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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…
About Amazon Smile Closing Down
We here at the Animal Refuge Center have received numerous calls and emails regarding Amazon.com discontinuing their Amazon Smile Program. First of all, we would like to assure you all that this will not affect us in the slightest. We have seen the notice from Amazon Staff titled, “Amazon closing AmazonSmile to focus its philanthropic giving to programs with greater…
Vote for Butterscotch (Yahtzee) to be in Dogster or Catster Magazine and Win a $5000 Cash Prize!
ARC Family, this is Butterscotch, an Animal Refuge Center alumnus, (formerly known as Yahtzee), and she just celebrated her 1st birthday! AND her family entered her in the “America’s Favorite Pet” contest, to win her picture in Catster Magazine! Want to help Butterscotch win national fame?! Just click on the link and you can use your Facebook account to vote…
Caretaker Fatigue: The Struggle is Real
11.13.2022: There are so many ideas with so little space to convey a message. It never fails that at Newsletter time, I have almost completed this editorial in my head, but then SOMETHING usually happens that changes the entire course of the story. We just received a phone call about a cat in Elizabethtown that was attacked by a bunch…
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…
Animal Refuge Center Update 9-15-2020
Greetings, Animal Refuge Center fans! It’s been just a little over six months since our world turned upside down and we had to go on shutdown to protect everything we’ve worked for. For many of us, this has been the strangest experience of a lifetime. We’ve been busy. There’ve been a couple of times ARC had to go on full…
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…
Don’t Let Spot Keep Your Home from Being Spotless
Photo by Pexels If you’re a dog owner, you know the pure joy and happiness a dog can bring. They are a constant companion and a source of comfort, not to mention they’re always excited to see you. However, you also know the messes they can create, whether it’s fur, saliva, odors, or pet dander. Thankfully, you don’t have to…
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…
Preparing Your Child for the Responsibility of Being a Pet Owner
Preparing Your Child for the Responsibility of Being a Pet Owner “Can I have a pet?” It’s a question most parents hear at some point, and it may come with a little bit of fear and anxiety. Sure, pets come with plenty of benefits to your little one such as teaching responsibility and empathy, instilling confidence, improving socialization, and providing…
Helping the Homeless is All Year Long
Need knows NO season! Want is ALL YEAR LONG. We were recently informed by the District and Regional Managers of the Vine Grove Family Dollar that they want to offer us the opportunity to offer a donation box at our local store ALL YEAR ROUND!!! The Animal Refuge Center does so much behind the scenes work for the community, and…