Wanted: Donors to help us finance and maintain our feral cat rescue/shelter/clinic. All of our services are greatly discounted, unlike some clinics where regular prices are charged for the majority of clients in order to help subsidize a minority of low cost cases. Unfortunately, we still have all the expenses of running a regular clinic, such as rent, utilities, supplies, etc., which is tricky to do since our majority is made up of the low cost cases.
So if you have a soft spot for the underdog, or cat in this instance, help us help homeless cats. Many are actually tame and adoptable, many are kittens young enough to be socialized, many are sick or injured and in need of veterinary care.
Whether they are called strays, alley cats, feral or community cats, they are deserving of humane care. The cats themselves are certainly not to blame, they are out there due to people. Part of our effort is to educate the public, to quit providing more homeless cats through intentional action such as abandonment, or inaction, such as not getting them spayed or neutered.
Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR, is only a beginning, only the tip of the iceberg. It is not the end-all solution to the problem, but a tool to stop breeding. It should also be used to get friendly tame cats off the streets, get kittens socialized and get sick or injured cats the help they need. We feel only true feral cats should ever be returned, and only to a safe, well maintained and monitored site.
We scrutinize the "community cat" brand, as it is often used in the numbers game to achieve a so-called no-kill status. We do not feel re-abandonment of tame cats is the answer. What is really needed is to get these cats off the streets and stop people from providing replacements.
With your help, we can house these cats while they receive medical care, recover from surgery or wait for a foster or rescue group. Some of these cats are too old or have chronic conditions making them unadoptable, for these, we can offer hospice, so they can live out the rest of their lives in a safe happy environment.
It may not be glamorous, and we are not in this to just maintain the status quo, or to conjure imaginary numbers as a feel good gesture. We want to make a difference, not only for the few, but for all.
Please help us, together we can do this!
So if you have a soft spot for the underdog, or cat in this instance, help us help homeless cats. Many are actually tame and adoptable, many are kittens young enough to be socialized, many are sick or injured and in need of veterinary care.
Whether they are called strays, alley cats, feral or community cats, they are deserving of humane care. The cats themselves are certainly not to blame, they are out there due to people. Part of our effort is to educate the public, to quit providing more homeless cats through intentional action such as abandonment, or inaction, such as not getting them spayed or neutered.
Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR, is only a beginning, only the tip of the iceberg. It is not the end-all solution to the problem, but a tool to stop breeding. It should also be used to get friendly tame cats off the streets, get kittens socialized and get sick or injured cats the help they need. We feel only true feral cats should ever be returned, and only to a safe, well maintained and monitored site.
We scrutinize the "community cat" brand, as it is often used in the numbers game to achieve a so-called no-kill status. We do not feel re-abandonment of tame cats is the answer. What is really needed is to get these cats off the streets and stop people from providing replacements.
With your help, we can house these cats while they receive medical care, recover from surgery or wait for a foster or rescue group. Some of these cats are too old or have chronic conditions making them unadoptable, for these, we can offer hospice, so they can live out the rest of their lives in a safe happy environment.
It may not be glamorous, and we are not in this to just maintain the status quo, or to conjure imaginary numbers as a feel good gesture. We want to make a difference, not only for the few, but for all.
Please help us, together we can do this!
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