angel's gate is the only one that i know of; there are some "retirement homes," tho i don't have their links immediately at hand.
terri's point is very well taken: we ARE the hospices for our FeLVs and other sick ones! at the sanctuary, one ot the things we ran across was WHO/WHAT the cat was: we were great for ferals and strays, because we were a warm place, with constant food, medical care, and, for those who wanted it, human attention. but cats who had been housecats did horribly. they had come to expect a very different level of, um, creature comforts than we could supply. some of that had to do with space and person-power, but even more with our state's Dept of Agriculture regs: we couldn't have anything that wasn't disinfectable--so no comfy armchairs, no bed with real mattresses, no carpeted cat-trees or upholestered cubby-holes. we had lots of washable pillows and beds and mats galore, but for a spoiled housecat, it just wasn't enough. i expect that finding volunteers to help in a hospice setting would be difficult, too--it got to where i stated very clearly in our volunteer write-ups that, in a FeLV sanctuary setting, cats DIE... most of the FeLV came in healthy, and were healthy for varying amounts of time--and volunteers still had trouble with their going to the bridge. imagine in a setting where sooner-rather-than-later demise is a given.... MC On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:50:03 -0600, MacKenzie, Kerry N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all > Just wondering---a friend asked me if I knew if there were hospices for > pets. I've never heard of one--has anyone else? Kerry > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
