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Meow! My name is Salsa
I
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Plenty of my friends are looking for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
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Salsa's Info...
| Breed: | Domestic Mediumhair | Color: | Black (All) | Age: | Kitten |
| Sex: | Female | ID#: | 04824 | Hair: | Medium |
If you are interested in viewing or adopting these kitties, please go to www.orphankittenrescue.com/adopt and fill out an application.
Hi, I'm Salsa, and I am a beauty queen. I am also hilarious. I LOVE having my belly scratched, and will come find you and flop down in front of you when I've decided it's time for you to scratch my belly. I also like to stand on my hind legs when you are preparing my food dish to show you how excited I am! Apparently doing that is "weird" or "funny," so my foster mom started timing me...the longest she's timed me doing it is 15 seconds. She was so excited. Humans!
If I fall in love with you, the depth of my smitten-ness with you has no bounds. I will want to kiss you all of the time and nuzzle you as much as possible. When you come home at the end of the day, I will run to the door to greet you. My sister Soda and I are the best of friends, and we need to always be together. We love playing with each other and sleeping next to each other. She's really shy and nervous around new people or when there are lots of noises, so I protect her. We wouldn't mind living with other cats, or even a dog (I once kind of made friends with a golden retriever! He was cute!) but not kids. I once met a couple of kids and I really didn't like them too much, plus my sister Soda was super-scared and I don't like it when she gets so scared.
My favorite thing in the world... besides my sister and my humans... definitely, paws down, hair elastics. I collect them (you can try, but good luck hiding them from me!), and store them in strange unpredictable places. Then, when I'm ready to play, I take them out and go crazy with them! I also really like grooming myself and being brushed. It's a lot of work to get long fur this soft and silky! Since I'm so meticulous I shed a lot less than you'd expect me to. I like it best when the fuzzy curlicues that grow out of my ears and between my toes are just right.
Again, if you are interested in viewing or adopting these kitties, please go to www.orphankittenrescue.com/adopt
Rescue Group Info...
If you are interested in viewing or adopting any of our kitties, please go to http://www.vokra.ca/adopt and fill out an application.
http://www.vokra.ca/about_us
VOKRA: Love, Protect, Respect
Celebrating 12 Years of Rescue
Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) is a no-kill, non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the rescue of cats in the Lower Mainland. We also coordinate rescue work with other groups in BC.
VOKRA does not have a shelter. Instead, we provide over 100 individual foster homes throughout the Lower Mainland. In this way we are able to protect the very young from colds, distemper, parasites and other transmissible illnesses. In a home environment, our cats are safe and well socialized, with lots of love and attention. VOKRA covers all of the costs and provides ongoing support to foster families.
We formed our rescue in 2000, with the plan of caring for very young, mainly bottle-feeding kittens. This age rarely survived if found without a mother cat, because very few people know how or are able to provide the round-the-clock feeding and necessary care. We soon found that older kittens, under the age at which they could safely be vaccinated, also would do much better in a foster home. Mother cats, both tame and feral, joined the list.
Another crucial part of VOKRA’s work is our trap/neuter/release program. Our teams of volunteers humanely trap feral cats and kittens. Pregnant feral mothers are cared for through birthing and until their kittens are weaned, at which time we spay the mother and socialize the kittens so that they can be adopted. If the mother cannot be tamed, she is returned to a location where volunteers ensure food and water are available daily, and the cat’s health can be monitored. We also neuter feral male cats, and either adopt them out or release them as appropriate, with the same care arrangements.
VOKRA has grown rapidly since its founding, from approximately 150 kittens and adult cats per year to over 800 in 2008, and over 1,420 in 2009. VOKRA has become a well-known and respected organization in the animal rescue and welfare community. We engage in public education using print, radio and television media, at community events and exhibitions, and through our publications: website, quarterly newsletter, annual calendar, and information pamphlets. VOKRA does all of this entirely with dedicated volunteer workers, private donations, and bequests.
Board of Directors:
Karen Duncan, President
Michele Carrington, Vice President
Maria Soroski, Vice President
Mary Anne Straw, Treasurer, Co-Secretary
Shelley Dowson, Member at Large, Co-Secretary
Dr Julie Anne Lee, DCH, RCSHom, Director at Large
Dr. Jack Brondwin, DVM, Member at Large
Visit our adoptable pets online @ http://www.vokra.ca/view_gallery. If you're interested in any of our kitties, please go to http://www.vokra.ca/adopt and fill out an application.
All are rescues are cared for by volunteers in foster homes. After we receive and approve your application, our dedicated volunteers will find the perfect match for you and your family.
We also have rescues at the North Vancouver PetSmart location. Please visit us there.
http://www.vokra.ca/are_you_ready
VOKRA is 100% reliant on donations, volunteers, private grants, and adoption fees. We receive no government funding.
The veterinarians with whom we work kindly provide their services to us for a discounted rate, as we are a registered charity. Nonetheless, the adoption fees for our cats cover only a fraction of the average costs we incur for each of our rescued kittens and cats.
Our adoption fees include the following:
checkup
first shot (adopter pays for second/booster shot)
two wormings
de-flea treatment (if necessary)
spay/neuter
tattoo (to identify your kitten if she or he is ever lost)
Fee Structure:
Kittens under one year $175
Two kittens $300
Adults over one year $125
Mom cat and kitten $250
Vancouver including North, West, East, South Vancouver Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey. We also work with many shelters in the interior of British Columbia and in the Greater Vancouver Area.