To send an email to AARF, click here. Emergency contact info, our Officer and Chair contacts and more are on this page.
Emergencies, Vets, AARF, Anguilla Police and More
Summary
This page has phone numbers and contact information for AARF and other vets as well as for emergencies, injured/sick/dead animals and animal cruelty issues.
Morlens Veterinary Clinic is Anguilla’s vet clinic, and specializes (only) in dogs and cats. Dr. Garry Swanston, Dr. Niquet Goldson and Dr. Brian Murray are our Morlens vets; they alternate working at Morlens.
The AARF Animal Shelter and Rescue/Adoption Shelter is in the same building as Morlens and is open when they are open.
The Department of Agriculture handles animals other than dogs and cats. Their phone is (264) 497–2615.
The Department of Agriculture or the Royal Anguilla Police Force handle instances of witnessed animal cruelty.
The Department of Environmental Health handles dead animals (say on sides of roads). Call (264) 497–2631.
Quick Checklist
Here is a quick checklist for common issues (most links go somewhere on this page):
- Contact AARF for anything related to adoptions, rescue, our shelter, store, donations, etc. AARF does not do veterinary work; contact Morlens Veterinary Clinic for anything medical.
- Morlens Veterinary Clinic:
Emergency, daytime: Morlens — when it is open. Call (264) 497–4600. Their open hours are just below and are also on the Morlens web site.
Emergency, after hours: Morlens emergency. Call (264) 581–4600.
Routine, daytime pet care, Anguilla: Morlens daytime hours and contact info. Call (264) 497–4600. Here is their email address.
- Injured dogs and cats: can be taken to Morlens. If not a medical emergency or if transport to Morlens isn’t possible, the Department of Agriculture or the Police should be notified. You can check with Morlens if unsure.
- Routine, daytime pet care, Anguilla: Pelican Mobile Pet Care. They provide routine (not emergency care) services.
- Vets on St. Maarten and St. Martin: lower on this page (which goes to our links page).
- Witnessed cruelty and abuse: contact the Royal Anguilla Police force (aka RAPF).
- Dog or cat suffering from neglect or other problem (a common one is an emaciated dog or cat, a tied up dog that is suffering or a stray). For these issues:
Contact the the Department of Agriculture or the Police with as many details as possible: description, location, date and time observed, and keep a record of who was spoken to as well as any emails. Legally, AARF cannot take action — this is the Government of Anguilla’s domain. There is always the issue of whether the dog or cat has an owner. In such cases, Agriculture can secure permission to take further action. You can always let AARF know when and who was contacted.- Dead animals: report to Department of Environmental Health: (264) 497–2631.
- Tourists may also wish to contact high level members of the Government and the Anguilla Tourist Board.
AARF
AARF’s contact information is below, including our phone number.
Anguilla Vets and Emergencies (Vet Clinic and Police)
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Morlens Veterinary Clinic specializes (only) in dogs and cats, and is the emergency vet clinic. Contact them for cat/dog emergencies and for routine office matters concerning your pet.
Morlens lists their open hours on their web site, but in general, opens at 8:30am M–F and 9am on Saturday.
AARF is open:
- Mon: 10:00 am–12:30 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm
- Tue: 10:00 am–12:30 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm
- Wed: 10:00 am–12:30 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm
- Thu: 10:00 am–12:30 pm ONLY (closed in the afternoon)
- Fri: 10:00 am–12:30 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm
- Sat: 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Morlens Regular Hours (Normal Business and Emergencies)
Morlens location
The Clinic’s location is on the Eastern side of the island, in Sandy Hill, near the Sandy Hill roundabout. Here is a OUR map and information to Morlens (or click the image to the right).
The Morlens Veterinary Clinic’s main daytime (main office) phone number is:
(264) 497–4600.
Alternatively, and especially for emergencies (after hours), call:
(264) 581–4600.
During regular Vet Clinic hours, call iit both for emergencies and for routine office matters such as appointments. Appointments are recommended when possible.
Once adoptions occur, the pet records are transferred over to Morlens — and the pets become patients of Morlens.Please make an appointment whenever possible. We also advise you to call ahead to see if the clinic is busy if dropping in.
Email for Morlens (this is an image, not a link):
Dr. Garry Swanston, Dr. Niquet Goldson and Dr. Brian Murray are the Morlens vets; they alternate Morlens hours.
Here is a link to the Morlens web site.
