# ARL \- Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc\.: Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year > Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter\. We assist with pet adoption, education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Birthday Parties](https://arl-iowa.org/get-involved/for-kids-families/birthday-parties/) - [Dog's Day Out](https://arl-iowa.org/get-involved/dogs-day-out/) - [Fetch List](https://arl-iowa.org/ways-to-give/donate/fetch-list/) - [Adoption Process](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/adoption-info/adoption-process/) - [Missed Connections](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/adoption-info/missed-connections-dogs/) ## Posts - [Summer Heat Safety Tips for Pets](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-psa/summer-heat-safety-tips-for-pets/): Every summer, hundreds of cats and dogs die needlessly due to their owners not taking the proper precautions regarding the extreme heat\. Here are simple steps you can take to make sure your animal enjoys the summer months\. - [How to Ease Pet Stress Due To Fireworks](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-psa/how-to-ease-pet-stress-due-to-fireworks/): The loud booms, pops, and fizzes associated with fireworks can make pets feel uneasy\. Luckily, there are some simple steps you can take to help calm your pet's nerves\. - [She had multiple injuries](https://arl-iowa.org/she-had-multiple-injuries/): Less than two weeks after our rescue of 33 dogs, our Animal Welfare \& Response Team was back on the road to assist in the urgent rescue of another large group of pets in need\. This time, it was 35 animals on a property in western Iowa\. - [22 horses needed immediate help](https://arl-iowa.org/22-horses-needed-immediate-help/): This week, the ARL’s Animal Welfare \& Response Team stepped into a heartbreaking situation\. Over the course of two days, our team assisted two different law enforcement agencies in removing 22 equines – 21 horses and one donkey – from three separate properties\. - [18 tiny kittens need you](https://arl-iowa.org/18-tiny-kittens-need-you/): When two mama cats arrived at the shelter together, they had with them not two, not four, but eighteen kittens — nine of them just 2 weeks old, and nine more only 5 weeks old\. Eighteen vulnerable babies and two tired mamas, all arriving at once, all in need of care\. ## Timeline - [Not just dogs and cats](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline/not-just-dogs-and-cats/) - [Looking to the next 100 years](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline/looking-to-the-next-100-years/) - [Transforming the future of animal rescue](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline/thansforming-the-future-of-animal-rescue/) - [Dallas County rescue](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline/dallas-county-rescue/) - [The largest rescue to date](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline/the-largest-rescue-to-date/) ## Events - [Job Fair](https://arl-iowa.org/event/events/job-fair/): Learn how you can be part of the team making a difference for thousands of animals every year\. - [Kibbles for a Cause](https://arl-iowa.org/event/pet-support-services/kibbles-for-a-cause-july-2026/) - [Yappy Hour at ARL Main](https://arl-iowa.org/event/events/yappy-hour-at-arl-main/) - [Craft for Paws: Painting with a Twist](https://arl-iowa.org/event/events/craft-for-paws-august/) - [Adoption Event with Paws \& Pints](https://arl-iowa.org/event/adoption-events/adoption-event-with-paws/) ## Pets - [Rocky](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/250928/find-a-pet/pet-detail/) - [Rocky](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/281799/find-a-pet/pet-detail/) - [Maya](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/284355/find-a-pet/pet-detail/) - [Dozer](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/281679/find-a-pet/pet-detail/) - [Ivory](https://arl-iowa.org/adopt/284421/find-a-pet/pet-detail/) ## Categories - [News](https://arl-iowa.org/category/news/) - [Pet Help](https://arl-iowa.org/category/pet-help/) - [Pet PSA](https://arl-iowa.org/category/pet-psa/) ## Tags - [cruelty intervention](https://arl-iowa.org/tag/cruelty-intervention/) - [cat](https://arl-iowa.org/tag/cat/) - [dog](https://arl-iowa.org/tag/dog/) - [adoption](https://arl-iowa.org/tag/adoption/) - [adopting](https://arl-iowa.org/tag/adopting/) ## Category - [Beginnings, expansion, \& growth](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline-category/beginnings-expansion-growth/) - [Rescue](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline-category/rescue/) - [Advocacy](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline-category/advocacy/) - [Community and education](https://arl-iowa.org/timeline-category/community-and-education/) ## Event Categories - [Events](https://arl-iowa.org/events/category/events/) - [Pet Support Services](https://arl-iowa.org/events/category/pet-support-services/) - [Training Services](https://arl-iowa.org/events/category/training-services/) - [Adoption Events](https://arl-iowa.org/events/category/adoption-events/) - [Volunteering](https://arl-iowa.org/events/category/volunteering/) ## Pet Types - [Cat](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-types/cat/) - [Dog](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-types/dog/) - [Rabbit](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-types/rabbit/) - [Rodent](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-types/rodent/) - [Bird](https://arl-iowa.org/pet-types/bird/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://arl-iowa.org/sitemap_index.xml)