Fundraisers

OUR GIVING SEASON/ WINTER ’22 FUNDRAISER [21 Years of For Animals, Inc.]

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Our Giving Season + Winter Fundraiser: 21 years of For Animals, Inc.

$1,165 of $9,000 raised

Precious says hello! 😻

Thank you for all you do to save animals in need. We are so glad we adopted Daisy from you 10 years ago - she is a wonderful senior kitty now.

Happy parent of Neko (née Nicholas) now 14 2/2 adopted from no Theresa December 2008. A sweet, sensitive and loving boy.

We had the best life impact from adopting our 2 babies from here. It's been almost 2 years and they are turning 3 in a few weeks. Best decision ever.

In gratitude for rescuing and introducing me to my darling kitty Ernie, and all the good work you do. Thank you!!!

Thank you!

Thanks for saving so many cats and kittens!

From the Bonné’s - especially Baby Boo (Mathilde) and Janet Jackson, who found their forever homes through the kind and generous work of For Animals.

From Jeff and Kate and Nermal and Fiona and Katya and Mae-Mae and Bounce and Ami and ... and ...

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to our Winter fundraiser though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

For 21 years, For Animals’ founder and our small team of dedicated volunteers have tirelessly worked to rescue, save, TNR, provide vet-care and to foster & home thousands of felines (and other animals like dogs, rabbits, birds and many other species.) Without a break – battling exhaustion and often insurmountable odds, despite being a small non-profit consisting of a relatively small group of volunteers – we have worked round the clock in several residential and industrial areas, as well as in abandoned sites (The infamous “Hole” for instance) and places considered quite dangerous – through hurricanes, super-storms, a global pandemic, debilitating financial times (such as during the Great Recession, the current Inflation and just general economic hardship), political and policy upheavals, personal losses, and much more.

While a fundraiser video will be posted in the coming days, most of you have seen the before-after reels and pictures of the transformations of several of our rescues on our social media (FB and IG) through the years. Those are only a lucky smattering from the many others who are rescued behind-the-scenes, TNR-ed and the innumerable ones who were spayed-neutered/rescued/fostered/adopted over the years before social media sites took -off, or before volunteers even started posting. And many of the stories don’t always make it to social media – as there are too many kitties to count.

For Animals is dedicated to eliminating companion animal homelessness, engaging our larger community as vital and active participants in this shared social and ethical responsibility, and providing that community with the resources and education necessary to achieve these goals together. We have helped cats and dogs not just in the New York City area, but through the years have also occasionally helped directly or indirectly through our volunteers or affiliated rescue-groups in the Ukraine, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Albania, Egypt, India, Nepal. However the major focus is always on our targeted TNR areas within NYC.

Our focus has always been to alleviate companion-animal suffering and to help control the cat (& dog) populations through educating the public and performing spay-neuters to as many cats as possible. Working with partner veterinarians in TNR and restoring health, and creating a shelter, foster, and adoption program to find homes for as many of these cats in need as possible is part of the process. FYI, we also have a working-cat program where the more feral rescues are sent to barn homes.

In the best of times, having the resources to help the animals is a struggle. In the last 3 years this struggle has increased manifold. This has been compounded with massive never-before-seen numbers of cat-dumping across the world in 2021 and 2022, which followed the 2020 increase of pandemic-adoptions. Due to the closures of the ASPCA-run low-cost clinics during the pandemic in economically suppressed areas, the homeless-cat population increased even more. These factors (clinic closures, pet-dumping, people not spaying/neutering cats, economic downturn) contributed even more to the precarious pressures that small non-profit TNR groups/rescues like ours already face, with shelters filled up to the max, and the crunch to financial resources needed to keep going.

Spay/neuter surgery costs are an essential expense, even with a rescue discount. Vaccines for FVRCP and rabies for each rescue are other important essential expenses. We also have daily expenditure of food, litter, and medicines for the shelter cats and for feeding community cat colonies, where we already perform TNR. Treatment of injured, suffering or maimed cats, sick ones who stand a chance to a better life if treated successfully, as well as those requiring dental procedures (if those are needed) or FIP medication, increase the amounts even more. Every year several hundreds cats and kittens receive our care be they TNR-ed or intakes – the latter housed in the shelter space and in our network of foster homes before they can be adopted into forever-homes. Our annual TNR + intake numbers can vary anywhere from 350+ to 550 cats every year. This is quite a lot taken in by a small group (and a no-kill rescue) which has nowhere near the funding that large organizations (which also run kill shelters) receive.

