Our mission is to help find responsible pet owners who will provide loving, caring, and healthy homes for the many homeless and unwanted pets in our area. Staging adoption events coupled with fundraising and requests for supplies and donations at least once a month is our goal.
We also sponsor low cost SPAY & NEUTER CLINICS as often as possible (every 4-6 weeks). We support this effort wholeheartedly to help cut down on unwanted litters in our pet-overpopulated area. Please call 870-994-4445 for reservations soon, as these events fill up rather fast!!!
Who We Are
We are a group of volunteers passionate about taking care of and saving the lives of many abandoned, unwanted, homeless, injured, and abused animals. This organization was established to raise funds to help meet the overwhelming needs of our fourlegged friends. We rely heavily on donations from the public to help meet these precious animals' needs for food, medications, medical care, surgery, and rehabilitation.
We always need volunteers who enthusiastically support our efforts and are willing to open their homes to foster litters of kittens, injured cats and dogs who need a little loving care so they can be adopted into good homes after they have healed - and fostering difficult, unsocialized, and neglected dogs and cats. We believe that euthanasia should be a last resort for animals beyond hope and suffering great pain.
Adopting a friend
Our adoption policy is as follows: We require rabies vaccinations within 7 days of adoption (if not up to date) and neutering/spaying of animals within 30 days of adoption (if not already neutered/spayed and if animal is old enough to be altered). Our local veterinarians honor a $25 voucher offered by the City of Cherokee Village toward the cost of spaying/neutering an adopted animal. Follow-up ensures compliance with our policy and requires proof that vaccinations are up-to-date and that city licenses are current (for residents of Cherokee Village).
For adopters who live outside of our immediate area, we require vet and personal references and adopted animals have to be vetted (fecal exam, shots/boosters, and spaying/neutering if old enough) prior to leaving our facility. Adoptive "parent(s)" will pay the vet clinic directly and payment must be made by debit/credit card or check. Checks must clear prior to picking up the new pet.
Adoption fees vary depending on what has been invested in the animal and may be as low as $25.00 and up. If the pet has been vetted and spayed/or neutered, that cost will be added to our otherwise low adoption fee. If the animal has to be transported to its new home, the cost of transportation is the obligation of the adopter.
Please request an application and adoption contract by emailing us at spanimalrescue@aol.com.
Your cash and check donations can be mailed to SPARE, PO Box 364, Cherokee Village, AR 72525. Secure online donations may be made via Paypal. Here is the link:
There is also a Homeless Animal Fund at North Arkansas Veterinary Clinic to help pay for local shelter pets' medical needs.
The City of Cherokee Village also accepts donations to help defray the costs of restoration and rehabilitation of shelter buildings. Donations to the city can be mailed to Spring River Animal Services, PO Box 192, Cherokee Village, AR 72525.
Come Visit Us!
Visiting hours at Spring River Animal Services are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday; however, you must announce your visit at the office so you can be accompanied to the kennel areas. The shelter address (between Ash Flat and Salem) is as follows:
SPRING RIVER ANIMAL SERVICES 1531 Hwy 289 North
Cherokee Village, AR 72529
Phone: 870-994-4445
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