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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Emily Dickinson
Volunteer Spotlight: Jenny Wilson
As a 100% volunteer run animal rescue, AARF literally wouldn't exist without our volunteers. We're shining a light on what it takes to make a volunteer rescue work by spotlighting the people who make AARF happen! It all started simply, over eight years ago. Jenny...
Volunteer Spotlight: Cindy Wright
As a 100% volunteer run animal rescue, AARF literally wouldn't exist without our volunteers. We're shining a light on what it takes to make a volunteer rescue work by spotlighting the people who make AARF happen! In 2010, less than a year into volunteering at...
Volunteer Spotlight: Ásta Ottey
As a 100% volunteer run animal rescue, AARF literally wouldn't exist without our volunteers. We're shining a light on what it takes to make a volunteer rescue work by spotlighting the people who make AARF happen! For the past six years, one of the people working...
Volunteer Spotlight: Beth French Arthur
As a 100% volunteer run animal rescue, AARF literally wouldn't exist without our volunteers. We're shining a light on what it takes to make a volunteer rescue work by spotlighting the people who make AARF happen! For 12 out of AARF's 14 years of existence, Beth French...
AARFily Ever After: Ralphie, Edward, Mo, Pavlov, Sam and Figaro!
Ralphie, Edward, Mo, Pavlov, Sam and Figaro have a SPRING in their step since they have been ADOPTED! Enjoy their AARFily Ever After stories! Two-year-old Ralphie was given up by his owner because he was very nervous around the high-energy children in his home. After...
AARFily Ever After: Elvis, Harry, Tanner, Tilley, Jerri, and Muffin
Elvis, Harry, Tanner, Tilley, Jerri, and Muffin have been ADOPTED and are LOVIN' LIFE! Elvis came to AARF from Louisiana, where he and two other dogs were left outside in a yard after the owner was incarcerated for unknown reasons. This three-month-old puppy had no...
AARFily Ever After: Sherlock, Albert, Blueberry, Gander, and Dahlia!
Happy happy joy joy! It's time again to share some adoption happiness! Sherlock and his siblings were found in a vacant house and taken to a local shelter. Soon after joining our rescue, he became a member of a loving family and was renamed Jake. Adoptive mom Teresa...
Who would shoot a cat?
Who would shoot a cat? We don’t know, but we’re here to pick up the pieces when BARCS Animal Shelter and other local area shelters call. Marty is just another of many gunshot victims we took in over the past year. He was found wandering the streets of Baltimore and...
Meet Russell.
Meet Russell. Back in May, BARCS Animal Shelter called us with an urgent case: a cat had come into the shelter with two gunshot wounds. Russell had been shot in the face and shoulder as he desperately ran for his life. The orthopedic surgeon was hopeful Russell would...
AARFily Ever After: Coco, Jamie, Ramsey, Squiggy, Ava and Lucy
Coco, Jamie, Ramsey, Squiggy, Ava and Lucy are very THANKFUL to have found wonderful homes! It took a village of rescue partners, fosters, and forever homes to make their dreams a reality. Coco was rescued from a high-kill Texas shelter where she was surrendered by...