Throughout the world, the ultimate suffering imparted through human cruelty, apathy and destructive activity is always borne by innocent animals. In our own way, in the time we have on this planet, we choose compassion and action to help better the lives of as many innocents as we can.

Your Kindness is essential to this. While our Giving-Tuesday donation drives will occur all through the month of November, and we dearly hope you will contribute in our quest to reach this fundraiser’s goal, we will be continuing it all through the winter months, as every dollar helps.

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

Our Giving Season + Winter Fundraiser: 21 years of For Animals, Inc.

$1,165 of $9,000 raised

Precious says hello! 😻

Thank you for all you do to save animals in need. We are so glad we adopted Daisy from you 10 years ago - she is a wonderful senior kitty now.

Happy parent of Neko (née Nicholas) now 14 2/2 adopted from no Theresa December 2008. A sweet, sensitive and loving boy.

We had the best life impact from adopting our 2 babies from here. It's been almost 2 years and they are turning 3 in a few weeks. Best decision ever.

In gratitude for rescuing and introducing me to my darling kitty Ernie, and all the good work you do. Thank you!!!

Thank you!

Thanks for saving so many cats and kittens!

From the Bonné’s - especially Baby Boo (Mathilde) and Janet Jackson, who found their forever homes through the kind and generous work of For Animals.

From Jeff and Kate and Nermal and Fiona and Katya and Mae-Mae and Bounce and Ami and ... and ...

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to our Winter ’22 though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

Prior fund-raisers

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FUNDRAISER FOR BRUNO’S LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT

Please watch the video above for Bruno’s story. Then scroll down to the Donation form and options to help Bruno with his life-saving treatment. To read Bruno’s backstory and other details, scroll down past the donation form.

Sweet Bruno had been rescued from the mean streets, and was so happy to move in with his bonded-kitty-friend to a loving foster-to-adopt home. Sadly, after a few happy months, this playful, outgoing kitty was diagnosed with FIP. While it has been devastating for Bruno and his human, his treatment to curb the disease has shown promise. His human has already spent $ 4,500 for his tests and vet care and will need to spend $ 5,000+ more for the FIP treatment – so we’d like to help with the latter at least….as it’s a lot for one person. Little Bruno needs your help!

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

Help save Bruno’s life

$2,015 of $5,000 raised

Together we can help them all

❤️❤️❤️ for Bruno

My dog passed away yesterday.i can empathize about those high pet bills.

From Kate, In loving memory of Jim Nearing.

For Sweet Bruno & in memory of my dad on Fathers’ Day

My 6-year-old daughter sold some books and toys to raise money to help animals. This is the one she chose. Good luck, Bruno!

Bruno ❤️❤️

Feel better sweet kitty.

hugs for Bruno!

Praying for Bruno.

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to Bruno’s treatment though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

Little Bruno was rescued as a kitten in September ’21 from a rough parking lot on Jamaica Ave, Queens, NYC, where he’d kept sadly crying loudly all day, but would keep hiding in some bushes when approached. One of our core volunteers finally got him at 10 pm that night. He had been rescued along with another little kitten Maria who had been dumped on the Belt Parkway and was limping and scared. Both kittens bonded immediately at their rescuer’s, the outgoing Bruno being a comfort to shy Maria and were placed for adoption together that December.

Warm, gregarious Bruno won many hearts at the adoption alcove inside NYC Pet in Park Slope, and much to their joy, finally got into a nice foster-to-adopt situation just two days before New Year 2022. They were so happy to be with their new human who doted on them. Their human recently lost their dad too early this year and the kitten-duo have been a great comfort to them.

Tragically, this March-end, hitherto sweet, playful Bruno started showing signs of sickness and weakness. His adopter took him to the emergency vet clinic VERG – which ran a series of tests, and after ruling out other possibilities, diagnosed poor Bruno with FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis). Just Bruno’s VERG bills alone came to around $ 4,500 which his foster-t0-adopter footed.

Bruno is now on the new FIP medication that has proven promising for other similar cats. Should the treatment prove successful he will live a healthy, fulfilling life. We are hopeful and have our paws crossed, as he has responded favorably to the very first dose itself.

