Go Green and Help the Cats Living at the Dump
Several months ago, we were contacted about providing TNR for the 30 cats dumped at one local landfill. A caretaker is providing nutritious food and fresh water, but we've just got to stop the breeding! It's only $20 per cat!
In honor of America Recycles Day November 15, let's all "pitch in" for this very important campaign. For each $20 donation to ALF, we can stop the breeding cycle for one more free-roaming cat. Each one could prevent another 18 cats from being born at the dump over the next year, and up to 420,000 over a seven year period! We've been through a kitten season since we were first contacted about these cats, so there are likely many more than the initial estimate. We'd have done it already, if we had the funds.
With 30 of them, even at $20 each, it's a pretty big bill for ALF, and we simply don't have it. We've been struggling with the financial burdens for the animals already in our care, the costly medical for our Special Needs animals, and for the senior citizens to whom we've remained committed. Because of this, we are unable to take on another project until we raise the funds to support it.
How many can you sponsor for only $20 each? Please make your tax-deductible donation today, in honor of America Recycles Day.
We thank you from the bottoms of our hearts, and from the bottoms of these hungry cats' stomachs!
This is perhaps the ugliest side of humanity. We've all heard about these animals struggling to survive at the landfills, eating what they can find in our community's discarded garbage. They become entangled in plastic "six pack rings", are exposed to dangerous chemicals, cut their paws on broken glass and other sharp objects, and do not have access to clean water or nutritional food. Nobody wants to think about it, let alone see it. It's easier to pretend it doesn't exist. But it does.
We have been asked to assist one such landfill, where a colony of feral cats are being fed a healthy diet, but they continue to reproduce at an alarming rate. We'd love to be able to sterilize these cats so that they aren't exposing new cats to the dangers. We even have a volunteer willing to do the dirty work. But we simply do not have the funds. We need to raise $600 for initial sterilization costs. Will you help?
Animal Loving Friends has a simple way for you to do something about this situation, something that helps the environment, clears your clutter, and saves lives at the same time.
Instead of tossing your items in the trash or recycle bin, consider cashing them in, or selling them, and then donating the proceeds to ALF's Landfill Cats fund. It's a win-win!
You won't be filling the dump with yet more STUFF, and you'll aid the poor animals who have been discarded there as though they were trash. As a bonus, you're helping to clean up our environment and making a "green" statement that also benefits homeless animals!
"I looked at all the homeless, neglected, and abandoned pets.. the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness, and betrayal. And I was angry. "God," I said, "this is terrible! Why don't you do something?" God was silent for a moment, and then spoke softly, "I have done something," was the reply. "I created you."
Will you sponsor the spay or neuter of one or two of these cats? Together, we can ease the suffering, and prevent more kittens from being born at the dump among the garbage. If you can't assist financially, forwarding this fundraising page, or one of the others for Animal Loving Friends, would help tremendously.
Please contribute any amount to the Landfill Cats Fund.
Your donation could not be more appreciated!
Animal Loving Friends is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) charity, assisting free-roaming and unwanted animals in Tempe, Arizona.
Learn more about the life-saving work we do, by visiting us at http://www.ALF.Petfinder.com.
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