Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter

SERVICES BARCS PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY

• Providing care and finding homes for impounded, stray, abused, and surrendered animals.
• Educating the public about responsible animal ownership and the importance of spaying and neutering.
• Tracking lost and found animals and providing a central location for city residents to search for lost animals.
• Issuing city animal licenses.
• Offering low-cost rabies clinics. Microchipping and pet licensing are offered at the clinics.

Description:
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005. Since 2005 we have had a contract from Baltimore City to manage the city animal shelter.

BARCS handles more than 11,000 cats and dogs and 500 other animals (other domestic animals, farm animals, exotics, and wildlife) a year. We are the largest animal shelter in the Baltimore area. We house up to 500 animals at a time.

Our long-term goal is to end the euthanasia of healthy, treatable animals.

History:
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005. Since 2005 we have had a contract from Baltimore City to manage the city animal shelter.

Since BARCS took over administration of the shelter our adoptions are up 1,285% and we have reduced the shelter euthanasia rate by 50%.

Our long-term goal is to end the euthanasia of healthy, treatable animals.

Contact people:

Frank Branchini, (phone), (email) Jennifer Mead-Brause, Executive Director, (phone)

Address:

301 Stockholm Street Baltimore, MD 21230 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.baltimoreanimalshelter.org

Miscellaneous Information

Governmental Agency?
	No

Last updated on March 14, 2009