My name is Calla Gibson. I am a 2020 graduate at Delaware Valley University with a B.S. in Small Animal Science and a minor in Large Animal Science. I plan to attend vet school in the near future to obtain my DVM. I have been working for Dianes Discount Pet Supplies and Adoption Center for 8 years. This is where I began rescuing cats and kittens. Once it got larger, I decided I wanted to start my own non-profit rescue especially with all of the support I receive on a daily basis. It started years back with just a few bottle-raised kittens but then turned into about 30-40 kittens in a season. I also have been working for The Affordable Spay Neuter Clinic and Pet Care as a veterinary technician for 6 years. This is where my passion for spaying/neutering also began. Dr. Silberman is a dedicated doctor striving to limit the amount of unwanted animals in the US. He just exceeded his 20,000 surgery this summer and I am so happy to be apart of this. I also did my final senior seminar presentation on the affects of the feral cat population in our ecosystem. They are not only in the top 100 invasive species list but they are also killing native wildlife that is upsetting the balance in the world we live in. I truly believe that if everyone contributed to helping the feral and/or stray cat who is reproducing 3-4 litters in a season this would not be so much of a problem. Spaying and neutering is the only thing that will help keep the cat population at bay and everyone needs to be aware of the severity of this problem. I rescue kittens and cats because I know that at 6 months of age they will start to reproduce and make more kittens so if I rescue 30 or more kittens in a season that is a lot of litters of kittens I can prevent in the future. My biggest thing with people bringing cats into me is to try and catch the mother cat because she is either already pregnant and/or is going to become pregnant again because of the kittens that were just taken away from her. My biggest pet peeve is for the mother cat to be trapped and then fixed because saving those kittens ultimately will not fix the problem.

Everyone is to fill out the cat adoption application and will be screened according to the information provided. Vet checks will be done (is their current or previous pet up to date on vaccines and were they spayed/neutered), personal references will be called, properties will be checked according to the animals needs, declawing is a no and if someone were to put they are going to declaw a cat it is an automatic no. If they have ever given an animal away this is also an automatic no. Once the application is thoroughly looked at and a decision is made, an approved adopter will be signing a spay/neuter agreement to have the cat spayed/neutered within 6 months of age to get their spay/neuter refund of $50 back. This will only apply to kittens, any cat 6 months of age and older will be spayed/neutered before they go to their adopter’s home. And this cost will be worked into the adoption fee. Kittens will be $200 with $50 refunded to them once spayed/neutered. Adult cats will be $200 with the spay/neuter included. All kittens and cats will be up to date on vaccines, deworming, flea/tick prevention, and a wellness checkup before they leave. This will be on paperwork that will be provided to the adopter as well to take to their vet. All spay/neuter refunds will be kept in a separate book as a certificate number to track whether the animal has been spayed or neutered. After 6 months, of animal is not spayed/neutered according to the book, the adopter will be called to ask why the animal is not spayed/neutered since their refund expired and they had not come to claim it yet. During the adoption, A contract will be signed stating that they will get the animal fixed and if at anytime cannot keep the animal, the animal will be relinquished back to Calla’s Critter Rescue.