Open Window July 2013 Open your heart to our community s homeless cats A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. We are dedicated to the care of feral cats, and members of our group work on a volunteer basis to feed, water, and provide medical care for hundreds of feral cats in Knoxville and surrounding areas. We participate in a trap/neuter/return program in an effort to control the feral cat population. The TNR program is where feral cats are humanely trapped by volunteers, taken to a clinic to be spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and returned to their colony where they are most comfortable. We are not an adoption agency nor do we take in unwanted pets. Our organization only holds adoption fairs in order to find homes for socialized kittens born into feral colonies and to re-home stray pets that are abandoned in our colonies! We are funded solely from donations and fundraisers with 100% of money raised going directly to controlling and maintaining the feral cat population. What we can do: mentor you with your TNR (trap-neuter-release) project by teaching you how to use the traps (including care of the cats while in the traps) and loaning you traps to get the cats to the vet or a low cost spay/neuter clinic. What we cannot do: remove feral cats from your neighborhood, place of business, etc., trap and transport the cats for you; loan traps for you to take cats to any animal service for euthanasia. Feral Fixin August 21st Monthly Meetings Feral Feline Friends meets the second Tuesday of every month 7:00 pm at Mr. Gatti s at 6913 Kingston Pike (just west of Papermill Road.) Please come so you can learn about how you can help the feral cats of our community. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the June 29 th Feral Fixin. We Spayed/Neutered 102 cats!!! Please submit colony photos or stories to klgasnow@yahoo.com 1
Adoption Center at Petsmart Turkey Creek JUNE ADOPTIONS : Leo, Jeffrey, Myrtle, Maui, Speck, Clarinda, Daisy, Abby, Andrew, Tate, Ava, Rusty, Peter, Misty, Johnnie, Bella, Peg, Lunar, Dawn, Pogo, Jillian, Larry, Luke, Tigress, Gabe, Peanut, Malea, Millie, Buttons, Psy, Tammy, Lawrence, Dusty, TeddyBear, Moe, Jerry, Tom, Jinx We are still in desperate need of fosters for both kittens and cats. Please contact Debbie at 300-6873 for more information. If you are not able to foster but would like to contribute to the fostering program, we are in need of Petsmart gift cards to buy supplies for the fosters. A big THANKS to the dedicated fosters and Petsmart volunteers who take such good care of our cats! Please contact Deb at (865) 300-6873 or debmarsh@comcast.net if you would like to help in our adoption center. Special thanks to Deb who keeps the adoption center staffed and so organized!!! Feral Feline Friends T Shirts We still have many t-shirts at Petsmart available for purchase. If you have a specific color and size you want, please visit our website and place your order: http://www.feralfelinefriends.org/teeshirts.htm Special Thanks to Rich and Borderland Tees!! 2
Special Thanks to our Foster Families Fostering pregnant cats has been the best experience ever! We have now fostered two moms and nine kittens. The last mom we fostered named Hazel we actually got to see two of her kittens being born which was really weird but neat also! My mom said that experience has made it all worthwhile. We want to always foster cats because it's a lot of fun being able to play with the kittens, but also I feel good doing something to help cats that need good homes. I thought it would be sad when they had to leave but that goes away when you know that they have been adopted. Fostering is the best thing in the whole entire world! Giselle and Ava We are still in desperate need of fosters for both kittens and cats. Please contact Debbie at 300-6873 for more information. If you are not able to foster but would like to contribute to the fostering program, we are in need of Petsmart gift cards to buy supplies for the fosters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did you see our ad in the Shopper News? 3
Happy Tails Adoption Story: April & Ariel Hi Debbie. How nice of you to check on the cats. They are awesome!!! They are very close. They sleep together, cuddle together, play together. It's so fun to watch them. I was worried the first night because April was hissing at Ariel. But by the second night she was licking and grooming her. She's a patient mother. Ariel is so hyper and playful. It's fun to watch her. We did change April's name to Amanda, but we call them Mama and Little Bit. Anyway, I'm so glad I adopted them. They are a joy for everyone. Here is this amazing picture of them sleeping together...mama is kind of holding Ariel and they are cheek to cheek. It's really cute. Look forward to hearing back from you and thank you. Sheila ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 4
Emergency Surgery for Cleatus Donations Needed We were called late one night about a situation where Cleatus had swallowed a needle. It was an urgent situation and Cleatus had to have emergency surgery to remove the needle. The surgery went well and Cleatus is on his way to a full recovery. The surgery was over $1,800 and we are asking for donations to help replenish our funds. We are a non-profit 501c3 and all funds go to the care of the cats. We are also tax deductible and can provide you with a tax donation receipt. Please help us continue to help as many cats as we can. Donations can also be made via secure Paypal on our website www.feralfelinefriends.org 5
Special Thanks for Donations to help care for the unwanted Ian Blackburn Steve McGhee Support Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee In Honor/Memory of Enclosed is my donation of: $10 $25 $50 $100 Other Your donation will solely be used for the care of Knoxville s feral colonies, to include spaying/neutering, food, or other necessary care. Your donations are tax deductible under section 501c3 of the IRS code. Please let us know if your employer will match your gift. Name Address Phone Email Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee PO Box 32121 Knoxville, TN 37930-2121 (865) 406-6980 kfcf@bellsouth.net 6