Why Should an Animal Rescue Group ask for Support?

During the recent holiday season, our group's 'giving tree' in downtown Bend was vandalized, and someone also asked, why should an animal rescue group be able to ask for support when there are so many worthy, underfunded agencies dealing with the needs of people?

The cats and kittens rescued and cared for by nonprofit, all-volunteer Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team (CRAFT) may not mean anything to some people, but to others they are an important part of their lives. Look into the eyes of the children of a family forced to live in their car, after losing everything, and now have to give up their pets and don't want to leave them to an uncertain future at a local kill shelter. Talk with law enforcement or a victim of domestic violence who can't take her cat into a battered women's shelter and won't leave the home if it means leaving her pet behind or surrendering it to a humane society kill shelter. Listen to the almost daily phone calls from people who say their … More

Thank You CRAFT Supporters

Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team would like to sincerely thank all of our many dedicated volunteers, adopters, donors, and those in the community who have supported us over the past year.  In addition, our thanks goes out to the local veterinarians who have worked with us to provide spay and neuter, and the invaluable care of the sick and injured, and otherwise forgotten, cats and kittens of Central Oregon and beyond.

Since its inception in 2007, CRAFT has helped over 4,000 cats and kittens.  2011 has been a … More

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