Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society

• Alberta animal rescue organization opens first Edmonton facility

  Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) has opened a new animal shelter in southeast Edmonton.

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  Feb 6
• Should you adopt a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic?

  Animal rescue behaviour groups are warning people to consider the long-term impacts of adopting a puppy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Apr 16, 2020
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• New animal rescue and adoption facility to open in Edmonton

  After years of planning, the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society is preparing to open a building in Edmonton, but it needs your help.

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  Jan 31, 2020
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• 25 of 72 dogs seized in Edmonton being cared for, to be adopted out through Calgary animal rescue

  Staff and volunteers at AARCS are giving each dog a medical assessment before they're placed in foster homes, where they'll live until they're ready to be adopted. 

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  Aug 13, 2019
• Calgary animal shelter drops adoption fee amid cat crisis

  A Calgary animal shelter is reducing the cat adoption fee until the end of July.

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  Jul 17, 2019
• April Irving, accused in Alberta animal cruelty case, released on bail under strict conditions

  April Irving is facing 13 counts of animal cruelty after more than 200 dogs were seized from a property near Milk River in 2015.

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  May 10, 2019
• Adoptable dogs in Alberta are donating blood to save lives

  To be a donor, dogs must be over 55 pounds, between one and eight years old, up to date on their vaccines and well-behaved.

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  Dec 17, 2018
• Alberta Animal Rescue Society says man who ‘found’ 15 cats misled them

  A Calgary animal rescue is calling it "an act of desperation."

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  Nov 24, 2018
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• Cats found in containers belonged to family that reported them, says Calgary animal shelter

  It was an unexpected discovery next to the railroad tracks between Stettler and Erskine, just northeast of Red Deer. More than a dozen cats were found inside two Rubbermaid containers that were duct taped shut with air holes drilled into the lids.

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  Nov 23, 2018
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• Calgary animal shelter thanks Albertans for answering urgent adoption plea

  The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) reached maximum capacity with 600 homeless cats and dogs last week after adoptions were sluggish.

  Oct 31, 2018