The Ark Animal Shelter
The Ark Animal Shelter is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
From The Ark Animal Shelter
ARK se compromete a brindar atención compasiva y colocación de animales sin hogar, aliviar la sobrepoblación de animales de compañía mediante la promoción de programas de esterilización/castración de bajo costo y promover y mejorar el bienestar de todos los animales a través de la educación y la extensión comunitaria. El Arca está dedicada al cuidado de animales sin hogar, no deseados o desplazados. Como refugio que no permite matar, The Ark no practica la eutanasia a menos que exista un problema médico o de comportamiento grave.
How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving?
Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.
Animals in Maine need your help
You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with The Ark Animal Shelter and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
Heartwarming stories from our partners
Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill in 2025.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network »