Gabriel Needs Your Help!

In September we took in a little three month old orange tabby kitten named Gabriel who had a broken leg.  After months of being in splints, and hundreds of dollars in vet costs, he still had a problem.  The growth plate in one of the bones in his leg was injured and stopped growing and the other bone was growing out of his ankle.

We had two choices, either amputate the leg or operate to shorten and stop the growth of the other bone.  Since he could use the leg and walked on it, we chose to try to save it.  The operation cost was $947.67!

Gabriel is doing fine and we hope the operation was a success.  He now has a cast on his leg and has to stay in a cage for six weeks.  Now we need to figure out how to pay the vet bills!!

If you could possibly help, click the PayPal button on the right or send a check to Paws & Claws Feline Rescue, P.O. Box 5221, Statesville, NC 28687.  We are a registered non-profit and anything donated is tax deductible.

Thank you for anything you can give to help Gabriel.

Happy New Year!
Jean Keiser

Happy Holidays from Paws & Claws Feline Rescue

As you already know it’s been a tough year for the economy. What you might not know is that it has created many challenges for Paws & Claws. Our adoptions are down in the past few months and we have over forty cats and kittens in the program who continue to need food, vetting, and care.

On a bright note, we have adopted out 61 cats and kittens to wonderful “forever families” in 2011, including Gabriel with a broken leg and Bobby, whose tail we had amputated. We are thrilled that they have homes now, however, their veterinary costs depleted our savings more than expected.

We will be at the Mooresville Petco the first three Saturdays in December and the first and third Saturdays next year from noon to 5 pm and hope to adopt more cats and kittens. We’d love to see you there!

We received our 501(c)(3) tax exempt status this year. We can now apply for grants and receive matching funds through payroll deductions, and of course, any donations to Paws & Claws Feline Rescue are tax deductible.

We greatly appreciate your support in the past and hope you’ll consider donating to Paws & Claws Feline Rescue this year. (No donation is too small.) Besides the benefit of being able to deduct donations given to us, you now have the choice to use PayPal with the Donation button on the right side of this page, or send to P.O.Box 5221, Statesville, NC 28687.

You can be sure every dime will be spent on caring for and thus saving cats and kittens - unlike large charities where ninety cents of every dollar goes to big salaries & administration costs.

We hope you have been fortunate this year and that 2012 will be even better for you and Paws & Claws Feline Rescue.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Jean Keiser

Beauty Supporting the Beasts

“There was a dog wandering in downtown Statesville,” recalls Jane Stiles as she talks about the inspiration behind ‘Beauty Supporting the Beasts,’ held August 17th at M.D. Laser Studio in Mooresville.

Stiles wanted to help. She knew Rita Aldridge, Marketing Director at the Laser Studio, was an animal lover. They discussed how they could help, and the first ‘Beauty Supporting the Beasts’ event was born…

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/08/24/2549999/beauty-supporting-the-beasts.html#ixzz1WzSBcOSH

We would like to thank everyone for their help and participation!

Beauty Supporting the Beasts

Open House & Silent Auction
Wednesday, August 17th
2 p.m. until 7 p.m. at M.D. Laser Studio

M.D. Laser Studio is sponsoring “Beauty Supporting the Beasts,” a beauty-themed charitable event to support adoption programs and provide much needed veterinary care for homeless and rescued animals.

Botox and Dysport will be available at a discount during the event, as well as Feather Hair Extensions by celebrity hair stylist Dodie Le Fevre.

Handmade jewelry and original artwork from Ms. Le Fevre will be featured, with clothing & styling by FiFi’s Fine Resale — all available for sale. A portion of proceeds from sales at the event will go to Forever Home Canine Rescue and Paws and Claws Feline Rescue.

For more information on this wonderful event click here.