Our purpose is to unite animal welfare organizations and interested individuals in Southern Arizona around common goals while respecting, encouraging, and supporting the unique role each organization or individual has within the community.

Our vision is to strengthen Southern Arizona’s network of animal welfare groups and interested individuals and present a unified voice to local, state, and national organizations who may, in turn, lend support to the region’s animal welfare community.

Our mission is to bring together all of Southern Arizona's animal welfare organizations and interested individuals for mutual support and to work together to bring about an end to companion animal overpopulation through a broad and expanded network of spay/neuter clinics; education and outreach efforts; and shelter, foster placement and adoption programs with a common goal of maximizing placements and minimizing euthanasia of adoptable companion animals.

Spay/Neuter: AWASA will support efforts to increase the number of spayed/neutered animals in our community by 10% annually.

Government/Legislation: AWASA will establish and maintain an ongoing collaborative advocacy relationship with elected officials and other community leaders.

Resource: AWASA will be a resource to its members, offering education, collegial support and strategies for fundraising and public relations.

Adoption: AWASA will support efforts to place companion animals in suitable homes.

Tracking (Information & Assessment): AWASA will encourage the tracking of numbers of homeless companion animals killed for lack of a suitable home in Pima County according to widely accepted definitions such as Maddie’s Fund and the Asilomar Accords.

View our full Strategic Plan here

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