How you can help Petfinder & Animal Refuge Center, Inc. find forever homes for pets in Hardin County, Kentucky!

Hi, ARC Friends, DID YOU KNOW? With our username, KY27, the Animal Refuge Center was one of THE VERY FIRST animal shelters to sign on and promote their pets for adoption online at Petfinder.com in 1996! Since 1996, Petfinder has helped facilitate more than 25 million pet adoptions through nearly 13,000 shelter and rescue organizations – one of which is…

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2014 America’s Got Talent Finalist Emily West to Perform Benefit For Animal Refuge Center

Counting Down The Days!!! We are 9 days out from the performance of Emily West at Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown! Do you have your tickets yet?? Grab yours now before they are all sold out! https://goo.gl/l1QO6F American Country Music sensation Emily West has committed to come perform a benefit concert for The Animal Refuge Center at the Historic State…

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Organizations pool resources to assist local animal refuge

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 3:00 am (Updated: April 6, 3:00 am) Staff and volunteers at Vine Grove Animal Refuge spent most of their day Tuesday unloading a ton of donated food — literally. It’s the eighth year the organization has benefited from a donation of 2,000 pounds of pet food from four organizations in Hardin County — Kentucky Farm…

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Animal Shelter Bathes, Blesses Furry Friends

By Anna Taylor Monday, August 17, 2015 at 3:15 am (Updated: August 17, 3:30 am) Dogs of various breeds, shapes and sizes were treated Saturday to soap and suds at Freeman Lake Park. “We’re raising money for the animals,” said Inge Edwards, Animal Refuge Center volunteer. The Animal Refuge Center, which hosted the dog wash, has two every year and…

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Reservists fight allergies, help animals

Posted:  08/07/2015 4:00 AM From The News Enterprise U.S. Army Spc. Josh Salinas and Staff Sgt. Jeffery Smith, both allergic to cats, found themselves surrounded Thursday morning by more than 125 potential feline foes. But when one rubbed up against them or meowed at them at the Animal Refuge Center Inc. near Vine Grove, they reacted with smiles, not shudders.…

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Network hosts pet expo in E’town

By Jill Pickett, The News Enterprise Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:54 pm (Updated: April 20, 7:28 am)  Copy by ARC Webmaster, Pam Harrison The Animal Refuge Center joined the PAWS United Network yesterday at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown, KY for the network’s first-ever event, Bail Me Out of the Shelter Pet Expo! A great time was had…

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DEFEATED – Kentucky Senate Kills SB 143

Mar 24, 2015 — Due to the pressure that we all, (over 52,000 of us) as petitioners, put on Senate President Robert Stivers, he did call the bill up for Concurrence during last night’s legislative session. With our collective voice, and the eyes of the world, trained directly on him he knew he had no other choice. However, he took the…

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Hardin County Pet Protection – Pet Pros Spay and Neuter Clinic

Hardin County Pet Protection is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1988 with the goal of reducing the pet overpopulation problem in Hardin and surrounding rural Kentucky counties.  The Pet Pros/FOHCAS SNAP Clinic provides spay and neuter surgery for pets belonging to low income families as well as homeless pets being cared for by shelters and foster care programs while they…

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Support ARC with the Kroger Community Rewards Program!

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.  

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