Rescue in progress: 28 dogs and puppies abandoned

Today Animal Rescue Corps is deployed in St. Francis County, Arkansas, assisting the Forrest City Area Humane Society in the rescue of 28 loving dogs and puppies. The vulnerable dogs and puppies were left behind when the property’s tenants were evicted. These dogs are confused, heartbroken, and in need of immediate medical, physical, and social care at ARC’s Rescue Center. It’s especially poignant that this abandonment happened in a county named for St. Francis, known as the compassionate patron saint of animals.

Operation Eviction Emergency

This hoarding case came to light only when the tenants were evicted. Local animal control and law enforcement lack the space and resources to help the animals in a case of this size — and many of the dogs are underweight and suffering from mange and other parasites, untreated injuries, and other signs of chronic neglect.

Many dogs abandoned by evicted tenants are visible in an overgrown yard.
Abandoned dogs and puppies wait in an open doorway for an emergency animal rescue
Two dogs watch each other in an abandoned yard littered with trash waiting for emergency animal rescue.

Fox’s Rescue


Heartbroken, Fox is still watching and waiting, hoping somebody will come for them. Fox deserves so much better than being left behind… no less left in a place that lacks the resources to care for so many neglected dogs all at once.

Emergency Animal Rescue

Every single one of these dogs and puppies deserves so much better than being left behind and abandoned. Thanks to Animal Rescue Corps’ compassionate donors and volunteers, each of these animals will receive the care they need at ARC’s Rescue Center. Once they are ready, they will be matched with vetted placement partners to find caring homes and loving families so they will never be left behind again.

A dog with dirty fur and wounded skin waiting for an emergency rescue..
A small spotted dog with a wounded ear stands on a brick path during the emergency rescue.
An underweight dog, shot from above, is saved in an emergency rescue.
A rescued dog in the arms of an ARC emergency rescue volunteer looks at the camera.
Several abandoned dogs wander an abandoned and decaying yard with a patched fence and trash on the ground during ARC's emergency rescue.
A one-eyed dog in the arms of an ARC volunteer looks at the camera during its emergency rescue.
An ARC volunteer standing in the back of an ARC van holds a medium brown dog in his arms during the emergency rescue.
A large-eared dog rests its head on the shoulder of an ARC volunteer during its emergency rescue.

ARC donors and volunteers save lives.