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Worcester Animal Rescue League’s primary objective is to link homeless pets with people who will give them forever homes; to accomplish that we continually adjust our adoption hours. Presently WARL is open 7 days a week 10:00 to 4:00 Monday through Saturday, 12:00 to 4:00 on Sunday. Closed on Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years Day. Open 10-2 on Christmas Eve.

Please don’t be offended if you are denied access to the adoption areas if you arrive before 10:00 or after 4:00. We will try to accommodate you if it’s possible, but we may not be able to let you visit the animals right then if floors are wet; stacks of dirty laundry are on the floor next to full litter boxes; house-broken dogs are racing for the outdoor kennel to go to the bathroom; needy kittens are climbing cage bars to get a hug; and all of the animals are hungry.

Worcester Animal Rescue League is located at 139 Holden Street in Worcester near the Holden town line. Holden Street continues into Holden, so if you find yourself at 139 Holden Street and the shelter isn’t there, you’re in Holden. Just turn around and come back down the street into Worcester. WARL will be on your right after the junction with the railroad tracks.

From I-290, turn onto 190 and take exit 2. (Exit 1 is the Greendale Mall.) At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Ararat Street and go over 190. At the end of Ararat Street, turn left onto Brattle Street, which merges onto Holden Street at the railroad tracks. The shelter is just a few hundred yards down the street on the right.

From I-190 North, take exit 2. At the traffic light at the top of the ramp, turn right onto Ararat Street. At the end of Ararat Street, turn left onto Brattle Street, which merges onto Holden Street at the railroad tracks. The shelter is just a few hundred yards down the street on the right.