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Holding and Adoptions
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<div>Providing good homes and lifelong companionship for the animals is paramount. Prospective owners are encouraged to visit the facility, which is open seven days a week, to meet the prospective pets in person or to peruse their photos and biographies on the website, all to facilitate appropriate matches. </div>
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<p>Adoptable pets are available at our Hamilton Avenue facility. Additionally, we have partnered with Petco to offer cats for adoption at five Petco stores. These locations allow us to bring the cats closer to adopters in the suburbs, covering North, South, East and West.</p></div>
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<p>Ruby arrived at the shelter with an eye injury. We aren't sure what happened though it is believed that she was kicked. </p><p>Initially, Ruby was timid and completely overwhelmed by her newplacement and was in need of a self-confidence boost so she spent her days inthe Administrative Offices. </p><p>Overtime Ruby began to relax and her sweet nature came through but her injury was not getting better. In fact, the swelling of her face above theeyes increased dramatically over a 24 hour period.</p><p>We sent Ruby to a specialist where she received an MRI. The findings were suggestive of trauma with fracture of the frontal bone and hematoma in the retobulbar, nasal cavity, and frontal sinus (she was hit very hard in the face).</p><p>Ruby had to be in excruciating pain that entire time. However, during the exam, x-rays and MRI, Ruby was a sweetheart, even thoughher injury must have been extremely painful.</p><p>Ruby spent many weeks in the Administrative Offices and recovered without complications. She was adopted in December of 2010 to her forever home by a warm, loving young lady.</p><p>Ruby’s story is but one of the thousands of happily-ever-after endings that prove love begins at the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania. </p>
<p>That simple, joyful sentiment speaks volumes about the extraordinary level of compassionate, humane care that we provide to nature’s lost, injured, ill, neglected, abused and abandoned animals. </p></div>
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Veterinary Clinic
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<div>The Animal Rescue League operates a <strong>low cost outpatient animal clinic</strong> for domestic dogs and cats. Although we are not an emergency hospital we do have the capability to perform high quality spay and neuters at affordable prices as well as minor routine surgeries. The ARL clinic is staffed by licensed veterinarians, certified veterinary technicians and animal care specialists. Our compassionate and highly trained medical staff provide pets in need with a full range of care from routine vaccinations to X-rays to surgery.<br /></div>
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<div align="left">As part of our mission to control over population, we also offer monthly <strong>Spay Day and Spay the Mom Free </strong>programs. <br /><br />For Spay Day, once a month our clinic opens its doors to cat owners who cannot afford our already discounted veterinary services. If the cat has current vaccinations, spaying or neutering is discounted even further. <br /><br />For Spay the Mom, when an unwanted litter of kittens is surrendered, we offer to spay the mom at no cost.</div>
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<p>Lady, a Saint Bernard, was brutalized and neglected by her owner. She entered our shelter barely alive - weighting only 55 pounds and heartworm positive. With her advanced age, precarious health and years of mistreatment, some might have considered her not worth saving. But, the Animal Rescue League will not turn away any animal in need, and Lady received life-saving care. Remarkably, in light of her agony and mistreatment, she remained calm and friendly throughout her care. She recovered and was adopted by a family who works with a Saint Bernard rescue group. </p>
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Lost and Found
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The Animal Rescue League bears the additional burden of the City of Pittsburgh’s Animal Control contract. Animals apprehended at large by City Animal Control employees make up 35% of the animals that come to us. Members of the public also bring many lost animals to our open doors. As a result, the Animal Rescue League reunites many more lost animals with their owners than any other local animal organization.
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Tootsie was found wandering around Wilkinsburg, 350 miles away from where he went missing in 2003. He was taken to the Animal Rescue League and was traced back to his owners using information on a microchip implanted under the skin on the back of his neck. Without a microchip, the reunion would have been completely, unequivocally and undeniably impossible. Tootsie's whereabouts for five years remain a mystery, although it is clear he has been well-fed and cared for.
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Pets for the Elderly
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Aging/Elderly/Senior Citizens
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<div>In order to increase general wellness and provide companionship to combat loneliness, the ARL has developed a methodology to give homeless companion animals a most unique job: keeping our elderly citizens healthy and happy. <br />
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Pets for the Elderly subsidizes the cost of adoptions for senior citizens, a demographic group that studies show often benefits the most from animal companionship. </div>
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Safe Pet Foster Program
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
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<div><strong>The Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center </strong>offers a pet fostering program that provides veterinary care and housing for animals owned by families or individuals in crisis.<br /><strong></strong></div>
<div>The ARL’s <strong>Safe Pet Foster Program </strong>will care for the companion animal(s) of individuals and families that are in a temporary situation that is preventing them from caring for their pets. Our goal is to make it possible for people to maintain one of their most cherished relationships—their bond with their pets.<br /><br />Some of the services provided include:</div>
<ul><li>Short-term foster carefor families who have been displaced from their homes due to foreclosure,eviction, a fire or other disaster, or divorce. We will provide your pets with short-term foster care which will allow you time to find a new home for your family and pets.</li><li>Short-term foster care for pet owners who are unable to care for their pets due to a hospital stay,extended illness, or other medical condition, and do not have family memberswho are able to provide care.</li><li>Short-term foster care for pet owners who are seeking emergency shelter from domestic violence.</li></ul>
<p>Families and individuals who are in need of short-term fostering for their pets are eligible for up to 90 days of care from the Animal Rescue League. By helping pet families stay together, we reduce the number of pets that needlessly end up in our shelters.</p>
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Humane Education and Community Outreach
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Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
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<div>In keeping with our Mission, we understand the importance of educating the public about the humane treatment of both companion animals and native Pennsylvania wildlife. Humane Education, in its simplest form, is teaching people of all ages to understand and care for the animals in our lives. In a broader sense, it exists to foster compassion, respect, and empathy for all living things by:</div>
<ul><li>increasing children’s understanding of animals and their needs</li><li>educating the public on the importance of animal issues and how they affect society</li><li>emphasizing the connection between care and compassion for people in our daily lives</li><li>teaching the basics of safety around animals to ensure positive human-animal interactions</li></ul>
<p>The Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center strives to foster humane attitudes in individuals by exposing them to animals and sensitizing them to their needs. Individuals who embrace a healthy respectfor animals are more inclined to transfer these caring attitudes toward allliving things - including the people in their lives. </p>
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