News & Events
January 2021
Adopted animals Dogs: 18 Cats: 6 TOTAL: 24 Rescued Animals Dogs: 21 Cats: 3 TOTAL: 24
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Donald Adopted!
We are celebrating a very special adoption, Donald! Many people fell for Donald’s charm but none had the courage to adopt him. With 14 years of age and a diagnosis of Leishmaniose, Donald watched families choose other young dogs for 2 years. But none of that mattered to the Venter…
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ARA Numbers & Stats 2020
We ended the year 2020 with 142 animals in the shelter (115 dogs and 27 cats). Summarizing: 517 adopted + 142 in the shelter (534 dogs + 123 cats + 1 pig + 1 rabbit) So far 659 animals have been rescued by ara! TOTAL ARA ADOPTIONS: 517 Animals…
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ARA Happy Update – Protocol established with schools in Almancil Constituency
We believe that educating the next generation is the biggest step we can take to improve Animal Welfare in Portugal. With this in mind, we recently established a protocol with Primary and Secondary schools in the Almancil constituency. The protocol consists of two phases: Phase 1: The parents and children…
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Food Collection with Photo Shoot
Hi!!! This weekend we will be at Kiwoko in Portimão !!! As always we are counting on your visit and help! We need a little bit of everything, especially cat food and litter. On Sunday we will have the presence of the photographer Carlos Filipe Photography who volunteered once again…
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Adoption & Fundraising Event Mar Shopping Loulé
This weekend, 12 / 13 December, we are back at MAR Shopping Algarve for an adoption and fundraising event! We’ll be outside the main entrance from 10am – 6pm. Come along and say hello to some of our dogs and meet the team. We’ll be selling ARA canvas bags, T-shirts…
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ARA Happy Update – 42 Adoptions last month!
This week we are celebrating achieving the highest number of adoptions in one month since the shelter opened it’s doors in 2018. That’s 42 dogs and cats now living in loving, caring, responsible families. 42 animals previously abandonded, neglected and mistreated. 42 animals who may never have felt love or…
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Adoption Event Mar Shopping Loulé
This Friday and Saturday we are back at MAR Shopping Algarve for an adoption and fundraising event! We’ll be outside the main entrance from 10am – 6pm. Come along and say hello to some of our dogs and meet the team. We’ll be selling ARA canvas bags, T-shirts and water bottles, perfect…
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😊!APPRECIATION POST!😊
We would like to say a big thank you to Giles Webber CEO of Birmingham Dogs Home and Mars Animal Food Supplies for donating 6 TONNES of PREMIUM food for our dogs and cats. Because of you, our animals have high quality food for many months to come! Many of our animals…
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ARA HAPPY NEWS!!
𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵! As many of you are aware, we are heavily supported by our large team of local and international volunteers. Without them we simply could not operate to the level we do. Most of our international volunteers come to us through Workaway, an online platform for hosts…
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