Note: This blog was written by Haleakala’s very own (former) foster mom. How We Met Haleakala and I met for the first time after our Executive and Adoption Directors rescued her from a shelter that Karma Cat frequently works with. After spending her entire two years of life at the shelter, Hale was beginning to “shut…
Check out our 2016 summary! Thank you to all our volunteers, adopters, supporters, partners, Trifecta Sponsors and donors!
Happy holidays to all our adopters, volunteers, donors and supporters. Your support is responsible for 23 (TWENTY THREE) adoptions (so far) in December 2016! This is a record month for us!! We are up to 137 adoptions so far for the calendar year – amazing! We truly couldn’t do it without all of you. Were you wondering who the handsome kitty is gracing the cover of our 2016 holiday card?
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The Beginning In the early spring of 2016, I was going through the worst period of depression and anxiety I’ve ever experienced. I was in real emotional pain and it was starting to develop into medical issues. As someone who has battled depression for the better part of 15 years, I knew that I should…
Raine was rescued during a rain storm … he was literally just sitting in the middle of a drenched parking lot! He was named after a rock star. Little did we know that he actually IS a rock star!
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Take 1: kitten gets adopted but spends his first year being bullied by other cats in the house Take 2: barely adult cat gets rehomed but then spends a year with not enough attention and develops a massive bladder infection caused by urinary crystals Take 3: adult cat spends time in a foster home recovering…
Rescue can be difficult. There are days when we feel like we can never do enough. Days that make us cry for the animals we can’t save. Last Thursday was one of those days. I went to a local shelter to “pull” a few cats. We had space in our adoption center and foster homes…
A regular volunteer’s wife is allergic to cats but she still has a passion for saving them! Michelle G shares some thoughts on feral cats and what you can do to help: I can remember in the house I grew up in, my room was in the front and on the end. Many different animals…