Rescued in Arkansas.
Loved in New England.
ArkanPaws is a volunteer-run rescue. We pull dogs and cats out of hard starts down south, get them healthy, and personally drive them north to the families waiting for them.
For many of the animals we rescue, there’s a 1,400-mile drive between a hard start and a soft place to land. We make it, one dog and one cat at a time.
A network of fosters, a few reliable cars, and a standing promise to show up for the ones nobody else will.
From back down in Arkansas to a home up North
Dogs and cats, one at a time. Here’s what every rescue runs through before it gets its happy ending.
File 01 · Intake01: Rescue
We answer the calls no one else will.
Strays, owner surrenders, and whole litters, pulled from overcrowded shelters and roadsides across Arkansas before they run out of time.
File 02 · Recovery02: Rehabilitate
Then we give them time to heal.
Vaccines, spay and neuter, treatment, and a warm foster bed, for as long as it takes to be ready.
File 03 · Transport03: Rehome
We drive them to their people.
Every adoption is hand-delivered. We personally transport each dog and cat to screened adopters waiting across New England.
File 04 · Next up04: Repeat
And then we turn around and do it again.
There’s always another litter, another stray, another good dog or cat who needs help. The care and cycle continues, because the need does.
Before the happy adoption photo, there’s a colony to feed.
Vet bills, food, gas money, crates to clean. This is the unglamorous middle of rescue, and it’s most of the work. Your support is what keeps it moving.
A few of the ones we’ve rescued
Every one of these was rescued, cared for, and found a family of their own. Plenty of others just like them are still waiting for theirs.
The orange one
Came in needing care and got it. Healthy and settled now, home for good with a family of their own.
Buddy
Rescued, patched up, and all tail wags. Now home for good with a family who adores him.
The tabby
Came to us needing care, and got it. Recovered and vaccinated, now curled up at home with a family of their own.
Three ways to change an ending
Adopt
Browse the dogs and cats who’ve done their healing and are ready for a home of their own.
Foster
Open your home for a few weeks. We cover supplies and vet care. You provide the couch and the company.
Donate
Every dollar goes straight to vet care, food, and the gas it takes to drive an animal home.
You can be the reason an animal makes it.
Adopt, foster, or chip in for a care bill. However you show up, it goes straight to an animal who needs it.