BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS
301 STOCKHOLM STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21230 barcs.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BARCS TAKES IN OVER 11,000 DOGS AND CATS AND APPROXIMATELY 1,000 EXOTIC, WILDLIFE AND OTHER SMALL MAMMALS EACH YEAR. THE ANIMALS THAT BARCS CARES FOR WERE LOST, ABANDONED, ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR SURRENDERED BY THEIR OWNERS. SINCE BARCS TOOK OVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY SHELTER AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2006, THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS LIVES SAVED INCREASED DRAMATICALLY TOTALING OVER 100,000 LIVES SAVED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2019. THE SHELTER'S SERVICES INCLUDE: PROVIDING HOUSING AND CARE TO HOMELESS ANIMALS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, TRACKING LOST AND FOUND PETS, OFFERING LOW COST VACCINATIONS AND MICROCHIP CLINICS, AND PROVIDING LOW COST BASIC DOG TRAINING CLASSES. BARCS ALSO PROVIDES FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT A COMPANION ANIMAL THAT IS SPAYED AND NEUTERED, VACCINATED, AND LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT NEW LOVING HOME.

THE MISSION OF BARCS IS TO ACCEPT AND CARE FOR ALL ANIMALS IN NEED AND TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP FOR A MORE HUMANE COMMUNITY IN BALTIMORE CITY.

BARCS IS THE LARGEST COMPANION SHELTER IN MARYLAND TAKING IN OVER 11,000 DOGS AND CATS EACH YEAR AND HANDLING OVER 1,000 OTHER SPECIES. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, BARCS AIDS IN THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF ABUSED AND ABANDONED ANIMALS IN NEED, PROVIDES LOW COST SPAY NEUTER SERVICES, ASSISTS IN RETURNING LOST ANIMALS TO THEIR OWNERS AND FINDS SUITABLE HOMES FOR ANIMALS WITHOUT OWNERS. PRIOR TO BARCS INCEPTION IN 2005, THE EUTHANASIA RATE WAS 98. DUE TO BARCS LIFESAVING EFFORTS, THE EUTHANASIA RATE HAS DECREASED TO 10 WHICH INCLUDES ANIMALS THAT ARE AGGRESSIVE, HAVE MEDICAL INJURIES BEYOND REPAIR, OR WHO ARE TRULY AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE.

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