Helping Paws Cat Rescue

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To ensure a happy Valentine's Day, keep in mind the potential dangers of certain flowers and opt for pet-friendly alternatives. Our furbabies are counting us. 💕💘

A little bit of humor for those with a funny bone! You may not be able to neuter your ex - but you can help decrease the outdoor cat populations by donating to TNR programs like this one!

TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) is a very important program which helps to lower the population of stray and feral cats in our community. This Valentines season, we are going to have a little fun with it! Make a donation of $25 and we will name a feral cat after your ex! We will post the newly-named cat on our page for all to see! This is strictly for fun, so nothing derogatory will be posted. Use the link below to participate.
https://forms.gle/134X4fDEDcforTc17
Thank you to whoever the genius was that first came up with this idea! We love it!

Going home day is my favorite day because goodbye is always the goal!! Basil and Chai - you guys are going to be so loved and spoiled! We couldn’t have gotten here without the help of our amazing foster parents💜 If you have love in your heart and a spare room - please consider fostering. It saves so many lives!

Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters!! Hoping 2024 is better than 2023 💜

Thank you all for making this year so special!

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December 7, 2023

You're reading an ongoing story about Guard Dog. To learn more about Guard Dog and the plight of chained dogs, we invite you to visit MUTTS.com/GuardDog where you can follow along and find out how you can help.

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Just in time for giving tuesday - I have set up a campaign to help with costs for 2024! This will allow monthly donations. See link in the first comment:)

They're ALL just little babies! 😻

credit: catmanchrispoole

Cat Souls

This Is NOT Rescue

Young "Bistro" is a friendly fellow who loves people, so when he disappeared a few days ago, his family was distraught. They immediately put their life on hold to find him. For two days and nights, they walked and biked their neighborhood hoping he was just on a walk-about. Bistro's human mom took the day off work to canvas the neighborhood and they purchased and posted waterproof 11 x 17 inch color posters. They also posted him on social media, but nobody had seen him.

Bistro was microchipped, so they knew he'd be scanned if someone took him to a shelter or vet. But they didn't receive any calls. After two sleepless nights, they wondered what to do next. Where was he?

On the third day, they received a call from a neighbor who had seen the posters. She had "rescued" friendly Bistro on the day he went missing and put him in her house. She didn't contact the shelter, post flyers, knock on neighbor's door or have him scanned for a microchip. But its a shame his owners had to miss work, spend money on posters and lose two days and nights looking for him.

Bistro's story is a good reminder that if you take a friendly and well-fed animal into your home, you are morally and, in some cases, legally required to take action.

At minimum, you should:

-Contact the local shelter to report the cat as found. You can do this online in many states.

-Knock on neighbor's doors to see if anyone knows where he lives.

-If neighbors don't recognize the cat, post found posters in the neighborhood or leave flyers on neighbor's porches.

-Take the cat to a shelter, rescue or vet clinic to be scanned for a microchip. It's free!

That may sound like an unreasonable amount of work, but if that is too much for you, don't confine the cat. The key words above are FRIENDLY and WELL-FED. Most cats who are relaxed enough to enter a neighbor's home or be picked up and put in a carrier by a complete stranger are NOT lost or homeless. They are an outdoor-access cat in their home territory and they don't need to be rescued!

As with all cat situations, common sense rules. A cat who is injured or in ill health needs help now. Community cats need to be trapped, neutered and returned to their home territory. But if you find a friendly, well-fed cat in your neighborhood, PLEASE take the time to let your neighbors know. He probably lives nearby and they are missing him!

(** Stay tuned tomorrow for a post about judging... )