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Home For Life® is a care for life sanctuary

Home for Life®, an internationally recognized care for life sanctuary, and in 2019, voted one of the 10 Most Amazing Sanctuaries in the country by USA Today, offers a service to animals in need like no comparative organization. Many shelters and rescue organizations aspire to find a home for every animal and dream of the day when there will be no homeless animals. At Home for Life®, that's what w

e want too—and that's what we provide—for dogs and cats that are overlooked for placement. Home for Life® has created a new idea, the care for life sanctuary—a life-saving and life-affirming alternative for dogs and cats who have not been able to find a home or keep the home they had and for animals who have lifelong special care needs, that most adopters cannot provide. We call our idea "The Third Door®" in animal welfare which gives at-risk dogs and cats, animals who might have been passed over for adoption, an alternative to an undeserved death. The dream of a home should be an opportunity that is available for all dogs and cats, and now with Home for Life®, and the innovative model we have created at our prototype sanctuary in Star Prairie, WI, it can be!

23/12/2025

Christmas is right around the corner, but at Home For Life Animal Sanctuary, we're also celebrating the return of the light with the winter solstice.....

20/12/2025

A true highlight for 2025 has been Home For Life Animal Sanctuary's collaboration with SNAP't Cat Rescue which, with the adoption of two more adult cats this weekend, has seen 92 cats and kittens saved in just the few months since the partnership started!

The latest cats we hope to take under our wings are these three eight-year-olds, who were the beloved companions of an older lady who entered assisted living. With no place to go, her nephew took them in but the cats have lived in the basement since August. The nephew has a busy life and other pets including two young dogs who aren't giving these cats much peace.

""Good morning. I was given your number by another organization to see if you could help me. I have three cats that need a decent home. We had to put my aunt in an assisted living facility and can’t find anyone to take her cats. I currently have them but my dogs are not a fan of this arrangement. They are all about 8 years old and in good health. All declawed and spayed or neutered. Two females and one male. No medical issues. The only time they were even at the vet was when they were young and got shots and the procedures. Think they are all about 8 years old. Females are sweet. One really snuggly. All get along great as she had them together since they were young. They are really sweet cats. Just don’t have the room with my dogs and the fact they just want to chase them around all day long lol .Can you take these and give them a good home and life? Thanks for your time and any help you can send their way."
Chad P.
Sent from my iPhone

It's true they aren't outside in the cold, desperate and starving, but as you can see from their photos, they are sad and lonely, yet at age 8, they have many good years left and much love to give. We hope to find them fosters to - first- get them out of the basement and into a more hospitable environment where they can relax and thrive, and then find them new homes, if possible, who can recognize their gentle spirits and loving hearts. As the nephew noted, the cats are fixed, in good health and declawed :(. They ca be fostered as a trio, or separately. The stunning long hair gray cat is the male, Mario, Libby is the short hair tiger and white, and Beans is the other female a shorthair grey cat who resembles a Russian Blue. They are well behaved, gentle cats, and will be very easy to care for as fosters. Although declawing is not a practice we endorse, what is done is done, and declawed cats are sought after according to Sonja at SNAP't Cat Rescue. Although they have no health issues, they will need their vaccinations updated, which we will arrange before they go to foster care. Home for Life covers costs for all medical care and also provides food and litter as needed.
If you are interested in fostering Mario, Beans and Libby please message us or contact us at [email protected]

17/12/2025

Checking up to see how Nova who came to HHome For Life Animal Sanctuaryjust 10 days ago. Abandoned outside in St Paul, when her owner moved, Nova was fed by a neighbor but remained outside. When the weather took a frigid turn for the worse, the neighbor brought the little cat inside but confined her to a very small crate,, in her unheated cellar. At this point she had only a little tuna to feed her. As tough as these conditions were for Nova, we want to acknowledge the neighbor who didn't leave her outside in the freezing cold and did her best to find help for the cat. She has continued to check up on her since Nova arrived at the sanctuary. Nova would have had no chance without the concern of this neighbor. When caring people go out of their way for a cat or dog not even their own, animal rescue should respond and offer support and assistance, or next time these conscientious people will turn away instead of trying to intervene and do their part to show kindness and give assistance.

