Thanks to a generous $2000 grant from the PETCO foundation, 33 more dogs are out of Cumberland County Animal Shelter, fully vetted, and the majority already re-homed!  Thank You PETCO FOUNDATION for assisting A.A.R.F. with spaying and neutering these animals, allowing additional resources freed up to provide much needed canine vaccines to the animal shelter in Crossville. 

We know that every day there are dogs that need our help… but this story touched our heart.

Hope is a Black Labrador Retriever / Shar Pei   mix that was rescued from a park in Macon Co. where she had been abandoned after being hit by a car. The locals said that Hope had resided in the park after the wreck for “a couple of months”. Her rescuers named her Hope because they felt she had spent all that time in the park “hoping” someone would come along and help her. Hope was very malnourished and walked with a slight limp due to injuries sustained in the crash. She could not jump up on the couch and was very fearful of a leash leading her rescuers to think she’d possibly been abused by one in the past. They have been working with her on the leash issue and she is doing much better!

Dr. Thomas Holt took a look at Hope pro bono and said that the knob on her hip was shattered and this is an injury that can only be fixed by time and healing on it’s own. Her hip joint and socket have no damage and there is no muscle damage. Her rescuers report that she is already doing much better jumping and climbing than when she first came to them. The rescuers are financially unable to take care of Hope and would love to see her go to a good home. She does excellent with other animals and children. She has been around dogs, cats and a ferret! 🙂 They would love to be able to keep her but are both unemployed and at risk of losing their home and they cannot keep her at this point.

If you can help give Hope a second chance, please consider fostering her, adopting her, or just sharing her story with your friends!

The sudden passing of San Francisco Bay Area based guitarist and animal lover, Dave Romero, from a brain aneurism was a tragic loss.  As gifted and talented as he was loved by all, his gentle, caring nature was none more evident than in his unbounded compassion for animals, especially those sick, injured or in need of a forever home.

Friends and the local music community were quick to assemble fund raising and benefit concerts in an effort to offset the cost of a memorial as well as charitable contributions toward the animal causes that Dave so believed in.  AARF has received a gift of $1,500.00 from these proceeds to honor the legacy of Dave’s commitment to the welfare and well-being of ALL animals.

Dave Romero’s loving spirit lives on in the hearts of all who have been touched by his life…  both two and four legged.

A.A.R.F. is so grateful to be able to help so many animals in Dave’s memory! This has helped sponsor multiple emergency surgeries, much needed supplies and more for the pets in our care.

The Humane Society Spay Neuter Clinic announces – “Don’t Be A Dogfather” special with an offer you can’t refuse.  From May 17 through July 1st for $25 your male dog will receive neuter, rabies vaccine and supplemental pain medication.  Community animals only, please (no rescues).  These slots will fill very quickly so call 931-372-2728 for an appointment or more information.

Peggy Long, Scentsy Independent Consultant: Lets help A.A.R.F. raise money for their animals!

Scentsy Wickless Candles are flameless, smokeless, lead free & soot free. They can be used almost anywhere pet facilities, offices, public buildings, assisted living facilities or private homes. You can walk away from your warmer, leave it on 24/7 & never have to worry about a fire danger. The only thing released into the air is the fragrance & the wax does not evaporate. Scentsy wax is heated just to the melting point so you a love one or a pet can touch the wax & not get burnt! All our products are non toxic & safe !!!!

Over 80 long lasting fragrances to choose from starting at only $5.00 Our collection of warmers are beautiful & come in 3 different sizes starting at $20.00/$30.00(Small Plug In, Mid & Full Size)
Many designs & themes to chose from. All of our warmers are hand painted.

peggylong.scentsy.us will donate 15% of each sale made from the catalog to this organization & for every PAWS warmer sold will donate 20% from the sale of that warmer to this organization. Simply go to www.peggylong.scentsy.us click on the organization you are helping and shop. Then the donation will go to this organization to help those animals in need. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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We have a major crisis happening here in Cumberland County, TN and have about 48 hours to react. The shelter is closed on Wednesdays but we will help coordinate rescue pulls.

The Cumberland County Animal Shelter employees are all out due to injury and / or illness. The shelter is understaffed and depending on volunteers.

The County is coming in to take control and have determined that there are too many dogs and will euthanize nearly 50% of what is currently there.  According to the volunteer coordinator, 75% of the 100 plus animals there are adoptable.

This shelter receives very little traffic and until recently very little support.

We have 48 hours to save the lives of 50 dogs…and we need help.  If you would kindly forward to anyone who can assist, these animals would be forever grateful.  As we all know, this is no one’s fault but the irresponsible pet owners… and the county is just looking out for the safety and wellbeing of all of the volunteers now.  We are in the process of working on an adoption center for this county to have a place to transfer these animals in the future.

Cumberland County Animal Control Shelter
East Lane, Crossville, TN
931-484-8525
Hours 10am-2pm (Closed Wednesday – but volunteers working)

Thank you for any/all support you can provide.

Jennifer Farley
Director
A.A.R.F.
www.aarf-tn.com