C.A.R.E.S.
California Animal REScue
(Updated November 10, 2007)
C.A.R.E.S. does TNR for feral cats, spay/neuter of cats and dogs, rescues and fosters unwanted and homeless domestic pets and farm animals, and hopes to help low income families with high veterinarian bills.
We hope to raise the funds to help these animals.
This site was created by Protect R Wildlife in 2005 to help domestic animals.
Protect R Wildlife cares about domestic and farm animals as well as wild animals. We are not speciesists.
C.A.R.E.S.
MISSION STATEMENT
* Conduct TNR and TNR+ programs to help neighborhood feral cats.
* Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs.
* Foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.
* Help low income families with high veterinarian bills.
* Educate pet caretakers about the importance of vaccinating, spaying/neutering, proper pet care, and how to keep pets protected from wild animals.
FERAL CAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING US WITH OUR PROGRAM:
R.U.F.F. (Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends)
S.P.A.N. (Spay & Neuter Animal Network)
For Sale - To a Good Home
Author Unknown
I was born in the Summer a few years ago.
Quite why I was born, I'll never know.
Some folk who owned my mother, decided to breed.
No reason I know of except for their greed;
I know I was hungry, I know I was cold;
They sold me quite early at just five weeks old.
My number one owners seemed friendly at first,
And life was quite good till my bubble burst;
They started to argue, their marriage split up;
And in the AD: "For Sale - 4 months old pup".
Some folk arrived, the next ones in line.
They treated me kind and life was just fine.
But Master dropped dead, and she couldn't cope.
So she sold me again (I'll soon give up hope).
I now had a new home right up in the sky;
We went up in the lift fourteen floors high!
The new folk were kind but they left me all day;
I was bursting to wee and had nowhere to play.
It was boredom, I think, when I chewed up the chair;
They agreed I should go as it just wasn't fair.
The next home was good and I thought "this is it"!
They started to show and I won....well, a bit.
Then somebody told them that I had no bone.
And in went the AD: "For Sale...to a good home".
The next lot were dreadful, they wanted a guard;
But I didn't know how, although I tried hard.
One night they got burgled and I didn't bark;
Tied up in that shed and alone in the dark.
For four months I lay in that cold and dark shed;
With only an old paper sack for a bed.
A small dish of water all slimy and green;
The state I was in, well, it had to be seen!
I longed for destruction, and an end to the pain;
But some new people came and I went off again.
Well now I'm with Rescue and this home is good;
There's walks in the country and lots of good food;
There's kisses and cuddles to great me each day;
But I dread the time they will send me away.
But for now here I stand, skin and bone on all four;
PLEASE......don't let "ME" happen to any of yours.
Remember: Animals do not have a voice, so we must give them ours!