Urban Pharm is a property management company in Grand Rapids. If you follow their Facebook page, they post too often about animals left behind when tenants move out. In fact, they have gotten pretty good at taking in abandoned dogs and friendly cats, and rehoming them themselves whenever they can.
They contacted us a week ago when they visited an empty house on the Southeast side of Grand Rapids after a tenant moved out, and found the lid to a dog kennel on the ground with a pile of cat food dumped next to it. It was obvious someone had to leave at least one cat behind when they left quickly. Urban Pharm saw one skittish cat lurking about and called us for help.
3 skittish kittens left behind
We stopped by a few times but never saw a cat. Then 2 nights ago, Carol went out herself and found three 6-8 month old kittens. Too scared to be picked up, but not entirely feral either, she returned yesterday with a team of volunteers and traps. Scared about the upcoming storm that was to hit within hours, they hoped they could get all three in time.
Fortunately all 3 cats were caught quickly, just as the first snow flakes of the storm began to fall. We will get them in to see our vet so they can be fixed and vaccinated. In a few days, we’ll start working on their social skills and try to get these cats used to living indoors so that they can be put up for adoption and found a home where they never have to worry about being abandoned again.
Many thanks to Urban Pharm for caring enough to contact us for help! If you need housing, they have a lot of rental listings on their website – they are great landlords! Not only do they care about cats, but they are a wonderful local business who loves Grand Rapids and being a part of the community.
Check out few more pictures from last night.
This white cutie pie will be available for adoption soon. |
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All three cats out of harms way. One white, one black, and a cute little tortie in the back. |
We are able to help these 3 cats because of the generous support from our community. Please consider giving a donation today to support out work. A gift of just $25 will neuter one male cat. $40 will fix a female. Thank you!