In addition to the amount ($4,500) his human has already spent, his FIP treatment and follow-up blood tests will cost another $5,500. (click to enlarge images below for the VERG invoice). The FIP medication estimate is based on an online site which supplies FIP meds.

The total amount of Bruno’s treatment (nearly $10,000) is a lot for one person to cover and while they adore Bruno and will do everything to help him survive and thrive, For Animals would like to help out his human with the big cost of the treatment. And we are hoping you can help us and help innocent Bruno – who was so full of life before he fell sick, and deserves every chance to be back to his full health and big personality again.

So we would like to raise at least half of Bruno’s vet and treatment costs.

Please help Bruno is any way you can! Any amount helps!

FUNDRAISER FOR MADDIE’S CRUCIAL TREATMENT

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Maddie the cat has a sad backstory and deserves every chance to live a fulfilling life for the rest of her years where her love is returned fully and without her having to face abandonment. (please scroll down after the fundraiser bar to read her story, or watch the video above.)

Maddie is a “bundle of love.” She is very loving, cuddly, likes head-scratches, playing with her toys and comes running to greet you at the door when you enter your home.

This sweet cat deserves a shot at true love and security after her struggle-full life on the streets for over half a decade. Please help Maddie! She’s counting on you!

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

GOAL (almost) REACHED! Thanks to all these kind individuals. (Don’t forget to click “load more” to see all the names)

This donation is being made in honor of uber volunteer Jernee Montoya's birthday!

Forever Maddie

In honor and memory of Betty White for what would have been her 100th birthday on January 17th.

Giving a little on Tuesday

For sweet Maddie

Thank you for all you are doing for Maddie.

Here’s to helping Maddie get healthy.

I hope you get to feeling better sweet kitty!

Thank you again and good luck Maddie!!!

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to Maddie’s treatment though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

This post came up initially on August 7, 2021. Updates after August 10 have been added and related edits made.

Maddie was rescued from one of the meanest areas in Queens, NYC, in mid-April. She had lived a sad, hard, unloved life on the streets for some 6 years, scrounging unsuccessfully for food and shelter, and abused by cruel humans and picked on by other strays.

When For Animals’ volunteer Maddy first received the text from a concerned citizen visiting the neighborhood, the person kept referring to the cat as a “kitten” who was living on a dilapidated site, which was soon going to be constructed upon, and that the “kitten” had faced human cruelty in the past.

Turns out – she was no kitten – but an adult just SO severely emaciated and starving, that when For Animals volunteer Martha rescued her, and she was taken to Theresa’s shelter – she ravenously ate for several straight days – she’d starved for so long. (See video above)

Covered with wounds and lacerations from her hard life on the streets, Maddie was extremely grateful to be rescued and was soon transferred to our Adoption Alcove in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where she would sleep for hours and hours – finally feeling safe where she didn’t have to fend off attacks on the streets.

The volunteers there loved her and while adoptions’ coordinator Jean saw to her healing, volunteer Tess took videos of her transformation from scared, heartbroken street cat to a loving cuddle-bug who couldn’t believe her luck.

: Maddie on the street

: Maddie at our Adoption Alcove

: Maddie at her new (now former) home

Much to Maddie’s (and our) joy, she was adopted in late May, and proved to be an ultra-loving, cuddly, wonderful and sweet cat.

But sadly, through no fault of Maddie, her adopter decided that her new work schedule wouldn’t suit her, that she didn’t want to get a sitter, and decided to return Maddie informing For Animals on August 4 of her decision that she no longer wanted to keep Maddie.

Unfortunately, the timing couldn’t have been worse – as Maddie’s crucial vet stay was on August 9, where she needed an iodine I-131 injection and needed a place to recuperate once discharged.

You see, when For Animals, had taken Maddie for her initial check-ups, vaccinations, spay etc. it was found that she had a murmur in her heart. A cardiology consultation and subsequent tests led to the diagnosis that poor Maddie had hyperthyroidism – which, fortunately, can be curtailed with treatment.

She also needs extensive dental work which needs to be done after the treatment of her hyperthyroidism. For Animals had already committed from the start to take care of Maddie’s vet bills as her conditions were pre-existing before adoption. (It’s just unfortunate that she was returned at such a vulnerable time and state, when she needed a home the most. Instead, she lost it.)

