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11/12/2017

Good Morning Everyone,

I couldn’t let this milestone pass without sharing the news with all of you who have helped us in so many ways and made all these events possible for the Catty Shack!

We just had 17 adoptions in 11 days! That sets a record for us and helps us to Rescue more cats and kittens all the time.

And we did have wonderful fosters come forward who opened their hearts and homes to the little mama kitty who had her kittens before we could get to her.. We were only contacted on the 9th and she had them on the 10th. She had 4 kittens but lost 2. We all know how difficult it is for these little kitties to be on the street, pregnant with no food source. Added to that, she had been attacked by something and needs physical care for her wounds. But she is safe, warm, fed and can relax and take care of her little family with no worries. What a gift she has been given.

Thank you all for supporting our mission in so many ways and for your positive energy, kind words and gifts of time, money and the heart. We could never be here without every one of you.

Susan, the Catty Shack and the kitties

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11/5/2017

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Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying life. It has been awhile since I sent out an email about adoptions. It’s been a busy and productive time for us since around March when we started taking in kittens in earnest. I don’t have numbers but it has been non stop since March and I do mean non stop as we just took another lone, small kitten in today. Yes, they are still out there and we have them from 4 weeks old on up.

That’s the good news but the really good news is that we have had 9 adoptions in the last 4 days, with 5 adoptions today alone! Today we adopted out Belle, Tia and Finn, Bindi and Lucy. Yesterday we adopted out Jane and Percy. The day before was Rosalee and Onyx. And we had more lookers today. Also, there is interest in some of the kittens still in foster. Our total for adoptions were 15 last month so we may surpass that this month.

Several factors are helping us to increase our numbers. One of our volunteers has made up a book of all the fosters with their pictures and bios so people can see who we have at the Catty Shack and who hasn’t arrived yet.. Another volunteer has gotten us on Petfinder.com. And our webmaster has been busily keeping up with all the pics and bios he has been receiving from us. Also, we are included in the Prescott Dog magazine bi monthly. And then there is YOU! Supporting us in so many ways.

We still have 40+ cats and kittens in foster with more arriving as we go. We have taken in several adult cats also. Yesterday we partnered with someone who had a hunch to check a locked up home. She found a cat who had been locked in and left to die. Luckily she followed her hunch. She offered to take him home, bathe and feed him, take him to the vet and foster him until he is strong enough to get neutered and come to the Shack. He had been there over a week with no food.

And that’s how we are managing to do all this. Fosters who have opened their hearts and homes and agreed to see their charges through until they can be brought to the Shack or adopted. We were fortunate this year to have 14 fosters working to keep these kitties off the street. And not only off the street but many of these cats and kittens would have been left to fend for themselves, consigned to the life of a feral, or worse. The fosters make the whole Rescue procedure possible and keep it going. It’s one thing to find the abandoned and stray but where do you put them all when you receive multiple phone calls a day and need to rescue ASAP? With fosters!

I want to tell you that most of my posting is now on Facebook, Instagram and our GoFundMe campaign. I reach the maximum amount of people that way so the emails have gotten sparse but I am thinking of you all and know you are still out there wishing the best for us.

I won’t blow your computer up trying to send pics of all our recent adopteds but you can find their pictures on our website cattyshackrescue.org. Daily news is cattyshackrescue on Facebook and Instagram and WeNeedANewShack on GoFundMe where we are trying to reach a down payment goal for a facility.

As always we are a 501(c)3 with no paid staff entirely volunteer run. And if you haven’t seen the recent improvements at the Shack, you need to come by and take a look.

Thank you for helping us in our mission to take the abandoned cats and kittens from the streets of the tri city area and find them homes. Your support makes all the difference.

Susan, all the volunteers of the Catty Shack and all the kitties

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