What is the difference between ARF and the RSPCA?
ARF and the RSPCA are totally separate organisations, although we share many of the same beliefs. ARF is a small local group of people that foster as many dogs as we can in our own homes and rehome them privately. The dogs we take are ones that are about to be put down at pounds such as ACT Domestic Animal Services in Red Hill and the Queanbeyan Council Pound. The dogs at these pounds are usually only given 7 days to be reclaimed or sold before being put down. We aim to give them more time and foster them for as long as it takes for a loving permanent home to be found. The RSPCA in the ACT is part of a large national organisation that takes in hundreds of surrendered and lost animals from members of the public and rehomes the dogs, cats and other animals from their shelter in Weston. In most cases, they keep the dogs and cats at the shelter for as long as they can – up to several months – before putting some of them down.