All in all, it has been a rough ride for Maddie, but also for For Animals – which has had one of its most trying years since its inception due to rising costs, several expensive cat emergencies and the humongous workload that tripled during the pandemic year.

You can check out Maddie’s treatment diagnoses and estimates in the documents attached below. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

Based on the prior and upcoming expenses, we need to raise around $ 5000 (LIVS treatment $ 1700, which could possibly have repeat treatments thereby doubling costs; the estimate by the Animal Endocrine clinic was 3250), Dental $ 1200, VERG cardiac costs $ 730, Vet check-ups, CBC tests, T4 tests, blood work, meds etc. – $ 1200, follow-up visit estimates – $ 400 – 600.

As a small non-profit already burdened with our daily expenses (see videos from last year) this is a LOT. We’ve also sadly had a string of really sad cases where the cats needed expensive treatment and we could not let them go without giving them a chance to survive and thrive which the vast majority of them did.

So we’d be VERY grateful if you can support Maddie in whichever way you can.

UPDATES on Maddie – from August 10 – September 4: After her I-131 treatment, Maddie was taken to For Animals director Theresa’s home. After a couple of days there, she moved to our Adoptions Coordinator Jean’s house in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where she is currently, gaining weight, feeling happy and playing around. She is the sweetest, gentlest kitty. Maddie is now looking for her Forever Home.

UPDATES on Maddie: Some GREAT news about Maddie! After a lovely adoption campaign (thanks in part due to the amazing photographs of Brazilian New Yorker photographer Flavia Mensen) of Maddie as the Winter Solsctice Princess – Maddie was adopted by a wonderful cat-loving couple in upper Manhattan and is living her best life! We are so happy for this lady to finally have a forever-home where she is loved, cherished and gets the stability and comfort she never received for years. She remains as loving and affectionate as ever!

RENA’s FUND FOR FELINE-FRIENDS

–RENA’s FUNDRAISER FOR FRIENDS

Please read on….this fundraiser has been updated in Rena’s memory for her other feline friends in need.

Update: August 20, 2021. It is with extreme sadness that we have to inform that despite no stone left unturned in Rena’s treatment, and the very best of vet care, Rena lost her battle and a decision was reached by the vets and Rena’s foster to humanely euthanize her.

Her initial surgery, scheduled at the Animal Medical Center on July 27, had been postponed as an examination showed that the reversed blood flow in her extra artery (which had been corrected due to the kind efforts of Best Pet Rx’s compounded medicine) was back to its reverse direction. It was suggested by the AMC vet that the medicine dosage be increased and that she be re-examined. On subsequent visits to assess her, her condition hadn’t improved, and worse – fluids had been building up in her body. On a visit on August 17 to drain the fluids and to conduct another echocardiogram, it seemed that this brave cat was fighting a losing battle.

Finally on August 19, 2021, the hard but ethical decision was made that Rena should be euthanized. Due to her very unique, history-making medical case, Dr. Fox at the AMC decided to hold on to her body for research.

We take solace in the fact that this cat at least experienced love and compassion during her short life of a year. Had she been out in the streets, where she’d been initially found suffering terribly as a 3 month-old, she’d have died an agonizing painful death early on vs. the comforts she received in a home where she was loved, cherished and no effort was spared to give her a chance at life.

Expenses for Rena’s treatment since September 2020 were tremendous, several thousands of dollars – and while For Animals spent quite a bit – the vast majority of her treatment expenses was funded by a vested private donor and exceptionally good Smartian (and all-out kind soul/animal lover) who was particularly interested in Rena’s case. We know we will never be able to recover the full amount, but we see it as a step to giving this sweet cat a shot at life, since vet diagnoses had suggested that after all her treatments she would live a normal life.

So, because we still have several cats in need who need varied medical help, including surgeries, we are converting this fundraiser to one in Rena’s memory for her Feline Friends. The funds will be – as they always are – placed for the care of innocent rescue animals.

Thank you so much for your kindness! Any amount helps!

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Rena was rescued by For Animals last year when she was 3 months old. On her vet visit, she was sent to be diagnosed further and her rare case intrigued doctors.

