Kitten season is here!

Kana 7 week old boy
loves to play with his adult brother foster cats
he is tiny but doesn't seem to know that

Well it may be the dog days of summer, especially during this heat wave in most of the country and NYC but it also is the height of kitten season. They literally are coming out of the walls. Dozens of kittens are handed into the city shelter and most of them being put down because there are not enough adopters. We are part of a mission to make NYC a no kill by 2015. I sometimes wonder....yes the numbers are down but many people still refuse to spay or neuter. We here at Ready for Rescue try to save as many as we can. It's easy math, the more foster homes, the more cats and dogs we can save. If you can't foster, there are other ways to help; donations, volunteering, spread the word to adopt. This week we rescued 4 little lives, we were the only group that called in for them. If we didn't call they would have been out down.

These guys are all orphans and now just waiting for their furever home.

Prince 9 weeks old
right out of the box this guy wanted pets and sought them out
found on St.Johns Place in BK


Chubbs
8 weeks old, another love machine
left in the lobby of the shelter with a bad wound


Meagan
sweet little 7 week old
found

These are the kittens that were saved this week. You can meet them and other little ones like Lucas, Carla and Bean at this Sunday's event.
Pet Health
81st and Amsterdam
12 to 4


Carla and Bean
Carla is 7 weeks old tuxedo
Bean is 5 weeks old cow kitty
they LOVE each other
We met Carla at 3 weeks at the shelter
Bean also was another one left at 3 weeks old.
His big pink nose is just absolutely adorable!

Lucas
9 weeks old

All looking for that home.

Chipin for Louis A900072

Louis is a 1 1/2 year old marmalade tabby who was brought to the ACC with a fractured femoral head. We have started a chipin due to the high cost of surgery. Louis is a special cat, despite being in pain he was still looking for head pets. Louis' complete his surgery on June 21st. The surgery went well and he went straight into a foster home. Fortunately his recovery requires that he move around and not have cage rest. Your donation will help us pay for Louis' surgery.

Meet our new kittens!

In the past 7 days we have rescued 8 kittens, 4 of them still with their mom.

It all started with a cute little Russian Blue named Sherlene. Orphaned on the euth list. Russian Blues are quite popular because they have such nice personalities and are good family cats. We took her, but we did need to rename her. Now she is Olive Zoey Friskie.

This is her ACC pic.

This is her just a few days later at out vets.



That same night we learned there were 3 moms on the lists so we chose a little family.

This is Jamie and her 4 babies are below. Ready for adoption in 7 weeks.
Our next guy is Earl. He was on the euth list, those little black kittens all by themselves. He is about 9 weeks old and boy is he a pudgy boy! Fat and furry, so cute and healthy!


So we go to pick up Earl at the Brooklyn Shelter, and god this was an awful trip. 2 hours one way and 2 hours the other way, constant stopped traffic.
The actual pick up was only about 20 minutes. While we were there we got the ultimate question that we hate; "this little 3 week old came in, if you guys can't take her we will have to euthanise." This is because a 3 week old needs to be fed every few hours and the shelter does not have over night staff. Well of course you know the answer. She is a total squeaker and fighter. Her name is Carla and she is quite skinny and underweight but we are working on that. She has lots of spirit!


While we were waiting for little Carla's paperwork one of us decided to take a stroll and see if there were any other orphans by themselves in a cage. This sight just saddens me. We found only one, fortunately.
Meet Rosalita. Originally Rosalina but with the passing of Clarence Clemons we renamed her Rosalita.

7 weeks old and ready for adoption.

These are just a tiny percentage of kittens and cats dying every day. Choose to adopt. Encourage your friends to adopt. Lots of wonderful animals dying simply because someone didn't spay neuter and it is kitten season.

Interested in one of these furballs? Email us readyforrescue@gmail.com
Some of them will be at our event
Sunday June 26th at Pet Health 440 Amsterdam at 81st 12 to 4

And don't forget to fan us on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ready-For-Rescue/168073699923847

To help these kittens and cats you can donate here. Your donation will go towards Jamie and her babies at the vet, KMR mother's milk substitute for Carla, Rosalita and Olive and many other animals in need.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Help-Ready-for-Rescue-Save-Cats-and-Dogs