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The Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania, known commonly as Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center (ARL), is an animal welfare organization founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1909.〔 The ARL is a non-profit organization that offers various services to support both animals and pet owners alike. It is the only animal shelter in the Pittsburgh area that accepts both domestic animals and wildlife. The agency's shelter and clinic are located in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood, while its wildlife rehabilitation center and boarding kennels are a few miles away in Verona, Pennsylvania. The organization maintains a contract with the city of Pittsburgh and accepts all stray pets that are apprehended by the Animal Control unit. The ARL accepted nearly 10,000 animals in its shelter in 2010 alone. The primary facility in East Liberty celebrated 5,249 adoptions into new homes that year; many more were reclaimed by their owners.〔(Animal Rescue League Surpasses Adoption Goal ), Stephanie Watson, January 3, 2011, CBS Pittsburgh〕〔(The Animal Rescue League Story ) 3:20 on video: Exceeding the 'Drive for Five' mark with 5249 animal adoptions in 2010〕 ==Mission and open door policy== :''To provide temporary shelter, food, medical attention, and comfort to all abandoned, neglected and injured animals brought to us by the community; to restore lost animals to their owners or seek new homes for them, and educate the public about humane care of animals with a goal of reducing overpopulation.〔(Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania ), Charity Navigator〕'' The ARL is an open door shelter. Such a policy means that the organization will accept any animal, regardless of species, age, health, or temperament, every day and does not have a waiting list for admission to its shelter.〔(Open Door Shelters ) opendoorshelters.org〕 The shelter has a program to rehabilitate aggressive animals, with the aim of finding homes for them, but is not a No-kill shelter;〔 since most no-kill shelters have a closed door policy. "Our behavioralists work on certain things like food aggression, getting them to be able to walk on a leash, barking behaviors – things like that", says executive director Dan Rossi.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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