Friends of Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control, Inc. exists to help the thousands of homeless pets that arrive each year at this open-access shelter. It was formed by the shelter’s volunteers to do what this government-run shelter cannot do itself: Ask for money to supplement its slim county budget, solicit in-kind assistance from businesses and individuals and promote the many good things being done by AACACC for needy pets in Anne Arundel County both in and out of the shelter.