Celebrating 125 years of helping animals in need

ARL partnership with Boston Senior Home Care expands to seven locations This past week, the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) Welness Waggin’ made a stop at a Dorchester apartment development to provide more than a dozen pet owners with low-cost pet wellness services. The newest stop expands ARL’s growing list of senior housing developments the organization visits regularly through an ongoing partnership with Boston Senior Home Care. For many pet owners in Boston, accessibility to services is a major barrier to maintaining overall pet health, however, ARL’s Wellness Waggin’ is just one program that bring services directly to where

Read More

Burned kitten likely injured in vehicle engine compartment  A three-month-old kitten is in the care of the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL), after being found in a Dorchester parking lot with injuries likely due to being inside a vehicle engine compartment. The kitten sustained a multitude of injuries, including burns, and ARL is asking for the public’s support to help provide her with the care she needs. Cynthia was found in a grocery store parking lot in Dorchester in late October, with the Good Samaritan finder realizing the kitten was in distress and needed help. The finder took the

Read More

Kim Roderiques is a seemingly never-ending source of enthusiasm, commitment, and compassion! Kim’s philanthropic journey began at the age of eight with a lemonade stand fundraiser for muscular dystrophy research. This act of kindness would set the stage for a lifetime of selfless giving. Since then, Kim’s selfless nature has only intensified, and she now proudly supports dozens of Cape Cod non-profit organizations. Kim’s involvement with ARL goes way back. Her family adopted their first dog, Snubby, from ARL’s Brewster location in 1975! Her family ended up adopting a few more dogs from ARL over the course of her childhood,

Read More