How many rescue?

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At my DH's feed store there are several feral cats, he catches them often and has them neutered or spade, and feeds them and gives them water, but they are so afraid of people they only come out at night, they keep warm in his warehouse in the straw. He puts a huge tub of food out at night and if you wait a while and are quiet you can see them all come running to eat.
They have caught 2 that were pretty tame and his employees have taken them home as pets.
 

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I've rescued a few over the years. My first cats when I was younger were rescues. One had been thrown away in a bag and the other just thrown on the side of the highway. The one in the bag was a cute little tabby boy (named Snuzie) and the one on the highway was a bright white long haired cat with one black patch on his head (named Puffer). They both lived to be around 12-14 years. Unfortunately both died of what we believed to have been Leukemia. It was at a time when Leukemia vaccinations either weren't around, or just weren't as "big" as they are today.
My parents had also rescued a little dog when I still lived with them. Was found wandering around their land. He was terrified of men, newspapers and vacuum hoses. The only thing we could possible think of was that whomever his previous owner was had maybe beat him with a newspaper or hose. He would crouch down terrified if my dad was holding any of these. But my dad was careful and loved him dearly and showed it all the time. His name was Benji and he lived a long healthy life.
My other little tabby I had (that just passed a couple years ago) was kind of an "indirect" rescue. My parents have a large field at their home and my dad out mowing the field. Unbenownst to him a family of rabbits was wandering around the field. One of the babies was injured and unable to get away. It was so tiny, had a broken leg that was slightly infected. I took it in and took care of it best I could. It finally got to the point where we decided it needed to see a vet. Sadly the little bunny had to be put down, but while I was there, there was a tiny little tabby kitten wandering around the office. I asked about her and they vet said it was a rescue dropped off there. So we took her home with us and she lived a long 19 years.
Over the past 2 years I"ve rescued a couple of others. A beautiful double pawed tortie that was about a year old (Coco). Found wandering around some cabins near a local lake. Winter was coming so we had to take her in. She was pregnant when we got her and began violently attacking my cats so we could not keep her in the house. We had even tried separating her, but all you had to do was crack the door and she would literally push her way out and off she went. I wound up quite injured from one of the attacks. My fault not hers. I stupidly tried to break it up. I am not sure who adopted her, but I know she had 5 beautiful healthy babies.
My other rescue was little Cinder (just a few months ago). Wandering around in the next town over. Only 5 months old, Beautiful little black cat - also with double paws. She went to a nice couple out in eastern Mass who love her dearly and she's doing great!
My current crew are all "indirect" rescues I guess. Meaning I adopted them from other foster homes, I did not find them directly.
 

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I am not sure if volunteering at my local animal shelter counts for rescue, but I do love doing it and love helping animals out.
I go to adoption events and spay and neuter clinics and am walking a dog for adoption in the Saint patrick's day parade.
 

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5 of my 6 cats are rescues, although they were rescued from my MIL farm. The first 2, Harley and Monster, were found by my MIL. They were abandoned by their mother for some reason. So she bottle fed them for a few weeks and turned them over to my husband and I when they first started eating solid food. THe other three, Gizmo, Corky and Missy were found by my husband when their mother was killed by a stray dog. They barely had their eyes open and were in bad shape. We bottle fed them and now they rule the house, especially Gizmo who was the runt. We though we would lose him but he pulled thru and is the biggest of the 3. I was planning on finding homes for the three, but got too attacted to them! Six indoor cats is the limit in this house so I have to stop getting so attached or my husband is going to kill me!
 

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I forgot to add Miagi and Tiger were rescues.


Miagi was found in a lady's basement and she couldn't keep him so she gave him to us.

Tiger was abandoned with another cat on the highway.

he had a kink in his tail and these nice people rescued him and couldn't keep them because they were moving.. so that's how we got him.
 

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WHat a sweet little guy.

I work for a rescue, although I'm less involved in the actual rescuing these days, although I assist in the T and R parts of TNR as needed and help out a colony caretaker.

I'm more involved in keeping the organization running. I'm an adoption counselor (basically, I interview potential adopters and assist them and educate them on being cat caretakers) and I work in development and donorship for the shelter. So while my job involves fewer heroic rescues, it DOES involve a lot of happy endings...for our cats and our shelter
 

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I have been rescueing for over twenty years now. Specialize in bottle babies and older, traumatized ferals and strays. My stories are sprinkled all over these forums as well as on the Internet. Heidi and Laurie's site savesamoa features a few of my rescue stories and tons of others.

Until humans stop adding to the problem of cat overpopulation, rescue will be necessary. Right now, I have twenty living here with me. I had to turn down two kittens recently. I don't have the room for them. Don't even ask me how much my vet bill is!


But we manage, because we have an affinity to these wonderful creatures. They have been abused by the world, they can come here and rest and live in comfort for the rest of their days.
 

