50% Off Adult Cat Adoptions Oct. 24-29
“What greater gift than the love of a cat?”—Charles Dickens October 29 is National Cat Day, and the League is celebrating by slashing the adoption fee for all cats older than six months. All of our...
View ArticleAWLA Supports World Spay Day
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is pleased to support The Humane Society’s 23rd annual World Spay Day initiative by offering significantly discounted (the lowest prices of the year) spay/neuter...
View ArticleAWLA Kitten Nursery
Thanks to a generous donation from Ted & Willa Lutz, AWLA will be opening a kitten nursery! Called “Kitten Academy,” this nursery will be the first stand-alone neonatal kitten nursery in the metro...
View Article2018 AWLA Calendar Contest
Welcome to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington’s Calendar Contest Fundraiser! This is your chance to make your pet a local celebrity, with their photo on the cover of our 2018 calendar! Each photo...
View ArticleRabid Raccoons in Arlington
Two raccoons found in Arlington County have tested positive for rabies this week. The first raccoon exposure occurred in the 2000 block of Military Road in the Cherrydale neighborhood. The second...
View ArticleAnimal Transfers and our Commitment to Save Lives
If you’ve ever visited our shelter, you may have noticed something peculiar. Here is a dog from Houston rescued after Hurricane Harvey, a cat coming from southwest Virginia, and, yes, that’s a rabbit...
View ArticleNew FIV Adoption Policy and AWLA’s Culture of Improvement
At the Animal Welfare League of Arlington, one of our core values is progressiveness: we strive to always be on the leading edge of animal care through continual improvement. The animal sheltering...
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December Blog: 1,000th Kitten Arrives at AWLA
It was March 20, 2018 – the first day of spring and the unofficial start of kitten season – and local meteorologists were abuzz: DC was expecting to get one of the heaviest, latest March snowstorms on...
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Saving A Cat Named Cupid
CUPID UPDATE: 3/6/2020 Today was a very special day – Cupid found his new home! His new mom and dad were SO excited to meet Cupid and make him a part of the family. He was purring and giving them...
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You Gave Kelvin a Chance
From the looks of it, Kelvin had been having a rough go of it when a woman saw him all alone, wandering through her backyard. One of his legs appeared to be injured and his eyes were terribly inflamed....
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