Looking for the purrfect gift for the person who has everything? Just in time for the holidays, Annex Cat Rescue is happy to announce Purrrfect Gifts – a giving program that allows you to commemorate holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions by providing life-saving help to homeless cats. A variety of gifts are available, ranging […]
Assessment homes are the key to ACR’s success in bringing cats off the street. An assessment home is a temporary foster home where a homeless cat can be assessed to see how they fare indoors and what kind of a foster home is needed. Yet, ACR does not have an adequate number of assessment homes. […]
If Caramel has shown adoptive mom Celina anything, it’s that even former colony cats can make “wonderful, wonderful pets” given patient socialization. Celina should know – she and Caramel are soon to celebrate 10 happy years together with no end in sight. Caramel first landed on Celina’s radar in 2007 when the B.C native was […]
You never know how a little comment will change your life. Brian would not have guessed that the casual mentioning of getting a cat, five years ago, would set-off a chain reaction, bringing Sidney into his family. “A friend of mine had a girlfriend who worked in a dentist’s office and she had a patient […]
Ask Jennifer the difference between adopting a cat from a rescue and from a shelter and she’ll tell you it’s akin to “having a baby with a GP or with a midwife”. “Midwives are a much better experience,” Jennifer laughs. So too was adopting Ramona Flowers from Annex Cat Rescue via foster mom Elizabeth, who […]
Aficionados of film or the theatre will quickly make the connection for the names Felix and Oscar. But The Odd Couple moniker doesn’t fit this story well. A better title? The Three Musketeers. Felix, a street kitten who was orphaned after his mother was killed, was being fostered by an ACR volunteer before he was […]
“Martha is another diamond in the rough,” recalls Nancy, Martha’s adoptive mother. “She was very nervous when we brought her home. But she’s had a pretty hard life.” Little Martha had been rescued from a cat hoarder three years ago. At the age of one, she had already had a litter but painful mastitis played […]
While the holidays may be a time of joy and celebration for us, they can be fraught with intrigue and danger for our feline friends. And no wonder, with so many new sights, sounds, and smells to investigate; our curious companions are bound to explore. But don’t worry; we’ve got you covered with this super-easy, […]
