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Our Animal Rescue Mission is To Save as Many as Pawssible!

All Species No-Kill 501c3 Animal Rescue

Serving Spokane County

Hey, Humans!

Sit, Stay, & Put Your Paws Up!

Animal Nature Sanctuary, an all species, no-kill, 501c3 animal rescue serving Spokane County, Washington, fills the gaps in current rescue efforts.

Our mission is to save as many animals as possible through direct action, community support, advocacy, and education.

By staffing only volunteers, ANS ensures that our budget can stretch as much as possible to rescue as many animals as we can.

The founders started rescuing animals as children, grew up volunteering and working in local shelters, then decided to open a different kind of rescue because there are gaps in animal-related services offered in Spokane, WA.

With over 40 years of experience, certifications in traditional and holistic veterinary care, and professional training all ANS board members are qualified to retrieve and rehabilitate nonhuman citizens of Spokane.

Once dedicated to creating a new organization, the founders listed unaddressed areas of human-animal conflict and carefully analyzed solutions.

ANS volunteers often work with sick and injured animals who have experienced significant cruelty or neglect. We help them recover physically, emotionally, and socially. According to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, ANS is the only group that captures sick and injured wildlife in our area.

Massive fires followed by idiotic racism and the current health crisis have dealt a significant blow to small non-profits that rely on donations to survive and fulfill their purpose.

Without someone like you to help, we cannot continue our incredibly valuable work.

Pawsitive Purrpose!

Mission

To Save as Many as Possible by focusing on Education, Advocacy, Direct Action, and Support to individuals, communities, and other organizations in Spokane County. Animal Nature Sanctuary is an animal rescue that is made to be flexible and adapt to our community’s needs. The influence of the combined labors of Animal Nature Sanctuary will be enjoyed by this and future generations!

Vision

Our Animal Rescue Goals will Provide -
A safe place for every animal

Health & Behavior Issues of every animal resolved so they are easy to place in furever homes
Families never forced to re-home to questionable people due to poverty or temporary circumstances
Abusers in prison (cages) & animals in homes (free)
All species protected & cared for
The needs of Spokane's animal citizens addressed &/or solved
All pressure taken off other shelters for best adoptions & animal care

Our Goals to Fill the Gaps in Rescue Services!

1,000+ acre sanctuary

Largest rescue facility in Washington State
Largest cage free rescue in Washington State
Animal rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption services
Only real all species rescue - No Speciesism!
No kill pet rescue services
Wildlife rehabilitation center
“Don’t let it loose” government program for exotic animal rescue

Animal Education Center and Information Hub

24/7 veterinary clinic
Animal reference library
Classes, seminars, workshops
Grief/loss support
Scholarships, internships, sponsorships
Pawsitive Purrvention Internet Broadcasting
Hero Alliance – no kill alternative to 4H
Cahoots Club for adults

Programs

Deployment fostering and PTSD training
Homeless, Domestic Violence, Disadvantaged Youth, Elderly and Disabled aid
Pet Hospice
Pet food and supply bank
Possible incarceration programs

Events

Pawsitive FurWheelers pet mobility device build-off
Critter Con: Life Unleashed Comic Con spoof event