Good Mews Monday – 5/7/2018
Category: ARC Updates
Remembering Mick
Multiple community pleas begged us to help Mick out of his misery. Tethered to a porch in a trailer park during the -20° deep freeze in Dec-Jan, 2017-18, excruciating for any creature to be in, Mick had only frozen food, a frozen water bowl and a filthy frozen blanket in his plastic house: the trailer was abandoned. We secured him,…
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Winter Fosters Needed
Winter is Coming! Last year we barely got out of 21 days of some of the most unbearable freezing cold we have seen in decades, and this year will likely be more of the same. There is always a need for winter fosters for ARC’s animals. Our kennel area at the Animal Refuge Center is top-notch, state of the…
Read MoreOne Last Gift
Get in one last tax-deductible gift! ARC has had an amazing year. 2017 may be nearly over, but there’s still time to make one last tax-deductible gift to the animals! Your gift today will go straight to work, saving the lives of animals all across Hardin County, Kentucky through adoption and spay/neuter programs, no-kill initiatives and more. Plus, your gift…
Read MoreFor The Love of Brandy – ARC’s First Viral Post
***** [BRANDY HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ADOPTION APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PET] ***** December 17, 2017 saw a landmark day in our social media posts when our puppy Brandy’s #Petfinder profile went viral on us! By 9:00 am today we were sitting at 17356 people reached, 71 likes and reactions and 206 shares and numerous adoption applications.…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday – December 18, 2017
ARC’s Good Mews Monday Lots of love for the dogs this week as we saw 3 of them go to pawesome furever homes. What’s pawsably even more exciting however, is that our senior kitty and one of our most popular cats, Misha also found her purrfect home. 1. Misha 2. Elsa 3. Jimmy 4. Auggie Our 30 dollar special for…
Read MoreCookie’s Legacy Updates – December 2017
It’s that time of the year again when we report back to you about Cookie’s Legacy. Back in February 2016 our world forever changed when we took in an injured community cat from Radcliff, KY. She had been hit by a car and was permanently paralyzed on her hind legs. This little black kitty never knew warmth, kindness or a…
Read MoreDamaged Goods, Or A Diamond in the Rough?
Article by Penny Edwards, Manager Animal Refuge Center, Inc. Last year ARC made a decision to help as many animals from the Hardin County Animal Shelter as possible. Up to this point, we’ve taken in approximately 105 cats and approximately 20 dogs and more than 70 of those cats and dogs have come from HCAS alone. Everyone asks if we…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday – Nov 20 2017
Real Love Video – March 2006
Recently someone from our old ARC Team dropped in to give us an update: AWWWW–!! We recently got this message from Chrissie Willis who was part of the ARC team more than 12 years ago. She was… Posted by Animal Refuge Center Inc on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Had to dig around for a few minutes…but I found it.…
Read MoreIs Spaying And Neutering Pets A Sin?
I saw the need for this article and dialogue after recently discussing spay and neuter with a local person who wanted to get their cat spayed, yet refused to spay their cat on religious grounds … she was pregnant. They did not believe in abortion for ANY reason. And THEN a few weeks later they asked the Animal Refuge Center…
Read MoreJoin Us For the 56th Annual Kentuckiana Championship Cat Show!
56th Annual Championship Show Kentucky Exposition Center, West Hall A 937 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY September 2-3, 2017 9:00am – 4:00pm Continuous judging both days Admission: $3.00 Adults $2.00 Seniors and children under 12 $10.00 Family (2 adults and any number of children) Children under 6 admitted free For complete show information visit Kentuckiana Cat Club’s Website For information…
Read MorePAWS United Pet Expo Surpasses Previous Years
The Third Annual PAWS United Pet Expo was a huge success this year! Local shelters adopted out more pets at the 2017 Expo than any of the previous Expos combined! We echo Toshi Singleton Murrell in saying: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, and big thank yous to the community for supporting our rescues, shelters and vendors that made this…
Read MorePetfinder Grant Report Update
Complete Grant Report What was the money or product used for? We put this money into our Medical Fund and Cookie’s Legacy (our spay/neuter fund for Community Cats). How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care? It gave our shelter the capability to help animals that come to us with medical conditions that cost extra…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday-March 27, 2017
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Read MoreThe Animal Refuge Center is now a PetSmart Affiliate Partner!
AWESOME NEWS! The Animal Refuge Center is now a PetSmart Affiliate Partner! Our acceptance into PetSmart Affiliates is one we can’t take lightly! And now you can benefit while you help homeless pets, too! Over the coming week our website team will be putting up our brand new PetSmart links! You can start saving, and help homeless pets while you…
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