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Morlens (After Hours Emergencies)
Anguilla Vet Emergency (off hours) is:
(264) 581–4600. This is the Morlens vet. Call this number for after–hours emergencies. You can also try the vet at the Sint Maarten phone. Try:
- 1 721 587 1838
- 1 721 587 2838
- 1 721 559 0755
Here is a link to a map and directions to Morlens. The clinic is in Sandy Hill to the East of Best Buy and Tropical Flower.
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Pelican Mobile Pet Care
Drs. Michael and Georgia Paul have opened Pelican Mobile Pet Care, and they’ll come to your location. They provide routine (not emergency care) services, including:
- Routine health examinations
- Vaccinations
- Heartworm testing and prevention
- Parasite treatment and prevention
See their web site for more or contact them via phone or email:
- (264) 583–0373
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Vets on Sint Maarten and Saint Martin
We have links (including maps) to veterinarians in Sint Maarten and Saint Martin (the Dutch and French sides) on our Links page.
Note that Dr. Garry Swanston, our Anguilla vet at Morlens, also runs the St. Maarten Veterinary Clinic on the Dutch side by Kooyman. Follow the above link for directions and information about that clinic.
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Anguilla Police (Royal Anguilla Police Force or RAPF)
Anguilla Police: (264) 497–2333. Use for witnessed animal cruelty or other issues.
For any 911–type emergency, call 911.
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Department of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture handles all animals (Morlens and AARF specialize in dogs and cats only).
- (264) 497–2615
They also handle the pet import (into Anguilla) permission process, which you need each time you bring a pet to Anguilla. Call or email them for a permission form. They need the date you are arriving, pet name, pet type and description (example: Fluffy, long haired cat), and of course your contact information. If needed, they can fax you the permission form.
For pets leaving Anguilla:.
Travelers with pets going to (or transiting Sint Maarten) are now required to obtain a permit from the St. Maarten government. Further information, including an application for the permit, may be obtained from the Inspection Department by sending an email to lvv@sintmaartengov.org. Allow a few weeks before traveling to Anguilla. The Inspection Department does not seem to have a web site, but others have provided some information about the process (including the application form. One such site has a page that talks about all this, including a link to the needed application for permit form at the bottom of their page. This site by the way, is run by our highly professional friends at the St. Maarten Veterinary Clinic. If you are unfamiliar with this new process, contact Morlens before writing to the LVV. This Sint Maarten permit is required in addition to the Morlens Health Certificate that will be needed if you take your pet from Anguilla to another country.
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Department of Environmental Health
The Department of Environmental Health should be notified if you see a dead animal.
- (264) 497–2631
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AARF
AARF’s contact information is below, including our phone number.
AARF Contacts
The following section has email, phone and postal contact information. It also has contact instructions for specific AARF members and positions.
E–mail (Our Main AARF Email)
We call our main email account aarfinfo. This is our main and general all–purpose email account. Clicking on this link should create a new email if your email client supports it (but Javascript needs to be enabled.)
Use aarfinfo for questions about AARF, adoptions, the adoption center, our Second Chances Thrift store, merchandise, programs, events, the aarfinfo email list, donations, feedback, your pet travel experiences, anything Anguilla–related — or just to drop us a line.
If there is a problem with our email link (most likely due to Javascript being disabled), here is a is a graphical version of the aarfinfo email address:
Phone
The AARF (cell) phone number is:
- (264) 476–2731
It has voicemail, so if we do not answer, please leave us a message. If really urgent, you can try the main Morlens number.
Please clearly leave your return number with your area or country code as needed, your name, and best hours/days to call you back. Due to the expense, we cannot return long distance (international) calls. We ask instead that you email us.
The Second Chances Thrift store has a phone number, (264) 476–2273 (i.e. 476-AARF) with an automated message that lists the days and times the store will be open. This line is not attached to a phone that is carried around by an AARF member. It has voicemail for thrift related subjects (but you could also call the main AARF cell number).
Time zone note: Anguilla is on Atlantic Standard Time (AST) for the entire year; our time never changes. This means that any country that changes times during the year (such as the USA with its Daylight Savings and Standard clock resetting extravaganzas and instituted jet lags) will see its time (relative to Anguilla time) slide forwards or backwards during the year. We explain time zones in a little more detail here.
For emergencies, please see the phone numbers at the top of this page.
Shelter/Adoption Center. Drop By!
Morlens, Anguilla’s vet hospital and the AARF adoption center/shelter are both in the same building in Sandy Hill. Here is a map and information about hours and contacts.
