4 Paws Rescue Team Inc
Saving feline lives four paws at a time
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Every day homeless cats and kittens die unnecessarily in over-crowded animal shelters and on neighborhood streets. 4Paws takes in cats and kittens from shelter euthanasia lists. 4Paws also rescues cats who are living outside, fending for themselves. After age-appropriate veterinary care is provided to each cat or kitten, 4Paws adopts our rescued cats into permanent loving homes. All cats are spayed or neutered before they are adopted out to prevent unnecessary births that would add to the over-population problem. 4Paws also supports Trap Neuter Return (TNR), a program that spays and neuters feral (outside) cats, vaccinates them and then returns them to their outdoor homes.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Adoption, Spay/Neuter, Education
The 4 Paws Rescue Team, Inc. has several programs including aggressive efforts toward adoption, education about the need for spaying and neutering, support of feral cat colonies, education of elementary school children about the importance of responsible pet care, and collaberation with local shelters to help end needless euthansia.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
4Paws aims to spay and neuter as many cats as possible. We also educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering as the only way to end senseless deaths that result from over-population. 4Paws helps pet owners to live harmoniously with their pets by explaining feline behavior, nutrition, and proper cat care. For those who can no longer care for their cats adopted from 4Paws there is a 100% return policy. Adopters are actually required to return their cats to the organization if they can not keep their 4Paws cat. Our aim is to help people have meaningful relationships with their cats, but also provide a safety net for when circumstances change.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
4Paws helps private rescuers pay for the cost of spaying and neutering and vaccinating feral (outside) cats. 4Paws has a website that provides valuable information and resources to the public with questions about choosing the right pet, feeding the best cat food, managing cat behavior problems, and understanding their cats. We also respond to email and talk to people one-on-one at adoption fairs and stores where the cats are on display for adoption.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
4Paws has more than 200 volunteers who are able to talk to potential adopters, care for cats being shown for adoption, and foster homeless cats and kittens. We have found permanent homes for more than 9,200 cats and kittens since the day the organization started. Our greatest need is foster homes. Volunteers take into their home a cat or litter of kittens. All that is needed is a room where the foster cat(s) can be kept separated from other pets in the household. Fosters provide love and basic necessities. They nurture their foster cats in an effort to get them ready for a permanent adoptive home.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since inception, 4Paws has found loving permanent homes for more than 9,200 cats and kittens.
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4 Paws Rescue Team Inc
Board of directorsas of 04/29/2019
Barbara Lipson
Dede Dixon
Barbara Lipson
Cathye Karrins
Dianna Hogan
Linda Simmons