TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return)

The mission of House of Misfits Rescue is to focus on dogs and cats in local (Chicagoland) open admission shelters, those who are urgent, and those who need extra TLC such as neonatal kittens, some medical and "behavior" cases. Our goal is to rehabilitate these animals and find them their forever homes. We hope you will join us on our journey to make the lives of animals a little better, no matter how long we have them.

We are a small , foster home based rescue. Our volunteers call themselves "The Village" because of our tagline "It Takes A Village". Everyone works together to get our work done, transporting, trapping, working with the community, to help the cats and kittens that need us. Over the past year, we have an ever growing trap, neuter, return program, and take in many of the kittens from feral mothers, and work with other TNR programs to help them place theirs as well. We also work with other rescues when needed.

Gatos de la Noche is a small rescue and our mission is to actively facilitate and support the humane treatment of feral cat colonies. This includes participating in Trap Neuter and Return (TNR) of feral cats, seeking medical attention for cats that are ill or hurt, setting up feeding stations for anyone willing to feed a colony on a daily basis, trapping kittens and finding foster homes to socialize them and training others to do the same. We do this to help the cats that are overlooked by society.

We are a new, small rescue based in Charleston, WV. We have been approved for 501(c)(3) status by the IRS. Currently, our rescue is run by me, Cindy Limer, and Regina Cordell. We have bee friends for 40 years and decided to go legit with our efforts. Our goal is to save and assist stray, unwanted, or abandoned cats. West Virginia has a huge problem with overpopulation and we hope we can counter this with education and public outreach. We offer a full-service rescue and are growing quickly every day with donation and volunteers. I am a Registered Veterinary Technician, so we can cut down on some intake costs by performing some tests in-house.

Our core programs: COMMUNITY CATS We work with local caregivers to stabilize populations and improve the health and well-being of community cat colonies by providing resources and facilitating targeted trap-neuter-return (TNR) efforts. “OUTDOOR” DOGS Our goal is to provide community members with “outdoor” dogs access to affordable spay/neuter assistance and improved outdoor environments through fence repairs, shelters, and other infrastructure improvements. RAPID RESPONSE RESCUE We provide on-the-ground assistance in the southeast region to areas affected by natural disasters through recovery efforts and rescue assistance.

We are primarily a cat rescue group for strays, abandoned, surrendered, local shelter or other cats at risk. We assist with TNR. Jenifer Brooks has been involved with cat rescue for 5 years working with Cats in Tow and MeoowzResQ. Ed Michalek has been in rescue for 17 years and is a founder, director and active with Kitty Katchers Inc (Portal # 1868)

The new shelter opened in February 2010. At that time , the Shelter manager had resigned and no new person had been hired. FCHS volunteers were instrumental in the move from the old shelter to the new one. We were still not entirely welcomed or appreciated, but the PD needed us and therefore encouraged us to participate. With the new shelter came new opportunities. Adoptions soared with additional traffic to the new clean facility. Unfortunately so also did intake. In April 2010 a new shelter manager was hired. Unfortunately, old procedures continued to plague the operations and many foster homes were added to try to keep as many animals as possible alive long enough to find them adopters or rescue. It was a trying time. Managers came and went and so did our volunteers. Many found it too discouraging to try to save an animal and then find out it was put to sleep just because it had been on the books for too many days. Volunteers dropped out like flies. Foster homes disappeared. Only a few die hards remained. The writing was on the wall. Finally the PD realized that the politics of running a humane shelter was a nightmare for them and in 2016 they asked the Humane Society to take over operations. Although this had been suggested several times before, the HS had not been in a position to accept due to shortage of funds. A wonderful bequest from a cat loving citizen who died in 2015 made it possible to accept the responsibility of running the shelter. The rest, as they say, is history. We took over operations on January 1, 2017. Although many predicted that we would fail, in fact, even hoped for it, we proved them wrong. Through our leadership the shelter has become one of the most progressive in the state.

Striving to improve the lives of stray & feral cats in New Prague and beyond. We trap, neuter, & release ferals. Adoptable felines receive vet care then are listed as available for adoption for a nominal fee. Making a difference one cat at a time.

Appalachian Peace Paws Rescue is a small group of volunteers who work together to change the lives of every animal that we meet! ​ We believe in educating the public on the importance of spay/neuter, TNR, handling special needs animals, and what to do when they find an orphaned animal. We do presentations to groups wanting to learn more, classes, and other venues. ​ We believe in implementing a TNR program for community cats to reduce the number of homeless animals in shelters and the number of euthanasia's done by shelters. We believe in rescuing and rehabilitating animals to get them ready for adoption. Our animals come from owner surrenders, full kill shelters, abandoned on the streets, feral colonies, and neglectful situations.

Pet Search is a 501(c) not for profit all volunteer, home sheltering, no kill, animal rescue and placement service providing care to homeless, abused and unwanted animals in western PA since 1986.