Animal Rescue Charity (Registered Charity No 1007182)

26/04/2025

A Hugh Thank You to everyone who kindly donated in store for the Pets at Home Easter Appeal"

Over £1,100 has been raised by this store for the Pets at Home Foundation and ARC (we get 50% of the money raised). This will be a great help with all the hungry mouths to feed.

The Campaign would not have been as successful without the wonderful help from the staff here and our lovely Volunteers: Carol, Julie, Ian and Corina who all did a great job!😄

26/04/2025

Congratulations Louise on winning our lovely Rabbit, in our Name the Toy Competition at Pets at Home, Bishop's Stortford.

Thank you everyone who kindly donated and entered our completion.

Wishing you and "Gwen" many happy years together - Rabbits are for life and not just for Easter! 🐰

22/04/2025

Fancy a fun day out on Bank Holiday Monday, then come along with or without your four legged friend and enter this Charity Dog Walk being held at Saffron Walden Cricket Club.
Please register your interest on their website.
Hope to see you there, as all money raised will go towards helping all the animals we have waiting for their forever homes.

Join us for an unforgettable Charity Dog Walk on Monday 5th May

There will be walkies, games, pet supplies, delicious food and so much more … everything you and your furry friend loves! Plus a talk by renowned dog physio, Vicki.

AND you will help to raise much needed funds for the Animal Rescue Charity.

Go to www.9k4k9.co.uk for information and to register your four-legged best friend

No dog, no problem... just register with the dog's name REX and join us for a great day anyway.

Let’s make a difference together!

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21/04/2025

A big thank you to Bishop's Strotford Pets at Home for supporting us during their Pets Foundation Easter appeal. And an even bigger thank you to everyone who donated in store. Your support makes a huge difference to all of the animals here.

20/04/2025

Happy Easter from some of our furry friends

19/04/2025

Little Nat, the Natterer's bat has been released at the animal rescue charity where she was found, after a few weeks of care and rehab by the herts and Middlesex bat group. It's nice to see a happy ending to a rescue story 😊 Thanks to everyone involved.

17/04/2025

Last few days left of the Easter Campaign, so pop along and say hi and learn more about ARC.
Youngest visitor so far is the scrummy Murphy, a 11 week old Golden Retriever - just had to have a cuddle!🥰

15/04/2025

Thank you so much for the box of Kong goodies. The dogs here certainly found them a fun enjoyable treat🥰

14/04/2025

The Pets Foundation Easter appeal is now in full swing. Help raise funds for The Animal Rescue Charity by donating in Bishop's Stortford Pets at Home before Easter Monday.

All of your donations go towards helping us out especially during another busy kitten season where we will be running up vet bills and burning through kitten food to make sure all the kittens we rescue are given the best possible chance.

14/04/2025

Lots of fun with the team over the weekend at Pets at Home Bishops Stortford, promoting awareness and trying to raise as much money as possible to help the animals in our care.
One more week to go of their Easter Campaign, so don't forget to make a donation at the till whilst paying for your shopping - every pound helps x

Don't forget to download the Pets at Home app. and please select Animal Rescue Charity.

Many thanks to our lovely volunteers: Julie, Ian & Corina 😄🐾

13/04/2025

Excellent first week at Pets at Home Bishops Stortford with their Easter Campaign to raise money to help all the animals in our care.
For those that don't know where we are based, we are in Farnham Road, Bishop's Stortford.
Please remember to add a donation whilst you shop in store - every little helps!

09/04/2025

All set up and paws crossed that lots of money can be raised to help all the animals in our care. Kitten season has started, so lots of hungry mouths to feed.
Pop into store to meet us and you could win a gorgous toy bunny or rabbit in our Name the Bear game.
Our fundraising team will be there from 11:30 - 1:30pm, so pop along and find out more about what we do.

06/04/2025

The Pets Foundation Easter appeal is just around the corner. Visit Pets at Home Bishops Stortford between 7th and 21st April to donate and make a difference for The animal Rescue Charity.
We will have someone in store, and will let you know nearer the time, to help with the fundraising, and at the end of the appeal we receive these donations, and just in time for kitten season when we really need a lot of support to help as many desperate kittens as possible.

01/04/2025

Our amazing Deputy and Supervisor, found a very small bat in need of some assistance at ARC. She contacted The Herts and Middlesex Bat group and they took the bat to a rehabilitation centre. Once she has put on a few grams she will be released again at The ARC to where she was found, so we will keep an eye out. Well done to everyone involved in helping this little Natterer' bat!!!

25/03/2025

Over the last week we had a cat handed in believed to be stray. Once scanned, it turned out to belong to someone, and was in fact a diabetic cat in need of medicine. Luckily, he was OK, but some animals that are on medication it can be fatal if they don't receive their medication regularly.

Please remember to make sure the proper steps are followed before handing a cat to a rescue including attaching a paper collar, asking in local groups and neighbours if they know who the cat belongs to, getting someone to scan the cat, ideally in the location they are found in, if possible, rather than picking them up and taking them somewhere out of the area.

On the other side of things, please make sure to keep your animals microchip up to date, so you can be contacted in the event they go missing/are found.

Some examples of this over the last few years:
A Dog was with us for 7 months before the owners found that he was with us, if the microchip details were up to date, then he would have gone home 7 months sooner.

A cat was handed in after their owner passed away, the cat turned out to have been missing for 7 years from the original owner but for those 7 years had been taken in as a stray and kept.

A cat was picked up from the street despite us recommending that they don't and brought in to us. It was unchipped, but the owner rang up and had evidence to prove that he was there cat and they were reunited.

It's fantastic that these people were reunited with their much loved pets but it could have happened sooner.

It is a legal requirement that all cats and dogs are microchipped and the details are up to date. So if yours aren't then please get this done at your vets or give us a call and we can arrange for you to bring your cat or dog to us and a member of our staff can chip them for you. All we ask is that you pay a minimum donation of £10 per animal to cover the cost of the chip and admin fees, keep the details up to date, and check before you keep a "stray" or relinquish them to a homing centre.

25/03/2025

We have created a new Amazon wishlist to give some hints as to items we are in need of. All the items on there currently are ones that we will use all year round. Currently we are quite short on just regular adult wet food for dogs for example and with 21 dogs we are getting through quite a lot.
Many thanks in advance for your support. We couldn't keep rescuing animals without the help of the community.

24/03/2025

Fancy coming along with your 4 legged friend to enter a Sponsored Dog Walk, starting and finishing at Saffron Walden Cricket Club on Monday 5th May 2025. Check-in desk open from 9:30am.

There are two races: 9km walkers leaving about 10:30am / 4.5km walkers leaving about 11am. All back at the Cricket Club by about 1:00pm for other fun events to enjoy.

We are delighted to confirm that we have Vicki Youens from Passionate about Pets Animal Physiotherapy, who has kindly offered to:-

1. Do a Demonstration on how Physiotherapy helps dogs as well as other animals.
2. Vicki will also Judge the Dog Show.

"Vicki is a Physiotherapist, Author & Speaker. Helping owners to have a strong dog, helping dogs with Arthritis and Starting our puppy off on the right paw" . She has also worked in Rescue for over 20 years.

All money raised on the day, will go to help the animals in our care.

If you are able to help with donating rosettes and prizes for the dog show, please get in touch with our Fundraiser Kathy Tye.

Many thanks for your support.