A few weeks ago I posted a blog about a stray cat, Dexter, that I took in. Dexter is FIV+ and for the last few weeks I have been trying to get him into one of the no kill cat sanctuaries here in Tucson, Arizona. I received word tonight that a local shelter will be able to take him in, and care for him. Dexter will be going to Casa de los Gatos, which is one of the few no kill cat shelters in the city.
Casa de los Gatos was founded in 2005 by Beth Montes, a life long animal lover and feline care provider. Initially Casa de los Gatos functioned primarily as a sanctuary for special-needs cats. The organization quickly expanded to accommodate cats of all kinds; from the tiniest of orphaned newborns to abandoned geriatric cats and even several unclaimed cats displaced during Hurricane Katrina.
From the spring of 2006 to the spring of 2008, Casa de los Gatos has helped almost 2,500 felines get the nine good lives they deserve. With the communities help, we hope to help thousands more felines for years to come!
This cat shelter is a non-profit organization, and currently has about one hundred more cats than they should. This is a hard time of a year for stray cats in Arizona; as the temperatures outside reach upwards of 110 degrees farenheit during the day. If anyone would like to help this shelter, I am sure they would be very grateful. Since the shelter is a non-profit organization, donations should be tax deductible.
With Chris Pirillo’s permission I am posting a donation widget for Casa de los Gatos. The widget links directly to their PayPal account, so any money you donate goes directly to them.
Thank you to anyone who is able to help out the shelter, you can track donations and donate yourself by clicking this link. Since ChipIn widgets are not working with Lockergnome, the above link will take you to my ChipIn page where you can donate.
Justin Capasso