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Updated: 6/29/09

Welcome to Giles County Animal Rescue's web home! You can check out our list of current pets available for adoption and find out all about us by following the links to the left. Thanks to everyone who has saved a shelter animal and thanks for stopping by!

If you live in rental property please obtain permission from your landlord to have a pet. It's sad to see an animal adopted and then returned the next day because '"My landlord found out".

Are you looking for that perfect gift for someone and can't find it? Consider donating to the Giles Co. (or local) shelter in someone's name. Giles Co. will send an acknowledgement if you would like one. Monetary donations can be sent to:

Giles Co. Animal Rescue
P.O. Box 354
Pearisburg, VA 24134

or supplies can be brought to the shelter. Please help a homeless animal have a Happy New Year!

Thanks to April and Randy for again collecting donations at Texas Steakhouse for Giles.

Please join us at the first ever Paws for the Cause, May 16th at the Pearisburg Community Center, 9-1. This event is being held by a cancer relay for life team. GCAR will have a booth set up. There are so many activities being crammed into 4 hrs you just can't miss this. Some being planned are:

Dog Walk A Thon- 2 mile walk-register to walk your dog at www.Relayforlife.org/giles
Food booths provided by Relay for Life Teams
Dog Bath sponsored by M&J Groomers
Dog Photography by Jack Burns
Guest speaker Dr. John Robertson, Dept of Comparative Oncology at VA/Maryland College of Vet Medicine
VA Tech Police K9 demonstration
Flying Fur Dog-Fly Dog demo
Cutest Dog Contest
Paw Prints in Clay- Giles Wellness Center

Lots of door prizes and gift certificates. Come on out, support Relay for Life and the doggies.

Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign 2008 Give Hope The CVC is the annual workplace giving campaign for the employees of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This year marks the first time Giles County Animal Rescue has participated! GCAR joins over 1,400 other charities by being listed for possible designation for donations by employees of the state through pretax payroll deduction. If you are employed by Virginia, please consider a tax-deductible gift to Giles County Animal Rescue. Check out Virginia Tech's partner website http://www.cvc.hr.vt.edu for more information and links. Giles County Animal Rescue's CVC code is 3201. Specifics regarding our mission and services for animals may be found on the campaign website. The official end date for donations is January 16, 2008.

Giles Co. Animal Rescue is in need of volunteers to keep the shelter open 2 hrs on weekends. This is the time of year when shelters are full and the weekends have not been staffed. If you'd like to help, can spare a couple of hours on Sat or Sun call us. 922-3958

 

Added a Black lab pup to the shelter section (forgot to add her last night). (6/29)

Added Skylar, Clancy, Runner, Suzie, Mr. T, Stretch, Little Boy, Buster, Joy, Goliath, Toliver, Ben, and Tasha to the shelter section. (6/28)

Added Spot, Bella, Becca, Spunky and several other cats & kittens to the shelter section. (6/21)

Added a new volunteer application under Volunteering. (6/21)

Added Tiny Trixie and several cats to the shelter section. (6/13)

Added Jocko to the shelter section. (6/9)

Added a kitten to the shelter section. (5/25)

Did you know you can help the animals from Giles Co. (or any county) without adopting?  You can purchase ANIMAL FRIENDLY license plates and the DMV will send an annual check to a local rescue, shelter or humane society. Proceeds from your purchase go to the county you live in. You can order them online or visit your DMV office. Get yours and proudly tell everyone you are ANIMAL FRIENDLY.

Save those empty ink cartridges. Recycle and save a life!  Giles Co. Animal Rescue wants your empty ink cartridges. We can get cash for them and the money is used for our Feral Cat Program.  We trap/neuter/release feral cats to control the over population.  Think of all those cartridges being thrown away and they can now be put to use. Businesses, individuals, students please take the time to save them and save a life! Contact April at gilescountyanimalrescue@yahoo.com for more info.

Want to help out, but don't have time to volunteer? Here is a great way you can help Giles County's homeless animals and get some fun, practical merchandise. You can help us simply by ordering online from Current Fundraiser. It's easy to do, you can choose from lots of fun and practical products, and 50% of your total purchase goes directly to the animal rescue. Just follow these easy steps:

1. Log on to the Internet at: http://www.currentfun.com, Shop to your heart's content. You can choose from loads of reasonably priced cards, gift wrap, gifts, candy and treats, even popular magazine subscriptions. Look for special fundraiser internet offers, too.
2. When you check out, select:
   State:  Virginia
   Organization:  Giles County Animal Rescue, Inc.
   City:  Pearisburg
3. Submit your secure order (using your credit card for payment).

Help promote spay/neuters and save a life.  8" car magnet can be purchased from Giles Co. Animal Rescue. $5.00 each. Contact any volunteer or gilescountyanimalrescue@yahoo.com.

Alleviate the financial stress associated with your pet's unexpected medical expenses and generate funds for our shelter at the same time! Simply apply for a ShelterCare Pet Insurance Program by using the ShelterCare banner-link.

Here's how it works: ShelterCare Pet Insurance Programs cover you when your pet needs essential veterinary care from an illness or injury. Also, every time a completed application for a ShelterCare program is generated through our shelter's website, we automatically receive a $25 donation to help cover common needs like blankets, litter and food. This donation is of no cost to you and provides us with essential funds. Make the right move and enroll today!

Giles Co. Animal Shelter now has facilities for cats and kittens. If you are looking for that purr-fect companion, please visit us.

Animal Care Center of Pearisburg, Dr. Conley Painter will give discounts on dogs adopted from the County Shelter. Discounts will be for spay/neuters and vaccinations (rabies included). Call 540/921-3707 for appointment. Must present the yellow copy of your adoption form.