This is the main AARF logo, which shows three animals on a yellow life raft: a small black and white kitten, a larger brown dog with a collar and a small black and white dog. The raft is floating on blue waves suggesting the Caribban sea that surrounds Anguilla. Grey clouds suggest the need to find homes for these animals, while the sun peeks out behind the clouds, representing hope for these deserving animals

Anguilla Animal Rescue Foundation

Anguilla, British West Indies

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Welcome to AARF

Map of the Caribbean showing location of Anguilla

Anguilla location

The Anguilla Animal Rescue Foundation is a non–profit organization dedicated to the welfare of dogs, puppies, cats and kittens on Anguilla.

Anguilla is a very small island in the Caribbean. It lies about 140 miles east of Puerto Rico. It’s very small — only 16 miles long by 3 miles wide. The land area is about 35 square miles, or about 91 km2. (If you want to learn more about Anguilla, here are a few pointers to more bits of information.)

Sandy

Sandy

The population is about 12,000 and the ratio of pets to those owners wanting pets is very high. Most people who want a pet have one, but there are many animals available.

We work to accomplish our mission to promote the welfare of dogs and cats via the following actions and programs. Specifically, we:

  • Maintain a pet shelter that takes in unwanted animals.
  • Provide for adoptions of healthy animals at a reasonable cost.
  • Socialize incoming animals to make them adoptable.
  • Educate the public in the humane treatment and care of animals. In particular, we have an education program that visits school children with a classroom presentation runs several times a year.
  • Attempt to reduce the population of unwanted animals via education and by providing spay and neuter surgery to new adopters and with targeted Trap, Neuter and Release (TNR) programs.

Please become a supporting member. To join, download our membership form.

Also, please join our low–volume, one–way announce email list, which provides up to the minute information about happenings. We have a social two–way forum on Facebook.

Click on images with a thick gray border (such as the one around Sandy just above) for an enlargement or for more information.

 

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January 24

small yellow triangle warning sign NOTE: this web site will be frozen for the next few weeks (as will be the webmaster). This means that this main page and the "Available for Adoption" pages will not have updated pet photos and information. But we get new puppies, kittens, dogs and cats all the time!

While the freeze is on, available dogs and cats will be highlighted in our weekly aarfupdate emails and on our Facebook page (more information on the email list and FB are on this page).

For the most current info, contact us or visit the shelter. Call the shelter, email the Shelter Committee Chair, or visit us (here are directions) to find out who we have that is ready for a new home!

an image of a small red heart Big thanks to USA veterinarian Dr. Phil Schoenborn and his wife Kathy, who, while vacationing on Anguilla, donated some of their time to come by the shelter. Wisconsin is very lucky to have them, and so were we (even if for a short time)!

We still have a lot of great puppies at the Shelter!

small orange square dot Now available for adoption:

Dogs:

  • JoJo — female puppy
  • Myna — female puppy
  • Robin — male puppy
  • Segal — female puppy
  • Shakira — female puppy

Cats:

  • At this time — none

(For larger images and more information, click on any thumbnail image below or go directly to our Available page)

this dog or cat is available for adoption

JoJo

this dog or cat is available for adoption

Myna

this dog or cat is available for adoption

Robin

this dog or cat is available for adoption

Segal

this dog or cat is available for adoption

Shakira (front)

Upcoming Events and other news

A massive puppy rescue is a success! Six beautiful but unwanted AARF puppies landed on December 18th in New York — in time to celebrate Christmas with their new families. We are so very grateful to Stephanie & Andrew for for finding forever homes for these lucky puppies and for transporting them today. And all this on top of volunteering at AARF for two weeks as vet technicians. The photo at right shows just two of the six pups.

small orange square dot Volunteers Wanted! From time to time we have a need for volunteers to drive animals to and from the clinic for surgery or other medical treatment.

Not all animals’ people have their own transportation, so we are looking for volunteers to help them and us.

Volunteers can borrow crates from the shelter if needed, pick up the animal at home and transport her to the clinic and/or transport her home again when she is done at the vets’.

If you are interested in helping, please either send an email to our General email account or call the shelter at 476.2731. The shelter phone is only staffed when a volunteer is on duty, but it has voicemail. So leave a message if we’re not there and we’ll get back to you.