The Washington Animal Rescue League has been nice enough to become a TNG sponsor. However, we have to give them something back. This shelter constantly takes in and finds home for some of this city’s cutest and most loving animals (it’s where I got my dog Neko), and right now they can use our donations more than ever. Here is why:

Acting on a tip, the local sheriff department and the Humane Society of the United States raided a Lamar, Arkansas puppy mill and found 83 small-breed dogs and 6 cats in dire shape. The animals were malnourished, sick, infected with parasites and covered with feces. Though they are now at The Washington Animal Rescue League and out of immediate harm’s way, their road to recovery is far from over.

The League is keeping the animals properly fed and giving them the medical care and socialization that they need to become the companion animals they were always meant to be. However, such care is not cheap. The dogs exhausted the shelter’s supply of canned food within a day of being brought in, for instance, and they require special training to become accustomed to cruelty-free life in a home.

Still, it is a testament to the League’s dedication that all these dogs will be given special attention. You can donate to the League at this link if you would like to help the Arkansas dogs. They need every dollar they can get, but with your help, they can complete their lives as warm, clean, well-loved family pets.

Please consider donating money to the League at this link. Thank you. 

The Washington Animal Rescue League is a non-profit organization with a mission to find permanent, loving homes for adoptable homeless animals while providing them quality care. A recent $4 million renovation makes it a unique shelter, painstakingly designed from the animals’ point of view and one of the most humane animal shelters in the world. Since 1996, the League has also operated a full-service, low-cost Medical Center for the companion animals of low-income area residents, making it the only facility of its kind in the mid-Atlantic region. The Medical Center also treats companion animals of its adopters and offers free spaying and neutering to anyone living within the Beltway. Founded in 1914, WARL is the oldest animal shelter in the metropolitan area. The League is located at 71 Oglethorpe Street, NW, Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.warl.org.