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Wee Paws Animal Sanctuary is a no-kill cat sanctuary located in a cage-free, home environment (find us on Petfinder). We sometimes rescue dogs and parrots, but our hearts belong to the kitties! Your donation is tax-deductible (click here for details), and we've been running our facility since 2004. Every penny donated to us is spent only on the care and upkeep of the animals. We do not draw salaries, and we don't have staff -- if you donate $10, the animals receive $10 in food or vet care. We specialize in caring for "unadoptable" cats, especially those who are elderly, chronically ill, are FIV+, or who have behavioral issues, but we also care for litters of orphaned kittens throughout the year. We have a special place in our hearts for pets whose owners have passed away, and endeavor to provide them with patience and understanding as they grieve. Our oldest resident (also our first) just turned 18. This website is a work in progress so please excuse any dead links -- first I feed the cats, then I clean the litterboxes, then I work on the website if there's time leftover!
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Surrendering an Animal
Given our precarious situation at the moment, we’re reluctant to take in any more permanent resident cats and have called a temporary moratorium on new intakes. If we’re forced to move, it’s going to be bad enough figuring how to move the animals we already have without adding to the situation. If we move we also might go through a period where we don’t have access to reliable veterinary care, and we want to make sure that we don’t take on more than we can handle. Unless you present me with some extraordinary circumstance (and I can’t even give you an example of what that would be), Wee Paws is closed to all permanent intakes for now, just until we confirm we’ll be able to remain living here. If you need short-term foster care I’ll certainly still try to help, and if you need longer term care, I’ll be happy to try to arrange that for you even if it’s at another facility or in another city/state. If you’re in Las Vegas and you’ve found abandoned kittens that require bottle-feeding, I’m still willing to take them on and to adopt them out once they’re weaned.
Some things won’t change, regardless of where Wee Paws is located: I want to see you keep your cat, because you are its family and it loves you. Your cat doesn’t care if you need to move to a smaller apartment or if your sister has to move in for a few months and she’s bringing her dog, or if you got a new job and aren’t home as often as you used to be. Your cat just wants to be with you and in surroundings that smell familiar and make it feel safe. Be forewarned that if you’re trying to surrender your own cat I will always try to talk you out of it, and will always give you suggestions, alternatives, and solutions with the goal of keeping you and your cat happy. We’re not here to be a “quick fix” because you want to go on vacation and can’t afford a pet-sitter… surrendering your pet has major implications for the animal, so I’ll never agree to a hastily-made decision. I want to work with you, I want you to keep your family together, and if that can’t happen, I want you to have peace of mind about your pet’s future. Those things take time, so please try to contact me for help as early as possible. This is especially true if you hope to arrange long-term foster care, because sometimes the foster care is out-of-state and just the travel arrangements can be daunting depending on the time of year and the destination.
If you think you may need to give up your cat at some point in the future, you’re welcome to contact me via email (link is in the drop-down menu at the top of the page) so we can start to look at all the possible ways to remedy the situation. You can never contact me too soon. If you’re concerned about what may happen to your pet if you’re sick or injured and incapacitated, and have no family or friends who will be able to care for it, I’d be happy to talk to you about whether or not we could step in and help out, even if it’s not for another decade.