THIS SEASON WE ARE SUPPORTING...
The Animal Refugee Center. ARC began as a hope for an alternative to euthanasia to deal with the problems of unwanted, healthy animals, and advocate the prevention of cruelty to animals. In 1991, by soliciting donations from a committed community and obtaining a mortgage, the Animal Refuge Center was able to purchase its current home, situated on 22 acres in N. Ft. Myers. Throughout the last twenty nine years, the number of animals that are cared for at ARC has grown from 100 to at times, over 500. Therefore, the facilities in which to house these homeless pets have also grown. Presently there are 10 main buildings housing felines: The Gable Village, The Ekstrom Cottage, The Harley House, The Mary Williams Kitten Cottage, The Casa Marie, The Casa Luis, the Dixie D, Aeries Place, Maises Place and Beesley's Hide Away. As the largest no-kill shelter/sanctuary in Florida, their philosophy avows that once an animal is accepted for adoption, it will not be destroyed to make room for another.
