Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thankful Thursday.....

Today we are thankful for the small rescue groups that don't always get the applause they should. And we want to ask a huge favor to see if you would like to help us help one of these groups.

We can't imagine how these groups made it work before email and social media. So here is how we found this group: our rescue is on facebook (here)....they do a lot of TNR and linked to a group called Calico TNR who is also on facebook (here). This group is about an hour west of us. And they get their surgeries done at a local clinic/sanctuary called His Hands Extended Animal Sanctuary (facebook and website). And mom now "likes" both those groups. Well starting this past spring, the sanctuary started raising funds to put up a building for their cat adoptions. Now....they are WAY out in the middle of nowhere. It is about 30 minutes to the local Walmart where they can get donations delivered. We have been following their progress on facebook and mom even stopped out there a while ago after doing a dog transport to drop off some cat supplies (and chocolate for the people - MOL).

And there is where you come in.....the woman who runs the sanctuary wants to decorate the new cat adoption building in Hello Kitty. We don't have anything like that, but we wonder if some of you have some things that you might be willing to donate. If so, you can email us at randomfelines at hotmail dot com and let us know. Or if you want to donate money to the cause - mom wants to get everything together along with food, treats, litter and cleaning supplies to take out all at the same time.
Photo: Front of His Hands Extended Sanctuary's Calico Kitty Cabin our new adoption center.  The guys made  a lot of progress on this gloriously beautiful day.  It gets more and more exciting I can not wait to get in and decorate.  I hope everyone will come and see it when it is finished, and if you can not make it I promise to follow my pledge to post pictures as it progresses.  Photo: Windows bright, happy windows for the kitties to enjoy and for folks that will visit the adoption center to see what each kitty will look like in their own windows looking out and enjoying the  outside adventures unfold.

The dogs they help are mainly puppy mill dogs - they live in Amish country and will take those dogs that need help. As for cats, it is the ones in need. Unfortunately, that is a lot. And the local shelters (that are getting tax payer money) have started giving her phone number to people so that SHE looks like the bad guy when she says she has no space. And just last week: she went to the end of her driveway and TWICE found an airline crate with cats in it just left there. The first time there were four cats shoved in a crate and left overnight - in the rain...one of the cats was so injured it had to have a leg amputated.

In addition to the sanctuary, they run a low cost clinic - providing care and spay/neuter to those that otherwise would go without. We know times are tough all over....and we don't expect anything you can't do. But we know we are lucky to live in a town big enough to support our rescues - and we still struggle. Their struggle is made all that harder by being so far away from a large town.

13 comments:

  1. There are so many small, hardworking rescue groups around the country that deserve the support of those in their area...I always give my support to small local groups...they need it the most

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  2. kudos to the many who works hard for the animals and they don't get as much attention, therefore less help goes their way.

    emma and buster

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  3. We love groups like that too but we don!t have any Hello Kitty things.

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  4. People can be so rude. Poor little kitty

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  5. This is heartbreaking. Will & like share. Can you email me with details re: Hello Kitty? I can reach out to a connection.

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  6. Publicity can be a good thing in getting donations but it can also be a bad thing with people dumping animals at the doorstep. It's tough.

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  7. God knows who helps his innocents, and I am so grateful for that.

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  8. I'm so glad for these organizations that look out for us kitties - and I really hate cruel people who dump unfortunate cats on them so thoughtlessly.

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  9. No Hello Kitty stuff around here, sorry. Maybe a small donation shortly.

    But if she is getting 'referrals' from the tax-funded shelters, she might want to talk to The Powers That Be about getting a cut of that. If nothing else, she should get funds for covering the paid shelters tails.

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  10. Bless this human for waiting to help the animals....we know how hard it is to do this. We don't have any Hello Kitty things, but we hope she gets some things. Is there any way she can get some of those tax dollars too??

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  11. Mom admires their efforts and wishes them all the success in their endeavor. At this point, she funnels any spare funds into Barn Cat Buddies, the local TNR/rescue group for which she volunteers. She will pray that this group gets what they need. Thanks for sharing. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  12. That is so nice of these humans to help the kitties and all animals in general.
    My human is not sure she has any Hello Kitty stuff to donate. Maybe contacting Sanrio (http://www.sanrio.com/) is worth a try. Maybe they would be willing to help? The worse that can happen is that they say no or do not answer.

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  13. Kudos to the lady who runs that place. What a wonderful shelter. I never will understand how people can be so cruel to animals - really- dropping them off in an airline crate, hungry, and left there!

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