No Kill Shelter

[Joie]

Does anyone know of a directory of no kill shelters? One of my friends has a stray cat outside her apartment and we're looking for a humane place that can pick him up. She lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa.


Antifreeze is not an option.

[gblowfish]

Found this on a Google Search, hope it helps you out.
Thanks for taking care of stray kitties. Hopefully he'll find a good home:
http://solas.networku.net/

[Joie]

Thank you. We tried that. They are a kill shelter.

[stlchiefs]

Yeah send him my way, I just topped off my coolant last night and have a 1/4 a gallon of this green liquid left. I always hate having some leftover.

[mike_b_284]

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[gblowfish]

These folks are located in Lincoln, and might have help for a place in Omaha:
http://www.nebraskaanimalrescue.org/

[Simplex3]

Originally Posted by mike_b_284

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[Joie]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

These folks are located in Lincoln, and might have help for a place in Omaha:
http://www.nebraskaanimalrescue.org/

Thanks. There's one in Omaha she's going to try also.

[alnorth]

First to answer your question: List of Iowa traditional shelters and no-kill shelters

The problem with no-kill shelters is that they end up refusing a ton of animals. They have to accept only highly-adoptable animals, because if they accept a dog or cat that no one wants, they are stuck with it for life. Space and money is usually limited.

Traditional shelters that are humane and well-funded will accept all animals, give good treatment, and give them a decent chance for adoption, but if its not an adorable young cat or dog, it can be hard.

Given a choice between the two, I usually make my occasional charitable contributions of supplies or cash to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, which unfortunately does have to use euthanasia.

Good luck, if you can convince a no-kill shelter to accept the cat that would be the best. Otherwise, you may have to keep it or try a newspaper ad or something.

[Simplex3]

Originally Posted by stlchiefs

Yeah send him my way, I just topped off my coolant last night and have a 1/4 a gallon of this green liquid left. I always hate having some leftover.

I have some ice melt and washer fluid. I might also still have some leftover oil from my old weed eater.

We might be past what we can get in just with a funnel. We may have to actually pump it in with some sort of pressurized seal.

How much will a cat stretch, anyway?

[Joie]

Originally Posted by alnorth

First to answer your question: List of Iowa traditional shelters and no-kill shelters

The problem with no-kill shelters is that they end up refusing a ton of animals. They have to accept only highly-adoptable animals, because if they accept a dog or cat that no one wants, they are stuck with it for life. Space and money is usually limited.

Traditional shelters that are humane and well-funded will accept all animals, give good treatment, and give them a decent chance for adoption, but if its not an adorable young cat or dog, it can be hard.

Given a choice between the two, I usually make my charitable contributions to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, which unfortunately does have to use euthanasia.

Good luck, if you can convince a no-kill shelter to accept the cat that would be the best. Otherwise, you may have to keep it or try a newspaper ad or something.

Thank you. There is one in Omaha willing to take him if she can catch him and bring him out. They won't pick him up.

[Cave Johnson]

"My" cat, Sebastian, was taken (by me, perhaps my subconscious is a little guilty and I'm expressing this by writing in passive tense) to a low kill shelter back in January. The last straw was when he peed on a picture of my parents right in front of me.

Good luck, little buddy. Or RIP, you worthless excuse of a pet.

[Simplex3]

Originally Posted by Pittsie

"My" cat, Sebastian, was taken (by me, perhaps my subconscious is a little guilty and I'm expressing this by writing in passive tense) to a low kill shelter back in January. The last straw was when he peed on a picture of my parents right in front of me.

Good luck, little buddy. Or RIP, you worthless excuse of a pet.

The only good cat is a......

[Cave Johnson]

Originally Posted by Simplex3

The only good cat is a......

The only downside to my new, phat apartment is no dogs. I considered getting a cat for about 2 seconds before remembering this maxim.

I can't paint all cats with the same brush. The other family cat, Mrs. Price, died the week before last of cancer/old age/?. One time I came home inebriated, fell asleep on the couch with my contacts in, and she slept in my arms the entire night.