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Who We Are
Animal Rescue Volunteers, Inc. is a non-profit organization
that began in 1994. We are all volunteers who love animals and
wish to make a difference by helping end the pet over population
problem and rescuing abandoned animals. We are a well respected,
long-standing organization that provides this service to the
Simi Valley Community as well as the larger | Ventura and Los
Angeles County areas.
What We Do
We feed, house, spay/neuter, microchip and provide medical care
for animals that have been rescued from animal shelters, or
from a natural disaster. We hold weekly adoptions to find the
very best home for each animal. Prospective adoptive families
fill out an application, and are interviewed. An ARV volunteer
then visits the applicant's home to assure it is safe for the
animal.
How We Do This
We work with local animal shelters, veterinarians, and other
rescue groups to locate animals most in need of care. We then
place the animals in foster homes, (we always need more foster
homes!) We take our animals to local veterinarians and nurse
them back to health, if needed, before presenting them at our
weekly adoptions.
Our Accomplishments
ARV has been instrumental in the adoption of over 5,000 animals
since 1994. We continually provide veterinary care for rescued
animals such as assistance for broken jaws, hip and leg fractures,
upper respiratory illnesses, cancer treatment, mange, vision
impairment, infections, and heart problems while they are awaiting
adoption. We even bought a pacemaker for ARV' s mascot, Hannah,
who is no longer with us. We provide animal "well-care"
such as shots and grooming. To date we have provided over $250,000
for this care. We have also paid the required fees to rescue
animals from Animal Control Agencies.
Our Goals Are To
Decrease animal overpopulation and euthanasia rates in the
greater Los Angeles area by expanding our pet spay/neuter
program working with local veterinarians. 190,000
animals die in Los Angeles and Ventura County shelters each
year. We want to make a difference in bringing this number
down.
Develop and distribute marketing materials that will encourage
others to foster our deserving animals.
Educate grammar school children in Ventura County to understand
animal behavior and know the responsibilities of having a pet.
Create a volunteer run facility so we can rescue more animals that have been
left at our local animal shelters. |
