At a time when vaccines are top of people’s minds, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) is offering a...
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Feeling Thankful for our Senior Pets
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month, which gives all of us at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria just...
Wildlife in Trouble? Experienced Team to the Rescue
The call from distraught Alexandria city employees was urgent. They needed the AWLA to help with a tiny, furry problem:...
Celebrating Pit Bull Awareness Month This October
October is Pit Bull Awareness Month, as if we needed another reason to talk about the many wonderful pups who...
Celebrating Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, so named to help bring awareness to the many adoptable dogs who are...
Pet Pantry’s Doors Wide Open for a Community in Need
Linda Easley didn’t know where to turn. In recent years she had suffered a debilitating injury, lost her mobile home...
Remembering a Friend to Wildlife
Over the past decade, one of Virginia wildlife’s greatest resources was Dogue Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary, a nonprofit in Lorton dedicated...
REPOST: Emergency Preparedness for Your Pets
September is Emergency Preparedness Month, and with storm season here and winter right around the corner, be sure to take...
Summer Campers Still Helping Animals During Pandemic
For over a decade, students in northern Virginia have been coming to the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria each summer...
It’s Raining Cats!
Kitten Season Is Here Sylvia Gethicker and her daughter, Sylvia Landis, thought they were all prepared for the skinny gray...
Volunteering to Help Shelter Animals from Home
Volunteers are gradually returning to the Vola Lawson Animal Shelter. One at a time, they sign up to walk dogs,...
Repost: Celebrate July 4th Safely with Your Pet
Whether your July 4th plans include hosting friends and family, watching fireworks or just enjoying the weekend, we want to...