Great Plains SPCA provides lifesaving services for approximately 7,000 animals and 500,000 residents annually in the greater Kansas City area. Great Plains SPCA exists because of our caring Kansas City community and generous donors. We offer a lifelong, full-circle approach for pets and their human companions with our three-pronged approach: prevention, adoption, retention.

When we began as Animal Haven in 1966, we committed to working as the community shelter, filling in a need that didn’t exist at the time. Today, our commitment remains to the cities and residents we support. As Kansas City’s premium family shelter, we continue to support the eight municipalities with which we are contracted, including Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Prairie Village, Bonner Springs, Lake Quivira, Mission Hills and Johnson County Parks Department and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.

We work every day to provide best in class care for homeless pets, reuniting lost pets with their owners, and serving those in greatest need through our Adoption, Foster, Spay and Neuter, HERO program and Behavior support. Our commitment to matching pets with forever homes is at the center of everything we do.

Our mission is to drive change in our community through innovative programs that promote adoption, outreach and a better life for pets and the people who love them.

To keep our mission at the forefront of everything we do, at Great Plains SPCA we uphold a culture where:

• We treat animals and people with respect, dignity and compassion.
• We focus on the “we” versus “me” driving results with flexibility, efficiency and integrity.
• We are a diverse, proactive team with a solution-focused mindset that strives to be the best animal shelter in the Midwest.