She’s sweet and playful, but she tires easily and has difficulty meowing because of her condition. Without surgery, her prognosis is very poor. But with surgery this beautiful innocent kitty can live a longer, more comfortable life. Won’t you help save her life?

In late July, Rena was scheduled for a life saving surgery at the Animal Medical Center NYC, to treat a rare congenital heart defect – an extra blood vessel between her aorta and pulmonary artery, through which blood flows in the wrong direction.

She is one of only a handful of cats to have surgery for this condition, so she will be making history! Please send your best wishes for her recovery, and please make a donation to help us defray the ongoing and past costs of Rena’s treatment. (Please see documents from the Animal Medical Center)

: Rena’s surgery cost (click to enlarge)

: Surgery Costs for Rena (click to enlarge)

It is A LOT and especially for a small non-profit no-kill rescue as ours. Any amount helps! Rena is counting on you!

“Will you help me live?” – Rena

[UPDATE: July 28 – The AMC after checking on Rena decided to postpone her surgery to a later date and recommended increasing her current med dosage, after which they will check further and then reschedule her surgery. Thank you so much all for your support!

UPDATE: August 10: Rena is scheduled to go to the AMC again on August 17 to drain fluids from her stomach and get another echocardiogram to evaluate her situation.

UPDATE: August 20: Please read the opening paragraph of this page. Rena’s fundraiser is now for her friends.]

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

Rena’s Fund for Feline-Friends

$1,365 of $5,000 raised

In honor of Betty White.
Thanks for everything you do Theresa, Rocky and Dolly are relaxing in Kew Gardens!

In memory of our sweet/salty/spicy Peanut Tuxi.

I’m so grateful that Rena had a chance because of the work you guys do. Thank you from the rest of us humans.

Feel better Rena !

♥️♥️♥️

Thank you so much for all you do, not only for cats and other animals, but for humans as well! You help us become more compassionate and caring people.

All of us at Best Pet Rx are keeping Rena in our thoughts. Thank you to For All Animals, Inc. and everyone involved in her care. We admire and appreciate your compassion and dedications to animals in need.

Thank you for going the extra mile for Rena, she deserves a healthy life.

Sending you lots of healing energy and love, sweetie!

In memory of Tabitha and Thomas. The heart never stops missing cats beloved.

In memory of Sophie Stardust.

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to Rena’s treatment though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

Thank you for your kindness! Sadly I crossed over the rainbow bridge and am now asking to help my other feline-friends-in-need in my memory.

FUNDRAISER TO RECOVER DIEGO’S SURGERY COSTS

Little Diego was found by one of our volunteers Martha in East New York around March 25, 2021. He was walking around looking for food. From the wounds on his body and his scrawny appearance, it was obvious he’d led a hard life on the streets. When she took him to be fixed, the veterinarian said he had entropion trichiasis. The condition is painful, so we scheduled him for corrective surgery as soon as possible. The surgery cost $600, pre-surgery bloodwork was $200 and Diego will also need complete dental (which is quite expensive but we’re raising part of it – so only $200) – rounding up a total fundraiser goal of $1000 and hopefully we can raise a bit extra with the dental – so around $ 1400 if possible.

As you can see in the video-end, despite going through so much, he is just a little sweetheart.

Any amount helps! We are counting on you!

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

GOAL REACHED! Thanks to all these kind individuals. (Don’t forget to click “load more” to see all the names)

Get better baby!

Hope you get to feeling better soon, Diego!

For Diego...Hope it helps...Get well soon Diego!!

Get well soon, Diego!

From Jeff and Kate

Heal up beautiful boy!

Thank you for all you are doing for Diego.

Get well soon buddy.

I love him.

Option 2

If you’d prefer instead to donate directly to our Giving Fund and already have a PayPal account, please click below:

[Note: For Animals is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.]

If you’ve donated to Diego’s treatment though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

THANK YOU for your kindness! My life is so much better since!

FUNDRAISER FOR LITTLE DICE’S LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT

We rely on donations such as yours to continue our life-saving work 365 days a year done by our small group of dedicated volunteers. Please help us help the innocent and the defenseless. Your help and compassion are needed now more than ever.

If you wish to read Dice’s story instead of watching the video you can do so by scrolling down.

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

GOAL REACHED! Thanks to all these kind individuals. (Don’t forget to click “load more” to see all the names)

No need to throw the dice, you've won this throw!

