Carlton County Animal Rescue

10/31/2025

Pinkie Pie as a Pretty Princess won the most votes this week with Cruella and Sol coming in at a tie for second place. We will make sure they get a new toy or treat to celebrate!

We will have our van set up for Moose Lake Trunk or Treat from 3:30-6:30pm today. Stop by and say hi to our volunteers.

We’d love see YOUR photos of kids or pets or yourself in fun costumes, drop them in the comments!

10/31/2025

Update: OWNER LOCATED!

Found, 10/31/25 AM
Female lab running loose on Cary Rd near Hwy 210. Cloquet.
No ID. No microchip.
Must have proof of ownership.

10/30/2025

It’s been a LONG day, however we didn’t want to pass on a chance to remind you that it’s national CAT day! We’ve been drowning in cats for months now.

As of today, we have 112 cats in foster homes.

113 if you count this unnamed dude pictured here on a stray hold that a volunteer picked up this evening to get scanned for a microchip and help him if he doesn’t have a home.

Yesterday it was 107, before 5 tiny kittens including Scooter pictured here were dropped off for intake and so hungry, when it sounds like mom decided she was unable to feed them any longer.

4 of our adoptable cats are at the PetSmart Adoption Center in the Duluth store hoping to get more exposure to finding their homes, including Peter Pan pictured here.

Summer, pictured here is one of several kittens fully ready for adoption waiting for the right person to come along.

Reba is our longest foster in rescue right now, at 455 days, and is the last of over 70 cats rescued from one home last summer. She needed a bit more time to open up and trust people. She gets along well with other cats and deserves a home. Her adoption fee has been generously sponsored.

Buffalo Wing and Jalepeno are a pair looking for a home to go together!

The next photo is a group of seven kittens found in a tote last week, that appeared to be 2 different litters discarded on the side of the road.

This is just a fraction of the cats in our care right now, even after we’ve had 28 adoptions so far in October, that’s averaging one every day of the month, with more ready to go by this weekend.

Are we looking for more referrals? Requests to help strays? Take in surrenders? Unplanned litters? Dumped kittens? Injured strays? No, we are not. However when the alternative is these cats not having a safe place to go, with access to food, shelter, and vet care…. we want to help and ask for your help as well.



PLEASE Spay and Neuter. Foster. Adopt. Donate. Educate. Partner with local rescues and supporter TNR [trap, neuter, return] programs.

Donate Online with Venmo, PayPal,
or PO box options
https://www.ccarescue.com/donate

Donate much needed food and supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3Q5VJLX2LIIR1

Donate your time:
https://www.ccarescue.com/volunteer

And spread the word about the need for local animal rescue! Sharing these posts and inviting your friends to follow our page to continue to spread awareness, help us find fosters and adopters, and educate on the importance of spay/neuter, vaccinations, and microchipped.

Happy National Cat Day to you and yours!

10/30/2025

😱 😳 ☠️😬🫣 Some of the scariest phrases we’ve heard! Thanks for sharing PJ's Rescue

10/30/2025

Stop in to visit our booth, all the great vendors, and enter for your chance to win!

Good morning ! We are sure by now you all know at the Market on November 8th gives away three that’s right three full thanksgiving dinners these include everything you need to have a great meal plus a gift certificate for a turkey or ham ! In the past we have done entries with purchase but this year we want to make it easier for everyone to enter so all you have to do is stop in to the market from 9-1 and you can enter for free one entry per person please ! At 1 we will draw the winners and call them and the baskets can be picked right up the same day!

10/28/2025

Ducky is the last pup from the land before time litter to be waiting for her forever home!

Her brother Little Foot has an application in process, Petrie (now Murphy), and Cera have found their homes as well as mama.

Ducky is 18 weeks old and we anticipate she will be 30-40lbs full grown based on her growth and mama’s size. She’s been working hard on potty training and kennel training. If you give her the option to walk or be carried, she’ll sign up for the princess treatment. She gets a bit nervous when in a vehicle and going somewhere new, but give her a few minutes to see that she’s safe and she’s ready to play and kiss your face and wag that tail like there’s no tomorrow.

She seemed to be a fan of hockey, however she prefers to take a nap after an hour (or less) of playtime. Submit an application to start the process asap!

10/27/2025

LUCY was our winner with the most votes at
Ru Ridge Farms on MEA weekend. Let’s give everyone one more chance to rack up some votes, the foster pup or kitten with the most votes displayed by 👍 or ❤️ on their photo by Thursday eveninf will be given a special Halloween prize!

10/27/2025

What a fun adventure with LOTS of great socialization for one of our litters of pups and litters of kittens, to meet hockey fans of all ages before/during/after the UMD Women’s hockey game against the Gophers Saturday afternoon, followed by a special visit with the team and coaching staff to share some cuddles and playtime.

Little Foot and Cera both have applications in process and as of this morning Ducky was still waiting for any apps.

The Citrus Bunch made their debut, and we are accepting applications now, however aren’t quite ready to go to their adoptive homes yet, but will be soon!

Thank you to the team for joining us at an adoption event to help out earlier this month and letting us come to join you at the arena for a home game this weekend! Champ was popular with our pups and even the kittens were curious!

10/24/2025

We are all for team DOGS tomorrow… well, maybe we’re on team cat as well! Come to see the UMD women’s hockey team play against the gophers Saturday at 3pm, and visit our volunteers with some adoptable animals before or after the game or between periods.

10/23/2025

Thank you Upper Lakes Foods, Inc. and staff for having an internal cutest pet contest and collecting donations for CCAR! What a fun idea that brought in over 40 adorable entries. ULF staff raised $439.77 through votes, and UFL matched this—bringing the total donation to $879.54 for Carlton County Animal Rescue! ❤️🐶🐱. We appreciate you!