Cat rescue ideas

How to Start a Nonprofit Animal Rescue. An estimated 70,000 dogs are born in America every day, according to the Bill Foundation website. Cats follow closely behind. Many of these animals end up unwanted and deserted along streets, left behind when owners

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to start your own animal rescue or sanctuary? I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this would be a dream come true. It’s so inspiring to read about others who’ve gone before and turned their ideas for rescues into realities—for instance, Farm Sanctuary, The Gentle Barn, Bat World Sanctuary, Center for Great Apes and The Wild Animal Sanctuary (just to name a few). If starting an animal rescue sounds like your true calling in life, here are four questions to ask…

If you just adopted a new rescue cat, it’s important to get her settled into her new home. An adoption expert explains how to settle in a new rescue cat.

Today, I take you behind the scenes of a kitten shower hosted by the foster mom at Meet the Fosters LA. Christina G., who I've featured on the blog before, fosters kittens for Best Friends Animal Society in Los Angeles. Christina was kind enough to share her tips and photos on how to host a kitten shower to benefit a rescue organization. Christina first thought about hosting a kitten shower last year, but she was waiting for the right timing - during kitten season and while fostering a…

Kitten season is here, putting pressure on shelters and rescue organizations. Learn what this means and what you can do to help.

Adopting a rescue cat is such an important responsibility and it can take a lot to make them feel at home. Here are some ideas for how to welcome them.

Foster-based rescues operate without a designated facility. Instead, they rely on volunteers in their communities to temporarily house animals they rescue. How Foster-Based Rescues Work Foster-based rescues rely on their own homes and on people in their communities to provide temporary housing and care for rescued animals. Whereas a government-operated humane society, for instance, has…

Cats get new place to play at shelter, with ceiling cat highway too! #cats #shelter // Good idea for a cat/kitten room.