Be a
part of the ARK! We need volunteers! Come on by during our hours
to learn more about the ARK. Click here to get directions
to the shelter, at 139 Bo Cole Road. For more information, please contact
an ARK Volunteer at 256-851-4088 or email
the ARK. Please do not leave animals which
need homes at the ARK building.
ARK Dogs
Get a Professional Trainer's Touch
The ARK is proud to announce that we now have Manfred Roth, a dog
psychologist and obedience dog trainer from Germany, with his wife Maria,
training with our dogs 3 mornings a week. Manfred does not speak
English, but Maria is bi-lingual and it is working out great for the ARK
dogs and our volunteers.
Manfred is volunteering his time and expertise at the ARK evaluating
our dogs, working with problem dogs, and doing some basic obedience training
(come, sit, heel, down, and stay). Manfred trains the dogs using
verbal commands as well as appropriate hand motions.
He is learning English but with Maria translating, things are going
great for our dogs at the ARK. We feel Manfred and Maria will be
an additional asset to our organization. His kind and gentle method
of training will make some of our problem dogs more adoptable. We
are lucky they found us!
We have great
new T-shirts with a great new logo, the one
on the main page of this site, with the animals in the ARK. The shirts
feature the logo (of course, it is much larger on the shirt), front and
center, with the words, "The ARK" on top, and underneath, Nina's quote,
"Saving the live of one animal may not change the world, but it surely
changes the world for that one animal." Stop by the ARK and pick
up one up for the animal lover in your life, and be sure to pick up something
for yourself in our thrift store!
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The ARK's Thrift Store is open for business! We have a huge, tidy
shopping area, and many of the items we have are brand new! We accept donations
to the store, which are tax deductible. You never know what treasures you
might find. Check out our new Thrift Store page! |
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The ARK accepts
Memorial & Honorarium contributions. You can send a Memorial or Honorarium
donation in loving memory or in honor of a pet, family member, or friend.
The ARK will acknowledge your gift. Your $25.00 membership to the
ARK will help the animals aboard the ARK. We will send you a membership
card and put you on our mailing list so you can receive our newsletters.
All quality non-profit organizations need financial resources to achieve
their goals. Your donation to the ARK will help us rescue more animals
and care for the ones already aboard the ARK.
Congratulations
to the ARK's Founder and Director, Nina Beal! The State of Alabama
Veterinary Medical Association and the State of Alabama Veterinary Medical
Foundation honored this dedicated, hardworking lady with the Bowie-Heath
Humanitarian Award for the work she has done with animals and people in
our community.
It was a great surprise
and a great honor for Nina. She is the very first person to receive this
award!! To be recognized by veterinary professionals is the highest
most honorable award someone in her field could receive. She was
presented the award at a special ceremony at the Space and Rocket Center
on January 29th, 2005. Liz Hurley was the emcee.
Also inducted were
the Auburn Eagle Tiger into the Alabama Animal Hall of Fame, as well as
Ms Baker, the little monkey that lived so long at the Space and Rocket
Center. In addition, they inducted a Husky named Jack Tripp for saving
his family from a deadly house fire.
Sounds like Nina was
in good company! Congratulations to Nina from all of the ARK volunteers,
along with a big thanks from all of the animals and their adopted families
who can credit their happy relationships with their pets to her hard work
and dedication!
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