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Keep Pets S.A.F.E.

(Supporting Animals and Families Everyday)

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Request pet food and supplies

Do you find yourself having to decide whether or not you can keep your pet due to emergency medical, financial, or personal reasons?  If so, the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) may be able to help!

ARL’s Keep Pets S.A.F.E program is offering the following services for residents of Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, and Hyde Park:

  • Deliver pet food and other essential pet supplies to clients’ homes and partner-supported community housing

     

ARL staff member handing someone a bag of pet food

To request assistance

Call the Keep Pets S.A.F.E. hotline at (857) 350-8730*, Monday – Saturday, 9AM – 5PM

 or

Request pet food and supplies

*Please note that we are experiencing higher than normal call volumes due to the high demand for critical pet supplies and services. We thank you for your patience.


ARL’s Keep Pets S.A.F.E. Program in Action


Hill's Food Logo

Thank you to Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love® Disaster Relief Network for generously supplying wet and dry dog and cat food for ARL’s Keep Pets S.A.F.E. Program.


Thank you to our Keep Pets S.A.F.E. collaborators

Action for Boston Community Development, Boston Senior Care Home Care, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Mayor Wu and the City of Boston, and especially people like you!


Keep Pets F.E.D.
(Full Every Day)

The Keep Pets F.E.D. (Full Every Day) in-kind drive series was launched to help keep pets with their families by providing pet food to our community.

The need is greater than ever. Over the last five years the number of pet meals we provided to the community increased by 100%.

Our resources have been pushed to the limit and we urgently need your help!

Tri-colored puppy laying down with her paws in an empty dog bowl

Pet Food Drive: March 10 – March 31

Goal: 5,000 lbs. of food for local pet families

You can fight pet hunger by purchasing critically needed food through our Amazon wish list or Chewy wish list.

Unopened, unexpired, shelf-stable pet food may also be dropped off at any of our three locations in Boston, Dedham, or Brewster (Cape Cod), Wednesday through Sunday, from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.

We need unopened, unexpired, shelf-stable pet food including:

  • Dry cat food (13+ lb bags) – URGENT NEED
  • Canned cat food (all varieties) – URGENT NEED
  • Small bites or small breed dry dog food – URGENT NEED
  • Dry dog food (all sizes)
  • Canned dog food (all varieties)
  • Dry Kitten Food
  • Canned kitten food
  • Dry Puppy Food
  • Canned Puppy Food
  • Dry cat food (all sizes)
dog and kitten eating
Donate food on amazon
Donate food on Chewy