Furry Friends Refuge

Through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention, and much more, the ARL helps people and animals from all over the state of Iowa.

Dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens are saved, protected, and given hope while we look for loving homes.

We are a program of The Pet Project Midwest, a nonprofit group established to support people in keeping their pets at home.

The City of Des Moines has a contract with the Animal Rescue League of Iowa's division ARL Animal Services to provide animal control services for every neighborhood inside the city's boundaries.

We save injured, disabled, sick, abused, pregnant, nursing, orphaned, bottle-fed animals, as well as pets with serious medical conditions.

Through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention, and more, the ARL assists people and animals from all over the state of Iowa.