AARCS

Founded in 2006, AARCS is a charity based in Calgary, Canada working on animal welfare, community development.

The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) is a registered charity based in Calgary, Alberta, that rescues and rehomes homeless cats, dogs and small animals, primarily from rural Alberta communities with limited animal services. Animals are housed temporarily at its Safe Haven shelter, assessed medically and behaviourally, and placed in foster homes until adoption. The organisation runs an in-house Veterinary Hospital that provides care to animals and serves as a veterinary student training site. Its community support programmes, including spay/neuter assistance, trap-neuter-return and pet food assistance, aim to keep pets with their owners and reduce animal overpopulation and shelter intake. AARCS is run by a volunteer board of directors and relies on donations, adoption fees and fundraising, with no government funding. It was founded in 2006 as a volunteer and foster-based rescue and operates from Calgary, having closed its Edmonton adoption centre in 2025.