Why are tours by appointment only at Home For Life®?

The sanctuary is a permanent home to our many cats and dogs. Without some control over the flow of visitors, we fear that unexpected guests could disrupt the tranquil mood we attempt to maintain. Additionally, since our animals are not caged, we need to guard against the possibility of a guest accidentally allowing incompatible dogs to mix, or cats to get loose.

Equally as important, we want to schedule the tours to allow our staff to give the maximum amount of attention to sponsors and donors, so that these guests can spend more time on the aspects of the sanctuary that interest them most.

Finally, security is an issue, and it is our responsibility to protect our residents and staff. Tours are available to our sponsors and donors, and can be scheduled by calling our toll free number:
1-800-252-5918.

Why doesn't Home For Life® adopt out its animals?

When we formed Home For Life®, we were trying to fill a niche in animal welfare not currently being met. For example, in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, which is our primary service area, there are more than 75–80 groups focused on adoption. Meanwhile, in the entire country, there are only a handful of organizations that cater to unadoptable animals.

Every day, we answer approximately 100 phone calls and emails from all over the country inquiring about our services. Instead of competing with the other excellent adoption organizations in our area, we decided to focus on an area that few have addressed.

When will Home For Life® be expanding?

We have had lots of interest from all over the country from people wishing to establish a Home For Life®facility in their region. It is our ultimate objective to have a facility in every part of the country.

However, our first priority is to complete the capital campaign for our Star Prairie prototype, and to refine the protocols for management and care of the animals. Then we will export the proven methods and build a new facility where the methods will be actualized in each new region.

In the meantime, we have been exporting the concept of long term, quality care through the many nationwide contacts with whom we currently collaborate on behalf of the animals.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Photos of Seen But Not Heard Photography

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Photographer Chris Forslin of the Twin Cities, Minnesota first encountered Home for Life at the Mall of America during the years we had our Holiday events. As a lifelong animal lover and gifted photographer, she was eager to help Home for Life, and our sponsorship program seemed like the perfect opportunity for her to get involved. We were eager to have her out to Home for Life after seeing the incredible photos she did of the animals at the Minnesota Zoo.

Unwanted Animals find Home for Life at Heavenly Sanctuary

Unwanted Animals find Home for Life at Heavenly Sanctuary

Home for Life has been getting some buzz from social media sites lately, the most recent being a wonderful article featured on Carbonated TV! The people at Carbonated TV recognized the hard work Home for Life does to improve the lives of its animal residents, and calls the sanctuary "heavenly." To animals who are getting a well-deserved second chance, and a true home for life, it's true. 

Home for Life featured on Buzzfeed

Home for Life featured on Buzzfeed

Home for Life's incredible animals were featured in an article on Buzzfeed! Sami Main, a writer for Buzzfeed, saw some wonderful photos taken by Mark Luinenburg that showed the animals enjoying life to the fullest, and decided to write an article on them titled "Fourteen pets who don't let anything get them down." The animals at Home for Life are an inspiration, and we were happy to see that their courage and determination was noticed. 

Who wouldn't notice how cute they are! Please check out the Buzzfeed article here!