Animal Rescue Rhode Island (ARRI)

SHELTER AND HUMANE EDUCATION: ESTABLISHED IN 1938, THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND (ANIMAL RESCUE RI OR ARRI) IS A LIMITED ADMISSION SHELTER THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 44 CATS AND SMALL ANIMALS AND 20 DOGS AT ANY ONE TIME. ARRI ACCEPTS PETS SURRENDERED BY THEIR OWNERS, TRANSFERS IN FROM OTHER RI SHELTERS AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS, AND SHELTERS IN OTHER STATES. IN 2023, CONSISTENT WITH THE BELIEF THAT EVERY ANIMAL COMING INTO THE SHELTER DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE AT A LOVING HOME, ARRI TOOK IN 469 AMIMALS AND ADOPTED OUT 480. AT ARRI, PETS ARE NOT EUTHANIZED DUE TO SPACE, TIME, BREED, OR TREATABLE BEHAVIORAL OR MEDICAL CONDITION. ARRI IS ALSO A RESOURCE FOR THE BROADER RI COMMUNITY. ITS HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, COLLECTIVELY CALLED ARRI ANIMAL SCHOLARS, ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND FOR CHILDREN AND THE ANIMALS IN THEIR LIVES, WHILE PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION TO BE RESPONSIBLE, INFORMED PET OWNERS. PROGRAMS ARE UNDERWRITTEN BY GRANTS AND OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. in 2023, ARRIS COMMUNITY PET FOOD PANTRY, STOCKED BY DONATIONS AND RUN BY VOLUNTEERS, PROVIDED MORE THAN 65,000 PET MEALS FOR MORE THAN 1,100 PETS BELONGING TO HUNDREDS OF PET OWNERS EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. PET PANTRY VOLUNTEERS DELIVER PET FOOD TO PET OWNERS UNABLE TO PICK UP FOOD AT THE SHELTER. ARRI ALSO PROVIDES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH ONSITE AND REMOTELY, TO APPROXIMATELY 100 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS.