Independent Animal Rescue

Senior cat Fluffy needs our help! She had a nice life in a trailer park where she was fed daily by IAR volunteers, and was a favorite of the residents. Recently she was brought into foster care when it was apparent she was not feeling well, and we discovered she is severely anemic. She is at the emergency vet for a comprehensive workup and transfusion. Estimated initial cost is $2800, They suspect an immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, which can be caused by an infection. We had to act quickly because her blood counts were so low, and she was lethargic and had stopped eating.

Fluffy is an absolute gem, who loves everybody, and even won over the resident cat in her foster home. Can you help Fluffy get past this crisis so she can enjoy her golden years?

Help Puffy have a chance to grow up! He is on oxygen and needs emergency donations.

Puffy, an eight week old kitten was found as a stray in Oxford NC USA on Thursday night during a thunderstorm. The vets thinks he was bitten by a snake in the neck and chest. While the bite was a “dry” bite, it punctured his neck and chest.

On Sunday morning he developed breathing trouble and IAR rushed him to Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital with a pneumothorax. Puffy has received full vet, including x-rays which discovered the pressure on his lungs.

The bill has already grown to $1000 and while he has a good prognosis he still needs to be under oxygen and will require more care. Can you help Puffy?

Puffy's Care

Triangle Veterinary Referral Hospital

(919) [phone redacted]

698 Moreene Road Durham, NC 27705

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Independent Animal Rescue

Durham, NC

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More information about Independent Animal Rescue: Our mission is to rescue and care for cats and dogs in need and reduce the suffering of unwanted animals through our adoption, spay/neuter, and community education programs.

Let's  Make A Difference, start 2021 off right!
Animal Lovers Unite! We are raising money to save a cat named Coal. He needs iodine treatment for severe hypothyroidism. We need to get him well so he can be his best self, have the life he deserves, and also so he can get some other medical procedures such as a dental cleaning.


Coal has some amazing caretakers rooting for him and support from IAR. He has had amazing daily caretakers feeding him, making sure he gets his medicine every day in his food, providing him with vet care and getting him to appointments. IAR would like to help Coal and assist with his care and the main goal of getting Coal the home that he deserves.

Here is Coal's story and more info from his caretaker:
Coal was first spotted in October of 2015 on a yucky rainy night. This caretaker is a feeder of a colony  of cats in Chapel Hill and you definitely notice when new cats appear at your colony. This black cat appeared, so talkative and asking for attention by rubbing around the person's legs. From that night on Coal began visiting every evening after that looking to get fed. This behavior leads us all to believe that Coal had some point had a place to call home and that he had been lost for a while or was abandoned. Coal is not feral, he did not have any identification or a microchip and we want to give him the life he deserves- a life full of love and care!

By December of 2019 his caretaker noticed that Coal had lost weight although eating. The weight lose became much more obvious by April or May of 2020and it was decided that Coal needed a vet visit. It took 2 months for his caretaker to trap him, but in July of 2020 Coal was taken to a nearby vet for a full vet visit where he received vaccines and routine bloodwork. 

The vet and staff reported that Coal did very well at his visit. It was noted that he has some bad teeth and needs some extractions and cleaning to help some periodontitis; however Coal was underweight and needs to be his best self and at a healthy weight to undergo surgery.


Coal weighs less than 6.5 lb he is severely underweight.When bloodwork results came back, Coal's caretaker was notified that Coal is diagnosed with severed hyperthyroidism. His vet highly recommends Radioactive Iodine treatment at RadCats clinic in Carrboro and the cost is estimated to be between 1700 to 2000$ (plus boarding for 14 days if needed), if everything goes as planned. Right now he cannot chew or swallow solid food. So he is fed kitten canned food with added water and he gets his oral thyroid medication mixed in his food.


Initial Goal for Coal: The next plan for Coal will be to treat his thyroid first so he can gain some weight. After he is healthier and at an appropriate weight, he will be able to undergo his dental procedures which will be another cost for Coal this year.

Long Term Plan for Coal: After his treatments, his caretaker would like for Coal to have his furrever home! Preferably an indoor home so Coal can be safe and receive the care and food that he will need after his treatments and several less teeth. 

Coal is a very social cat, enjoys attentions, and follows his caretaker around. He is a deserving boy and we all want to do what is best for Coal and remind him that the world is on his side and there is a lot of LOVE for him. 
Especially with Coal being a black cat, he needs people rooting for him. For reasons we do not understand adoption rates for black animals are low and they get passed over. Once healthy and his best self we just know that Coal will shine and that many more people will notice Coal for who he really is!

