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AARCS, Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (Calgary) Reviews


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4.2
A Compassionate Director 5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:47
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Proactive Redemptions 4 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:42
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3 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 02:00:22
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Volunteers 4.7 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:22
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4 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:59:59
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5 posted by Iammae8, on 2013-08-27 00:34:39
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Public Relations/Community Involvement 4 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:19
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3 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:59:52
Overall I think Aarcs is really trying to do a good thing for the community and the left behind cats and dogs. I just think they need more organization and record keeping, as well as better foster home regulations and guidelines.
Medical and Behavior Programs 3 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:16
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1 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:58:48
I received 3 sets of medial records and none of them matched. There was a big inconsistency in all of them. In the end, I had to share my frustration which then prompted them to send me a final set of medical records. I found this to be very disorganized. They do not track any of the vaccine information other than the name of it so do not expect to have complete records for your pet. Neither Aarcs nor the foster parent noticed my cats bad litter box behaviours. In fact I was told that she was completely litter box trained.
Pet Retention 3.5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:05:08
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2 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:55:55
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Comprehensive Adoption Programs 5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:03:48
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5 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:55:15
I do like how they did an interview and asked many questions before approving me to adopt my cat.
5 posted by Iammae8, on 2013-08-27 00:42:15
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Foster Care 3.7 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:03:27
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1 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:54:40
As I mentioned already, my cat's foster home did not notice any of the major health issues nor any of the bad litter box behaviours. There should be some guild lines or regulations on being a foster home. I was told my cat received all their shots and dewormer which is interesting as my cat is dealing with only issues that a cat without shots or dewormer would have!
5 posted by Iammae8, on 2013-08-27 00:35:13
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Rescue Groups 3.5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:03:21
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2 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:52:45
Yes they do take in and foster each cat or dog in different foster homes. I am uncertain how much regulations these foster homes have to be accepting in foster kitty's and puppy's as my cat came from a foster home that had 10 other animals in the house. I did not think this was a big deal until I took my cat home and started noticing some major health issues as well as very bad litter box issues that only took me a very short time to notice after bringing my cat home. Any foster caretaker would have noticed this if they had the time to focus on each animal they take in.
High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter 5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:03:10
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5 posted by fe.fuerza.amor, on 2014-02-28 01:49:15
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5 posted by Iammae8, on 2013-08-27 00:38:18
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Feral Cat TNR Program 5 average
5 posted by odcmanagement, on 2014-11-18 15:03:04
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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