Caring Hearts Dog and Cat Rescue

Our goal is to trap, spay/neuter, immunize and return all unaltered feral cats to their colonies to prevent disease and overpopulation. We also want to keep pets happy and healthy in their homes, regardless of a pet owner's financial status, thereby reducing the burden of already overcrowded shelters in rural Missouri.

Our strategy for making this happen is:
- TNR program and outreach
- Providing a dog and cat food bank for low income pet owners
- Assisting with emergency veterinary expenses
- Assisting with spay/neuter expense
- Assisting with recovery of lost pets

We have made wonderful connections in the community and work with 10-15 local veterinarians who support our mission. We also opened a little Thrift Store to help raise additional funds needed to help more animals. Our application was accepted by the Rescue Food Bank in Saint Louis to receive significantly discounted pet food to help keep our food bank full. We are 100% volunteer run and operated which reduces cost and results in more animals helped.

In 2017 alone, we helped 325 animals with veterinary expenses: 149 cats (75 of which were TNRs), 174 dogs and 1 bunny. In addition to the 75 TNR cats, we covered the cost to spay/neuter 21 owned cats and 52 owned dogs as well. In 2018, our goal is to help 500 dogs and cats with veterinary expenses and increase our TNR count to 100. We have also begun recovering lost animals. There are so many animals hit by cars in the area, that we made the decision to pick them up and pay for boarding until their owners can be located.