We help animals that are in dire and extreme situations such as running up and down highways or living in sewer systems. We work in areas that are too dangerous for typical TNR programs, such as beside highways, in the center of the city, or in a building planned to be demolished. We go the extra mile that other people and groups usually won't. We have many years of experience with domestic, stray, feral, abused, and abandoned pets. We also have volunteers and board members with experience with small animals, farm animals, wild animals, and exotic animals. We are dedicated to bettering the lives of any animal that is unwanted or homeless. Through rescue, rehab, spay and neuter, and adoption, we strive to lessen the number of animals that suffer from abuse and neglect. We treat every and any animal as family from the moment it comes in to our care and forever after. Any animal once rescued by us is welcome back any time later in the future no matter what. We care about the animals because we know they are not deserving of whatever situation or tragedy that led them to our care. And because we are in a position where we can create a positive impact on their lives we feel we must do all that we can. Stray and feral kittens and young cats that are caught and rescued are typically scared, aggressive, and unsocialized at first. Thus many places and people would deem them "unadoptable" and would euthanize them on the spot, or send them back to the awful situation they came from. We do not. We believe that with time, patience, and love they are able to be rehabbed and eventually learn to trust humans. Some cats may take just days, others weeks, months or years. Their options are limited if they do not show that they can co-habitate with people. So we work hard to find the perfect forever family, or farm, for each rescued animal. So we will do what we can, as often as we can, to help the animals that are in need. ASHA does NOT have a facility. We are a foster system that relies on volunteers like you to help care for and foster the rescued kitties in their homes. In doing so the kitties receive more one on one attention and thus we are better able to pair families with rescued kitties knowing from the foster families the behaviors, attitudes, and personalities of each cat. We are always in need of more foster families! We prefer to have kitties fostered out independently unless they are still under 8 weeks, or part of a bonded pair. Let us know what your living situation is like and what pets you already have and we will be able to match you with a foster kitty!
Adoption Requirements: The following are a listing of some of our standard requirements for adopting from ASHA. If you have any questions please let us know. Adopters must be over 18 years of age. For families living in a rented home, permission to own a pet (or own an additional pet) must be given by the landlord (that includes parent/guardian if adopter lives with parent(s)/ guardian(s)). Not being a legal US citizen is not an immediate red flag, but we do need to ensure that you are here to stay for the long haul and if and when you plan to leave the US (long term) you are able to take the pet with you (long travel can be costly and hard for pets). We do not allow our adopted cats to be declawed, that is an immediate and hard NO. If you know that this is what you want even after understanding the damage it does to the cat then we can point you in the direction of a kitty that is already declawed and in need of a new family. We do not require adopters of small animals or cats to have a back yard or fence or such as roughly 90% of our adoptable cats are indoor only pets - with the exception of the ferals for farms and a handful of indoor/outdoor kitties (these require extra requirements as to your land amount, area and neighborhood). Owning other animals is great! As long as your dog does not have a known issue with attacking cats or small animals (some exclusions apply). We do not require families with children under a certain age to adopt a kitten over a certain age. We will work with you to educate you about the risks of the kitten and young children in the home. Then we provide you with advice about set up in the home and proper, safe introduction between the kid(s) and kitten(s). We do not allow pets to be adopted as gifts. A parent adopting for the family and surprising them is appropriate, but not one person adopting a pet for another person as a gift (surprise or not). If this is your intention we can work with you to still make it a surprise in the end, while still including them in the process. We have done this many times before - just ask us how! Home Check Video Chat: After the application and the processing fee have been submitted, we require a home check where we we ensure that you have all the basic supplies set up in an isolation/ introduction room. Due to COVID-19 this will be done via video chat to keep with physical distancing as much as possible. We can also help answer any additional questions you may have at that time about set up and introduction. Then once all is approved and good to go we will put you in touch with the foster family that has the animal(s) you are interested in so that they can video chat with you and the animal(s) to answer any questions you may have about their personality, preferences and more. This gives you a chance to meet the animal(s) while keeping everyone safe. Final Step of Adoption: We are doing our adoptions as physically-distanced as possible. Our standard practice is to have adopters come to the foster family of the animal(s) that they are adopting and bring their own transport carrier. In some cases foster families are not yet comfortable with having guests in their homes so the adopter will need to provide the foster with the carrier to put the animal(s) in for transportation from the foster home, while waiting outside to minimize contact. In other cases the foster will bring the foster pet to their adopting familie's home and to get the animal set up in their new home. In which case we ask that everyone involved wear a mask while indoors. Each adoption will be a little different then the next, and details for this final step should be discussed before the adoption occurs. We are doing out best to minimize the risk of exposure to everyone. NEW: We have implimented an online adoption contract to help further minamiize unnecessary contact and save paper. This will replace the paper contract that is usually featured in the adoptable cat’s folder. This enables adopters to complete the adoption contract before the meet and greet adoption visit if the adopter plan to bring the cat home that day. We will send adopters the adoption contract link once they have been approved and are ready for the next step. If the adopter ends up adopting an additional cat or different cat than they selected on the adoption contract, it can easily be updated on ASHA's end.
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