Volunteer of the Month: Mary S.
Meet Mary As an Adoption Counselor, Mary facilitates conversations with potential adopters, getting to know them and learning what they’re looking for in a furry family member. By the end of their chat, many will […]
Category Archives: unCATegorized
Continue reading
Announcing 2024 PetCo Love Grant
The SAFe Rescue Team is proud to announce a $7,500 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love earlier this year. Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of […]
Foster of the Month: Hadley
Meet Hadley Hadley has been a cat person all her life. She shares her home with three resident kitties (including one former SAFe foster), her husband and three children. Her parents reside in the apartment […]
Cats Grieve, Too
When a beloved pet passes away, it’s not just the human family members who grieve. Recent research suggests that cats may also show signs of grief when they lose a fellow companion animal. An Oakland […]
Volunteer of the Month: Alyssa
Meet Alyssa A Microsoft software engineer by day, Alyssa has volunteered with SAFe Rescue since fall 2021. She started on Clean Team, then moved on to Cat Care, and even makes blankets for the kitties […]
Foster of the Month: Heather T.
Meet Heather Growing up, Heather used to spend countless hours watching wildlife documentaries dreaming of a chance to help the creatures of the world. Fast forward to 2018, when she left her corporate management job […]
Foster of the Month: Trudy
Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Trudy was often surrounded by barn cats. “In the summertime my sister and I would wake each other up with kittens,” she reminisces. Years later, during the 2020 […]
Bird Flu: What Cat Parents Need to Know
You may have heard that bird flu (H5N1) has been spreading among birds in the United States for the past few years. But did you know there are some cases of it spreading to cats? […]
Foster of the Month: Zoie D.
This May in Foster of the Month, we’re excited to be sharing the story of Zoie D. Why She Fosters Much like our previous Foster of the Month, Zoie began considering foster life upon discovering […]