Kearney Area Animal Shelter

To educate people about the proper humane care and treatment of companion animals. To encourage and promote pet adoption and population control. To prevent animal cruelty, suffering, and neglect. To provide shelter for abused, neglected, and homeless companion animals.

The Kearney Area Animal Shelter is privately owned and supported by donations and earned user fees. A portion of our operating budget is provided by the City of Kearney and Buffalo County in exchange for housing animals picked up at large or held for court jurisdiction.



A donation to the Kearney Area Animal Shelter directly impacts animals in YOUR community. 66% of our budget comes from generous donations. Your contribution stays local.​​​



KAAS is a no-kill animal shelter. There is no time limit imposed on animals in our care. As long as the animal is medically and behaviorally healthy, it remains with us as long as it takes to be adopted. We partner with other animal welfare organizations and specialized rescues to help find loving homes for animals, as needed.



Our animals have no time limits and we never euthanize for space. We are dedicated to finding the perfect home for each pet in our care!

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Kearney Area Animal Shelter's mission is to be a leader in enhancing the human-animal bond by providing pet owner support and homeless animal care for the citizens of Buffalo County and the surrounding region.

Kearney Area Animal Shelter operates as a limited admission, private shelter. This means KAAS is not owned nor controlled by any local government agency. We are a non-profit organization started and ran entirely by private donations.

We are contracted with the City of Kearney and Buffalo County Animal Control to take in stray animals. Kearney Area Animal Shelter assumes all sheltering and medical costs associated with each animal after a 72 hour holding period for strays and immediately for relinquished pets. This contract is only a very small portion of our total operating budget, therefore KAAS needs support from our sponsors and donors.