TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return)

We save lives. We increase adoptions by proactively cultivating relationships with other rescues, shelters, and private citizens based on mutual respect and a common goal.

We were started about three years ago. We are strictly foster/adoption because do not have a building. About 2 years ago we started a TNR program. We work closely with the local vet clinic where our animals are checked and medical needs taken care of. We also house our animals there if a foster cannot be found. Why do we do it? Because we love animals.

We are very dedicated volunteers who want to get as many cats as possible into good homes, sterilize cats to prevent unwanted kittens. We do it "for the love of cats"

For The Cats' Sake was founded in 2014 to fill an urgent need in our community for TNR. Rappahannock County has no animal shelter for cat and no programs in place to deal with the significant numbers of unwanted cats, unplanned litters and community cats being cared for by compassionate, but low income individuals who cannot afford vet care.

K&P is dedicated to saving the lives of animals. We rescue animals from the street or pull them from high capacity shelters and place them in a loving foster home where they receive individualized attention and care. All animals in our program are fed a holistic diet to promote health and happiness.

We are a companion animal rescue group and sanctuary. Our animals come from many places. About 75% are adoptable - we find them homes. Others are feral (wild) cats who have had no positive contact with humans. They, too, have good lives at Thundering Paws. Our foster home network helps us care for many more animals than can stay at the sanctuary. Some animals arrive fearful and cannot be adopted until they learn what it's like to be touched by gentle hands. Others need time to recover from injuries or illness before they go to their new homes. While spay/neuter is the only permanent solution to the overpopulation of companion animals, Thundering Paws wants animals who are already born to have full, happy lives. That is why we are a no-kill facility. We are a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations to Thundering Paws are tax deductible. We rely on our volunteers and generous donors to keep us going.

We are dedicated to reducing animal homelessness and abuse by preventing the births of unwanted puppies and kittens. We operate a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for cats and provide vouchers for spaying and neutering dogs at other veterinary offices. We operate a comprehensive trap-neuter-return program for feral cats that includes trap loans, trapping assistance, spaying and neutering, and assistance with ongoing colony management. We provide foster care and adoptions for homeless and at-risk kittens and cats, and occasionally for dogs.

Hilo Cat Rescue aims to provide community education about feral cat colonies, to maintain food and shelter for these colonies, and to provide shelter, care, medical treatment and training for adoptable cats and kittens until they are rehomed.

We started many years ago as a TNR group for feral cats. Naturally you also get many scared, dumped domestic animals. Ferals had no advocates in our area when we started. Thankfully now, we've been working with our local animal control and they are finally not destroying all animals deemed feral. Unfortunately, there are still too many breeding animals (feral and domestic) that need help so we can stop the needless, mass reproduction. Sometimes that's a well-meaning individual who feeds cats and after a couple of years, realizes there is a problem, or it could be an elderly person who can't afford to vet their animals. The animals not only need our advocacy but occasionally the people we help do as well. We adopt the animals that can be adopted and find special placement for others that aren't so readily "adoptable".

I have been in cat rescue and trap/neuter/return work for over 10 years. CAFA also advocates for all pets but particularly for cats/kittens. CAFA takes cats/kittens that have been abandoned, gets them vaccinated and fixed and gets them adopted into good homes