Provides as a permanent refuge for animals that are homeless or injured. While pets can be adopted, already owned pets can be scheduled for a low cost spay or nurture.

Rescuing, caring for, and re-homing unwanted, abused, abandoned, and sick animals, the animal center advocates for responsible spay/neuter practices, educates the community about pet ownership, reunites lost pets with owners, provides pet therapy to nursing home residents, guides school children in pet selection, supports other welfare organizations, and ensures investigation of animal abuse and cruelty.

Promotes humane care and treatment of animals by operating an animal shelter and offering pet adoption services. Goals include seeking responsible homes, reducing pet overpopulation through spaying/neutering, providing healthcare, and reuniting lost pets with families. Volunteers assist in various shelter activities.

Operates a no-kill adoption shelter for cats and dogs. Ensures all shelter animals are spayed/neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, and undergo comprehensive veterinary exams and temperament testing. Provides kennel enrichment programs and free-roaming catteries to promote animal well-being. Additional services include: pet adoption, appointment-based pet surrendering, animal rescue from overcrowded euthanizing facilities, and micro-chipping.

Provides shelter, food, medical care and rehabilitation for domestic animals while finding permanent homes for them. Focusing on animals with the greatest needs, RBARI is especially committed to those often rejected, including seniors, urgent medical cases, and surrenders.

Provides animal shelter that focuses on cat and dog adoptions, spay/neuter services and education, and other avenues of making life better for animals and people. Also provides temporary care and shelter of homeless or unwanted animals.

Provides a 24 hour response hot-line for rescues and veterinarian services. Operates a marine life rescue for endangered species within the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo.

Provides animal control services for designated areas and cares for approximately 1,000 lost, abandoned, and surrendered animals per year. We provide free humane education to schools and interested groups.

Provides a variety of services for pets and their owners, including: adoption, animal foster care, preventative pet care, and spay and neuter services. Volunteers are accepted.