ALF is based in Tempe, Arizona. We are an all-volunteer group who provides TNR (trap, neuter, return), and life-long care of feral cats. We serve as an advocate for the ferals, and a link to the rescue community. We are members of Petfinder, AZCOR, AZARC, AZMN, PACC911, United Animal Friends, Phoenix Feral Friends, and Alley Cat Allies. Our rescue partners are Paw Placement, Valley Dogs, and Cactus Cats.

If you'd like to help, or donate food or vet services, please email alfrescue @ hotmail.com for information.

On rare occasions, we foster tame animals while they await adoption. All of our adoptable pets are tested, vaccinated, spayed or neutered. We strive to find loving, responsible forever homes for pets, so that they will never know hunger or danger again. We do not have a shelter facility and do not accept animals from the public.

Overpopulation of homeless animals leads to the needless suffering and deaths of over 4 million animals each year. Please spay and neuter all your pets and urge your friends and family to do the same. If you are feeding stray cats, please contact the Spay Neuter Hotline today to schedule spay and neuter appointments.

There are several affordable low cost spay and neuter options all over the valley. View a list of Clinics.

Read our Policies.

Our Mission

The mission of Animal Loving Friends is to provide assistance to free-roaming and unwanted animals, and end overpopulation. We accomplish this by providing TNR (trap, neuter, return) and lifelong care to feral cats, promoting spay & neuter and humane treatment of all animals, and partnering with organizations who share our goals.

Our Vision

We envision a community where no healthy or treatable animals are killed. Feral or stray animals are altered and receiving life-long care and support in their habitats. Shelters protect all animals in their care, reunite pets with their guardians, and facilitate adoption of unclaimed pets. All domestic pets have a forever home where they are loved and cared for as members of the family.

We believe that every life matters.

Our Goals

We can cultivate an atmosphere of caring toward animals through education, and we can end animal overpopulation by spaying and neutering.

Our goals can only be met through the generosity of the community. With your help, we can save more lives and prevent needless suffering.

Kim Overhamm has been rescuing animals nearly all her life. As a child she imagined becoming a vet, and having a large sanctuary of her own. She has volunteered since the 80's for many civic causes, and was presented a "Those Who Care" award by one of Arizona's largest employers. 1996 brought Kim to animal rescue, and shortly after, she developed a passion for helping feral cats. She's been advocating and providing TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) ever since, and co-founded Animal Loving Friends in 2005. Kim maintains our website, and is involved in all aspects of the operation of the rescue. Her professional life is spent in satellite engineering. Kim shares her home with her son and two dogs, and several tame and feral cats who have adopted her over the years.

Gay Thomas has been involved with animal rescue for most of her life. She has volunteered with several rescue groups in the Phoenix area. Having a passion for feral cats and seeing a need for TNR in the feral cat community, she became the co-founder of Animal Loving Friends in 2005. She is the volunteer coordinator for the group, and is involved in all aspects of the operation of the rescue. Gay shares her home with several dogs, cats and feral cats. All of her family of animals are rescues.

Nancy Tucholski has been helping animals and doing TNR (Trap, Neuter, and Return) for 15 years. She joined forces with ALF (Animal Loving Friends) in 2008 and is a real advocate of TNR and promotes spay and neuter opportunities in the valley. She also volunteers at a clinic in Tempe on Sunday sponsored by the Spay Neuter Hotline working with spaying and neutering feral cats ... which is her passion. Nancy shares her home with her husband and several cats ... both tame and feral. She never met a cat that she did not like and cats are her first love.