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03/09/2010 05:45 PM

 

  TigeraCat Rescues
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TigeraCat Rescues, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer, & donation operated organization for the humane treatment of cats and other domestic animals. 

There are no paid staff members, EVERYONE IS A VOLUNTEER!

History:

Officially founded in October 2007, TigeraCat Rescues began as a small group of normal people with a deep respect for the world we live in and an even deeper love of the creatures we share it with. Our Founder/Director, Mrs. Larson, has been rescuing animals privately for more than 20 years and, with the help of family, friends, & neighbors, finally decided it was time to do it on a professional level and on a larger scale.  Seeing a need for education and cooperation among cat-lovers (and animal-lovers) everywhere, she set out with friends, family, and community members to make it happen.  TigeraCat Rescues was formed with the gracious & generous help of people around the state, nation, & world!  

Mission:

To promote and encourage the humane treatment, health, and welfare of animals and to educate the public concerning the care, treatment, and welfare of animals with emphasis in felines.  

Legal Information:

Here at TigeraCat Rescues we want you to be fully informed about what you are suppporting.  Therefore we provide information upon written request.  Our adoption #s, euthanasia rates, live-release rates, etc. and annual financial summary will be available online, very soon.  In the meantime, here are the basics.  Thank you for supporting TigeraCat Rescues, inc. and our efforts to SAVE IOWA CATS!

 

Incorporated, State of Iowa, May 26, 2009   #381172

Animal Welfare License, #9548, State of Iowa Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, exp. 09/10/2010.

IRS 501(c)3 Charity Status:  Approved Sept. 29, 2009; Effective May 26, 2009.

Your donations are tax deductible and will greatly benefit the animals served by allowing TCR to expand its efforts to

STOP THE KILLING OF HEALTHY CATS & KITTENS! 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us anytime.


TigeraCat Rescues is an ALL VOLUNTEER organization and COMMUNITY SUPPORTED.

 

TigeraCat Rescues is currently in the "building" stage.  We would love to be able to provide full, No-Kill shelter services, spay/neuter services, and Trap-Neuter-Return Services and are diligently working towards these goals.  TigeraCat Rescues does not curretly have a shelter to house animals, therefore can NOT currently provide full "shelter" services.  As of October 1, 2009 our current temporary caregivers' homes are OVER-FULL.  TigeraCat Rescues can not take-in animals without housing or properly trained caregivers.  

The Cedar Valley is in desperate need of these services and TigeraCat Rescues is ready ... with the community's help. 

 

If you can provide temporary housing or become a temporary caregiver CLICK HERE  

If you want to see more services offered, support TigeraCat Rescues NOW!

If you want to volunteer or help raise the needed funds, CLICK HERE.

  • Become a VOLUNTEER.
  • Open your heart & home, become a TEMPORARY CAREGIVER.
  • DONATE time, money, or supplies.
  • Spread the word!  Talk to your friends, family, neighbors, and community leaders!

END THE KILLING ... HELP SAVE IOWA'S CATS & KITTENS


 

What is TigeraCat Trying to Do?

 

Traditional sheltering practices allow the mass killing of sheltered animals ... Every year animal shelters in Iowa are killing thousands of healthy and treatable animals that could be placed in homes and thousands of feral cats that do not belong in animal shelters.

 

Citizens have a right to have their government spend their tax dollars not on programs and services that kill animals but on those that save and enhance the lives of animals and protect animals from cruelty -- Citizens have the right to full and complete disclosure about how animal shelters operate.

 

TigeraCat Rescues Is Currently Raising the Funds Necessary to Provide:

  • A NO-KILL cat shelter & adoption center
  • A spay/neuter clinic to provide low-cost spay/neuter, vaccination, & micro-chip services.
  • Trap-Neuter-Return Services in the Cedar Valley.

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?  A full-service, companion animal center located in northeast Iowa  -- including a No-Kill shelter, adoption center, education & referral resource center, retail pet product store, obedience & agility training, vacation boarding, and high-volume, low-cost veterinary hospital services available to all area shelters, rescuers, & pet-owners.  All under one roof?!  A one-stop-shop for Iowa animals & animal lovers! 

 

OUR DREAM: To see Iowa become the first "No-Kill" state!  Providing all cats, companion & feral, with safe, healthy environments in which to live out their lives.

 

Why?

Unfortunately over 70% of cats entering animal shelters are killed by people who believe there is no other way. Over 80% of Americans believe that leaving a stray cat outside to live out its live is more humane than having the cat caught and killed, (U.S. Public Opinion on Humane Treatment of Stray Cats, Alley Cat Allies, Inc., 2007). Even in the hands of rescue workers, thousands of beautiful, undeserving cats are "humanely euthanized" every day! Humane Societies and Animal Control Agencies, nationwide, are being forced to euthanize (KILL) the adoptable & non-adoptable animals they diligently work to protect! Many in our society have become discouraged & turned away from assisting these organizations because of this overwhelming kill rate.

 

How?

Our community has long been concerned, frustrated, and disgusted with the actions being taken by our local humane society and animal control. 

