Animal Rescue Professionals Association

ARPA is a membership organization formed by a group of animal rescue professionals with more than 40 years of experience in the industry. We wanted to create a forum that was free from the drama often found in animal rescue communications. We have since furthered our leadership team by adding experienced individuals with expertise in shelter management, paid and rescue relay transport, and rescue group management. The ARPA is the only place that offers you a certified rescue transporter exam to become a Certified Animal Rescue Transporter, and we plan to continue to provide the certifications needed to standardize the animal rescue industry. ARPA has a number of benefits that we provide to our members. In addition to the information developed by our ARPA team, we provide a private forum where professionals can share best practices, sample documents and information to help other professionals with their animal rescue efforts.