Riverside Kitten Rescue

11/18/2024

Riverside Kitten Rescue would like to announce that all Spay/Neuter funds are spent! Thank you to the Humane Societies that came to us to help spend their last minute funds. This was a lot to take on last minute, but it was worth every bit! 🎉

A HUGE thank you to our vets and clinics that made space for us when they were full, especially our favorite, Tri-Couty Vet Clinic! They stayed in contact with us almost daily letting us know when they had cancelations. They came in early and stayed late some days too. The whole staff is always incredible and we could not have had such a successful spay/neuter month with out them. 🎊

A HUGE thank you to everyone that applied! Thank you to everyone working with our drop off and pick up times. It was insane to organize this all with so many different scedules but everyone was so understanding and wonderful. Together, we were able to help over 40+ households, fix over 100 cats! Not only did we help community pets, but many were from feral cat colonies as well! 🥳

We were able to fulfill almost every application that came in, including some extras that came in after we updated that we were full. We do apologize that there were some we could not get too. We had a very short window to find appointments and we wish we could have been able to help every single person. ❤️

A HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers that collected cats every single day and drove back and forth to our vet offices! Collectively, we drove 3-4 hours per day...4-5 days a week for 4 weeks straight!!!!! We may only have roughly 5-6 volunteers, but we came together and made this happen last minute! Team work is Dreamwork! 💓

11/16/2024

Hard choices indeed!

11/13/2024

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Wayno Bizarro Cartoonist/Dan Piraro

11/10/2024

Thank you so much to all the volunteers that made it to our volunteer work day! We are so grateful for your hard work and for meeting some new community members. ❤️

11/08/2024

WAY TO GO HINTON AREA ELEMENTARY!!!!

We cannot thank the school, staff, children, and parents enough for participating in the pet food drive! This will go a long way for helping our fosters! ❤️

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11/06/2024

Please share and help bring this missing kitty home safe!

Ben is missing from Brooks. His family misses him 😢 If you see him comment on this post. Please share to bring him home safe

11/06/2024

We need some help!

We have a chance to move 10 kittens to rescue tomorrow, the trip will be 5 hours each way with several rescues helping to drive. We need some help with the fuel bill! Any bit helps!

If you can help, please donate to our PayPal at [email protected]!

11/04/2024

We can't wait!!!!! We willbe there with our hot dog combo meals, brownies, cookies, $1 drinks and much more! Make sure to come by and see us!

🎄 ☃️ Mark your calendars!
Please share!

10/29/2024

Happy National Cat Day!!!!

*Just a few photos of our fosters! ❤️

10/26/2024

Yes! It is NOT shelters and rescues that are the problem!!!

10/25/2024

Thank you for all your support through the month of October at City National Bank here in Hinton! Great news! City bank has decided to sponsor us for the month of November too! We just restocked with more amazing items!

10/22/2024

THIS! This hits home so much for us and all fellow rescuers.

We are just drowning in requests for help every single day. Hard situations like this. Up to 4-5 times per day right now. We say no so much more than we say yes. Why do we say we are full?

-Currently, we have 2 FOSTERS right now.

-Rescues are full and we have not been able to transport kittens out like normal.

-This year, kittens have come in VERY sick. Almost every litter has been absolutely sick with more than 1 thing. It takes us much longer to foster them to get them healthy and fully vetted before they can get adopted. This means foster space does not open up quickly.

- With so many sick kittens this year, we have had a huge increase in cost. Our average cost to rescue 1 kitten is about $150 to $300 each!

- Inflation and Stock - gas, cat food, medicine, vetcare, and all the other supplies have been outrageously priced. Oftentimes, food and supplies are completely out of stock.

- Funding. We get very little compared to our operating costs, and are incredibly thankful for those that can donate. We have to constantly fundraise monthly to afford to keep our doors open.