By supporting TigeraCat Rescues you are:

  • Promoting TNR
    • Lowering the stray/feral cat population (with proven, humane, NO-Kill practices)
    • Lowering the tax-dollars being spent on policies & procedures that have been proven not to work
    • Decreasing the strain being put on our local humane society
    • Raising care-standards of shelter animals.
    • Saving ill-spent tax-dollars
    • Decreasing property damage by feral cats.
    • Decreasing resident & property-owner complaints to code enforcement and animal control in regards to damage and nusance caused by unaltered, mating, outdoor cats.
    • Saving our tax-dollars by providing more cost-effective ways to manage unwanted animals!
  • Promoting low-cost spay/neuter Programs
    • Decreasing pet over-population.
    • Decreasing the number of animals entering the current animal shelter/humane society.
    • Helping citizens keep their pets without adding unwanted litters of puppies & kittens.
    • Increasing the number of animals getting quality veterinary care through the community's well-established veterinarians!
    • Decreasing the number of re-producing cats being "put out" to keep them from being "euthanized at the humane society".
    • Decreasing property damage by feral cats.
    • Decreasing resident & property-owner complaints to code enforcement and animal control in regards to damage and nuisance caused by outdoor cats.
    • Providing animal control and the humane society with more time & money to use towards SAVING ANIMALS, instead of wasting it on EUTHANASIA and time-consuming complaints they can do nothing about.
    • Saving our tax-dollars by providing more cost-effective ways to manage unwanted animals!
  • Creating a friendlier community for all!

By supporting TigeraCat Rescues, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, change things for the better, and provide a better community for the residents and animals alike! 

 

DONATE TODAY!    DONATE TODAY!


 

TigeraCat Rescues Needs Volunteers to:

  • Do Fund-Raising
  • Provide temporary housing & care to cats & kittens in need.
  • Transport cats & kittens to/from: veterinarians, caregivers, etc.
  • Manage TCR internet pages: MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter, etc.
  • Provide basic secretarial / office work.
  • Create & deliver posters, flyers, brochures, etc.
  • Sew, Crochet, and Knit cage blankets, covers, & toys for the cats & kittens.
  • Manage our eBay sales.
  • and more...

TigeraCat Rescues is an ALL VOLUNTEER organization and COMMUNITY SUPPORTED.

If you can provide temporary housing or become a temporary caregiver CLICK HERE  

If you want to see more services offered, support TigeraCat Rescues NOW!

If you want to volunteer or help raise the needed funds, CLICK HERE.

 


What Does TigeraCat Rescues Do?

 

TigeraCat Rescues provides assistance to rescuers, owners, shelters, and others looking for help for cats or kittens that would otherwise be euthanized by local humane societies & animal control.

 

TigeraCat Rescues Currently Provides:

  • Rescued Cats & Kittens for Adoption! 
  • Assistance to owners, rescuers, shelters, and others in finding cats & kittens new homes. 
    • If you can keep the animal or find someone to keep the animal in an indoor, safe environment, we will provide adoption assistance by:  
      • locating low-cost spay/neuter/vaccination service
      • advertising the animal for adoption
      • screening potential adopters
      • and transferring the animal to it's new furr-ever home.
  • Referral to quality, local veterinarians and providers of low-cost spay/neuter services.  CLICK HERE.
  • Referral to quality, No-Kill, rescues, shelters, sanctuaries, etc. within your community.
  • Pet food (Low-Cost, temporary assistance, as available).  
  • Educational materials:
    • Pet care & health maintenance
    • Pet Care Insurance
    • Common feline ailments, diseases, and safe treatment options.
    • Safe parasite treatments (flea, tick, & worm preventatives and treatments)
    • Humane alternatives to de-clawing.
    • Cat behavior & modification techniques and services.
    • Animal abuse/neglect prevention, reporting, & services.
    • Alternatives to Euthansia as population & disease control
    • Emergency/Disaster planning for your pet(s)
    • Animal Identification: pet tags, micro-chips, safety-collars, etc.
    • Trap-Neuter-Return
    • Management & care of feral colonies and non-adoptable cats & kittens.
    • Training in feral colony tracking, maintenance & caregiving
    • Local codes and laws
    • Animal Rights movements, strategies, etc. on local and national levels.
    • Spay & Neuter Services
    • Vaccination recommendations.
    • Neo-natal kitten care.
    • Controlling Animal-Related Allergies!
    • How to live peacefully with outdoor cats in your neighborhood.
    • and more! 

TigeraCat Rescues Does NOT Currently Provide:

  • Free spay/neuter services.
  • Free vaccination services.
  • Free veterinary services.
  • A place to take and drop-off cats & kittens.
  • Free, long-term pet food assistance.
  • Free Trap-Neuter-Return Services.
    • We will train, assist, and help you locate low-cost spay/neuter for a feral colony.
    • Provide volunteers to help trap and transport the animals to a clinic.
    • Provide volunteers to help care for the animals until they are released to their original location.
  • Relocation of feral or barn colonies.
  • Euthanasia.  We are "NO-KILL".  


 




 
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