Spay Arkansas

Spay Arkansas is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country

The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.

Best Friends formed the Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Animal Welfare (NWA PAW) in 2018, a coalition of dozens of shelters and rescue groups across the region working together to save lives. 

From Spay Arkansas

The Mission of Spay Arkansas is to reduce the number of unwanted and stray animals entering our shelters, by offering high quality and affordable spay and neuter services to under-served individuals, shelter and rescues within our community.

Springdale, AR 72762-3024
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How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving? 

Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.

Every partner has one common goal: to save the lives of homeless pets.

How Is Your Community Doing?

Animals in Arkansas need your help

You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with Spay Arkansas and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.

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Adopt a pet

When you adopt a homeless dog or cat you’re saving the life of a loving and loyal animal. You’re also making space for other pets to find families of their own.
Adopt a Pet
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Foster a pet

Fostering a pet is a short-term commitment with long-term impact. By opening your home to a dog or cat for even a few days, you can save lives.
Foster a Pet

Heartwarming stories from our partners

Just like , shelters and rescue groups around the country are saving the lives of homeless cats and dogs. Read more about their lifesaving work. 
Selfie of Katie holding Berry the dog, who is wearing a pink jacket

Dog goes from face in the crowd to one in a million

After coming from a house with 70 other dogs, Berry is happy being the center of attention with her new family.
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Veteran hugging his dog courtesy of K9s for Warriors

Veterans and shelter pets healing together

How dogs like Thunder bring hope and purpose to veterans facing life’s darkest moments
Groups save lives on both ends of the leash
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Couple holding a cat carrier containing the cat they adopted in front of the Rose Bowl

Stars align to send 400 pets home at L.A. super adoption

The Best Friends event brought together more than 5,000 attendees and 15 animal shelters and rescue groups to save lives.
See some of the happy new families
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Who we are

Best Friends Animal Society  works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill in 2025.

The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.

The Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Animal Welfare (NWA PAW) is comprised of dozens of shelters and animal welfare groups across the region, all working to save the lives of pets in Northwest Arkansas.

Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.

Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.

Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network »

Interested in joining the Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Animal Welfare? Visit bestfriends.org/northwest-arkansas for more »