It’s a winter wonderland! And we need YOU help to stay warm and happy! Warm blankets, cozy beds and straw! Your contribution here, helps to keep all 1,289 of us warm all winter long!!! Thank you for your help! Love, VIncent D. Cat
Learn more about Rikki's Refuge at www.RikkisRefuge.org and http://RikkisRefuge.blogspot.com
We are a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary, supported solely from donations of kind and loving individuals, just like you. Our mission is to reduce, with the ultimate goal to totally eliminate, homelessness amongst animals of all species. Loving, thinking, breathing individuals who so often must pay the ultimate price for their simple crime of being homeless with their very lives. Creatures who want the same chance to life and love and peace and happiness that you and I do.
We carry out this mission by:
1) rescuing homeless, abandoned, abused and or injured domestic and farm animals, providing medical care (traditional, alternative and holistic), finding suitable homes for adoption, and for many (the handicapped, the elderly, the unsocial, those displaced due to the death, incapacitation or displacement of their human companion) providing permanent shelter, care, love and compassion;
2) promoting zero pet population growth through education and low-cost or free spay/neuter in an attempt to reduce the number of homeless animals, which often end up in animal shelters;
3) promoting awareness of the animal kingdom through educational programs that teach compassion, for we firmly believe one who learns to feel compassion toward any living creature makes the world a more compassionate, caring and peaceful planet; our programs are designed for children, the elderly, the homeless and the handicapped;
4) providing a site for safe release and the future home of rehabilitated native Virginia wildlife;
5) maintaining 297 acres of pristine natural woodlands where native Virginia wildlife may always roam free of human intervention.
Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation. Federal Tax-ID 54-1911042. Members: Combined Federal Campaign VA & MD #77674, Combined Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377, paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org), your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs.