Welcome to Saint Meows

 St. Meows has found itself caring for an unprecedented number of abandoned animals, particularly those with special needs. In one week's time, a very sweet cat was surrended by its owners because they didn't want to "deal" with treating her kidney stones. Another cat surrendered by its owner due to the arrival of a baby, came down with hepatic lipidosis, a liver condition brought on my depression.  And we took in a cat slated for euthanasia at another shelter after it was determined it would need critical wound care.  They joined a league of other long-term residents here, among them, two cancer cats, a 14-year old diabetic cat, and of course beautiful bLatte, who has been at St. Meows since 2002. Like many of our residents, she is a true feral, doesn't want to be touched, but does want to eat, be warm, bat a jingle ball now and then, and hang out with other kitties.

Sadly, we are also seeing an especially sharp rise in dumped house cats, indoor pets who have suddenly found themselves outside fending for food and shelter amidst plenty of competition.  Sometimes, we literally peel away  layers of filth and blood  before we discover we have a house cat. Take Lollipop, he came in spitting, hissing and biting. Surely we had another hard core feral on her hands.  But, as it turned out, underneath all that matting and dried sludge, was a severely injured and very painful leg, so badly abcessed at the shoulder, it was causing him, not only acute cardiac pain, but, also severe respiratory distress.  After getting his leg fixsed up, our feral turned into a sweet , young Maine Coon .

St. Meows is among only a handful of shelters in the U.S. that do this kind of work. Unfortunately,during this economic crisis, it has taken a financial toll on us.

Meanwhile, we continue with the rescues we are best known for - pulling cats from sewer drains, houses of squalor and unearthing litters of kittens from beneath junk cars.

We know money is tight for all of us. We are not asking you to give what you don’t have. But we are asking for whatever help you may extend to us. As the saying goes “every little bit counts.” And right now, we could all the help we can get.