April's Ark Pet Sitting,behavior coach, dog walks. Bonded/Insured

01/18/2025

Thank you God! My Heavenly Father for all I have is from you and if I have nothing… I always have you, and that’s enough. Thank you to all who have allowed me to care for your families, your pets, for your love and commitment sustained me too… thank you to the women I prayed for, who came along the journey, who loved me as mothers and sisters should, thank you also to the ones who were less than kind for you taught me too what not to be.💙

https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/i-want-to-age-like-sea-glass

01/18/2025

There’s still snow and ice in the holler, but Christopher n I are gonna do this again! We’re comin for ol Henry’s shed!

01/17/2025

My Bella was Neo mix and she was the most lovely nurturing girl.

Today we welcomed Avonna 💜 this beautiful four year old Neo has clearly been missing out on some much needed and deserved TLC. At 100 pounds Avonna is underweight and will need to put some healthy weight back on. It is clear she was a breeding mama and we are thrilled to get her scheduled for spay. Avonna also needs some care for her eyes and skin that we will get under control, both of which are typical needs of the breed.

Avonna is seeking long term placement (foster or foster-to-adopt). She has done well with dogs and is incredibly sweet. Due to her current inability to see well she is seeking a home without small children until we can get her eyes taken care of. She also would do best without a number of steps in the home required, and a small yard area for her to use the bathroom. Foster must be committed and local to the Philly area.

💜 To donate toward Avonna’s life saving vet care:

Cashapp: $phillyrescueangels
Venmo:
PayPal: [email protected]

Debit or credit card: https://donorbox.payengine.co/donations/phillyrescueangelsinc/

💜 To foster: https://phillyrescueangels.org/become-a-rescue-angel

01/17/2025

01/16/2025

01/14/2025

WHEN PEOPLE SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF YOU, THEY SHOULD TAKE SOME FAT TOO!

01/14/2025

I have always liked drawing. My dad was an amazing artist, he always encouraged and inspired me. I found joy in drawing pictures with him. My dad was an animal whisperer as was his mother, from way back. I love animals, I really like volunteering with children, and senior citizens. I am a behavior coach, my specialty is working with rescue animals and their people who are healing from traumas, I work with children who have special needs. I can draw a little! Enough to have fun.

Be the joy you seek.♥️🐾

01/13/2025

Note to the young. The days go slow, but the years sprint fast. Enjoy time with pets and in nature. Stay kind. Help animals wherever you can. Thank you!

01/11/2025

Great news!!! We just heard from our partners in Florida that Alby, Manhattan, & Swimshady have all been spotted back in Blue Spring State Park where they were released in Jan. 2023. The trio of orphans spent about a year at the Cincinnati Zoo until they reached the required 600lb mark to be released back into Florida waters. All three were tracked and monitored for a full year until they were deemed a success and are no longer wearing a tracking device. Our manatee partners are still able to identify them and let us know that they were all looking good! To track other manatees click here -https://www.manateemap.org/
Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership

01/11/2025

One cat just leads to another.
Ernest Hemingway

“When troubles and woes afflict me
And nothing could seem to get worse
All I need for sweet relief
Are your sweet gentle turquoise eyes”
Summer Solstice

Anja-Rescued

01/11/2025

“Hate isn’t the most dangerous thing…Indifference is.”
Lauren Oliver

My mother circa 1928, first generation Phila USA, holding a cat beside her big sister… my mom as an adult was not a fan of cats, I started hiding my strays from her when I was about 10, with the help of my big sister, I began a life of rescue … I learned young about shelters, euthanasia, gas chambers, neglect, indifference…

I’ve fostered and vetted hundreds of animals it’s had a cost… I still have to hide them at times as there are things that need saving daily… I have a homeless friend,he’s had a brain injury, he knows scripture and Jesus by heart. I’ll give him an orange and he thinks I’m wonderful. I tell him I have snuck a new dog in, I have snuck a new cat in and I don’t think I can sneak you in! He smiles we giggle a moment of joy before we part. A man recently froze to death here… one of the fb post comments with someone blaming the churches.

People!!- we are the church!

Maya and I on the right . In a snowstorm I saw some cats at the Piney gas station along a busy route… I trapped 19 that night by myself, in a 1 bedroom home, I couldn’t hide 19… then little Maya was the last as I prayed in the snow, shivering in my car asking God to get her in my trap. She was feral and her mother was laying dead on the road… she was the keeper, she became the ambassador of my little laundry room shelter, gently welcoming each new foster, chortling happily as true ferals often do. She brought us joy.

My kiddos… grew up socializing wild kits and they made a huge difference for many… cats are a lot like children, charming, joyful, mischevious, resilient, loving, curious…

Final photos my most recent rescue, little holler ditch kitty, feral, Charli girl, mostly rehabilitated, she’ll curl up beside you to cuddle, pet her too long, and she may bite, looking for an awesome person to adopt and give her a farm life or indoors, she likes to tuck into her crate each night, she wakes and waits for her breakfast touching her nose to mine before she eats. She’s only known my touch.

I’ve been told “you’ll die alone with cats.” I’ll be in excellent company if I do, and I will never be alone. My God is always near.♥️🐾

01/11/2025

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
Lauren Oliver