Dedicated to the welfare of abandoned animals.
Our survival depends on donations and foster parents for our animals.
Please help us help those who have no voice.


ADOPTIONS HELD EVERY SATURDAY
(except Holiday weekends) 12 Noon to 4 PM
Cats are available to view Monday thru Saturday.



Petsmart
455 E. Cochran St.
Simi Valley, CA


Map to our adoptions

Giving Pets a Second Chance at Love

 

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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.