ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER AWARDED $10,000 GRANT AS PART OF $250,000 DONATION FROM PETFINDER TO CELEBRATE 20th ANNIVERSARY Local Animal Refuge Center, Inc. one of 25 organizations nationwide to receive a donation from Petfinder to celebrate its 20th anniversary and 25 million pet adoptions PRESS RELEASE (December 7, 2016) – Petfinder, the nation’s leading resource for pet adoption, announced in November…
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Greg Thompson Posted: 10/24/2016 3:00 AM Wagging tails and a barking chorus greeted pet owners and animal lovers Saturday at Playful Paws in Radcliff. Dogs of various breeds and sizes came donned for the spooky season dressed in an array of costumes for the Pup-Tacular Harvest Celebration. Visitors saw a patrol dog, then there was Leo, a 5-month-old German Shepherd,…
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It’s been a busy last few weeks at the Animal Refuge Center. We would like to take this opportunity to update all our supporters with the most recent feral cats we’ve been able to help out because of your generous donations to Cookies Legacy. We received a tip from one of our supporters that there was a colony living behind…
Read MoreShelly Hewitt to Animal Refuge Center Inc 2 hrs · I adopted my soulmate with fur (Lexi)The Lexus 8-2-2010. Our family was on sent on orders to Fort Knox from TX. I had seen Lexi’s ad before we even left TX, while I was house and school hunting. I figured she’d be gone though and moved on to others. We wanted to…
Read MoreAmber and Sierra went home today !!! Yay for these 2 sweet girls. ARC was so quiet after they left. –Ina Mills Curry, ARC Staff
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By The News-Enterprise Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 1:53 am (Updated: September 28, 2:00 am) Two local spay and neuter programs have joined forces to battle Hardin County’s pet overpopulation. Friends of Hardin County Animal Shelter, also known as FOHCAS, has merged its Spay/Neuter Assistance Program with Hardin County Pet Protection’s Pet Pros Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic. The clinic now…
Read MoreWe had a great time Friday night! Emily opened the event by singing a Happy Birthday to Penny Edwards and Dr. Ruth Beismer, both celebrating their birthdays on 23 September.
Read MoreThis video premiered at the Animal Refuge Center Presents: Emily West! concert at the Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown, KY on September 23, 2016. This memorable slideshow outlines in hundreds of photos the beginnings of the Animal Refuge Center in 1989, when founder Joan Jost broke off from Bluegrass Humane Society to create her own non-profit, no kill shelter. Through…
Read MoreIf you were not able to join us for that peaceful one hour yoga class and a one hour Reiki healing session to get your Labor Day off to a stellar start, you missed a fantastic day of sunshine, fresh air and good times! Registered Yoga Teachers Lorene Fowler and Shellie Crow brought everyone together at 9 am for a…
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ARC’s Good Mews Monday We spent the weekend before last at the Kentuckiana Cat Show at the Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville. It was our 3rd year in a row being invited and we always have a great time and have been fortunate to find some of our kitties their forever homes. This year was no different as four…
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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…
Read MoreCounting 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…
Read MoreTyler the Pit Bull mix went to his Forever Home yesterday, with a disabled vet. Tyler was very polite in his new home, looking up to his new owner for leadership, wanting to be told how to behave and what to do. That doggy grin reminds me of another famous pit bull that I bet a bunch of you are…
Read MoreHello to everyone at the Animal Refuge Center, I am sorry it has taken me so long to send you some pictures of Frodo (whose name I changed to Max). Max has graduated from the beginner’s dog training at PetSmart. He is a loving dog, but is still having a lot of trouble with not knowing how to play appropriately…
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