There are too many cats like her, former house cats that end up in similar situations to our rescued girl of today. They are not feral or community cats and have no chance to survive the polar temperatures. More discernment is needed to help cats at risk like her. Just because a cat if found outside doesn't mean they should stay there or are feral. Like Nova, many are at risk and too many die suffering deaths, from slow starvation, dehydration and exposure. In our blog post, "Coming in from the Cold, we wrote about some of these cats that we have helped over the years and our thoughts about "community cats", TNR and mislabeling former house cats "feral", especially in our climate: https://homeforlifesanctuary.blogspot.com/search/label/feral%20cats

Read our original post about Nova, from 10 days ago, here and see her first photos: https://www.facebook.com/homeforlifeorg/posts/pfbid0YLHWB4AkhmYV3sU6wgD1AAFVFmkQQAQK5YVkxZXyo7km2xucZZwFESPBsbzWts4sl

16/12/2025

what a relief! from minus -15 degrees this weekend to 40 balmy degrees today- a 55 degree swing! Even our dogs like Kara who don't mind the cold stayed mostly inside this weekend but yesterday and today were happy to get outside in the new snow. I want to thank our staff Britt, Sydney, Tara and Kloey and NOC staff Tammy who worked so hard this weekend in such tough conditions to make sure all the dogs and cats were warm and safe when the air hurts to be outside.
More on Kara, a very shy Anatolian Shepherd mix found on a military base, trying to protect her 7 puppies. Such a sweet and brave girl and looking for a sponsor this holiday season! https://www.facebook.com/homeforlifeorg/posts/pfbid0y8h3fA9GRTcNSpGGvK6eG5joaMZTqDirHySCQvscWdDdHFzS8UyQdM76cqEc8XyAl
and more information about sponsoring Kara: https://homeforlife.org/profile/kara

14/12/2025

It warms the heart to know our precious cats and dogs are safe and snug as the temperature in Star Prairie hovers at -15 degrees tonight at Home For Life Animal Sanctuary

13/12/2025

It was 20 degrees Friday but the high occurred before noon. So we got some of the energetic dogs out before the arctic cold descended. No one will be exercising much this weekend: it's forecast to be -15 tomorrow in Star Prairie. Wishing you a warm weekend!

12/12/2025

More cats out in the cold.

Last December 2024, we were contacted about two adults cats out in the cold with no rescue help. They were Willow and Walter then being called Creamsicle. We couldn't stand seeing these cats left like this and made a plea for help on this page. Two supporters stepped forward to foster, Susan for Willow and Rhonda for Creamsicle.. We supported them with medicine and food, That was the start of our effort to help the many desperate cats and kittens that didn't need to come to a sanctuary but who needed immediate help if they were to have a chance at all. Since our collaboration with SNAP't Cat Rescue began this spring,2025 the tally is 50 cats and kittens adopted, and 42 more currently in foster homes- 92 lives saved! We are closing in on 100 cats and kittens saved in 2025, just in the few months since our partnership started. Pretty good for an of an offshoot of Home for Life.
In memory of Willow, the first cat pictured, who started this whole initiative, and who passed away from mammary cancer a few months after we saved her, we are making a plea for help for two more deserving cats who won't have a chance otherwise. Creamsicle in the last photo of this post, was adopted by his foster and is now known as Walter. We are also including some good news about a few others who we have already found help for and who will have a chance for the loving home like the one that Walter found.

10/12/2025

We had a mixed review of the snowy conditions this afternoon

08/12/2025

Holiday bling at Home For Life Animal Sanctuary

07/12/2025

Inspiration for the week: would work for cats too...

"On the icy winter nights of Hungary, many stray dogs are fighting for daily survival. Local engineers responded not with electric heaters but with a smart and compassionate solution: solar-heated tunnels.
These shelters are made of dark-colored, heat-absorbing materials and a thermogel layer that stores sunlight during the day and slowly releases heat at night.
Curved and insulated designs protect dogs from cold winds and keep the interior comfortably warm; all with no cables, electricity costs or complicated maintenance required.
Animal welfare organizations across Eastern Europe are adopting these shelters more and more. They function even in remote areas, require minimal care and give vulnerable dogs a chance of survival in the brutal cold winters..."

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