Get well Dice❤️

❤️

i love u little dice

If you’ve donated to Dice’s treatment though our PayPal Giving Fund account, please send us an e-mail at foranimalsincnyc@gmail.com We’d LOVE to send you a personalized thank-you. We truly appreciate your kindness towards these innocents.

A second chance at life for Dice: Sweet little Dice was rescued from the streets last November by one of our volunteers Martha at 5 weeks old and was placed with a loving foster.

4 weeks later, he had a fever and went on antibiotics at the vet. The fever subsided but his belly kept getting bigger. A return to the vet and a second opinion from another vet confirmed he had FIP (Feline infectious peritonitis).

: Dice rescued at 5 weeks

: FIP diagnosis

: Dice with bloated belly

We found out through another rescue group about a new experimental veterinary medicine that can cure FIP. He needs 5 treatments of this med, and two doses have already been imparted.

But the meds are quite expensive – around $830 per treatment – so a total of $ 4150.oo – but it’s worth it to save the life of this loving, helpless kitten.

This is a lot for a small shelter as ours, and even though Dice’s foster mom Sheila and a core volunteer Jean have chipped in – 3 more treatments remain – so we need to raise $ 2500.

: Cost per treatment

: We need 5 such rounds

: 2nd dose for Dice

The treatments are working – as you can see him playing in the video after just 2 treatments. But he still has ways to go.

Please help us save this sweet, innocent kitten. He’s very loving, playful, affectionate and once his treatment is completed the doctors believe he will lead a healthy, fulfilling life.

Dice is counting on you!

: Dice now

: The treatment is working

: Dice needs his meds

Any amount helps! Your kindness saves lives.

Here’s a look back at our fundraiser from Autumn 2020. Scroll down for the Happy Update on Sage and her baby 🙂

We rely on donations such as yours to continue our life-saving work 365 days a year. Please help us help the innocent and the defenseless. Your help and compassion are needed now more than ever.

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

GOAL REACHED! Thanks to all these kind individuals. (Don’t forget to click “load more” to see all the names)

Something for the kitties because it’s my birthday!

Thank you!

In memory of Ellen's dear cat, Boo.

You will remember me if we meet again st Theresa . Thank you for chipper and who you are.

This in honor of Kimberly Brooks and her rescue cat, Paprika!

So close to your goal, I want you to get there tonight. Thank you for all your rescue work.

Thank you for all you do for the kitties

Thank you for being a champion for cats!!

Your kindness makes all this possible!

We rely on donations such as yours to continue the life-saving work done by our small group of dedicated volunteers 365 days a year. Thank you for your support!

Sage all cleaned up and well-fed after being rescued

Sage the sad mom-cat seen here after being cleaned up and well-fed post-rescue

The sad saga of Sage: Sage a 3 year old mom-cat was found during another separate rescue mission by a dedicated For Animals’ volunteer. Sadly, there are many, many like her who need our help every day.

The rescue mission was harrowing and involved scouting through fierce rain and storms – in the search of her lone kitten that this mama-cat was nursing. People in the neighborhood were not helpful and wouldn’t answer doors.

When Sage had been found, she had a badly broken leg that had curved and fused inwards. It seems she was a former house-cat who was dumped on the streets. Her paw cushions were very damaged from the harsh streets, and she’d obviously had the accident that had broken her front leg. She would walk painfully on the knee of her broken leg.

Even though FA’s director was reticent to take back Sage to her former neighborhood due to the broken leg, it was imperative to do so to track her kitten since prior searches for the little one had been unsuccessful. Her other teats (nipples) were all dry when she’d been rescued, indicating she had lost her other babies much earlier.

Sage led the volunteer to some bushes where her baby was hiding.

Sage’s kitten Basil

The volunteer (Martha) took the baby and then lured Sage back into the carrier by playing kitten cries from her phone inside the carrier.

Both mom and baby were safe with FA now. The tiny 5-week old kitten was named Basil.

As a cute side-note Sage also acted as a surrogate for another little kitten – an orphan we named Thyme – who was found crying and wandering on the streets all by himself. Thyme spent some time with Sage before being transferred to another cat-foster-mom.

