Foster-based rescues and no-kill shelters are both listed under rescues.
GENERAL SERVICES
- Ask a Vet
- For the Love of Paws (animal transport, Nebraska)
- Blue River Pet Rescue (Seward)
- Domesti-Pups (service dogs)
- Family Pet Project (resources)
- Joining Forces Saving Lives (coalition)
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors (spay/neuter, food bank)
- Lost Pets of Lancaster (lost pets)
- Noah’s Assistance Dogs (service dogs)
- Pets in Omaha (education, Omaha)
- Raptor Recovery (injured or orphaned birds of prey)
- Underground Railroad Kitten Network (national)
- Voice for Companion Pets (Grand Island)
- Wildlife Rescue Team (orphaned or injured wildlife–except birds of prey)
PET FOOD BANK
- Coalition for Pet Protection
- Food Bank of Siouxland (Iowa)
- Homeward Bound in the Heartland (Omaha)
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors
- Nebraska Humane Society (Omaha)
- North Platte Pet Food Bank
- Paws Up of Nebraska (Lincoln & Beatrice)
- Skipper’s Cupboard (Western Nebraska)
LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER
- All-Feline Hospital (in February, cats only)
- Capital Humane Society (limited to three cats)
- City of Lincoln (Contact Patti at Animal Control 441-7900)
- Clay Center (Clay Center)
- Feline Friendz (stray/feral cats only, Omaha)
- Hearts United for Animals (Auburn)
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors
- Nebraska Humane Society (Omaha)
- North Shore Animal League America’s Spay USA (national)
- Pawsitive Partners (North Platte)
- Pit bull Rescue Central (outside of Lancaster)
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- Animal Control
- Cause for Paws
- Coalition for Pet Protection (cats)
- Care Credit Card
- Hearts United for Animals
- Sadie Dog Fund (emergency medical needs)
TRAP NEUTER RELEASE GROUPS
- Feline Friendz (Omaha)
- Feral Cats of Papio Creek (Omaha)
- Friends of Feral Cats (Blair)
- Husker Cats
- Nebraska Stray Cat, Spay & Neuter Project (Chappelle)
- Loper Cats (Kearney)
DOG RESCUES
- Big Dogs Huge Paws
- Furever Home (Fremont)
- Good Dog Rescue (Palmyra)
- NE No Kill
- Paw Prints (Cozad)
- Paws Up Nebraska (Wymore)
- RUFF Rescue (small dogs, Omaha)
- Safe Haven Rescue (Pawnee City)
- Second Chance Pups
For a listing of breed-specific rescues, check out Nebraska Rescue Council
CAT RESCUES
- The Cat House
- Catnip & Tales (Omaha)
- Heartland Cats (Omaha)
- Homeless Cats No More (Fairbury)
- Omaha Wags to Riches (Omaha)
- Platypus Feline Rescue (Beatrice)
- SOLAS (Council Bluffs/Omaha)
CAT & DOG RESCUES
- Adopt a Dog Rescue (Chapelle–cats too!)
- Adopt A Pet (York)
- Beatrice Humane Society
- Dolly’s Legacy Animal Rescue
- Furbaby Rescue (Norfolk)
- Fur the Love of Paws (North Platte)
- Hearts United for Animals (Auburn)
- Helping Hands
- Homeward Bound in the Heartland (Omaha)
- Muddy Paws (Omaha/Lincoln)
- Revolution Rescue
- Saunders County Lost Pets Rescue
- Start Over Rover (Hastings)
- Town & Country Humane Shelter (Papillion)
HORSE RESCUES
- Epona Horse Rescue (Crete)
- Horse of My Heart (Laurel)
- Hooves and Paws (Iowa)
- L 5 Youth Ranch (Roca)
OTHER RESCUES
- Nebraska Parrot Rescue (Bellevue)
- Raptor Recovery (Fontenelle Forest)
PUPPY MILL ADVOCATES
- Bailing Out Benji (Iowa)
- Harley’s Dream (Omaha)
- Puppy Mill Free Nebraska
WILDLIFE RESCUES
- Nebraska Wildlife Rehab (Louisville)
- Wildlife Rescue Team
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors 