Animal Services

Pontotoc County Free Fair Inc operates one of the largest county fairs in Oklahoma, held annually in Ada at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex. With a history spanning over 100 years, the fair showcases the agricultural heritage and community spirit of Pontotoc County. Each year, typically held in late August, the fair attracts families and visitors from across the region. The fair features a diverse range of activities and exhibits, including livestock shows (cattle, swine, sheep), 4-H youth exhibits covering science, technology, art, photography, and fabric work, antique tractor shows, live entertainment, carnival rides, food vendors, and contests. The event emphasizes community involvement, youth development through 4-H participation, and agricultural education. Exhibits and entries are collected from local residents and participants, making it a true community celebration that maintains deep cultural traditions while offering modern family entertainment.

Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group (SOCAG) is a CAP agency serving the southwestern region of Oklahoma, providing affordable rental housing development, domestic violence shelter and services, Early Head Start, and senior nutrition and RSVP programs.

One Bag One Hope Inc is a youth-led nonprofit organization founded in 2023 by Luke Williams, a student at Metro Christian Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The organization emerged from a Thanksgiving service project where Williams and his classmates began packing bags of essentials for homeless individuals. After continuing the project independently for several months, Williams worked with his family and legal counsel to establish the organization as a formal 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2023, which was granted tax-exempt status effective October 2023. The organization's mission is to provide practical support to homeless individuals in the Tulsa area through the distribution of hope bags containing essentials such as bottled water, protein bars, toothbrushes, socks, peanut butter crackers, and hygiene items. Williams also includes Bibles for those who request them, and has developed specialized dog bags for homeless individuals with animal companions, containing dog food, water, treats, and toys. Every Friday, Williams and his family distribute these bags downtown to homeless individuals they encounter. One Bag One Hope demonstrates the power of youth-led grassroots charitable work, with Williams emphasizing that young people are never too young to make a meaningful difference in their community. The organization accepts donations of both monetary contributions and materials needed to assemble the bags, allowing community members to participate in the mission to serve Tulsa's homeless population with dignity and compassion.

Champs Foundation (Broken Arrow, OK) provides dog handler/coach partnership programs for individuals with disabilities, teaching obedience, rally, and agility skills, building physical, psychological, and social benefits. AKC-recognized therapy dog organization.

Dakota Star Ranch Ministries is a 110-acre working ranch near Checotah, OK operating a livestock sanctuary, nutritional produce operation, and agritourism/RV stay program, with proceeds and produce supporting local food banks and community programs.

Neighbors in Need is a non-profit food pantry located in Owasso, OK serving Owasso, Collinsville, Skiatook, Sperry and Oologah. The organization provides critical food assistance to residents facing food insecurity and serves as a vital resource, offering nutritious food and support for individuals and families struggling with hunger. The organization allows clients to come in once every three months to receive perishable food, pre-bagged non-perishable food, and their choice of three household items, and once they are in the system, clients can visit monthly for perishable goods. Neighbors in Need runs solely on donations from the communities it serves and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization able to give tax receipts for cash or food donations.

RJF Equine Inc. is a 501(c)(3) equine rescue and sanctuary based in Meeker, Oklahoma, founded in 2021, dedicated to rescuing, gentling, training, and rehoming BLM wild mustangs, forestry mustangs, and burros. The organization partners with other equine rescues to help wild horses transition to domestic life and offers hands-on training programs pairing youth with mustangs.

Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group (SOCAG) is a CAP agency serving the southwestern region of Oklahoma, providing affordable rental housing development, domestic violence shelter and services, Early Head Start, and senior nutrition and RSVP programs.

The Enid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Enid SPCA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal shelter established to provide compassionate care to companion animals awaiting adoption and to end adoptable pet euthanasia in Enid due to overpopulation. The organization is not affiliated with the national ASPCA and operates independently, relying solely on community donations and funding partnerships for its operations. The Enid SPCA operates a shelter facility at 1116 Overland Trail in Enid, Oklahoma, where it rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes dogs and cats. The shelter takes in homeless, stray, unwanted, and neglected animals from the community and Enid Animal Control. Every animal entering the facility receives comprehensive health care including spaying/neutering, vaccinations, microchipping, and parasite treatment before adoption. The organization partners with Best Friends Animal Society and other no-kill networks to advance its mission of ending pet euthanasia. Beyond adoption services, the Enid SPCA offers multiple community programs to address pet welfare and responsible pet ownership. These include spay/neuter assistance for dogs and cats, a pet food pantry for families needing help feeding their companion pets, and a foster program that provides temporary care and rehabilitation for animals. The organization is committed to creating a culture of responsible pet ownership and provides resources to support the human-animal bond in Enid and surrounding areas.

