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The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland Arthur P. Girard Adoption Center is located at 217 Landing Road in Westbrook. (This is directly behind our old facility at 449 Stroudwater Street.)

PLEASE NOTE: Those who are using GPS to find us can plug in 449 Stroudwater Street as your location marker if the Landing Road address doesn’t appear.

Arthur P. Girard Adoption Center Hours of Operation

We are open for adoptions Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm.

TO ADOPT: Please read about our current adoption process here.

Surrender hours by appointment only. Please call (207) 517-3946 if you are in need of admissions information.

Please submit a contact form or call (207) 854-9771 if you have questions or need assistance during our closure.

Driving Directions to the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

From South via I-95 (Portsmouth, Scarborough, Biddeford/Saco, Kennebunk, Kittery, York):

Heading north on route 95 (toll highway), take exit 47 (formerly exit 7B).  This exit is called Rand Rd./Westbrook Arterial.   Follow exit ramp to stop light.  Turn left at light and proceed straight through the next set of lights.  Take the first right hand exit called Forest Street.  At the top of the small Forest Street exit ramp you will come to a stop sign.  Turn left at sign and proceed straight to a second stop sign.  You will be looking across the street at Westbrook High School athletic fields.  Turn left at this stop sign and follow Stroudwater Street for approximately 1/2 mile.  Landing Road comes up quickly on your right hand side and is marked by a street sign. Drive down Landing Road a quarter mile and turn left at the large ARLGP digital road sign.

From North via I-95 (Lewiston/Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Gray, Falmouth):

Heading south on route 95 (toll highway), take exit 47 (formerly exit 7B). This exit is called Rand Rd./Westbrook Arterial.   Follow exit ramp to stop light.  Turn left at light and proceed straight through the next set of lights.  Take the first right hand exit called Forest Street.  At the top of the small Forest Street exit ramp you will come to a stop sign.  Turn left at sign and proceed straight to a second stop sign.  You will be looking across the street at Westbrook High School athletic fields.  Turn left at this stop sign and follow Stroudwater Street for approximately 1/2 mile.  Landing Road comes up quickly on your right hand side and is marked by a street sign. Drive down Landing Road a quarter mile and turn left at the large ARLGP digital road sign.

From downtown Portland:

Head out of Portland on Congress Street as though you were going to the mall or the airport.  You will pass the Westgate Shopping Center (Shaw’s) on your left.  Approximately a mile after Shaw’s you will see a large office building on your right called “Stroudwater Crossing”.  At the next light, turn right onto Westbrook Street.  Proceed on Westbrook Street for approximately 2 miles.  Westbrook St. becomes Stroudwater St. when you cross the Westbrook line.  Landing Road comes up quickly on your left hand side and is marked by a street sign. Drive down Landing Road a quarter mile and turn left at the large ARLGP digital road sign.

From the Maine Mall:

Leaving the mall parking lot through the exit in front of Best Buy, turn right.  Continue to go straight through two lights.  Get into your left hand lane and turn left at the third light (you will see Staples across the intersection).  Go straight through three lights.  At the fourth light, turn left onto Westbrook Street.  Westbrook Street becomes Stroudwater Street when you cross the Westbrook line.  Landing Road comes up quickly on your left hand side and is marked by a street sign. Drive down Landing Road a quarter mile and turn left at the large ARLGP digital road sign.