Saturday, November 13, 2010

Introducing The Cats in The Valley at C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah has a canyon full of happy animals.... we have a Valley full of happy cats here in Iowa at our special needs sanctuary: C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter, Inc. Let me tell you about who we are. We currently have a five building complex with a sixth building nearing completion by spring of 2011. Within these buildings, the furball residents enjoy a cage-free homelike environment complete with televisions playing Catsitter videos and outdoor screened in 'catios' and playrooms to watch the 'outdoor TV' of birds and squirrels and deer. Felines can be found lounging on futons and pillows, on top of furniture and on cat trees and beds. These buildings house felines with disabilities, chronic medical conditions, felines with 'litter aversion issues' (our 'pis'demeanor kits), those with Feline Leukemia...and we have an FIV building as well, many senior 'kit'izens and felines displaced by floods (Iowa floods of 2008) and Hurricane Katrina rescues as well. There are also felines displaced at the death of their guardian. We have many felines over 17 years of age who call C & W their 'fur'ever home. We work with humane societies across the  nation and veterinary clinics taking in animals deemed 'adoption challenged' at their animal welfare organizations and we give these animals a 'chance at a lifetime' they would not have had before arriving at C & W.
In this quiet and peaceful valley, on land where raptors and wildlife enjoy over 40 acres of woods, many more acres of conservation grasses, waterways and a dyke for water fowl; nearly 400 felines (and a few dogs too) sleep peacefully tonight knowing their future is secure at C & W's Rustic Hollow Shelter. They come to Iowa from over 30 states and from all across Iowa as well to have a 'chance at a lifetime' at this special sanctuary. There are felines who come from abusive homes, who have been abused and neglected. We have Kristin who was buried alive and was rescued just in time....there is Miss Smooch who was chained to a toilet for...years... and Burnie d.Katt, our spokespurrson, who was deliberately burned in a burn barrel and then had 'litter issues' who lives happily in The Kat Barn, our 'pis'demeanor building kits. Apollo's House is our FIV House and it also has plenty of room for other residents as well. The Kitty Kottage and Sandy's Building and C&W's Home also is a special place for our hospice kits.  More to come....but this tells you a bit about who we are and what we do, in this little valley on 190 acres of (shelter owned) land in northeast Iowa.

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