AARF is open when Morlens is open; please see above for the hours.
Postal Mail
Our postal mail address in Anguilla is:
- AARF
- P.O. Box RI–4228
- Anguilla, BWI AI–2640
The Anguilla Animal Rescue Corporation (our Florida subsidiary for tax deductible donations) is:
- AARC — R. Taillon
- c/o D. Tabor
- 9715 Dahlia Avenue
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
- USA
Specific AARF members or Positions by E–mail
Note: on this page we are using a technique to hide email addresses from spammers and zombie robots that crawl through web sites to harvest email addresses. We do this by using special hyperlinks.
Please click on any one of the appropriate links to email accounts or individuals below to create an email using your email application. We have a general AARF Info email account and email accounts for our Executive Committee and other volunteers.
What should happen is that your email application should open/launch and create a new email that is pre–addressed to the right person. Your email client needs to support our scheme and Javascript must be enabled; if it is not, you'll get an error message.
If you have problems with one of these links, use the alternate email method described below which will put up a graphic with an address you can copy by hand. If even the graphical method fails, AARF Officer, Chair and other members are listed by name below and you can use one of the other ways to reach us.
Individuals: Executive Committee Members, Chairpeople, Webmaster, etc.
To contact individual members, use one of the links below.
Officers:
Committee Chairpersons:
Webmaster
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Contact the webmaster with feedback about the AARF web site. This can be anything that relates to the web site’s pages, newsletters, images, graphics, bad grammar, etc.
Let us know about anything you like, dislike, and especially if things don’t work as expected.
If you write in, please tell us, in a sentence or two, what you tried to do or expected — and what happened. To help us reproduce the problem, also please tell us about your Operating System (OS), version (such as Windows 7/Vista/XP, OS X or Linux), and which application (Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Outlook, Apple Mail) you used.
Alternate E–mail (no Javascript)
Problems with our above links? If there is a problem with any of our email links listed (most likely due to Javascript being disabled), try either our main or webmaster email address:
Roster of Officers and Chairpersons
Here are the names of our Officers, Chairpersons and webmaster:
Officers
- President: Rebecca Taillon
- Vice President: Suzie Donahue
- Treasurer: Estelle Slade
- Secretary: Sarah Trevelyan
- Board Member at Large #1: Denise Graves
- Board Member at Large #2: Jean Reid
- Trustee #1: Jackie Pascher (permanent position)
- Trustee #2: Suzie Donahue (permanent position)
Committee Chairpersons (Chairpersons are also Executive Committee Members)
- Adoptions: *** Open Position *** Please join us!
- Communications: Mark Baumwell
- Education:Johanna Pasila
- Fundraising: *** Open Position *** Please join us!
- Membership: Jackie Pascher
- Policies and Procedures: Denise Graves
- Shelter: Suzie Donahue
- Spay and Neuter: Suzie Donahue
- Thrift Store: Jean Reid
Webmaster
- Mark Baumwell
Officer and Chair Duties
The duties of the executive members are:
Officers
President
Preside at Board meetings; exercise general supervision. When applicable, be the official face of AARF.
Vice President
Back up the President.
Secretary
Prepare meeting agendas, secure meeting place if needed. Record meeting minutes, edit if needed and and send the resulting minutes to the Board/Chair members. Board members send summaries to the Secretary, so editing is minimal.
Treasurer
This is obviously an extremely important position. The Treasurer does all the things one would expect from this position, doing the accounting, keeping and managing the books and overseeing all aspects of the financial ecosystem. Duties include:
Receive and be responsible for all funds, dues, donations and other incoming revenue. Must keep a financial account of the AARF financial ecosystem. Keep an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements. Present a written report at the Annual General Meeting. As needed, submit all books of accounts for audit. Answer to the Executive Committee on demand. Prepare and propose an annual budget (discuss with the Board). Review proposals and recommendations from other committees with regard to financial feasibility. Deliver to any newly elected Treasurer all money, vouchers, books and papers, with a supplementary report covering all transactions to date.
Member at Large (there are two Members at Large)
Members at large must chair one of the standing chair positions.
Chair Positions
Approved by the Executive Committee, Chair position duties are as follows.
