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Who We Are

CATS RULE! Feline Rescue is a small but growing collective of animal lovers, rescuers & friends based in Fairfax, VA.  We help needy animals of all kinds, with a focus on feral cats.

CR!FR is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501c3 cat rescue organization.  We rely on donations & volunteers to accomplish our life-saving work.  All donations to CATS RULE! Feline Rescue are tax deductible and greatly appreciated.  Every penny goes directly to the care and medical needs of our cats and kittens.

We regret that, without the help of new foster homes, we are unable to accept any new cats or kittens.  Please see How CR!FR Can Help You Help Cats for what we can do to help.  Please consider saving cats' &/or kittens' lives by temporarily fostering.

Please help us help cats
Our rescued cats come from hard circumstances: the streets, the highways, patches of scrubland behind businesses; most are born homeless.  Many have medical problems that require continued treatment.  Happily, they are now safe at our cat sanctuary; well-fed, well-cared for & loved.  And it shows!

We help a lot of animals but there are still thousands that need the intervention of a kind samaritan for their very survival.  Not everyone can take in 10 or 20 animals & give them a loving home.  But they can help animals by supporting local rescue groups.

You can be a part of happy endings!
With the support of caring people who share concern & compassion for animals, we can continue to offer shelter to animals with no home to go to & no one to care for them.

The work of rescuing & providing for homeless animals is a labor of the heart.  Please consider a donation to help us help cats.  The support of other caring people makes all the difference in our efforts on the front lines of the animal over-population crisis.

We're hoping our site will inspire you to take action & become involved, more so if you already are!

A WORD ABOUT CATS

There is a serious feline over-population crisis in this country.  Millions of friendly, healthy cats are killed in U.S. shelters each year, simply because there's no home for them to go to.  Not only are there too few homes for domestic cats, but many millions of homeless & abandoned cats are breeding in colonies in the shadows & corners of our cities & neighborhoods.  Without human contact, these cats revert to their wild instincts & become feral.  They struggle to eke out an existence behind restaurants & truckstops, in alleys & the woods, in cities, suburban & rural areas.  They also have an impact on wildlife.  They, too, are killed by the millions in U.S. shelters every year.

Life is hard for these cats & is nothing like the life a pet cat enjoys.  Hunger, illness, injury, parasites, predators, cruel people & traffic are daily battles for cats living in parking lots scavenging from dumpsters.  Kitten mortality is estimated at 50%.  When colonies of feral cats are removed by animal control, they are put to sleep instantly because they are unadoptable as pets - including the kittens because they're competing with already-tame domestic cats for homes, millions of which are also put to death for lack of homes.

Humans must take responsibility & get this cycle of suffering under control by preventing litters of born-homeless cats, by spaying & neutering their pets & by TNR of stray/feral cats.  It's a daunting task but it CAN be done - & CR!FR is helping to do it!

Please make time in your life to help homeless cats & animals.  Spay & neuter every cat (& dog) you can get your hands on & encourage others to do the same.  Never buy from breeders, pet shops or online & discourage others from doing so.  Educate yourself on the harsh realities most animals face.  Eat less/no meat.  Help rescue groups, most are desperate for assistance & funds.  Advocate for animals, intervene on their behalf. Foster or adopt several cats! You won't regret it : )

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1 - To help needy, unwanted & feral cats & animals by providing shelter, nourishment,
7 - medical care & lots of love.

2 - To find permanent loving homes for adoptable animals & to provide a permanent
7 - loving home for those who are not.

3 - To reduce euthanasia in shelters by spreading awareness of companion animal
7 - over-population, the importance of spaying & neutering & the plight of feral cats.

4 - To assist with local TNR efforts & respond to requests for assistance with feral cats.

5 - To improve the lives of animals by promoting responsible pet care, & advocating
7 - for the welfare & humane care of animals.

6 - To encourage acceptance of all living creatures as special & worthy of respect,
7 - protection & care.

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