“A year ago this Sunday, I met and adopted Opal (then named Noelle) from SFACC through Toni‘s Kitty Rescue. One year later, Opal is happy, healthy, and a deeply loved member of my family. As I write this, she is purring contentedly on my lap with her head pillowed on my knee and a front…
The volunteers in SFACC’s orange cat program are charged with gently acclimating the under-socialized, owner-surrendered cats who come into the shelter rather shell-shocked. Frank was one of those cats. “Frank was given up at the shelter by his owner on June 28th” says orange cat volunteer Phyllis. “The reason stated was that there were too…
Story submitted by Lyn. I was looking for a female kitten as a buddy for my male Siamese – Luca. I looked on many sites and went in person to local shelters. One day I came upon Toni’s kitten rescue and started looking. Of course I saw my dream kitty, but when I contacted Toni she…
Story submitted by Amey Garber. In the fall of 2016, I was told that there was a mother cat and her six (!) sick kittens in the Isolation room at Animal Care and Control. This large family needed to get out of a small cage and into a home as soon as possible. They were…
Starting in 2013 Toni’s Kitty Rescue began to rescue and foster several senior and sometimes fospice cats each year. This year, TRK was honored to help fospice cat Eddie find a home. Fospice cats like Eddie are very old (Eddie is 17, which is 88 in human years), and may only have a few weeks,…
Tuco and Qui Qui, 15 and 14 year old seniors cats, came to SFACC together when their owner passed away. Both needed extensive dental work, and Qui Qui required part of his jaw to be wired together. TKR footed the veterinary bill of $1500 to heal these two orphaned cats. Soon after their treatments, both…
Panda, who fosters lovingly called “the little kitty who wouldn’t grow”, was featured in TKR’s holiday appeal letter, and her touching story made her a little celebrity. Tina Costa Delaney adopted this little darling and it’s true love. In gratitude for Panda and TKR, Tina generously decided to give back. In 2015 she donated 10%…
