PAWS & PURRS RESCUE

OUR MISSION

Paws & Purrs Rescue was formed in memory to the cats and kittens lost due to lack of resources and education on spay/neuter and the overpopulation crisis. Since our formation, we have steadily grown into a foster-based organization committed to helping save the lives of fragile or at-risk cats and kitt

ens.We focus on giving the people of San Antonio, TX the assistance and education to help save more cats and kittens every year. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, loss of income, shelter, and basic needs has led to many people being unable to care for themselves, let alone their pets. Shelters have seen a massive surge in animals coming from dire situations, reproducing endlessly, sick, injured, etc. leading to them being at constant full capacity and euthanasia rates growing rather than declin

ing.Our rescue takes a 'full-cycle' approach: handling fostering, spaying/neutering entire feral colonies, monitoring colonies for new cats, handling all necessary medical care and educating community members for the future. In the last five years, we have taken in over 149 cats and kittens, found forever homes for 60, and sterilized over 89 feral community cats. The numbers continue to grow exponentially each year as our rescue is able to expand its capacity to intake, traps available, and voluntee

rs. Our yearly costs for food, spay/neuter surgeries, & medicine are now reaching about $8000. This does not include expensive surgeries for special or complicate

d cases!Just last year, we created our own brochures to educate and advocate further for Trap Neuter Return in San Antonio. We also have a version with common national resources for people out of o

ur city.O

UR NEEDSWe care for some of the most vulnerable populations that are quick to be euthanized in shelters due to lack of space or funding. Those are groups such as orphaned neonate kittens, senior cats, or cats and kittens with other medical complications. When we work with a new cat or litter of kittens, we go to the source to spay and neuter the colony and speak with the neighbors in the area to teach them to ensure the population does not keep

growing.With your help, we will be able to cover the costs of vaccinating and sterilizing cats and kittens across the city, especially areas with a lack of resources. Our first goal is to raise enough for Snapdragon's amputation surgery (featured below), then other surgeries as well as an oxygen concentrator for our incubator to help care for additional frail & neona

te kittens. Our focus, while helping foster and hold adoptions, is to give the public the tools they need to make sure we make a lasting impact on the overpopulation crisis happening

in our city.Please take a look below at our different fundraising goals, as we have many surgeries to take care of, equipment we are trying to afford, and a yearly budget for food and

medication!CO

TTON'S STORYCotton was brought to us by a good samaritan who found him in poor shape, sitting in a backyard of a vacant property. He was matted, weak, dirty, but still willing to come when he was called over and meow for attention and love. Like so many pets in our city, he was left behind after the family moved away. With a flea collar creating a bald spot around his neck and declawed, Cotton could not hunt for himself. He was a senior cat with arthritis and extremely malnourished. Neighbors knew about him, but finally, someone stepped

in to help.After receiving Cotton, we spent hours trimming down his mats and cleaning him off. He was weak and not wanting to have him suffer from "re-feeding syndrome", we had to pace his meals. Slowly but surely, he started to gain weight. We were certain if someone hadn't stepped in for Cotton, he would have passed within a week or two more of being left outdoors. Upon taking him to the vet, it was then made apparent that he was approximately twelve years old and had Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Disease, or Kidney Failure. Adoptions for senior cats are already difficult, and we knew in this moment that he would become a 'fospice' or 'Hospice Foster' case. In many shelters, Cotton would be euthanized, even with several good years

left in him.When we take on complicated cases, we make sure they receive the full care and time they need to be happy and healthy and Cotton has been no except

ion to that!Cotton now spends his days lounging and trying to engage other fosters in our care. He's quick to approach anyone who visits, just happy to be pet and rubbed on by anyone willing. He has several favorite toys and will hop and play with them when he gets bouts of energy and we've accommodated him with stairs to use instead of having to jump off high places. He gets supplements, daily subcutaneous fluids, and the medication he needs, as well as testing every six months to check where his kidney values are and to see if we need to make any a

djustments. Fostering is a fantastic alternative to kennel-life in shelters. It provides socialization, a realistic …