Join Angus & Friends Cat Rescue in Making a Difference
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Here's a sweet way to support our kitties! From See’s luscious chocolates and holiday gifts, to classics like Lollypops and peanut brittle, your purchase will help our rescued kittens and cats! Please click HERE to browse our store and place your order.
Please Note: Our store will be open through December 6, 2024. We are grateful for your support!
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Your Donation Helps Us Save Lives
Angus & Friends Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rescue organization based in Castro Valley. Our group is named in memory of a 15-year-old orange tabby, Angus, who was found on death's door by people who lived in his neighborhood who assumed he had a home. Angus was homeless, but probably did have a home at one time, because he turned out to be friendly. Angus was very sick from a severe case of flea anemia when we found him. We tried to save him but, sadly, Angus ultimately had to be put down because he was not recovering after a blood transfusion.
As heartbreaking as losing Angus was, those of us in rescue know heartbreak all too intimately. For all the cats we try to help -- and there are many -- some of those sweet, precious cats that we want to help are beyond veterinary medicine’s ability to save them. We try to be good stewards of the money we receive from donations, but there are times when we want to do our very best to save a kitty we think is saveable. We rush them to our ER vets at Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) in San Ramon, where we have a discount and where they have been extremely generous in trying to help. Yet the ultimate decision is that the kitten or cat is too sick, and we must make the heartbreaking decision to end their suffering. First and foremost, our goal is that a cat or kitten not suffer, and sometimes even the vets cannot stop whatever process is making a cat sick.
The sad truth is that the vets still need to be paid for the care they have provided, and that comes out of our medical fund. Our fundraisers are almost always to replenish those funds so we can continue to help others. We have many who do survive, and that is what keeps us going! Thus, our ongoing need for donations for medical care!
Please, if you are able to donate to help us help more cats and kittens, we would be extremely grateful, no matter the size, or whether it is a one-time donation, or monthly. Monthly donations help us plan, and help us allocate funds more efficiently. Any amount helps, and it is all for the kitties! Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
