Become a Kitten Warrior!

Kittens are dying at an alarming rate.  We have one more spring/summer in the terrible environment of this old shelter and this year we are going to be diligent about getting kittens out of this environment.  We are calling all homes with an extra bathroom, basement, guest room, laundry room; any place a kitten or a litter can live until they are vaccinated and ready to get adopted.   Last year 134 kittens lost their lives in our shelter because of the poor condition of this building.  We are done with this. When people drop off stray kittens, they think they are better off here when they just aren’t.  Rusted surfaces, poor air handling and crowded conditions, coupled with poor immune systems = dying kittens. 

A lot of shelters would not publicize they are seeing a lot of kittens die but with Panleuk, a deadly disease so prevalent in our community and the poor conditions in our shelter, we are being transparent about this because we need your help.   As an organization we don’t believe in sitting around and saying oh well.  The new facility is a part of our solution but we have one more kitten season to get through.   In an effort to get ahead of this problem we called Cornell Veterinary School and spoke to cat/kitten experts in regards to contagious diseases and we are doing most of what they said including starting vaccinations at 4 weeks, we are cleaning properly and isolating kittens away from adult cats.  But the number one solution they provided is to get them out of the shelter and into homes.  That will save their lives.  We need foster homes.  We are calling this new foster group our Kitten Warriors; we need people who will help us fight to keep these tiny beings alive. 

What can you do?  Get signed up to be a kitten warrior so when we need help we will call you and you can decide if you are able to take in kittens, mothers with kittens or tiny bottle babies.  If you find kittens call us but keep them.  We can help you with food and resources but what we really need and what the kittens really need is for them to stay with YOU.  Go to our website to get a foster application or stop by the shelter today.

We will see kittens coming into our shelter in the next month or two and they continue to come in all summer.  You can make a difference in the life of an innocent tiny kitten that needs us to survive.  We are all they have and they need you. Help us save the lives of helpless kittens.
Become a Kitten Warrior TODAY.
Email bethsw@lynchburghumane.org or go to our website, www.lynchburghumane.org and find information on fostering under “get involved.”  If you can’t foster consider making a donation to help with the kittens’ care.