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T'is the season to show we care....
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Linda Mercer/Purebred Cat Breed Rescue
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Nov 16, 2008 01:03 PST
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It's the Holiday season again... This is not a "time of good cheer"
for many kitties, however - many are abandoned during the holiday
season. Unfortunately, times will be tough for a lot of kitties. The
economy has taken its toll and cats have been abandoned in record
numbers and the deluge is likely to continue during the holiday season.
A little known fact of the Holiday season is that it is also the time
of year for increased owner relinquishment of cats to shelters.
Whether the reasoning is to make room for the "new Christmas kitten",
or because it is easier to turn in a cat than pay boarding while away
for the holidays, or because there isn't enough money to care for
them or a foreclosure and no place to keep them, or for whatever,
this is the period we see a spike in owner-turn ins.
Since January 2008, the rate of owner turn-ins has been at an all
time high and exponentially increasing. The deluge of large-scale
situations continues. You can readily understand why we're
scrambling to find alternative funding and resources and why we are
back asking for donations again. We've gotten quite good at doing a
lot with very little, but there's so much more we can do IF we have
the funding! Just imagine the difference we could make! Sadly, at
this point our finances preclude further rescue until we have
operating capital. We are on a prolonged moratorium. There are few
available spaces in rescue without boarding the cats first. Despite
the extraordinary generosity of the cat fancy and other animal lovers
in the past, we really cannot continue to provide rescue services
without an infusion of funds.
So far this year, we've helped rescue approximately 1785 purebred
cats despite several short moratoriums on rescue.
Please remember, we also help non-purebred cats as we can. Along
with the purebreds, we often help transport non-purebred kitties
needing rescue from shelters to rescues and vets who have space for
them. Operation Noble Foster has helped arrange temporary foster for
approximately 630 military pet cats this year alone.
Purebred Cat Breed Rescue has many people of diverse backgrounds
working together who are deeply committed to helping cats. Not one of
them earns a salary for their hard work in this regard, often putting
in long hours. I know money is tight for a lot of you in these hard
economic times, but I also know most of you genuinely care about
cats. If you can even spare one dollar or even some loose change,
we'd be very grateful for your help. Pennies do add up. Just imagine
what your donation (large or small) can do to help an abandoned kitty
or one facing death row in a shelter!
In summary.... HELP! PLEASE! We need donations and we need them
now! Let's make as many at risk kitties as we can have a better
holiday season and a better 2009!
To donate by credit card/Paypal, just go to
<http://purebredcats.org/>http://purebredcats.org and click on the
paypal button on the right near the top of the page.
Alternatively, you can donate to Purebred Cat Breed Rescue by Mail.
Make your check payable to "Purebred Cat Breed Rescue" & send to:
Purebred Cat Breed Rescue
c/o Jane Waller,DVM, Treasurer
1845 West Arrow
Marshall, MO 65340
Thank you all for all you have done to help and for your patience
reading this plea!
Linda
PS - If you receive this email privately and you wish to opt out of
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with the Subject line of "REMOVE"
Linda Pollack Mercer, M.D.
President & Rescue Coordinator
Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (formerly known as CFA Purebred Rescue,
Inc), a 501c3 charity
Website: http://PurebredCats.org
Director, Operation Noble Foster, http://www.OperationNobleFoster.org
Director, NeuterSpay.org: http://neuterspay.org
Member, TICA Rescue Committee
The Persian Rescue Email list:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Persian_Rescue/ (Moderator)
The Rescue Siamese Email List:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/RescueSiamese (Moderator)
Hotline Phone (rescue emergencies only please): (888) 303-9454 [toll free]
Email: <res-@purebredcats.org>(@purebredcats.org)
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