IMPORTANT NOTICE! Due to the parvovirus epidemic in the area all dogs on the waiting list for admission MUST have current vaccination against the disease with a certificate, as must any dogs going there for socialising with a prospective dog to be adopted. It is imperative that all vistors to the Ark and volunteers use the foot dips provided.

As usual at Christmas time, people have written to us with news of animals they have adopted and often to send donations to help us with our work. While many include their addresses so we can write to thank them, some don't and we are unable to show our gratitude by acknowledging their gift. To those people, please accept our thanks; your support is much appreciated.

The Ark Animal Rescue welcomes you to it's website. Please look around the site, where you will find information about the Ark.

We have long-term animals who will stay with us for the rest of their lives as they cannot be rehomed for a variety of reasons and animals which are waiting for a loving home. We take in animals for adoption from private homes, other rescues and sometimes via the dog warden. We have mainly dogs and cats but also have rabbits and small furries, including ferrets from time to time as well as occasional other species. We do not keep exotics.

Opening Times: We are open to visitors every day of the year, except Christmas Day from 12-3pm. Please try and visit between these times if you can as we are often busy with feeding and cleaning at all other times.

Please check the appropriate pages for terms of adoption etc. All dogs are microchipped free of charge. Unfortunately, the funding we had to cover the free vaccination voucher scheme has now come to an end so we are unable to offer it until further notice. Hopefully we'll manage to secure more funding in the future. We encourage owners to vaccinate their pets before handing them over to the Ark but cannot guarantee that every animal will be fully vaccinated.

All information on this website is correct to the best of our knowledge. We pass on to prospective owners all we know about the animals in our care but have to rely on former owners to be truthful and accurate. We do, however, update information at regular intervals as animals are observed and assessed. Please feel free to contact us for any information or advice about our animals or services that you cannot find on this website and we will do our best to help.

A FEW STATISTICS
We thought people may be interested to know how many animals we rescue. We normally show each month's figures but, as we're in a new year thought people may be interested in our figures for the whole of last year:

This is a total of 501 animals taken in and 508 rehomed. We knew it had been a busy year! Thank you to all fellow animal lovers for your support. Without you the Ark would not be able to do the work it does.

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