-Lack of volunteers. Not only do cats get a bad wrap, but over all...volunteering is not something people do much anymore. People expect to get free help, but if people don't volunteer with different organizations...who will be left to help? The same 4-5 volunteers you see everytime at our events trying to fundraise, picking up surrendered kittens, scrubbing cages, driving to the vet, driving hours away on transports, and much more are always done by the same people. This causes burn out and causes rescues to close.

- Hard situations like the one described in this post, are heartbreaking! We see them constantly and it's very hard emotionally. Some people cannot handle to see that day in, day out.

- Rudeness - We are always being yelled at, cursed out, and 9 times out of 10 we are lied too. Humans are the hardest part of rescuing animals for any rescue.

We share our experience to help people realize that rescues everywhere all need help. If you can't help, at least have understanding and patience when talking to volunteers. They don't do it because they like to be treated like garbage, they do it to help the ones that can't help themselves. ❤️

THIS IS WHY RESCUES QUIT 💔

THIS MAMA CAT DOESN’T DESERVE THIS
Nothern KY/Cincinnati

She had a home until they moved and put her out.

She got pregnant this spring and a neighbor took her in. She finally got to be inside again. Before the kittens were even 8 weeks they were given away and Mom was thrown back outside, not spayed and no access to food or shelter.

She got pregnant again but this time that neighbor won’t let her in so she moved to another porch.

She gave birth to 7 kittens a day ago in a compost box. One kitten died 😿

Now this neighbor won’t let them in either. They reached out to someone who then reached out to us. 3 of the babies were stuck together and wrapped up in their umbilical cord with maggots all over them.

Thank you to Sharon Ollinger for going over last night and cutting the cord. She had to do that outside in the dark because no one will let her in. **The mama cat had her chin rubbed and then relaxed knowing she was there to help her babies.

The area smells awful. It could be the maggots or a mixture of that and them in an area used for waste.

We know it happens a million times. That’s how we ended up with hundreds of cats we’re caring for on the street but this one hit harder.

We couldn’t find a foster for a friendly, healthy 1yr old cat. This little family doesn’t stand a chance.

We’ve been contacted about 4 URGENT needs the last 3 days. Not being able to help them weighs really heavy on us.

This mom doesn’t deserve this and unfortunately not enough people care beyond just feeling bad. Those who do are overwhelmed and out of space.

More people have to care enough to be willing to inconvenience themselves for them.

10/22/2024

UPDATE: WE ARE FULL

We still have room!!!! Keep sharing our post. Let your friends know about our free spay and neuter! Time is running short. This is only for the next few weeks!

UPDATE: WE ARE FULL

SPAY & NEUTER

We have been blessed to be able to offer some FREE spay & neuter to Summers County Residents. We only have 3 weeks to use the remaining grant and it is ONLY for healthy kittens and cats over 3 months old.

If you are interested, please click the link below. ALL the information you need will be on the form. (please do not message us with questions before filling out the form and submitting it)

We would like to help as many cats as possible. We are a tiny rescue with 3-5 volunteers(most of us have full time jobs). This will require a lot of help and work to be able to fix as many as possible. If you would like to help, and would like to volunteer over the next 3 weeks as a driver, please let us know!

Click below to submit your application for Spay & Neuter help. Spots are limited, put in your application today!

https://forms.gle/eXecMEf8b8fZscxj8

10/20/2024

UPDATE: WE ARE FULL

SPAY & NEUTER

We have been blessed to be able to offer some FREE spay & neuter to Summers County Residents. We only have 3 weeks to use the remaining grant and it is ONLY for healthy kittens and cats over 3 months old.

If you are interested, please click the link below. ALL the information you need will be on the form. (please do not message us with questions before filling out the form and submitting it)

We would like to help as many cats as possible. We are a tiny rescue with 3-5 volunteers(most of us have full time jobs). This will require a lot of help and work to be able to fix as many as possible. If you would like to help, and would like to volunteer over the next 3 weeks as a driver, please let us know!

Click below to submit your application for Spay & Neuter help. Spots are limited, put in your application today!

https://forms.gle/eXecMEf8b8fZscxj8