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One of our bobcats, Nakoma, is a rescue who came from an abusive owner in New York state. The original owner did not understand how bobcats communicate with you. They chirp, bark, chuff and even make friendly growls at you. They did not understand the growling, were scared of him and would shoot at him with a paint ball gun, to get him to go where they wanted him to go. They fed him a poor diet that included hot dogs!! Clearly, these people did not need to own an exotic cat and they should not own any animal IMO. Now, Nakoma has a wonderful home with us. He is fed the proper food, looks wonderful and has owners that fully understand what life is like living with exotic cats, such as a bobcat. We also adopted a 10 year old cat from the shelter 7 years ago, her name was Katrina. She lost her original home due to a divorce. She just passed away this December at the age of 17.
We now have a 4-6 month old feral kitten that I rescued from the cold. He/she is now living in our fully insolated garage with some heat. I put this kitten in there, until I can take him/her to the vet, before exposing my other cats to this little kitten. However, now that he/she has been fed, has water and plenty of shelter from the cold, all this kitten does is hide. So, we have a lot of work a head of us. But, I am happy that I was able to get this poor little kitten out of the extreme cold and heavy snow. He/she was hiding under my car trying to escape the cold and snow.
 

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I have been fostering for nearly 3 years now (will be 3 on the 28th June this year), so there have been quite a few come and go through here, and all my permanent cats have been rescues, not all have come through a charity though - the 'best' would be Ginger - he had been living on the streets for 3 years, people were willing to feed and fuss him, but nothing more. I only found out he didn't have an owner after I lost my second cat and my mum told me I was stupid for going to the local shelter and getting a cat when he was a stray, so, 6 days later I went and picked him up - his teeth were so bad he had to lick his food into his mouth, so I dont think he would have lasted another winter on the streets (I picked him up mid August), he had 4 years and one month with me, and was the most hassle free cat I have ever owned, everyone loved him, and the only real prob with him was keeping him out of other peoples houses!! All bar one of my 8 permanent cats have been over the age of 10, and the 10 year old was a one off, I had to break my own rules, as I dont believe a cat is old until they are at least 12 - although she wasn't destined to see that age sadly. There is a lot of heartache (and financial cost) in dealing with oldies, I have lost 7 cats in 4 years, but knowing that you have given them a loving home and lots of love and care for the end of their life makes up for it, that is what all cats deserve - I know the majority of the oldies I have had wouldn't have had as long if I hadn't been able to help.
 

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I've never had a cat that wasn't a rescue. I don't believe in buying an animal from a pet shop or breeder when there's so many cats in shelters who desperately need homes.
 

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Originally Posted by arcadian girl

I've never had a cat that wasn't a rescue. I don't believe in buying an animal from a pet shop or breeder when there's so many cats in shelters who desperately need homes.
the same goes for dogs for me.
we have never bought an animal and will always adopt.
 

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I sadly no longer have the room.
All of my pets with the exception of Murphy, are rescues.

I used to rescue parrots, exotic birds and reptiles.
I also spent some time in native bird rescue, my favorite would have to be Kazoo the comical raven.
Some moved on to wonderful homes, some stayed with me and some were too far gone to save and so they knew love and proper care until their times came.
 

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One of my more recent rescues was Yuki. Yuki was brought into the Vets office I work at. The "owner" brought him in because she thought he had worms... He was living in a dog crate outside, that MUST have had very unsanitary conditions. They weren't worms, They were maggots. He was missing about 1/4 of the skin from lower part of his tail and about a 1 and 1/2 inch round section of skin was missing from the base of his tail. We pulled out about 100 maggots from a hole next to his anus. He only weighted 1/2 a pound. At 6 weeks old he should have been more then twice that! He had an URI, coccidia, and was anemic from the HUNDREDS of fleas on him.

That "owner" only care about what she thought were worms. She didn't even seem to notice the rest of his health concerns. We convinced her to surrender the kitten to us. That night he came home with me.

His tail healed COMPLETELY after over 6 weeks of treatment. His URI turned out to be pnuemonia which took about 7 weeks to fix. I'm happy to say that Yuki is now 6 months old and has a new home. (He went to live with my mother. It works out great because now I can go see him whenever I miss him.) He now weighs close to 10 pounds. He is going to be a HUGE cat! (And I dont mean a fat one, He is a BIG boy.)

This is him at about 3 and 1/2 months old....
 

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I rescue. In fact, Typhus Surprise Attack is a previous foster kitten who grew on me.

Here she is at 4 weeks, a week after being found by a neighbor's child. White gums, eyes sealed shut by a URI, ringworm, other worms, severe flea infestation. A solid sheet of fleadirt which made her feel grainy. Both inner ears solidly caked with earmite residue.

She was fur, fleadirt and bones. Her skeleton was very obvious. I didn't expect her to make it, and her name is Typhus as a joking description of her, the sickest kitten I've cared for.





Here she is now, at close to 8 months (with another previous foster kitten who grew on us as well. He's bf's kitten. He's half her size and has only grown about 20% since rescue. He's a week youger than Typhus.), a long, lanky cat who purrs like crazy and only chirps and trills.

She's already bigger and heavier than Pudge, and is the only other cat who Pudge will truly play with. They stand a good chance of being related, as they were found in the same general area (~2 years apart) and are very similar.
 
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