Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society

• Cold weather prompts urgent call for Alberta animal foster homes

  With temperatures expected to plummet, the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society is putting out an urgent plea for people to open their homes to foster dogs and puppies.

  Canada

  Jan 8
  
• Canadian pet rescues ‘begging for help’ amid high costs of care

  One Alberta rescue agency says pets are being left on their front door as owners struggle to pay for the costs of pet care.

  Money

  Dec 9, 2023
  
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• Edmonton animal shelter AARCS recovers stolen van

  The shelter was broken into on Saturday and the suspects took the van along with laptops, tablets, cash and credit cards, according to AARCS.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2023
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• Branded van, tech, cash stolen from Edmonton animal shelter

  Video surveillance shows three people entering the shelter early Saturday morning. Luckily no animals were affected.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2023
• Alberta pet shelters seeing more and more pets abandoned at their doors

  The number of pets abandoned at Calgary shelters has increased year over year.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2023
• AARCS holiday adoption campaign has had ‘no interest’, 12 dogs await homes

  AARCS is hoping people will come forward and adopt one of their 12 dogs available for their 12 Dogs of Christmas campaign. As of Thursday, no dogs had any interest from the public.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
• Alberta animal rescue puts hold on all its programs: ‘We are just trying to survive’

  Inflation has forced Zoe's Animal Rescue to halt intakes, spays and neuters, and a program that provides affordable veterinary care to low-income families.

  Money

  Nov 9, 2022
• Alberta animal shelter in ‘panic mode’ over capacity concerns

  This week Saving Grace Animal Society took in 31 animals, all of which were in life-or-death situations, according to co-executive director Erin Deems.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2022
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• Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society reaches capacity of rescue animals, pauses intake

  "Once again we’re at the maximum capacity of what we can care for currently," AARCS executive director Deanna Thompson said.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2022
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• Calgary animal shelters ‘in crisis’ as all local shelters are at capacity

  For the month of June, AARCS and CHS have both initiated a 'choose your own fee' adoption event, which you can find more information about on their respective websites.

  Consumer

  Jun 15, 2022