Happy Summer from Animal Shelter Relief rescue!

A note from Amy Strickland, President and Founder

 

 Hello Animal Shelter Relief community! As many of you know, we are firmly in KITTEN SEASON. And while it is so much fun to have kittens romping around and making us laugh (ask any foster parent), it is also a lot of work, and a lot of money.  

 

ASR is committed to rescuing orphaned kittens from our local open-door animal shelters, that do not have the resources to handle the amount of kittens in boxes and carriers that come through their doors every day. As a result,our foster homes are overflowing with kittens. These kittens are often quite sick with viral or bacterial infections when they arrive. In addition, they are usually covered in fleas, ear mites, and are in poor physical health from malnutrition. The expenditure to get these kittens healthy and in adoptable condition far exceeds the adoption fee that we charge. Just good quality food and kitten milk replacer alone for a litter of kittens can be in the hundreds of dollars for one month.  

Then there are antibiotics, eye medications, supplements, de-worming medication, vaccines, blood tests, spay and neuter, microchip, etc. And if they have a serious medical condition like little TenderPaw (whose story you can read in this newsletter), we can easily spend over $500 on an individual kitten.   

 

This is where you come in...

 

Please consider making a monetary donation or donating kitten food or other supplies to help us continue to rescue kittens this year. ASR receives no government funding and is not subsidized in any way. We exist solely on adoption fees, donations, and a few small grants each year. We have no brick and mortar shelter and no one receives a salary, therefore almost all of the money we receive goes towards supplies, medical expenses and veterinarian bills.

I have included a list of what we need most below. You can make a donation via Paypal or contact me to donate supplies at; 

amy@animalshelterrelief.org

 

In addition, we always need kitten, cat, dog and puppy foster homes. If you're interested send me an email and we can get you started!