Enid Street Outreach Services (Enid SOS) is a 501(c)(3) providing outreach, food, showers, clothing, shelter referrals, medical needs advocacy, and benefits-application assistance (food stamps, Medicaid, Social Security) for low-income, hungry, and unsheltered individuals in and around Enid, OK. Operates a Resource Center at 112 South Jackson St.

Luvin Pawz Rescue is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Goltry, Oklahoma, saving dogs from high-kill shelters and the Oklahoma countryside. Founder Linda Diane Taylor and her husband built an Oklahoma-approved shelter on their property to house up to 45 dogs at a time, providing short-term fostering, medical care, and help finding adoptive homes across Oklahoma and the Northeast/Midwest. The organization also runs a pet food pantry to help local pet owners keep and care for their animals, and provides community education on animal care and spay/neuter.

Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group (SOCAG) is a CAP agency serving the southwestern region of Oklahoma, providing affordable rental housing development, domestic violence shelter and services, Early Head Start, and senior nutrition and RSVP programs.

Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group (SOCAG) is a CAP agency serving the southwestern region of Oklahoma, providing affordable rental housing development, domestic violence shelter and services, Early Head Start, and senior nutrition and RSVP programs.

The mission of Family Promise of Lawton, Inc. is to equip and empower homeless families with children to achieve sustainable independence.

Paws with Love Therapy Dogs, led by president Keri Brammer, started almost 12 years ago with a mission to provide trained dogs and handlers for therapeutic visitations. Based in Lawton, OK, the organization provides therapy dogs, training, evaluation, registration and volunteering services. The organization visits Comanche County Memorial Hospital multiple times a week, and also provides a reading program in local elementary schools and the local library which provides reading practice for children in a non-judgmental atmosphere. All the dogs and handlers have gone through testing as a team to make sure they can handle any situation that may arise. The organization operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to spreading comfort and joy through the healing power of therapy animals.

Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group (SOCAG) is a CAP agency serving the southwestern region of Oklahoma, providing affordable rental housing development, domestic violence shelter and services, Early Head Start, and senior nutrition and RSVP programs.

Friends of the Shelter Foundation is a 501(c)(3) animal rescue founded in 2013 and based in Newcastle, Oklahoma. It pulls dogs and cats from small rural Oklahoma shelters that have little or no funding and no veterinarian on staff, places them in private foster homes rather than a facility, and adopts them out fully vetted. It has also brought a low-cost mobile spay/neuter clinic to Newcastle several times in recent years.

Bella SPCA is an Oklahoma City 501(c)(3) founded in 2006 that helps low-income, elderly, and terminally ill pet owners afford veterinary care. It operates a Veterinary Assistance funding program and its own nonprofit veterinary hospital, open to the public at below-market prices. To date it has provided more than $2 million in funding for veterinary care.

The Oklahoma Humane Society (OK Humane) is Oklahoma's largest nonprofit animal rescue, founded in 2007 and operating entirely foster-based. Its Animal Advocacy Program, created with Palomar: Oklahoma City's Family Justice Center in 2018, serves survivors of domestic violence directly — providing emergency and temporary foster care for companion animals, veterinary care, food, and pet deposits at no cost, so that survivors are not forced to choose between their own safety and their pet's.

Delivering free pet food and supplies to low-income seniors, veterans, disabled, homeless, and domestic violence shelters so they can feed and care for their companion pet while helping them afford their own food and medical supplies.

YWCA Oklahoma City is the only Attorney General certified provider of crisis services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Oklahoma County. Part of the oldest and largest multicultural women's organization in the world, YWCA OKC is at its core an emergency crisis-intervention agency offering the C.A.R.E. program (crisis hotlines, advocacy, emergency residential shelter, forensic nurse exams) and the H.O.P.E. program (healing, opportunities, prevention, and education including counseling, support groups, financial literacy, and prevention education). The Thelma Gaylord Emergency Shelter is the only certified shelter for women and children in Oklahoma County. YWCA OKC also provides a co-sheltering model allowing pets of survivors to stay onsite.

Neighbors in Need is a non-profit food pantry located in Owasso, OK serving Owasso, Collinsville, Skiatook, Sperry and Oologah. The organization provides critical food assistance to residents facing food insecurity and serves as a vital resource, offering nutritious food and support for individuals and families struggling with hunger. The organization allows clients to come in once every three months to receive perishable food, pre-bagged non-perishable food, and their choice of three household items, and once they are in the system, clients can visit monthly for perishable goods. Neighbors in Need runs solely on donations from the communities it serves and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization able to give tax receipts for cash or food donations.

