{"id":51,"date":"2023-12-08T14:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkinc.org\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2023-12-08T22:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:21:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkinc.org\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ark was incorporated as a non-profit, \u201cno kill\u201d animal shelter on March 6, 1990 by Nina Beal.<br>The Ark\u2019s mission statement is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To rescue as many homeless animals as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To provide all veterinary care for each animal to include spaying\/neutering before adoption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To maintain a no kill policy except for reasons of mercy or dangerous temperament.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To promote humane treatment of animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ark provides all veterinarian preventatives to include: juvenile spay\/neuter, shelter,<br>food and a loving \u201cat home\u201d 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.<br>The Ark also has no paid employees. Volunteers from the community help out at the shelter caring for the<br>rescued animals as well as returning telephone calls. If not for caring citizens, the Ark could not operate.<br>The Ark serves our community by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rescuing sick, abandoned and injured animals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constructing and maintaining a no-kill animal shelter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rescuing as many animals as possible from the City Animal Control Shelter before they are put to death<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Starting the first juvenile animal spay\/neuter program to ensure ALL animals adopted from the ARK are spayed or neutered before adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=S8DS8JRMRY43S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributions<\/a> to the Ark Inc. are tax deductible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ark was incorporated as a non-profit, \u201cno kill\u201d animal shelter on March 6, 1990 by Nina Beal.The Ark\u2019s mission statement is&#8230; The Ark provides all veterinarian preventatives to include: juvenile spay\/neuter, shelter,food and a loving \u201cat home\u201d environment for rescued animals while they wait to be adopted into a new loving home. 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