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Shelters & Rescues in Iowa

We’ve assessed 21 organizations. Every one of them is listed here.

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5 organizations came through our assessment strongest.

Boone Area Humane Society

BooneGOLDIf you are interested in adopting please go to our website and apply. This is the only way you will be considered for adoption.

Dubuque Regional Humane Society

DubuqueGOLDThe Dubuque Regional Humane Society (DRHS) is so much more than an animal shelter. It is an animal resource center that delivers upon the mission of protecting and promoting the well-being of companio

Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc.

Des MoinesGOLDThe Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc. is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves people and pets from across the state of Iowa through its

Ames Animal Services

Story Co. Animal Shelter

NevadaGOLD"Story County Animal Control & Shelter is dedicated to humanely and lawfully contributing to animal welfare through sheltering, adoption, education, and animal control services within our communities.

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Black Hawk

1 organization

Cedar Bend Humane Society
WaterlooSILVERPlace animals in lifelong loving homes. Educate on the issues of humane care. Teach responsible pet ownership. Shelter the stray, neglected, and unwanted.

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Boone

1 organization

Boone Area Humane Society
BooneGOLDIf you are interested in adopting please go to our website and apply. This is the only way you will be considered for adoption.

Cedar

2 organizations

Fur Fun Rescue
LisbonSILVERFrom foster home, to forever home.
Friends of the Animals
TiptonBRONZEWe are the only shelter in Cedar County, Iowa. We take in homeless dogs and cats and help them to find carefully screened, lifelong, and nurturing homes. FOA serves Cedar County, Iowa.

Cerro Gordo

1 organization

Humane Society of North Iowa
Mason CitySILVERWelcome to the Humane Society of North Iowa! Our organization was founded over 50 years ago with the mission to provide temporary shelter, food, medical attention, and comfort to displaced and neglec

Dickinson

1 organization

Humane Society of Northwest Iowa
MilfordSILVERThe Humane Society of Northwest Iowa is a 501(c)3 non-profit animal shelter that proudly serves Dickinson, Clay, Emmet, Palo Alto, O'Brien and Osceola counties. Our mission is to promote the ethical a

Dubuque

1 organization

Dubuque Regional Humane Society
DubuqueGOLDThe Dubuque Regional Humane Society (DRHS) is so much more than an animal shelter. It is an animal resource center that delivers upon the mission of protecting and promoting the well-being of companio

Emmet

1 organization

Emmet County Animal Shelter
EsthervilleBRONZEWe live in a primarily rural area with a 50% poverty level and 40% non Caucasian/transient population. Due to the farmer mentality or disposable mentality of our area many pets find them selves homel

Jones

1 organization

Animal Welfare Friends
MonticelloSILVEROur mission help cats and dogs in need through sheltering, veterinary care, adoption education, spay/neuter and community outreach and to bring an end to the euthanasia of abandoned and orphaned shelt

Linn

1 organization

Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control (Animal Shelter)
Cedar RapidsSILVEROur Mission Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control is dedicated to serving and protecting our community's animals and people with compassion through education, enforcement, and successful pet adoptions.

Marshall

1 organization

Animal Rescue League
MarshalltownSILVER The mission of the Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown is to provide compassionate care, shelter, and medical support for lost, homeless, abandoned, and neglected companion animals while working to

Polk

3 organizations

Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc.
Des MoinesGOLDThe Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc. is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves people and pets from across the state of Iowa through its
Animal Lifeline of Iowa Inc.
Des MoinesSILVERAnimal Lifeline is a no-kill animal shelter that reduces the number of special needs cats and dogs who are euthanized by providing care, temporary shelter, and promotion of positive long-term pet guar
Furry Friends Refuge
West Des MoinesSILVEROur Mission Furry Friends Refuge is a dedicated nonprofit organization serving the animals of central Iowa. We are compassionate people who care about animals and promote animal welfare through educat

Poweshiek

1 organization

Poweshiek Animal League Shelter (PALS)
GrinnellSILVERPALS' mission is to provide care, shelter, and permanent placement for companion animals, to support the spaying and neutering of all pets to prevent overpopulation, and to educate our communities on

Scott

2 organizations

K9 Kindness Rescue, Inc.
BettendorfBRONZEOur Mission K9 Kindness Rescue, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue and adoption of all breeds of dogs. We are committed to providing each animal with appropriate veterinary care
King's Harvest Pet Rescue No Kill Shelter
DavenportBRONZEWelcome to King's Harvest Pet Rescue No Kill Shelter, a dedicated non-profit organization committed to providing a safe haven for pets in need. Operating as a 501(c)(3) charity, we believe in the prof

Story

2 organizations

Ames Animal Services
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Story Co. Animal Shelter
NevadaGOLD"Story County Animal Control & Shelter is dedicated to humanely and lawfully contributing to animal welfare through sheltering, adoption, education, and animal control services within our communities.

Winneshiek

1 organization

Humane Society of Northeast Iowa
DecorahSILVERThe Humane Society of Northeast Iowa (HSNEI) is a 501(c)(3) no-kill humane society founded in 1995, in Decorah, Iowa, to help abused, neglected, abandoned, and unwanted companion animals in the five-c

Woodbury

1 organization

SIOUXLAND HUMANE SOCIETY
Sioux CitySILVERThe Siouxland Humane Society (SHS) is Siouxland's only open admission full service Shelter, caring for thousands of pets each year. SHS takes great pride in finding forever homes for one-hundred-perce