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Founded in 2011, Hudson Valley Animal Rescue & Sanctuary (HVARS) is a non-profit animal rescue, wildlife rehabilitation center, and low-cost veterinary clinic based in Poughkeepsie, New York. Operating out of a renovated barn facility, HVARS provides affordable wellness, surgery, and dental services to the community while rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming dogs, cats, and injured native wildlife.
Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is open Open 7 days a week (by appointment only), serves Hudson Valley, NY, and has adoption fees starting from $125.
Applicants must be 21 years of age or older. HVARS operates on an approval basis rather than first-come, first-served, and all visits require a scheduled appointment.
Prospective adopters must first submit an adoption application, which takes 1-5 days to process. Once approved, staff will contact the applicant to schedule an appointment to visit the facility and meet adoptable animals.
Adoption fees are $175 for single kittens under 1 year old, $300 for a pair of kittens, and $125 for adult or senior cats aged 1 year and older.
No, Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is not open to the walk-in public and all visits and services are strictly by appointment only.
All cats and kittens are spayed or neutered, microchipped, dewormed, up to date on age-appropriate vaccines, current on flea/tick and heartworm preventatives, and tested for FeLV/FIV.
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