Animal Welfare League of Alexandria to Host FREE Community Pet Care Fair The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) will hold a pet care fair on Saturday, May 5, to provide free rabies vaccinations and other services to pets in the Alexandria community. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the courtyard in front of …
Are You Prepared for Spring?
Getting Ready for Spring Babies! Last Thursday, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria hosted the second event in our brand new speaker series to help our community learn about the baby wildlife they might be seeing in their backyards this spring. AWLA Animal Services Officers Boyd and Doran spoke about the variety of wild animals that will be having …
SPEAKER SERIES: Careers in Animal Welfare
Join us on Thursday, April 19, for a presentation from the AWLA’s Executive Director Megan Webb, to learn more about careers in the field of animal welfare. So many people in our community care for animals, and we are often asked how they can do more to support the animals in their backyard and around the world. There are a wide …
A Fun Day Was Had By All!
Rescheduled Fun Dog Show Bigger Than Ever! For the first time in more than a decade, the March 3 Ballyshaners‘ St. Patrick’s Day Parade had to be rescheduled, and along with it, the AWLA’s annual Fun Dog Show. However, the rescheduled parade and Dog Show took place this past Sunday, March 18, and we couldn’t have asked for a nicer …
AWLA Launches New Monthly Speaker Series
Living the Farm Sanctuary Life! We were excited to kick off our brand new monthly speaker series with a fascinating and enlightening presentation from Gene Baur, president and co-founder of the Farm Sanctuary, last Thursday, March 8. Founded in 1986 and now operating three sanctuaries in New York and California, the Farm Sanctuary aims to provide more information about where …
Alexandria Love Your Pet Day
In 2017, a group of West End pet businesses got together to come up with a way to help the Alexandria community celebrate its love for pets. They worked with the Mayor and City Council to declare an annual Alexandria Love Your Pets Day and then hosted a block party to commemorate this announcement. The inaugural event engaged 30+ local …
SPEAKER SERIES: Get Ready for Spring Wildlife!
Join the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria to learn more about the animals who will be populating your backyard this spring, from the wild to the domestic. Alexandria’s Animal Services will provide more information about spring babies, how you can help keep them safe and what to do if you find an abandoned animal, whether it’s a squirrel, a bunny, …
SPEAKER SERIES: Gene Baur from Farm Sanctuary
Join us on Thursday, March 8, for a presentation from guest speaker Gene Baur, president of the Farm Sanctuary. Founded in 1986 and now operating three sanctuaries in New York and California, the Farm Sanctuary aims to provide more information about where our food comes from and offers a home for farm animals in need. Mr. Baur will share more information about how the …
Home for the Paw-lidays
Each of our adoptables has a greatest wish: to find a brand new family. To help make this holiday wish come true, we are waiving adoptions fees on our old-timers and long-timers through December 24; standard adoptions policies apply. Look for the animals with the Home for the Paw-lidays badge and help make one life brighter this season!
Scottish Christmas Walk Parade
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is proud to join in the 47th annual Campagna Center Scottish Christmas Walk Parade. Enjoy marching units filled with the magnificent tartans of Scottish Clans, the stirring sound of Scottish bagpipes and drums, Scottish dancers, reenactment groups, Scottie dogs, dignitaries, classic cars, Santa Claus, and of course, a group of supporters and adopted animals …