The Heart of the Earth Sanctuary and Rescue, Inc

10/26/2025

Friends, I came home from my second job this evening to find a tote on my front porch WITH A CAT IN IT. We have cameras with night vision. It wasn't there when I got home from my first job at 230. So this happened between 330 and 8. We did not plan for another cat. I am thankful that you didn't dump him/her in the woods someplace. But closed intake mean just that. Now we have an extra mouth to feed that we didn't plan for. Thankfully we had an open cage to put him/her in. Very well taken care of. Tomorrow I'm gonna see of the cameras picked up anything. But in the mean time, we are going to need more funds if anyone can donate, it would be appreciated. I will also post a photo of the tote and the cat incase anyone recognizes it.

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10/23/2025

🐾♥️ Any animal actually…

10/19/2025

Our sweet Whisper left for his forever home yesterday! Happy tails baby boy!!!!

10/11/2025

Friends, we really need your help right now.
The donations we’ve received are deeply appreciated, truly. But they aren’t enough to vet the Littles or meet the ongoing needs of the animals already depending on us. We do not have disposable donations and many times pay out of our own pockets. I realize we are a tiny organization compared to some, but our hearts are big.

We usually don’t take in kittens anymore. Our hands and hearts are full as it is. But when this litter showed up, we couldn’t risk them dying in a pound. So here we are.

Little Bramble is fighting through some health issues, and we’re doing everything possible to pull him through. Meanwhile, Diddy is on three different heart medications every month, and that’s just one example of the constant care these animals need to stay alive and well.

Every month, we’re juggling:
🐾 Cat and kitten food (wet and dry)
🐾 Dog food
🐾 Bird food (we are out atm)
🐾 Kitty litter (we’re out right now)
🐾 Flea and worming treatments
🐾 Grooming when needed (We need new clippers).
🐾 Vet visits, meds, and the occasional surgery

It adds up faster than we can keep up.

If you can help with funds, food, litter, or even just sharing this post. It makes an immediate difference. Every donation goes directly to the animals in our care. We use our personal funds for everything else.

💚 It's simple. We want to give every animal that crosses our path a safe place, a full belly, and a chance to heal, body and soul.

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10/06/2025

An update on Chico. Whatever virus he had was taken care of with the steroids and antibiotics. He went to his followup appointment the day before yesterday and got his rabies booster, and we were told that he is essentially very muscular for a chi, and has a double hernia, that we are watching closely. His eye doesn't seem to bother him, but once we have enough funds, we will explore surgery for that.

Thank you everyone who has donated for this little guy. He has been great since we pulled him. He sleeps between me and Derek, next to his lady love Freckles. He does seem to have a conflict with Huxley, but we think that is jealously when it comes to Derek on Huxley's part, and we hope that resolves in time. He is absolutely home here.

10/02/2025

Update on Bramble. He is being treated for a bad case of rounds. We are starting there. His little heart is enlarged and he has a slight breathing issue going on, but everyone is getting hit hard with the wormer. And we are going to monitor him for changes in activity and breathing.

Thank you to all who have donated!!

10/02/2025

We are at the vet with little Bramble. He is one of our new kittens that we pulled from Keyser. He isn't gaining weight, and currently is getting an ultrasound done of his lungs. This wasn't a planned visit, and we haven't been able to secure the funds needed to vet the Littles. This is coming out of my already stretched personal funds.

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10/01/2025

Today we said goodbye to our Obsidian. She gave us eight wonderful years, and in true Obsidian fashion, she purred through just about all of them.

Her absolute favorite thing in the world was food. She would’ve traded me in for a can of tuna without blinking. She was a moderate-to-severe CH cat we obtained from Purrs, which meant she wobbled through life like a little drunken sailor, but she never once let that slow her down when it came to mealtime.

Lately, her health had taken a sharp turn, and I could see signs that something very bad was coming that would not end well. As much as it hurt, we chose to let her go while she still had dignity, and hopefully dreaming of an endless buffet where no human ever says “portion control.”

The silence in our home is going to be deafening without her steady, 24/7 motor. We’ll miss your purring, sweet girl.

Rest easy, Obsidian. May the tuna be bottomless, the kibble crunchy, and the purring eternal. You’ll always be our wobbly little queen of the food bowl. 🖤

09/26/2025

Our Smalls and Diddy are featured in this group of photos. Please pray that these folks get a nice long sentence.

09/25/2025

Keyser AC is overflowing with kittens right now. I only meant to take in two… but you know how that goes. You see those little faces and suddenly you’re explaining to yourself why “two” actually means “all of them.”

So, we grabbed four of them. 3 are the same size as Whisper and from the same litter. So, after quarantine he will have some friends. And I think the teen is the same cat I almost hit crossing ABL the other night. That is where they picked him up.

Intake is still closed, but I couldn’t leave them sitting at the pound. Thankfully, most of the others there already have rescues lined up.

Clearly the universe knew we needed more kittens because, why just one? 🤦‍♀️

We are in need of litter and more wet kitten food, toys, blankets... 🐱❤️

You can help by ordering from Amazon or donating $. Thank you.

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09/24/2025

We always knew that being a sanctuary and hospice first meant walking alongside both life and loss. My drive for helping animals will always be greater than my dread of losing them. Our goal has always been to give them the best life we can, for however long they’re with us, and to hold them gently when it’s time to let go.

This week, we said goodbye to two of our family. Pearl, a feral pig left behind after a divorce, who passed a few days ago, and last night we lost Cubby. Cubby was an old soul of a cat who survived with only three legs after being shot in Oldtown. Cubby came to us already five or six years old, and we’ve been blessed to share nearly ten more with him here. He had a good life, safe, cared for, and free.

Happy hunting over the bridge, Cubby. You were loved all the way home. 🕊️🐾

09/22/2025

Our girl Pearl crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. A few years ago it took a small Army and a horse trailer to get her to safety. But for the 8 years we had her, she had shelter, and food in her belly. We were never able to tame her, but we did get her down to a healthy weight to where she was no longer fat blind and she was getting around better. Rest easy Pearl.