SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS
8431-137 GARVEY DRIVE, RALEIGH, NC 27616 safehavenforcats.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A NO-KILL SHELTER FOR STRAY AND ABANDONED CATS AND KITTENS. RESCUED ANIMALS ARE PROVIDED WITH FOOD, SHELTER, AND COMPLETE MEDICAL CARE WITH THE GOAL OF PLACING THEM IN PERMANENT, LOVING HOMES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL STRAY, PET, AND FERAL CATS THROUGH THE SAFE CARE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC. SAFE HAVEN ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING STRAY, ABANDONED, INJURED, ORPHANED AND COMMUNITY CATS.

SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS OPERATES A NO-KILL SHELTER FOR CATS AND KITTENS, AN ADOPTION PROGRAM, A LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC, TRAP/NEUTER/VACCINATE/RELEASE PROGRAMS, TARGETED COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS, AND A PET FOOD PANTRY FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.

THE LIFE-SAVING SHELTERING AND ADOPTION OF 849 CATS WAS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM THIS YEAR. IN THE LAST 26 YEARS, WE HAVE ADOPTED OVER 11,300 CATS. WE ASSIST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH FAMILY ORIENTED, THOUGHTFUL ADOPTION PROGRAMS AND MANY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. WE PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE, VACCINES, TESTING AND STERILIZATION TO THESE 849 CATS PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF HUNDREDS OF CATS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO HOMES. WE WORKED WITH OUR LARGEST EUTHANIZING SHELTERS TO REDUCE THE EUTHANASIA RATES IN OUR COMMUNITY BY TAKING 362 CATS FROM THEM THIS YEAR, AND THROUGH COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS AND TNVR (TRAP/ NEUTER/VACCINATE/RELEASE) PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY CATS. AS THE COMMUNITY'S OLDEST NO-KILL SHELTER, WE SAVE ALL THE ADOPTABLE, TREATABLE AND RECOVERABLE CATS AND KITTENS. WE CONTINUE TO RESCUE CATS FROM HOARDERS, RESEARCH LABS AND ABUSIVE SITUATIONS. WE MAINTAIN 50 FOSTER HOMES FOR SPECIAL CATS SUCH AS ORPHANS, OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL OR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THAT CAN BE RESOLVED.WE ARE AN ALMOST ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WITH 125 VOLUNTEERS PER WEEK IN 12 SHIFTS. THEY DONATE APPROXIMATELY $315,917 OF SERVICES ANNUALLY. IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, 6,199 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC RECEIVED SUPPORT AND INFORMATION RELATING TO STRAY, ABANDONED, INJURED, ORPHANED OR COMMUNITY CATS.

THE SAFE CARE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC IS THE FIRST PERMANENT LOW COST CLINIC JUST FOR CATS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ONLY ONE OF THREE CLINICS IN A REGION OF OVER ONE MILLION RESIDENTS. WE SERVED CLIENTS FROM THIRTY-ONE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THIS YEAR. WE STERILIZED 3,192 CATS AND KITTENS THROUGH THE CLINIC, 427 WHO WERE FERAL CATS. AS A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO REDUCE THE BIRTHS OF UNWANTED CATS AND KITTENS, WE OFFER OUR SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EACH WEEK. WE WILL HELP ANYBODY WHO HAS A NEED. WE ACCEPT PETS, STRAYS AND FERAL CATS INTO OUR CLINIC. OF THE 3,192 SEEN THIS YEAR, WE HAVE PROVIDED 55% OF THESE CATS WITH GREATLY REDUCED FEES RANGING FROM $0-$50. (REGULAR PRICE IS $85.) WHY? SO NO CAT OR PERSON IN NEED IS EVER TURNED AWAY FROM THE CLINIC. SEVENTY-FOUR PERCENT OF THE CATS COMING THROUGH OUR CLINIC HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A VETERINARIAN BEFORE. THROUGH EDUCATION WE ARE TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT TNVR TO HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CATS IN OUR CITY. UNCONTROLLED CAT POPULATION IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR EUTHANASIA IN OUR STATE. OVER 35,000 HAVE BEEN STERILIZED IN THE CLINIC TO DATE.

SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS FED 428 DOGS AND CATS IN THE COMMUNITY AND DISTRIBUTED 11.1 TONS OF FOOD TO NEEDY PET LOVERS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST PET OWNERS WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ABANDON OR GIVE UP THEIR PETS. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH SCREENING, WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANIMALS WHO NEED OUR FREE SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES.SAFE HAVEN CONTINUES TO BE CALLED UPON BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL TO ASSIST IN DISASTER SITUATIONS. THIS YEAR THE ORGANIZATION WAS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER IN RESCUING OVER 73 CATS FROM HURRICANES BARRY AND DORIAN. BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, THE ANIMALS WERE ABLE TO BE SAVED AND ADOPTED TO NEW HOMES BY SAFE HAVEN.SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS HELD 12 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THIS YEAR PROVIDING EXPERIENCES FOR 328 PEOPLE. WE PARTICIPATE IN MANY CITYWIDE FESTIVALS AND MANY ANIMAL THEMED EVENTS. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT IS VISITED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PER YEAR. WE PUBLISH 2 PRINT NEWSLETTERS AND 10 ON-LINE E-NEWSLETTERS YEARLY. OUR EDUCATION IS FOCUSED ON SEVERAL AREAS: (1) REDUCING EUTHANASIA THROUGH STERILIZATION, (2) TEACHING AND ENABLING ORDINARY CITIZENS TO "RESCUE" STRAY OR COMMUNITY CATS TO PREVENT INJURY OR DEATH, (3) PROMOTING ANIMAL SHELTERS AS FUN, CLEAN, EXCELLENT PLACES TO ADOPT PETS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BREEDERS AND MILLS, (4) TEACHING CITIZENS HOW TO IMPLEMENT TNVR PROGRAMS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF COMMUNITY CATS, (5) ASSISTING OUR NEIGHBORS TO FIND GOOD HOMES FOR STRAY CATS THEY HAVE FOUND, (6) TEACHING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF ANIMAL OWNERSHIP AND PROMOTING THE ANIMAL/HUMAN BOND, (7) PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, (8) KEEPING PEOPLE FROM ABANDONING OR RELINQUISHING THEIR PETS BY HELPING THEM SOLVE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, (9) REUNITING OWNERS WITH LOST PETS, AND (10) PROVIDING VOLUNTEER/ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, SENIORS, DISABLED CITIZENS AND CIVIC/CORPORATE GROUPS.

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