URGENT: foster homes needed for S.F. cats ASAP!!

March 24, 2010

Here we go again -- kitten season has officially started. Not that we

have anything against kittens (who doesn't love kittens?) - BUT what

this means is that, starting in March/April, adult cats will get

overlooked. It happens every year and it is unfortunately part of the

reality of the animal rescue world.

As many of you know, Give Me Shelter (www.givemesheltersf.org) is the

main shelter group that rescues cats from Death Row at San Francisco

Animal Care & Control, cats who have been " declined " by ACC and the San

Francisco SPCA for either a " medical " reason (for example, the cat has a

cold) or " behavior " (shyness unfortunately can qualify cats for Death

Row in this city). GMS evaluates these cats and, if they are thought

ultimately adoptable, gets them out of ACC alive and puts them in foster

homes. GMS has an adoption center at a large pet supply store (and will

be getting a second, similar space in mid-April). As soon as one cat in

the adoption center is adopted into a good home, another cat can go from

ACC or from a foster home into the adoption center, soon to find its own

loving, forever home!

GiveMeShelter is ONLY able to rescue these cats IF -- and only IF --

there is a foster home for them to go to. No foster home = no GMS

rescue, meaning the cat is killed. This week GiveMeShelter has been

offered 14 cats by Animal Care and Control. Sadly, as of today, all of

the GMS foster homes are full. What this may mean for these 14 cats is

obvious. Can YOU help by fostering a cat, or two cats? Each cat

rescued will have been neutered or spayed, tested for FIV/Felv,

vaccinated, given flea medication, and microchipped. GMS will pay all

veterinary expenses (if there are any) and will also provide food and

litter, if necessary. If you can help, or need more information, please

call Lana, Director and Founder of Give Me Shelter, at 415/810-7284.

Of course it goes without saying that many of us " rescue people " cannot

foster any more animals, but we all know other people who care about

animals and who might be able to foster OR who would forward this email

to his or her own email list of animal lovers -- so please, whether or

not you personally can help, please forward this email to all your

" animal friends. " These cats are counting on you and me and all the

other good people in the Bay Area who want to save them from Death Row.

Thank you, everyone!

Nadine May

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