Adoptions
Oversee adoptions, both local and international (for example, the Puppy (and kitten) Express Program). Advertise adoptable animals via web site, Facebook, email and other media. Work closely with Morlens staff and AARF shelter manager. Keep adoption records and report regularly to the Executive Committee. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Communications
Oversee communications from AARF to the media, social networking, donors, and more. While various members can and do much of the communication, this position insures the tone, look and feel, etc. are consistent with our professional organization. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Education
Oversee AARF efforts to educate the populace about pet care, pet health, AARF, etc. Often accomplished via articles, press releases, brochures, visits to schools (we think that reaching the younger population is important), social media and more. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Fundraising
Oversee and help design various fund raising events that are held each year. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Membership
Oversee our membership base. Keep track of members and notify and thank them as needed.
Policies and Procedures
Develop and update policies and plans that will help the animals and serve the community. Periodically review existing bylaws and as needed, recommend changes to the Executive Committee.
Shelter
Work closely with Morlens Veterinary Clinic Staff and Veterinarians to insure that the AARF Shelter is managed according to the AARF guidelines and the animals at the shelter are examined and approved for adoption in a timely manner. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Insure that AARF surgeries are done when needed, that all AARF forms are updated, printed and provided for the Morlens staff, that AARF monthly vet bills are examined and paid in a timely manner, that shelter cash is always available and shelter receipts are delivered to the AARF treasurer.
Answer incoming calls to the AARF phone (essentially check voicemail; however very few calls come to this phone); oversee incoming emails to AARF regarding the shelter to insure they are answered. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Spay and Neuter
The Spay/Neuter Program Manager plans, promotes, requests donations and keeps records regarding annual free spay/neuter clinic for dogs and cats of Anguilla as well as supplies ongoing list of adoptions ready for surgery. Records and reports completed monthly total surgeries. At times, events may be held to promote Spay and Neuter. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Thrift Store
Schedule the thrift store volunteers, order items as needed, insure store runs smoothly. Enlist volunteers and delegate as needed.
Other
Webmaster
Make changes to the web site including the email list, member email accounts, creates/edits/oversees other technical sites, such as FaceBook, Twitter, etc. Keeps all such resources fresh and error free. Helps with other technical aspects of AARF as needed (example: shelter photography system).
Time Zones
What time is it?
Anguilla is on Atlantic Standard Time (AST) which never adjusts its time. Anguillians don’t Spring Forward or Fall Back. Note that Puerto Rico is also on AST year–round.
Fall, Winter and Early Spring
For those in the USA, on the first Sunday in November, Standard Time begins. Everyone sets their clocks back one hour. This lasts until early Spring.
Anguilla does not join in on the fun. So when the USA “falls” back, Anguilla becomes one hour ahead of Eastern Time (i.e. 9 a.m. EST equals 10 a.m. Anguilla time). On the West Coast, it’s a big 4 hour difference (9 am West Coast == 1 pm Anguilla time).
Want someone in Anguilla to call you? Keep that in mind. If you live on the West Coast, that 9 a.m. Anguilla caller will get you up at 5 am! Ask us how we know…
Spring, Summer and Fall
From the second Sunday in March, Daylight Savings Time (or DST) begins. Everyone in the USA sets clocks forward and catches back up with AST. In other countries, the term is “summer time”.
Anguilla time then reverts to being the same as Eastern Time (that is, 9 am EDT == 9 am Anguilla time; 9 am on the West Coast translates to noon Anguilla time). This lasts until the falling backwards day in the Fall.
For Everyone: Anguilla UTC/Greenwich Time Settings
Relative to Coordinated Universal Time (abbreviated as UTC) aka Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Anguilla is UTC/GMT–4. See below for converters.
Spring Forward and Fall Back When?
Some upcoming U.S. changeover dates are:
2019
- March 10 (Spring Forward)
- November 3 (Fall Back)
2020
- March 8 (Spring Forward)
- November 1 (Fall Back)
2021
- March 14 (Spring Forward)
- November 7 (Fall Back)
Of course, it can’t be that simple! It turns out that time changes occur on a bunch of different dates for different countries and regions.
For information about DST time changes, this timeanddate.com site will tell you more than you probably want to know about DST and a lot more.
Conversion questions? Do you want to or have to know when the time changes in Lord Howe Island, Australia? How about what time is is anywhere in the world? For that, you need a spiffy world clock. Here are some:
- Time and Date has a graphical Interactive Time Zone map. (See graphic to the right.)
- Also cool: Time and Date’s World Clock. Type in a place and find out its current time.
- The time server at worldtimeserver’s site lets you view locations by countries, major cities or favorite locations.
- 24 Time Zones has a graphical World Clock too.
And in its quest to dispense knowledge about just about anything, Wikipedia can be consulted to find out DST time changes and other minutiae.
