A.R.S. Pets

ARS Pets - Makes it Happen Again!

This Appy Mare was on her way to slaughter in a meat truck when she was found to be pregnant , no one else would take her, a call came thru to ARS Pets asking if we could help save her life. ( in these uncertain times, sometimes refusals are not uncommon because there can be issues with the birthing process or with the foal.)

ARS Pets went on Faith and said Yes ! Family and Friends came together and Rescued this Pregnant Appy Mare.

We are so very proud to share with you that on June 3, 2009 a healthy baby boy was born. Her story spread and many people came to see this new little baby including a school of handicap children. They shared in the joy of this new Mother loving on her new little baby.

This was an adventure of Love and Life. This little gift of life and Mare would have been lost if it wasn’t for a little Faith!

ARS Pets gifted these two beauties to two beautiful women to help make their dreams come true with the help of their dear friend.

** Horse donation - contact Cindy 801-465-2111

Monkeys, snakes take seat in science class

Woods, a sophomore justice studies major, the first student to volunteer during a class discussion on animal adaptations, came face-to-face with a Mexican Rose-haired Tarantula.

“I was expecting to hold the ferret,” Woods said. “And then there was a tarantula crawling on my neck, and I was a little freaked out, but it was awesome.”

Tamie Jovanelly’s Earth Science class came to life during a show-and-tell presentation featuring some exotic animals yesterday in McGilvery Hall.

The nonprofit Animal Rescue Services’ Pets and Zoo-2-U brought snakes, monkeys, spiders and lizards into the classroom to interact with students during their discussion of animal adaptations and behaviors.

“Any time students get to interact like this, it’s amazing, and I think they will have a greater appreciation for the subject matter after this experience,” said Jovanelly, a teaching fellow in the geology department. “ I want to leave my students with something memorable.”

Animal Rescue Services’ Pets brought a wide variety of species for students to handle

Some of the animals included a 200-pound python named Hercules, an iguana, a tortoise and a hawk. A few of the lizards introduced to the class haven’t changed since the prehistoric era and are seen as they were then, said Chris Massara, founder and owner of Animal Rescue Services’ Pets.

“It’s not that you have a heart for animals,” Massara said. “It’s that they have a heart for you, and I just happen to have that chemistry.”

He even demonstrated this chemistry by showing the class the mating ritual of a monkey with the primate he brought.

“I don’t usually do this in public and I know I made a complete butt of myself, but I think she liked it,” Massara said.

“I get a little emotional when I talk about her ,” Massara said. “She is my little girl, and she is even in my will.”

Massara rescued Misty from her former owner who used the monkey to practice “experimental surgeries,” he said.

ARS takes in animals of all sizes and species that people either no longer want or don’t know what to do with, Massara said.

“I am the only person the state of Ohio who will work with anything,” he said. “You name it I’ve worked with it.”

ARS helps find new homes for animals, nurse abused or injured animals back to health, and also works to release some animals back into the wild.

“I believe every animal in this room deserves to be in the wild, “ Massara said.