Thanks for writing about sanctuaries Carmen. You are better at articulating the major points than I was. Anyone traveling through northern IA should stop in for a visit at C&W. What really impressed me was the accomodations made for special needs kitties. Sharyl
--- On Mon, 8/31/09, Carmen Conklin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Carmen Conklin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (FeLV talk) Sanctuaries > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 5:53 PM > I am a member of this list who > doesn't get a chance to spend time responding > to posts, but I would like to encourage those looking into > sanctuaries to be > sure to visit them if at all possible and that is a great > idea about asking > what happens to the cats or the sanctuary if the founders > die or can no > longer care for the animals. That is an essential part of > questions to ask > all sanctuaries as there are a lot of them out there that > make the rest of > us look 'bad' it seems. I am the director and > co-founder of C & W Rustic > Hollow Shelter in Iowa and I know Laurie and MC and Sharyl > are familiar with > our work and we always tell people if they are thinking of > taking any cat to > a rescue or sanctuary they absolutely should go themselves > or send someone > they know to check it out. We have solid plans to continue > past us and our > board would make the decision at that point to not take any > more cats except > those who are planned to come here when it is time, or to > go ahead and > continue the sanctuary as it is now. We have five buildings > at this time and > are building a sixth one this fall. But your ideas > are so 'right on' about > visiting places and finding out the plans for their future. > Great ideas. > Also, our FeLV areas have cats that are over 5 years > and lost one this > summer who was 18 and had one other live to be 19 years > ago. That's the > exception not the rule, however. Five years is a critical > period for FeLV > kits and sometimes no matter how much you do for > them, the end result is > the same. Our philosophy is it is 'quality of their lives, > not the quantity" > and that is what we strive for. Carmen and furballs at C > & W Rustic Hollow > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
