5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, Utah 84741-5000
Main phone: (435) 644-2001
Best Friends is working with you and with humane groups all across the country to bring about a time when homeless, unwanted animals are no longer being destroyed in shelters, and when every healthy dog or cat can be guaranteed a good life in a caring home.
Best Friends provides information, assistance, and training to people and grassroots groups who are looking to create no-kill communities.
Bethesda, Maryland
A national nonprofit clearinghouse for information on feral and stray cats. For more than a decade Alley Cat Allies has advocated Trap-Neuter-Return - the most humane and effective method to reduce feral cat populations.
Bethesda, Maryland.
Mission
To end the killing of cats and lead the movement for their humane care.
Vision
Society living non-violently with cats and all animals.
2633 Lincoln Blvd, #202
Santa Monica, CA 90405-4656
Voice of the Animals has a Working Cats Program which relocates sterilized and vaccinated feral cats who would otherwise have been euthanized at the shelter to places that have problems with rats. The rats are repelled by the cats' odor and leave. Compared to the methods that are most commonly used to control rats, this method proves to be effective, humane and environmentally friendly. It is a win-win-win situation!
Since it's inception, Working Cats have been successfully placed in the Orchid Mart, Crossroads School campus, and the Los Angeles Police Department Wilshire and Foothill divisions. Both the Los Angeles Times and the Daily News reported on our Working Cats program.
PO Box 30215, 2890 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Mission Statement: Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation was created in 1991 by Tony and Elaine La Russa to address the needs of companion animals. Their vision for ARF is an organization that can not only aid abandoned and homeless animals, but also promote the concept that people's lives can be enhanced by strengthening the bonds between humans and animals. With these intertwined goals as the guiding principles, and an intention to become a national as well as local leader, ARF has designed progressive programs for many populations including abused children, the elderly, victims of violence and others who can benefit from the healing contact of animals.
PETS 911 Pets 911 consists of not only a Web site, but also a toll-free phone, hotline (1-888-PETS-911) that allows everyone to access the important, life-saving information we provide. This is why we consider ourselves a true public service. And, at the same time, we are not competing with our shelter and rescue partners for donation dollars. We thank our partners for making PETS 911 possible.
PETS 911 has partnered with many of the nation’s largest animal welfare organizations, such as the Humane Society of the United States, SPAY/USA, Alley Cat Allies and thousands of local shelters and rescues across the country to provide this valuable information to the public.
World Animal Net is the world's largest network of animal protection societies with consultative status at the UN.
Working to improve the status and welfare of animals with over 3,000 affiliates in more than 100 countries.
World Animal Net Directory - Listing over 16,000 organizations
The Animal Rescue Site-click to give free good and care
There are many organizations involved in the effort to give aid and shelter to cats. These are more nationally-oriented but many have links to localized services.
We've been rescued! Share your 'Rescued Cat' story with us. We'd love to hear from you.
...from the VFTA website:
What is a "feral cat?"
A: A feral cat avoids human contact either because s/he has lived his/her whole life with little or no human contact or is a stray cat who was lost or abandoned and has lived away from human contact long enough to revert to a wild state. Adult feral cats are unadoptable; therefore, when they are trapped and brought to the shelter, they are euthanized.
Q: How does recolonization work?
A: The tendency of feral cats is to return at all costs to their previous location. To recolonize them properly, the cats are kept in large holding cages at the new location for the first 3-4 weeks. During this time period the cats become accustomed to the sights, sounds and smells of their new environment. When the cats are released from their cages after this time period, they stay in their new home, and the new guardians make a commitment to care for the cats for the rest of their lives.
"Your assistance with the introduction and acclimation of our feral cats has been invaluable to our organization. As part of a large City based entity, it would be difficult for our personnel to apply the knowledge, and time -consuming efforts, necessary to achieve the desired results. We have greatly benefited from your organization's assistance and involvement in establishing our feral cat program. We couldn't have done it without your help."
Captain Kirk Albanese, Commanding Officer Foothill Area, LAPD
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