ani

KC Pet Project


Visit KC Pet Project >> http://kcpetproject.org/   (report broken link)
35
Reviews
2.3
Visit KC Pet Project >> http://kcpetproject.org/
(report broken link)
Adoptable Pets in Missouri
The purpose of the Kansas City Pet Project is to facilitate the placement of homeless pets into suitable homes; to establish and maintain an animal shelter for Kansas City, MO; to maintain associated procedures which promote: the health and welfare of pets in our care, prevention of unplanned litters, pet retention and reunification of lost pets to their owners; to increase public safety by addressing issues related to irresponsible pet owners and dangerous animals. We are keenly focused on optimal lifesaving and creating a No Kill Community in the Kansas City Metro.

KCPP Mission

To end the killing of healthy and treatable pets in Kansas City, Missouri by using the most progressive and lifesaving programs and promoting effective animal control policies.


Address:
4400 Raytown Road,
Kansas City, MO 64129

Call Us: 816-513-9821

Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?

No-kill shelters do wonderful work, but as a result, are often inundated with pet surrenders. In the unfortunate scenario that you have to find a new home for your pet, please read through the rehoming solution and articles on this page before contacting the shelter.

Review Summary*

Submit Your Own Review View All Reviews
Feral Cat TNR Program
3
Reviews
2.3
High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
3
Reviews
2.3
Rescue Groups
3
Reviews
2.3
Foster Care
2
Reviews
3
Comprehensive Adoption Programs
3
Reviews
2.3
Pet Retention
3
Reviews
2.3
Medical and Behavior Programs
4
Reviews
2
Public Relations/Community Involvement
3
Reviews
2.3
Volunteers
4
Reviews
2
Proactive Redemptions
3
Reviews
2.3
A Compassionate Director
4
Reviews
2
Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project
 

11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


Rate it:

Comments:


Post your review of KC Pet Project

Thank you for submitting your review!

Spread the word!

I just reviewed: KC Pet Project

www.nokillnetwork.org
In Missouri

Submit a Review
Rehome Your Pet
Report Lost or Found Pet

Comments

Post your comment on KC Pet Project

IMPORTANT: This form is only for public comments about the shelter. To contact KC Pet Project, please go directly to their website (link on previous page), this form will not send your comment to them.


To post Lost & Found Pets, go here >


To Rehome Your Pet or Adopt, go here >


Comment:



reply
If you bring in a animal that you want to continue to care for after it is checked out, and inform them that you want the animal back to continue to care for, even though you have to sign a surrender clause, if that animal is not in mint condition, they will kill it and not notify you before hand!
posted by [email protected], on 2023-10-25 14:30:04
reply
I cannot call this a true no kill shelter. Nearly two weeks ago while my mom was recovering from a surgery in the hospital, one of my moms dogs who has bad eye sight attacked a child. Another of my moms dogs followed but did not bite the child. The dogs has escaped my moms yard when my aunt was trying to bring them in. KC pet project came and took away the two dogs. This past weekend was the end of the 10 holding period due to the attack she was not allowed to bring either dog back into the community, so she relinquished her rights to the dogs so that they could hopefully be adopted out to people who could work with them. Now my mom is not in the best place mentally after loosing my dad 3 months ago. Yesterday on the 4th July holiday they called and notified her that the dog that attacked the child was not considered to be adoptable and told her to either find a new home for the dog or they would be putting the dog down. My mom has not been able to find a new home on such short notice and KC Pet project will be euthanizing that dog tomorrow morning unless a miracle happens. I am not happy about the way this has been handled by KC Pet Project.
posted by [email protected], on 2023-07-05 20:41:55
Post Your Comment
Rehome Your Pet
Report Lost or Found Pet
one

Other noKill Shelters in Missouri

Unverified Animal Shelters in Missouri Adoptable Pets in Missouri

x

How Can We Help?

Do you need to find a loving home for your pet?

  • NoKill Network can help you responsibly rehome your pet or a homeless pet you have rescued.

Are you interested in adopting a pet in need?

  • If you are interested in adopting a pet in need, NoKill Network can help you find the perfect companion.

Reporting a Lost or Found Pet? Visit our Lost & Found Portal

x

NoKill Network is the #1 Resource for Animal Lovers. How Can We Help You?

Re-home a Pet See Adoptable Pets