About Save Our Strays-

Save Our Strays, Inc. is a non-profit, humane organization whose mission is sheltering and finding homes for abandoned or homeless cats and kittens in
Pinellas County, Florida.

During the fall of 1994, Dave Amick, Terri Gary & Sandy Dorton recognized the problems confronting the stray cats in Pinellas County. These friends decided to
form a non-profit, humane organization whose mission would be to shelter and re-home abandoned and homeless cats and kittens. Thus Save Our Strays was formed. Shortly afterwards, BC Kiefner joined & became President, a position she held until December 2006. Board members for 2007 are Robin Bass, Sandy Dorton, Linda Hartnett, John Hartnett, Juli Jansen, Val Laking and Nancy Skoney.

Save Our Strays became unique in Pinellas County as the only all volunteer organization which, as part of its mission, would accept every stray cat or kitten that needed help without prejudice to age, appearance, or health. The cat must reside in Pinellas County. We simply do not have enough foster homes to care for cats from other areas of the state. The only reason an animal within our county would be denied acceptance would be a lack of space. Every animal taken into a Save Our Strays shelter home would be cared for until it was adopted. Euthanasia is not practiced for population control. It is a procedure that is performed ONLY under the advise and supervision of a veterinarian and only if in the best interest of the animal. Hard to place animals or those with special needs remain the ward of Save Our Strays if the proper adopter cannot be found. These animals do not live out their lives in cages. They live in the home of a loving foster parent who cares for that cat for the remainder of its life. Save Our Strays does not accept feral cats into foster homes because we ARE NOT a sanctuary. We do not have the resources, including volunteers and funds, to provide permanent, long term care for feral cats.

As soon as there is available space in a shelter home, the cat is admitted to a foster home. Those seeking our assistance, in most cases, must provide transportation of the cat to the veterinarian for the initial exam or in some cases, directly to the foster home. We do not have volunteers to run pick ups. Prior to adopton the cat is then given a thorough veterinary exam which includes a feline leukemia and FIV test, spay/neuter surgery, a distemper vaccine and a rabies vacine. Every cat is also microchipped. All necessary medical treatment, including surgery, is provided. Once the animal is determined to be healthy, it is ready for adoption and placed in one of our adoption outlets. These are pet stores that donate space including the Petsmart Luv-A-Pet Adoption Centers and Pet Food Warehouse.

Save Our Strays also assists anyone who finds a stray cat and wants to give it a home. We offer a program, CAT (Care and Adopt Too), that allows the individual to use the services of one of our vets at a pre-determined fee ($70 for a female as of August 1, 2007 and $60 for a male, fee covers sterilization, combo test and two vaccines). There is a local organization, Stop Pet Overpopulation Together, SPOT (see link below), that has teamed up with local veterinarians to offer low cost spaying and neutering for cats and dogs at least 8 weeks of age. As of March 5, 2007, the cost at SPOT to neuter a cat is $35.00 and to spay a cat, the charge is $40.00.

Since January 1995, Save Our Strays has medically assisted and adopted out 8000 cats and kittens. This has been possible through the many volunteers who give their time and love to care for these animals and to the generous contributors whose donations go directly to the medical treatment and care of the animals.

We are proud of our accomplishments over the past 13 years and hope, with your support, to continue in our efforts
to aid as many stray cats as possible. Thank you for helping us help the homeless and often forgotten strays that
live among us.

NOTE: Foster homes are always full. Most likely you will have to go on a waiting list.

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Save Our Strays, Inc.
P.O. Box 373
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785

(727) 481-5262 Intake Coordinator

(727) 481-5091 General Information

email: saveourstrays03@yahoo.com

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