Friends of Felines

JOIN OUR CIRCLE OF COMPASSION....

We need donations for the medical care provided to our "Circle Cats":
(left to right, top to bottom) Tinga, Grandpa, Cow Cat, Mia, Benjamin, and Star.

KITTEN-ONLY ADOPTION EVENT!...this Saturday, July 5, 2008

Come meet our kittens during a special, kitten-only adoption event:

Saturday July 5, 2008
from 12:00noon - 3:00pm
at Natural Pet Supply
1000 Hope Street, Stamford

We take the welfare of our cats and kittens seriously. Each receives the best in food and veterinary care, as well as hours of love and cuddling. We ask for a donation of $125 for our cats and kittens to enable us to continue to help homeless and forgotten cats in our community.

We are now taking applications for the Event. Please fill one out on-line HERE as completely as possible to help us streamline the process.

BUSTER'S HAPPY ENDING!

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Buster is settling in just fine in his new home. For a recent photo and a "letter from home" click here.

JUNE WILTON ADOPTION EVENT... SUNDAY, June 29, 2008

Please join us at The South Wilton Veterinary Group, our hosts for this adoption event and meet some adorable cats and kittens who are looking for a loving forever home.

SUNDAY June 29th from 11am - 3pm
LOCATION: The South Wilton Veterinary Group: 51 Danbury Rd, Wilton, CT 06897 (phone (203) 762-2002) Located just North of the Department of Motor Vehicles location. (Danbury Road is also known as Route 7)

We are now taking applications for the Event. Please fill one out on-line HERE as completely as possible to help us streamline the process.

Foster Homes - and Volunteers - Always Needed

There are so many more homeless cats and kittens than foster homes. Kittens especially need to have early socialization with people before they are ready for permanent adoption. It is a great short-term commitment to help cats in need, especially if you are not ready or able to adopt a cat.

If being a foster parent to a homeless cat is not for you, there are many other ways to volunteer with Friends of Felines. Click on our volunteer section to learn more.

If you or someone you know is interested in fostering, please click here to fill out online adoption application. Or go to our Get Application section of the website.

If you would like information about other volunteer opportunities, please contact us by telephone: 203-363-0220 (New as of 9/07) or send email to cats@adoptapet.org

UPDATE - CT Bill (SB 1080) DEFEATED!

SB1080 - an Act Establishing Registration and Inspection Requirements for Animal Shelters.

This bill, for many reasons, was terribly detrimental to the animal welfare community (see next entry). Thanks to the actions of you and other animal lovers across the State, this bill is officially dead for this legislative session.

Senators received hundreds of emails, phone calls and letters. Dozens of people descended upon the Capitol to voice their opposition and to meet their Senators in person. And it worked!

Thank you to all who were a part of this success. Your communication with your law-makers made the difference. Please take a few more moments to email or call and thank them.

This bill will likely be brought back next session and hopefully, the outcome will be a piece of legislation that will accomplish what was intended: to stop animal abusers and protect (not punish) the professional animal rescue community

Thanks again for your help.

CT Bill SB 1080 (Defeated for now)

SB 1080 would allow warrantless inspections/searches of any private home with five or more rescue animals (e.g., one mother cat and her litter of kittens); does not restrict the hours at which the inspection of a private home can be conducted; would require rescue organizations and foster homes to apply annually to their town clerks for a $25 license, possibly at the risk of rejection; would subject unlicensed rescue organizations and foster homes to fines and imprisonment; and provides no clarity on what would constitute a violation—leaving rescuers vulnerable to arbitrary decision-making.

Animal rescue organizations and foster homes often provide the “last chance” helping hand to companion animals in need. While regulations are necessary, they should not infringe on an individual’s privacy rights.

The ASPCA described it as "...onerous legislation." For more information click ASPCA.

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DONATE TO FRIENDS OF FELINES ... ONLINE!

Now you can donate to Friends of Felines and charge it to your credit card or your Paypal account, if you have one.

Just click on the Paypal icon on the lower right portion of our homepage.

Thanks for your generous support. You help us help the forgotten felines in your neighborhood.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Stamford Animal Control and Greenwich Animal Control also have cats and kittens.

Their web site is http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/AnimalControl/default.asp and now includes pictures of cats. Animal control officers are on duty seven days a week from 8:00am - 4:00pm. The facility is located at 201 Magee Avenue. For more information call Stamford Animal Control at (203) 977-4437.

For Greenwich Animal Contol, call (203) 622-8299 for more information. If you want to take a look at the pets that are up for adoption, visiting hours at the Animal Control facility are 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The facility is located on Museum Drive, adjacent to the Bruce Museum. The url is http://www.greenwichct.org/PoliceDept/pdAnimalAdoption.asp