While mom and kitty were happy, reunited and no longer hungry, there was still a long road ahead. Sage had to get antibiotics, had a cold and was sick. But most importantly – her mangled-and-fused front paw needed surgery.

Sage was taken to the vet’s for surgery on August 20^th. – to leave behind a life of pain. Due to her extensive nerve damage on the leg, the surgeon went for amputation.

Sage’s surgery was a success.

She is now slowly recovering and getting stronger every day. This brave mama-cat truly deserves a better life than the harsh one she’d to lead on the streets.

Since For Animals is a non-profit reliant on donations by kind people like you, we are hoping you will help us cover some of the expenses.

Sage’s is only one story among many. For Animals has been working round the clock with no break even during the pandemic.

While the total number of intakes between May to August which were housed at the shelter and at various foster homes was around 200, in addition to that number – numerous cats were TNR-ed (Trap, Neuter, Release) for population control.

Other than the $15,000+ spent on TNR of numerous cats over spring and summer, several of the cats need dental too which costs $500-$1100 per cat even with a rescue discount. There are also significant costs for FVRCP vaccines and rabies vaccines for each rescue as well, plus the daily expenses of food, litter, and medicines as needed for the cats who live in the shelter or for supplying food to the senior folks who generously feed our community cat colonies.

Sage needs a forever-home

Our mission has always been to help find loving homes for these vulnerable cats—friendly companion animals or our more feral felines, who make great barn cats. In addition to financial resources we also have a great need for big-hearted people to open their homes to foster and adopt.

Your kindness truly transforms lives. See a few of the examples in the video of just some of the lives that have been transformed. There are many others.

Please help us help the innocent and the defenseless.

Your help and compassion is needed now more than ever.

Any amount helps! Please feel free to enter a custom amount. Thank you for your support!

UPDATE: Sage’s kitten Basil was adopted in November 2020 and Sage herself went to a foster-to-adopt where she faced a long road to recovery and a second bout of illness. She is completely healed now and officially got adopted in early February 2021! We are SO grateful for your help! The other cats featured in this video have also found their forever-homes!

Extra: A look back into earlier in 2020

The video below gives a brief background of what we do, and the importance of TNR, and what we went through in March, April and early May – the period when New York City was completely gripped by the pandemic and ASPCA clinics were closed. But FA continued on.

The struggle continues.

Your kindness transforms lives. Thank you! https://chuffed.org/project/fa-tnr-fundraiser

UPDATE June 2020: While our Chuffed fund-raiser has ended, we always need help. You can support us through this link: https://www.foranimalsinc.com/donate/

Fundraisers

OUR GIVING SEASON/ WINTER ’22 FUNDRAISER [21 Years of For Animals, Inc.]

Our Giving Season + Winter Fundraiser: 21 years of For Animals, Inc.

Wanda Alvarez

Rebecca Winzenried

Paul Dillon

eric McIntosh

Wanda Alvarez

Suzanne Sykes

Lisa Madden

Seth Taffae

Heather Aspegren

Stevie Evelly

Lisa C

wendy atterberry

Elizabeth Mutton

Valerie Masten

Michael Cullen

Jeffrey Getzin

Tracey Toole

Nicole St-Cyr

Option 2

Our Giving Season + Winter Fundraiser: 21 years of For Animals, Inc.

Wanda Alvarez

Rebecca Winzenried

Paul Dillon

eric McIntosh

Wanda Alvarez

Suzanne Sykes

Lisa Madden

Seth Taffae

Heather Aspegren

Stevie Evelly

Lisa C

wendy atterberry

Elizabeth Mutton

Valerie Masten

Michael Cullen

Jeffrey Getzin

Tracey Toole

Nicole St-Cyr

Option 2

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Wanda Alvarez

Anonymous

Anne Ross

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Tiffany Holland

Jeffrey Getzin

Anonymous

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wendy atterberry

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Jeffrey Getzin

Jeanette Ortiz

Shay

Emily Roldan

Anonymous

Davika Nowbahar

Ann Reilly

Option 2

Anonymous

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Ainslie and Peter Grannis

Selina Yasin

Marjorie Naidich

Victoria McGovern

Jennifer Rhein

Baird Bream

Joan McDonald

Amy Miller

Anonymous

Lisa Madden

Shay Holloway

Lisa Madden

Laura Modigliani

Shay Holloway

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