Animal Adoption & Rescue Center
Alleviate the financial stress associated with your pet?s unexpected medical expenses and generate funds for our shelter at the same time! Simply apply for a ShelterCare Pet Insurance Program by using the ShelterCare banner-link.
Here?s how it works: ShelterCare Pet Insurance Programs cover you when your pet needs essential veterinary care from an illness or injury. Also, every time a completed application for a ShelterCare program is generated through our shelter?s website, we automatically receive a $25 donation to help cover common needs like blankets, litter and food. This donation is of no cost to you and provides us with essential funds. Make the right move and enroll today!
The NRH Animal Adoption & Rescue Center is offering an alternative program to increase the adoption of animals from the Center. This program began at a local nursery with a card table full of information about adoption animals and also notebooks with pictures of the current animals available for adoption. As individuals began looking through the information and the adoption rate began to increase, employees and volunteers began looking for other ways to advertise these adoptable pets.
PetCo in Watauga, Texas was a prime location for our volunteers to set up every other Saturday for adoptions. The Center's volunteers have made a significant difference in providing these pets with good homes. Since beginning in January of 2003, we celebrated out 100th adoption in October 2003.
Our Annual ADOPT-A-THON/WALK-A-THON helps raise money for the AARC Expansion Fund by walking with your pet along the 1.5 mile course. This event will kick off at 8:00 a.m.. Please contact the shelter at 817-427-6570 for information on how to sign up. T-Shirts, refreshments and prizes will be in abundance!

The month of June is the national Adopt - A - Shelter Cat Month. During the month of June the Adoption Center reduces the adoption fees on all cat adoption.

National Adopt -A - Shelter Dog Month is October. All dog adoptions during the month of October will be reduced. Please call our Adoption Center for more information.

December 13, 2007 is when Santa Claus comes to visit the homeless pets at our Adoption Center. While he is here, Santa offers to have his picture take with pets for a donation. Your pet can have their photos taken with the him for a donation of $7 for the first sitting, $5 for each additional sitting and $2 for each additional print of the same pose. All proceeds from this event benefit the Shelter Fund.
The AARC's Injured Animal Fund is money set aside so the Shelter can help strays that are received injured and in need of immediate veterinary care. This fund is supported soley by donations.
To help us return more pets home, the City of North Richland Hills requires all pets that live within our city limits to be registered with us. The city registration has to be renewed each year. A current rabies certificate and the registration fee is all you need to register your pet with the City. For fee information and to answer additional question, please contact the Adoption Center at 817-427-6570.
The City of North Richland Hills also requires that all cats living in our city be kept strictly inside. Any cat adopted from our Center must be inside cats only. As our community grows, there are more and more dangers to an outside cat. Also in order to avoid damages to neighbors' property, the city requires all cats to be inside cats.
When you walk your dog, please pick up after your pet.
Thank you.
The adoption fee for pets under 3 months of age is $80. This includes the pet's neutering, first booster vaccination, a wormer and a microchip for identification.
For pets 3 months and older, the adoption fee is $80 PLUS $10 for the Rabies Vaccination. All dogs 6 months and older are also heartworm tested before any surgery is done. Pets that will live in the City of North Richland Hills will also be given a free one year City Registration Tag.
North Richland Hills city employees and senior citizens (over 65) are eligible for a discounted adoption fee. Contact the Adoption Center for more information.
Monday 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday thru Friday 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Our Adoption Center relies heavily on donations to operate.
We are always needing donations of
| We have chosen Kuranda dog beds for our boarding facilities because they are so good for our dogs. We still don't have enough for all of our kennels. If you would like to donate a bed so another dog can sleep in proper comfort, please click here. |
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