Latest reviews about Spots and Stripes

joyjoy says "Save a cat at www.spots and stripes.net." about Spots and Stripes

joyjoy — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:47:45 GMT

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BigBen says "Four Paws Up!" about Spots and Stripes

BigBen — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:06:50 GMT

These people have more than just of love of cats, they have a calling. Only volunteers donate their time and resources the CNR of feral cats, and then maintain their colonies not just providing food, water and shelter, but often their only good human contact. They have spayed or neutered over 2,000 feral cats, preventing well over 10 BILLION unwanted homeless kittens.

Most charities pay themselves a huge salary first, and if their is anything left over it goes to their cause. Not Spots and Stripes. Every cent goes to the wild cats they care for where ever they may be. Some people have tried to take advantage of them, but they keep on going with their cats, doing what they can, when they can. They've earned my support, and they deserve yours as well. Probably 90% of their income comes from their Founders, the Lemkes, even though they are far from "rich."

When the hurricanes and the tsunami hit, before cashing my check they contacted me to ask if I would prefer to donate...

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BigBen says "Honest charity where the cats come first" about Spots and Stripes

BigBen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:04:54 GMT

If they had the donations that other charities pay their founders, they could spay just about every stray feral alley cat in the US. They take care of big cats, too - eight Siberian Tigers in Russia, aid Project: Tiger in India, and have three leopards and two cheetahs in Kenya.

And in return, they pay themselves nothing. If more charities - especially the big ones - were like them, it would be a wonderful world. They actually had an IRS agent write the part of their articles on Incorporation so no one now or down the road can ever get paid. If that isn't dedication, I don't know what is!

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Catman says "Helping Wild cats Four Paws at a Time" about Spots and Stripes

Catman — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:22:43 GMT

Spots and Stripes is a grass-roots organization that doesn't talk about helping feral and wild cats - they actually get to work doing things. They take no salaries or other pay for doing what they do, so all donations go to helping the cats. They encourage others to form their own chapters to help control the feral cat populations by capture-neuter-release to prevent unwanted kittens, and they get the cats checked by vets, then continue to feed and care for the cats in their colonies.

On a global front, they provide assistance and security for leopards, cheetahs, tigers and more on reserves in their native lands.

They do not have a shelter of their own yet, but hope to someday raise the funds to build four shelters for feral cats. One for ferals/kittens that might be domesticated and find homes for; one for ferals that will never be adoptable; one more for "retired" cats whose owners have grown to old, sick, or have passed on. The final shelter would be a quarantine/hospice...

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