Grayson Shelter KY Beautiful cats and kittens Euht starts Monday Need Miracle

Written by s volunteer

"It is with a sad and heavy heart that I write this. We have all worked very hard to help Grayson County Humane Society stay as no kill as possible. This has not been an easy task considering they operate with no public funding, with an all volunteer staff, located in a poor, rural county in Kentucky. But they DO it, they actually DO all the things that other larger, better located, well funded,"fully staffed with paid employees" shelters only ASPIRE to.

No one has worked harder to accomplish this goal then the volunteers onsite and for that I appreciate them every day...because they are at the shelter every day, 365 days per year. They take in and save those animals that other shelters would never consider saving. Dogs and cats that go on to live happy and healthy lives in homes of their own.

The time has come and they WILL have to start euthanizing cats and kittens. There simply is no other choice. Keep in mind that these are cats that they have come to love and to consider their friends. Cats that they have worked darn hard to keep alive will now need to be killed. Wonderful cats. The lists are being compiled now and the ones who aren't sponsored, spayed or neutered will be the unfortunate ones who will be put on the list to be killed. THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE. THEY ARE BEYOND FULL. All the cages in the cat room are full and there are 2 additional cages that are on the floor. There are 12 cages in the hallway, 4 stacked in the bathroom and 8 in the office. Most cages contain multiple cats. The shelter was designed to hold 30 cats and there are now 90 cats there, plus another 30 in foster care. They have simply run out of available space.

The only way to stop this from happening would be a miracle. If there are enough rescues, who believe in what GCHS stands for and is doing, could take in a cat or two or four this wouldn't HAVE to happen. If we could find adopters and/or fosters this wouldn't HAVE to happen. If everyone could post and crosspost and put out an urgent plea for rescues, adopters or fosters to contact the shelter BEFORE MONDAY, this wouldn't HAVE to happen. No one would have to make the decision as to which of their friends lives and which ones die. It will be bcoo who has to make those decisions. The one who knows them the best and the one who loves them the most. I spoke to her tonight and I could hear the pain in her voice, through her tears. This is weighing very heavy on her heart and she cannot put this off any longer. It is breaking her heart and she is beyond sad. She is broken.

Please, please help them avoid having to kill those that they love. They have been trying to avoid having to do this for a very long time now, but there are no other options. Whatever anyone can do will help. We need everyone's help with rescuing, adopting, fostering, referring those looking to adopt cats or kittens to GCHS and posting and crossposting.

We have Friday, Saturday and Sunday to make a miracle happen. If there are no miracles, then the cats will die. There simply are no other choices or options. Time has run out.

(transport is available...they would move mountains, if they could, to find rescue or homes for their friends.)

Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:55 am:

I did want to post the number for the shelter, if anyone can help. It's 270-230-8839 or you can email bcoo at [email protected].
The website for Grayson is: www.graysonhumane.org "

I wish there was something I could do but I already Have 5! I will try to post this on a local site here in Clarksville, tn, and see if I can get any help.

Posted and already has over 40 views. I hope that someone calls to help out, or to adopt a pet. With it being the Christmas season, maybe someone will decide to adopt a Christmas present. Fingers crossed.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:01 am
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To everyone who has posted and crossposted in order to save lives, thank you.

To the rescues who have offered to take some of the Grayson cats, thank you.

To everyone who has offered to adopt, thank you.

To everyone who has offered to foster, thank you.

To those who have sponsored, thank you.

To all who have offered to help with transport, thank you.

To everyone who has sent a good thought, some positive energy or said a prayer for the cats and the volunteers at Grayson, thank you.

There has been some good response from some wonderful friends of Grayson, old and new, but at this time it is not enough to prevent the need to euthanize on Monday. There are still too many for them to care for. The shelter is so crowded in the cat room, the hallway, the bathroom and the office that the volunteers can barely move. We need to find others who can and will help. This being said, I am so happy for those who are lucky enough to be on their way to safety and I refuse to give up hope for that miracle. There's still time to make it happen.

Five more cats came in on Friday alone. This is an open admission shelter and the cats that come in from the city cannot be turned away. The volunteers inform the owners that they will probably have to kill their cats, as they are out of room, and they leave them anyway, knowing their probable fate.

The good news is that the shelter is closed to the public on Saturday, the bad news is that they are open on Sunday.

There is an offer to house some cats short term (until transport can be arranged), IF there are solid commitments from rescues, adopters or fosters to take the cats.

There is a transport going to the Chicago area this Sunday. Please keep this in mind if you're located near there or on the way and can help.

We aren't out of the woods yet...the cats are NOT safe yet. My hope is that if we continue to do what we're doing and spread the word that we can get some more out...at least enough so that no one dies.

It isn't an impossible feat...we can make this happen...I really do believe that.

Thank you again to everyone! Let's keep working on getting some more cats out so that we can keep them all alive.

I am so praying a miracle happens. Thanks, Samhain.