Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift!!! Today is the #TaylorSwiftChallenge! ❤ December 13 is Taylor Swift’s birthday, and in honor of her recent TIME cover featuring her cat Benjamin Button, the Pennsylvania SPCA issued a challenge. They ask that everyone donate $13 (Tay’s favorite number and her birthdate, of course) to their local shelter! Swiftie or not, today’s the perfect day to…
Category: Animal Welfare
Cookie’s Legacy: Sponsor A Spay
For more information on Cookie’s Legacy, visit our page: Since its inception in 2016, Cookie’s Legacy has saved hundreds of lives and prevented thousands of unwanted cats who might otherwise be euthanized in shelters or live a dangerous and insecure life on the streets of Hardin County, KY. Each year, approximately 3.7 million shelter animals are euthanized in the United…
PetSmart Charities July National Adoption Week 2023
News Release for July National Adoption Week 2023 ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER, INC. ENCOURAGES ADDING NEW FAMILY MEMBERS DURING PETSMART CHARITIES NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK AND KITTEN SEASON In-Person Adoption Events to Take Place at Local PetSmart Stores July 10 – 16 July 01, 2023 – VINE GROVE/ELIZABETHTOWN, KY— Animal shelters across the nation are full to overflowing, and scores of adoptable…
Dolly Parton And Amazon Team up for Pet Day May 2-3!
Check out these 50 amazing Pet Day deals Get ready to pamper your pups, cats, birds, rabbits, and scaly friends—the second Amazon Pet Day event is next week. To celebrate National Pet Month, you can find thousands of great deals from May 2-3 on leading pet brands, pet products, and all the things you need to feed, pamper, and play…
Animal Refuge Center Fostering Contract
By Penny Edwards, ARC Shelter Manager Every year kitten season comes around and overwhelms shelters, no matter what else is going on in the world. From March through October, kitten season is in full swing, much like baseball. In many of our Southern states, the impact varies, and they rarely get even a break. Floods, hurricanes, other forces of Nature,…
Amazon Smile Has Ended: Shop Our Website and Help Homeless Pets!
Well, sure enough, they did it. Amazon took down our Charity Animal Shelter page that we’d had up for years. In the coming weeks our Website Admin will be working with volunteers to set up a NEW Charity Wish List page up at animalrefugecenter.org that no one can touch. Until then, you can shop at our website and still help…
Meet Licorice
Meet Licorice, this sweet girl was living a pretty rough life as an outdoor community cat. However, she was still loved and cared for by a group of animal-loving neighbors. Then tragedy struck, kids took a baseball bat to sweet Licorice (allegedly). She was found dragging her back legs through the neighborhood to get to safety. Her caretakers found her…
Doing Your Part Towards Helping Abandoned and Neglected Pets
Image Source: Pexels While we may like to believe that all animals are treated with love and care. Cases of pet mistreatment and abandonment are more common than we think. Today, The Animal Refuge Center explores various steps animal lovers like you can take to help pets in need. Become a Foster Parent Whether you find an…
Amazon Prime Day 2022!
Amazon Prime Day – July 12-13, 2022! Books, movies, toys, games and more. Get everything you need for yourself and your pets! Also be sure to check out Cat and Dog stories on Kindle and Paperback! Grab these titles and more at this link! https://amzn.to/46dg3Rh What amazing awesome deals will YOU find? https://amzn.to/3AQVE7F
Giving Back to Animals: How to Help Out Today
[Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of informational articles being presented on our website to assist the community in addressing our current Community Cats problem, as well as creating real and viable resources for animal rescuers everywhere. Enjoy.] It can be heartbreaking to think about animals in need. The number of abandoned and neglected pets seems to…
Perspective Changes Everything
[Above: Frightened Ukrainian refugees attempting to get themselves and their pets to safety in uncertain times.] By Penny Edwards, Manager, Animal Refuge Center, Inc. ….It’s hard to believe that I began volunteering at the Animal Refuge Center in 1989. I had no idea that the next 30 plus years would be so challenging yet rewarding at the same time. Over…
Betty White Challenge Update
January 17, 2022 – Fans Honor Betty White’s Birthday With Heartwarming “Betty White Challenge” As such, the #BettyWhiteChallenge, which implores people to give to a local animal shelter in White’s name, spread on social media, and one meme was so wholesome that the Twitter account @wholesomeme promoted it to the tune of over 3,000 likes. #BettyWhiteChallenge Raised A Whopping $12.7…
Kentucky sets up website for storm aid
In the past month ARC has received an over abundant amount of donations from our supporters and an extremely generous donation from Ft. Knox Intermediate School. On December 18, 2021 we were happy to be able to pass the kindness to those in need and we donated 30 large bags of cat and dog food to help the people effected…
Debunking the Halloween Black Cat Myths Forever
There is a grand conversation taking place on the For the Love of Black Cats (Black Cat Appreciation Page) this morning. I weighed in because of this meme below right, one of many making the rounds on social media during this time of year: The centuries-long–no, 800 years long–rally to hide your black cats because of what I now dub…
November is Adopt-a-Senior-Pet Month
by Purina and Petfinder.com In a recent petfinder.com survey, our shelter and rescue group members reported that older pets have the hardest time finding homes. It’s a sad reality that these great animals are often the last to be adopted from shelters. However, November is Adopt-a-Senior-Pet Month and we hope, with your help, to improve the adoption rate for older pets by spreading awareness…
Family Dollar and Animal Refuge Center Team Up Again!
The fantastic folks at Family Dollar in Vine Grove, KY are teamed up with us once again for our annual Angel Tree Drive! Tentative date for our Angel Tree box setup is 16-23 November, 2020. So support our friends at Family Dollar through the holiday season, do your part, and stay safe! The SEASON OF GIVING is upon us once…
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
Dear Partner, The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a warning about a recent outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in rabbits in the United States. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that affects wild and domestic rabbits, hares and pikas. According to national animal health experts, rabbit hemorrhagic disease is not a…
How To Help ARC in A Crisis
The Animal Refuge Center is closed to the public until further notice. We aren’t open for adoptions or surrenders at this time. Feel free to call us for advice and keep an eye on our adoptable pets at Pets For Adoption. We will let you know as soon we open for business again. We’re sorry for any inconvenience. Everyone out…