Ardmore Animal Shelter (Ardmore Animal Care, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal shelter serving Carter County, Oklahoma, taking in 5,000-6,000 homeless or unwanted pets per year and promoting humane treatment and responsible pet ownership.

Bagz of Luv Inc. is an Oklahoma City street outreach nonprofit founded on Easter Sunday 2020 by Augustina Aviles and Kelly Vargas. What began as a pandemic-era effort to feed neighbors experiencing homelessness has grown into a registered 501(c)(3) providing regular food distributions, supply bags, and grassroots street outreach to OKC's unhoused community. Bagz of Luv meets people where they are — delivering food, water, clothing, and essentials to populated homeless areas and driving routes through the city. The org has partnered with Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City and other community allies. Co-founder Kelly Vargas passed away in December 2024; the organization continues its mission under Augustina Aviles.

A homeless ministry in Oklahoma City meeting physical needs of the unhoused community. Serves a hot meal weekly (Tuesdays, weather permitting).

Wild Kitty Krew is dedicated to humanely reducing the population of free-roaming and feral cats through effective Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs. Based in Piedmont, Oklahoma, the organization advances humane animal welfare through community education, spay/neuter assistance, and foster-based care, providing a safe and supportive environment for adoptable feral and stray cats until permanent homes are secured.

Neighbors in Need is a non-profit food pantry located in Owasso, OK serving Owasso, Collinsville, Skiatook, Sperry and Oologah. The organization provides critical food assistance to residents facing food insecurity and serves as a vital resource, offering nutritious food and support for individuals and families struggling with hunger. The organization allows clients to come in once every three months to receive perishable food, pre-bagged non-perishable food, and their choice of three household items, and once they are in the system, clients can visit monthly for perishable goods. Neighbors in Need runs solely on donations from the communities it serves and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization able to give tax receipts for cash or food donations.

Neighbors in Need is a non-profit food pantry located in Owasso, OK serving Owasso, Collinsville, Skiatook, Sperry and Oologah. The organization provides critical food assistance to residents facing food insecurity and serves as a vital resource, offering nutritious food and support for individuals and families struggling with hunger. The organization allows clients to come in once every three months to receive perishable food, pre-bagged non-perishable food, and their choice of three household items, and once they are in the system, clients can visit monthly for perishable goods. Neighbors in Need runs solely on donations from the communities it serves and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization able to give tax receipts for cash or food donations.

Neighbors in Need is a non-profit food pantry located in Owasso, OK serving Owasso, Collinsville, Skiatook, Sperry and Oologah. The organization provides critical food assistance to residents facing food insecurity and serves as a vital resource, offering nutritious food and support for individuals and families struggling with hunger. The organization allows clients to come in once every three months to receive perishable food, pre-bagged non-perishable food, and their choice of three household items, and once they are in the system, clients can visit monthly for perishable goods. Neighbors in Need runs solely on donations from the communities it serves and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization able to give tax receipts for cash or food donations.

PATH International Premier Accredited therapeutic riding center in Stillwater, OK, partnering the magic of horses with skills to build productive futures for people facing physical, cognitive, emotional, or socio-economic challenges. Founded 1999. Serves ~85 riders/week across therapeutic riding, literacy, mobile mini, and at-risk youth programs.

Humane Society of Tulsa runs dog and cat adoptions, a Stay Together program that helps families facing emergency situations keep their pets (pet food/supplies, emergency veterinary care, emergency boarding, and landlord advocacy), and a disaster-response team equipped to handle large-scale animal rescue, search and rescue, and emergency sheltering.

Oklahoma Alliance for Animals is a Tulsa-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit collaborative established in 2004, working to reduce pet overpopulation and animal suffering statewide. Programs include low-cost spay/neuter vouchers, a pet food pantry, and Unchain OK — a chaining-reduction and humane-education initiative providing free resources to help pet owners safely transition dogs off permanent chains.

Pause4Paws provides free, short-term emergency foster care for pets whose owners are receiving inpatient medical, mental health, or addiction treatment, removing a pet-care barrier to needed care. Located in Tulsa, OK.

We provide support, visibility, and advocacy to shelters across Oklahoma. Shelter Support Network exists to be part of the solution, helping dogs get seen, supported, and saved.

Since 1913, Tulsa SPCA has provided shelter, care, and adoption services for dogs and cats in the Tulsa community. The independent, donor- and volunteer-funded shelter (not affiliated with the national ASPCA) also runs a low-cost veterinary clinic offering vaccinations, preventative wellness exams, microchipping, and other affordable services to keep local pets healthy.