Kind regards to everyone and thank you so much for supporting Coal and being a part of his journey to health and the life he deserves!



More information about Independent Animal Rescue: Our mission is to rescue and care for cats and dogs in need and reduce the suffering of unwanted animals through our adoption, spay/neuter, and community education programs.

NEWS FLASH:  Suki is on her way!
Beautiful Suki’s Been Adopted…But Her Image Can Still Be Yours

ADOPTED! May 17, 2020
Agency:        Independent Animal Rescue, Inc. (IAR)

Type:             Cat, Black Siamese
Age:               2 years

Sponsor:      Emily Eve Weinstein Art Studio
22 hand-pulled linoleum prints of Suki - $100 each for IAR

                     
Suki The Cat And Her Disappearing Act

Good News!  As of yesterday, Suki has been adopted! Next week, she’ll be on her way to her forever home in Cary, NC — the best disappearing act of all.

But you can still enjoy her image for $100 and help out the Independent Animal Rescue during this tough time. . . .

As a wee kitten Suki had been found at a busy intersection by a young woman with her two children. The mother phoned Independent Animal Rescue to volunteer to be a foster, took the training and then started with her new foundling. Suki was introduced into a household of eight full-grown cats, a couple of dogs, minus a father/husband that had just left the family. In this chaotic household Suki grew up. The mother took great pride in feeding everyone well. Suki grew into a lanky glossy-coated black Siamese, exclusively indoors.

An adoption application for Suki was submitted. Suki’s foster mother never responded. Meanwhile, Suki remained at-large, getting well fed; receiving attention sporadically. Mostly the cat slipped under everyone’s radar, that is, until a volunteer at IAR’s office asked why had an application for Suki been ignored? By this time the black cat’s bio was at the bottom of the Cat Page. She was just under 2 years old. Suki’s foster mom was phoned and discovered to be overwhelmed. At this point Mary Dow called me, asking if the studio was currently available? Yes it was - a couple days later, Mary delivered a freshly spayed two-year-old Suki. When she was first rescued she had gotten shots and then disappeared, till now.

At my studio, and out of her crate, she hid for two months. I knew she was there. Food was devoured, water drunk and litter box used daily. For two months I took care of an invisible cat. I borrowed an IAR live trap and baited it with food– Suki avoided it. I caught glimpses of her and it was clear she wasn’t loosing weight. Eventually I baited the trap with top grade raw hamburger meat. Once trapped, she was installed in a three-tier cage. In the small space I discovered an affectionate, loud purring, talkative cat.

While in the enclosure others met her and found her tentative, but friendly. She seemed comfortable in the cage, but the one time I forgot to lock it, she escaped. When I realized she was out my heart sunk. Will this cat ever be placed or even be seen again? My fears subsided when Suki jumped onto my lap. She loves attention, but still takes her time trusting new people. We are seeking a kind, experienced, up-to-the-challenge cat person for this very personable and independent beauty. NEW ADOPTER MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS!

Having a studio cat, for almost a year, naturally, a portrait would have to be done. IAR’s normal fund raising events have been canceled. To help, I’ve completed a run of 25 hand-pulled linoleum prints of the striking Suki. They are $100 or more each and 100% goes to IAR. Whoever adopts Suki gets pick of the prints and the cost of the print will be refunded once she is securely in her home. At this point, it is not hard to imagine that Suki will successfully develop into a remarkable companion. What would you enjoy most about having a pet like Suki?

Thank you for reading and please feel free to share.
 

Silo (nicknamed 'Skid') is a 10 week old kitten who was resuced by an IAR volunteer from the middle of 15-501 in Durham during rush hour traffic. He is believed to have been hit by a car as he was seen dragging himself across the busy lanes into the median. 

Silo has a broken femur that was severly displaced and also has many lacerations all over his body. He underwent emergency surgery to place three pins in his femur in hopes that it will heal over the next several weeks.

We are raising money to help with his expenses including his surgery, x-rays, and medication. 

So far, Silo is enjoying being indoors where he gets yummy food and tummy rubs! He is slowly putting his weight on his leg but has a long way to go before he will be a normal active kitten. Silo will be available for adoption once he has healed.

Please help support this sweet kitten - any donations are greatly appreciated no matter how small.