Hey, everybody

[K & L]

Good idea! My contributions:

The following are excellent links to animal welfare organizations that provide information on feral cats, spay/neuter assistance, pet adoption, animal rescue programs, and more. (from AzCATs website)
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AzCats
www.azcats.org
AzCATs serves as a leader in Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) by developing and implementing innovative programs to humanely end the breeding cycle for feral and other free-roaming cats.

Pets 911
www.pets911.com/
Pets 911 provides accurate, community specific information needed to encourage better care for pets in communities throughout the United States. Visit this link to learn about pet care resources and rescue efforts in your community.

Arizona Animal Welfare League (AAWL)
www.aawl.org/
The Arizona Animal Welfare League (AAWL) is the largest and oldest "no-kill" shelter in Arizona. Visit their on-line adoption center.

Arizona Beagle Rescue (AZBR)
www.azbeaglerescue.com/
Arizona Beagle Rescue (AZBR) is a statewide 501(c)3 non-profit, all-volunteer animal welfare organization dedicated to saving homeless beagles through rescue efforts, adoption and education on the breed.

Animal Defense League of Arizona (ADLA)
www.adlaz.org
ADLA is a statewide animal protection and advocacy organization.

Alley Cat Allies
www.alleycat.org
Alley Cat Allies promotes nonlethal control for feral and stray cats with Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) programs that effectively reduce their population by sterilization - not euthanasia.

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
www.bestfriends.org/
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is the nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned cats, dogs, and other animals.

Alliance for Companion Animals
www.az4animals.com/
The mission of the Alliance is to effect positive social change and create a community-wide network of resources that ensure lifetime, loving environments for all companion animals. AzCATs is a voting member of the Alliance.

Cat Positive
www.catpositive.org/
Cat Positive was established to provide an alternative to euthanasia for asymptomatic FeLV and FIV positive cats.

American Humane
www.americanhumane.org/
American Humane is an excellent source of information on a variety of animal related issues.

Maricopa County Animal Care & Control (AC&C)
www.maricopa.gov/pets/
Click on this link to learn about pet adoptions, licensing, shot clinics, lost and found pets, and more!

Animal Balance
www.animalbalance.org/
Animal Balance works collaboratively with the local authorities and the community on the Galapagos Islands to organize a Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) program. Collectively, they will humanely stabilize, then reduce and control the number of cats and dogs. AzCATs supports this effort and is working to help them with their TNR project in May of 2004.

World Animal Net
www.worldanimalnet.org/
World Animal Net has resources for animal rescue organizations.



ADLA's Spay Neuter Hotline - for low cost spay/neuter information www.adlaz.org 602-265-SPAY (7729).

Altered Tails www.alteredtails.org 480-563-4351

[catmandu]

The Animal Welfare Association,to whom I ofter refer has a website at awa.xux.net.
There are so many Great Cats here for Prospective New Guardians in the Hamilton,Burlington and Dundas Area.
Please take a look maybe You can order those Big Cat Nip Mice.

[lvpets2002]

Hey grand idea Karen & thank you.. I truly support shelters all I can & tell anyone I can to adopt from shelters.. I know all of my babies I have adopted from different shelters..

[Freedom]

I have adopted one cat (my first and only foster, I lasted half an hour before I knew I couldn't do fostering!) from East Providence VSA - Volunteer Services for Animals. Here is their web site, with the list of places for RI and MA.


[url]http://www.volunteerservicesforanimals.org/files/local%20animal%20shelters.html


PawsWatch is working on the feral / stray population in RI. Here is their web site:

http://www.pawswatch.org/