12/10/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            I'm not a graphic artist - not even close! But I made up this primitive chart. Later I'll have a professional make it professional. Meanwhile, it shows my mission of saving pet lives and shows I cannot do it alone. The problem is too great for one person to solve - it takes more than a village. It takes ALL the villages! Working together we can DRASTICALLY reduce euthanasia of perfectly good animals lacking cage space.
When I officially started volunteering to help pets in the late 80s, there were only a handful of private rescue groups. Most of the stray and unwanted pet population was "handled" by County and City pounds, later called "Shelters" to make them seem more humane. They weren't. But more and more individuals stepped up to volunteer and foster and even start nonprofit pet rescue groups. Today the pet rescue effort is huge - but so now, too, is the number of pets IN rescue. A few large corporations, like Bissell, have sponsored free adoption days to clear out kennels but there is no help once the pets get into the homes and have issues the people don't want to deal with or fix. Aunty Taffy's offers that help.
Aunty Taffy's has a solution to the too-many-pets-in-rescue issue, another tool in the Rescue Belt. We have morphed into an Independent Adoption Agency where Permanent Homes are identified FIRST by interviewing prospective adopters to find out what they are looking for. So often, people attend pet adoption events and choose a pet based on looks without really paying attention to their habits. That causes surprises for the people and returns for the pets who are then further traumatized. Aunty Taffy believes that the right pet going into the right home will stay there.
To do that, Aunty Taffy needs the help of ALL the villages: Business Community; Service Groups; Schools; Pet Rescue Groups; Pet Trainers; Veterinarians and Local/Federal Government. Aunty Taffy's acts as a hub to bring all the villages together in one place which helps more pets get out of cages and away from the threat of euthanasia for simply existing and into loving homes where they live out their lives naturally with treats, toys, beds, love, walks, car rides and all the other things pets receive from those they devote themselves to.
Will you join Aunty Taffy? Call or text 602-999-5515. Share this email. Ask your friends to "like" the Aunty Taffy's page. There are so many ways to help these pets without having to take them all home yourselves.