Help S.A.L.T. Rescue Through an Unprecedented Crisis

In 2017, S.A.L.T. Rescue was founded by a small group of dedicated volunteers with a simple mission: to help animals who have nowhere else to turn.

Since then, S.A.L.T. has become an important part of the animal-rescue community. Working with dedicated foster families, volunteers and veterinary professionals, S.A.L.T. has helped thousands of animals find safety, medical care, foster placement and loving permanent homes.

Over the past three years alone, as the need for animal rescue grew dramatically following the COVID-19 pandemic, S.A.L.T. estimates that it has helped more than 2,000 cats and approximately 20 dogs.

But the need has continued to grow.

Families have faced increasing economic pressures, resulting in more animals becoming homeless while, at the same time, fewer families have been in a position unable to adopt. Like many rescues, S.A.L.T. found itself facing an unprecedented number of animals needing help.

And S.A.L.T. continued to say yes.

How We Got Here

On April 30, 2026, Animal Welfare Services personnel attended the shelter and raised concerns regarding the capacity and conditions of some of the animals at the facility.

S.A.L.T. has cooperated in good faith with requests for information and documentation and has worked with Animal Welfare Services regarding the animals in its care. As this situation progressed, 66 cats were removed from S.A.L.T.'s care, 19 have since been euthanized without our consent or the option of getting a second opinion.

For our volunteers and foster families who had cared for these animals, this was heartbreaking and deeply difficult to accept.

S.A.L.T. cannot change what has already happened. What we can do is continue fighting for the animals who remain in our care and ensure that they receive the food, shelter, veterinary care and love they desperately need.

Now S.A.L.T. Is Facing a $198,165 Crisis

On August 10, 2026, S.A.L.T. received a Statement of Account totaling $198,165.28.

The statement identifies:

• $72,524.78 in boarding costs

• $125,640.50 in veterinary costs

• Total: $198,165.28

S.A.L.T. disputes significant portions of the amount claimed and is taking steps to challenge those costs through the appropriate process.

But while that process unfolds, there is an immediate concern: S.A.L.T. must continue caring and maintaining the costs for additional expensive vet care for the animals who remain under its care.

This is where we need our community.

We Need Your Help S.A.L.T. is a volunteer-driven rescue. We do not have hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting in reserve to absorb a financial crisis of this magnitude. Our animals still need:

Food

Safe shelter

Veterinary care

Medication

Foster homes

Emergency medical treatment

Love and care while they wait for their forever homes

If S.A.L.T. cannot overcome this financial crisis, its ability to continue providing that care is at risk.

We are asking our community to stand with us now.

For almost a decade, S.A.L.T. has been there for animals who had nowhere else to go.

We have helped abandoned cats.

We have helped sick and injured animals.

We have helped medically challenged animals who needed someone willing to take a chance on them.

We have helped frightened animals find safety. And we have helped thousands of animals find loving homes.

Now S.A.L.T. needs your help.

We are not asking for help because the work is finished.

We are asking for help so the work can continue.

Every donation — whether $10, $25, $50 or more — will help S.A.L.T. continue caring for the animals who depend upon us while we work through this difficult situation.

And if you are unable to donate, please share this campaign. Sharing costs nothing, but it could help us reach someone who can make a difference.

Our Promise

S.A.L.T. will continue to cooperate with the appropriate authorities and will provide further information about this matter when it is appropriate and responsible to do so.

We ask our community not to rely on speculation or unverified information. There are many details surrounding this situation that cannot appropriately be addressed at this time.

For now, our focus remains where it has always been:

On the animals.

On their safety.

On finding them loving homes.

And on helping those without a voice.

S.A.L.T. has been there for thousands of animals since 2017.

Please be there for S.A.L.T. now.

Help us keep saving lives.