The Ark, Inc

Animal shelter in Huntsville, Alabama

Get in touch with this shelter

Address

139 Bo Cole Road Northwest, Huntsville, AL 35806

Hours of Operation

    Monday: Closed
    Tuesday-Saturday: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Sunday: Closed

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Adoptable Pets at The Ark, Inc

Photo of Cupcake

Cupcake

Chihuahua/Terrier (Unknown Type, Small)

Female, 10 yrs

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Good with dogs
Story
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Birdie

Catahoula Leopard Dog/Blue Heeler

Female, 2 yrs 1 mo

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Good with dogs
Good with cats
House-trained
Story
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Diamond

Chihuahua/Terrier (Unknown Type, Small)

Female, 10 mos

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Good with kids
Story
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Sparkie

Pembroke Welsh Corgi/Terrier (Unknown Type, Small)

Male, 3 yrs 11 mos

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
No Details Provided
Story
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Scout

Beagle

Male, 3 yrs 8 mos

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
No Details Provided
Story
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Roscoe

Labrador Retriever

Male, 3 yrs 6 mos

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Details
Not good with dogs
Not good with cats
Story
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Rhett

Parson Russell Terrier

Male, 2 yrs 1 mo

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
No Details Provided
Story
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Gabby

Black Mouth Cur/Redbone Coonhound

Female, 3 yrs

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
Details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
House-trained
Story
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Cookie

Chihuahua

Female, 2 yrs

Huntsville, AL

Color
N/A
Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Needs special attention
Story
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Shelter FAQs

The Ark was incorporated as a non-profit, “no kill” animal shelter on March 6, 1990 by Nina Beal.

The Ark’s mission statement is...

To rescue as many homeless animals as possible.
To provide all veterinary care for each animal to include spaying/neutering before adoption.
To maintain a no kill policy except for reasons of mercy or dangerous temperament.
To promote humane treatment of animals through a humane education program.

The Ark provides all veterinarian preventatives to include: juvenile spay/neuter, shelter,
food and a loving “at home” environment for rescued animals while they wait to be adopted into a new loving home.

The Ark operates solely on donations and fundraisers and receives no city, county, state or federal funding.
The Ark also has no paid employees. Volunteers from the community help out at the shelter caring for the
rescued animals as well as returning telephone calls. If not for caring citizens, the Ark could not operate.

The Ark is much more than an animal shelter.
The Ark serves our community by:

Rescuing sick, abandoned and injured animals; Constructing and maintaining the first no-kill animal shelter in Huntsville;

Entering into an Agreement of Understanding with Hope Place to care for and protect the pets of domestic violence victims who are seeking refuge at Hope Place;
Entering into an agreement of understanding with the American Red Cross to provide a
Disaster Animal Relief Team to enter tornado areas to help victims with injured and lost pets;
Entering into an agreement of understanding with the American Red Cross to care for the pets of home fire victims;
Rescuing as many animals as possible from the City Animal Control Shelter before they are put to death;
Starting the first juvenile animal spay/neuter program to ensure ALL animals adopted from the ARK are spayed or neutered before adoption;
Promoting public awareness of the importance of pet owner responsibility through our Channel 31 Needy Paws Telethon;
Providing pet therapy in nursing homes and humane education in schools.
The Ark serves the Greater Huntsville and Madison area, also the Tennessee Valley.

Adoption steps

  1. Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
  2. Meet the Pet
  3. Interview

Additional adoption info

All our adoptable pets are fully vaccinated, de-wormed, spayed/neutered, had a wellness test with our
Vet and are on monthly flea/tick and heartworm prevention.

If you decide to adopt one of our pets, you will have a two week trial time, in which both sides can see if you get along.

If it should not work out, which sometimes happens, we will take our pet back and give you a full refund.

For our larger and active dogs you would be required to have a fenced in yard.
Our pets are adopted out in the Huntsville area and Tennessee Valley only.