Attention ARC Supporters! You can now support the Animal Refuge Center with your Kroger purchases! Simply register your existing Kroger Plus card or obtain a new one and update your account online. Use our organization number, ED903, to enroll in Kroger Community Rewards. Set up your account easily at this link.
Read MoreThere should not be many who haven’t heard of Tara the heroic cat by now. Never underestimate the power of adopting a homeless pet. Our Dexter, now known as Drus, a dog agility champion, came from the Animal Refuge Center! Adopt your next champion or cat hero from the Animal Refuge Center today!
Read MoreDear ARC: I can’t believe it’s been a year since I found my forever home! After a few false starts, my human pets found the perfect food for me—special food for the special cat that I am. It’s expensive, but I’m worth every penny! I actually would rather eat human food, but the mean old vet won’t let me. While…
Read MoreAbout Our New Sponsor A Pet Program Want to sponsor a pet but don’t want to have to keep up with coupons? Do you like the convenience of taking care of your payment online? Do you, like a lot of our sponsors, want to save the shelter the expense of printing and postage and let them put that cost instead…
Read More–Pam Harrison, Site Admin Been a warm and fuzzy day. On New Year’s Day, coming home from a family visit, we rescued this lost dog, dodging cars on the Western KY Parkway. Penny lured her over with my sandwich, and the poor girl seemed grateful to have a ride to somewhere. This dog had never been inside a home a…
Read MoreWritten by Penny Edwards The Summer of 2013 has proven to be a season of extremes. It’s either been cooler than usual or very hot, with a heat index of 100° or more. Life revolving around the animals and ARC has been much the same over the past few months. We lost our goat Clark back in Spring, so we…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release Contact: Carey Brown 859-278-0899 cbrown@kycattle.org ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER RECEIVES ANIMAL SHELTER ASSISTANCE Lexington, KY – July 9, 2013 – The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation on Tuesday, announced the Animal Refuge Center will receive $1,500 from the Animal Shelter Assistance program. The Animal Shelter Assistance program was funded for the third year from a donation made by Boyle County…
Read More–By Penny Edwards These two dogs bring a smile to our faces every day. They both help remind us why ARC is a necessary safe haven for our furry friends. Bailey and Dudley both came to us with very different stories, but each one has left their pawprints on our hearts. Bailey has been at ARC for almost a year.…
Read MoreOur #1 pet peeve at the Animal Refuge Center: Declawing! We are tired of people trying to justify to us why it’s good to declaw cats when we have been working with them and rehabilitating them since 1992. These advocates of declawing don’t seem to think we know a thing of what we’re talking about. Tell that to the behaviorally…
Read MoreStories from the Heartland By Amber Coulter Monday, April 30, 2012 at 3:30 am (Updated: April 30, 7:42 am) Gwen was found in the home of a Radcliff resident who was hoarding about 20 cats before she went to live at the Animal Refuge Center in Vine Grove. The tabby is so friendly she climbs on volunteers to get attention…
Read MoreBy Amber Coulter Monday, December 12, 2011 at 3:00 am (Updated: December 12, 3:58 am) Some Vine Grove residents celebrated Christmas early Sunday by knocking against visitors’ legs and collapsing into their laps. The 10 dogs, three goats, donkey and estimated 140 cats at the Animal Refuge Center were the guests of honor at the shelter’s annual Christmas party for…
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Thanks to you, Athena will be up on her feet again. Athena has had her surgery and is heading into her third week of recovery! Thankfully we surpassed our findraising goal of $3,000 because the surgery, pre-surgical procedures and aftercare mounted a cost of $4,000. The surgeon said Athena’s surgery went very well, and he hopes for a full recovery.…
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