Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach, Inc.

01/13/2026

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01/12/2026

2025 was a very busy year for us!

We provided veterinary services to over 500 animals, including 240 spay/neuter surgeries, over the course of 10 clinics in remote Alaskan communities.

Most recently, we have been providing support to pets affected by Typhoon Halong. Our volunteer veterinary team has been spaying and neutering dogs before they are reunited with their owners or adopted into new homes.

We continue to ship food to communities in need, recently shipping over 2,000 pounds of donated pet food to communities affected by the typhoon.

The need is ongoing: Alaska residents, please consider selecting us for a donation through pick.click.give when applying for your PFD this year. Any amount helps us to improve the lives of animals living in remote Alaska communities.

Donations are always welcome here: https://www.akrvo.org/donate-here.html

Our gratitude to all of our supporters!

12/25/2025

Happy Holidays from all of us at Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach!

12/19/2025

We would like to thank PetZoo, their generous customers, and PetExpert for the food donation of 3500 lbs ! Wow! Also a big thanks to Northern Air Cargo for donated and discounted freight and Grant Aviation for donated freight to ship the food to Dilingham, Togiak, Twin Hills, Nome and surrounding communities! These community dogs will now have the essential food they need to survive winter. Thank you so much everyone!

12/17/2025

Mama Tundra is one of the dogs rescued from a rural village where we were holding a clinic this spring. One of the dogs from this group (likely related to Mama Tundra) was adopted by one of our board members and has quickly adjusted to the good life as a beloved member of their family. Mama Tundra has patiently been waiting to find her forever home which she so deserves!

Please share to help Mama Tundra find a home, even better if in time for the holidays!

12/15/2025

Profile of just one of the dogs, Jellybean, displaced by Typhoon Halong, her owner, and foster. Just one of many such scenarios playing out the last couple of months.

Jellybean was also one of the dogs our team provided spay surgery for this past weekend!

Our gratitude to all of those volunteering their time and efforts to give these pets a safe place to land until they can be reunited with their owners or adopted into new families, and how we are all able to join forces towards a common goal.

Most of the dogs plucked from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the wake of ex-Typhoon Halong have been claimed. Nearly 20 will be readied for adoption if their owners don’t come forward by Monday.

12/15/2025

Thanks to our generous supporters, this weekend our team provided 4 spays, 1 neuter, and one mass removal for dogs affected by Typhoon Halong. These dogs will now be better positioned to be reunited with their families or adopted into new homes!

As always, it takes a village! Special thanks go to our volunteer medical team (Dr. Becky Sawyer, Dr. Greg Closter, Dr. Karin Schmidt, Amanda Beck, Megan Reber, and Lori Kauffman), Jeanine Faulkner, David Jensen, the rescue groups and fosters caring for the displaced pets, Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center, and National Veterinary Associates (NVA).

Together we can make a difference!

12/13/2025

A huge shout out to the Mat-Su College Vet Tech (University of Alaska Anchorage) students for volunteering to meet at 8 am on a Saturday AFTER FINALS WEEK to make about 50 surgery packs in just over 2 hours! It takes a village. Ready for the autoclave now! A glimpse behind the scenes of every surgery! THANK YOU!

12/12/2025

Thanks to PetZoo, Pet Food Experts, and our generous community!

12/11/2025

Thanks to generous donations, we are gearing up to distribute several thousand pounds of food to several of the villages affected by Typhoon Halong. We are still working out details, but what we do know is that we could use some help loading and unloading the bags of food (currently staged at Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center); 3-4 volunteers with strong backs would be particularly helpful (and if you have a truck or enclosed trailer even better)!

Please contact our operations manager Lori Kauffman at [email protected] or (907) 744-3013 if you are interested in supporting this effort!

Our gratitude to those who have donated and to Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center for accepting and storing it for us!

11/27/2025

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

We are grateful our supporters, our volunteers, and the communities and pet parents who entrust us with the care of their 4-legged family members.

Thanks to our Yakutat based board member for sharing this beautiful sunrise shot; looks like it's gonna be a great day!