We are a foster–based non-profit focused on protecting animals in the Chesapeake Bay area and beyond.
We connect animals in need to safe homes and facilitate their access to quality veterinary care. The rescue also provides foster, adoption, mandatory spay/neuter, trap-neuter-return, education and outreach services to support the well-being of animals within the community at-large. This organization emphasizes transparency and integrity while providing educational resources to support the humane treatment of animals.
Sally (brown) & Lucy (grey) are still searching for their furrever homes!
These two ladies would prefer a home together. Once they get familiar with you, they love to be held and enjoy having a perch on your shoulder while you go about your daily activities.
Interested in these two ladies? Fill out an adoption application at chesapeakerescue.org
Charlie has been adopted! Yippie!
We’ve had a few adoptions recently… Congratulations to Flan, Charlie, Sweet Potato and Apple Sauce!
Stay tuned for our upcoming listings on chesapeakerescue.petfinder.org
Swipe for the cutest BLEP! 👅
BARN HOME NEEDED!
Marcie is a mama kitty who’s done her duty raising her kittens and is now spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, dewormed and up to date on flea/tick/heartworm prevention… Since she has now retired from motherhood, she is looking for a safe/outdoor place to call home.
Marcie is feral. She does not desire to live indoors or be a family pet.
Do you have a barn or a large property where you need a mouser or help with pest control? Miss Marcie would be great at that! We would provide supplies and assistance to help her get properly acclimated.
Interested or know someone who might be? Email us at [email protected]
Lucy just came to say HI! 🐾
Share our page with family and friends so our animals get more visibility!
Remember Suzy Snowflake?
She was our organizations FIRST foster cat and FIRST adoption! This is the girl that started it all.
We get an update from her mom every few weeks and we LOVE it… Her name is now Gracie and she is doing wonderfully. She even has a doggie brother that she has gotten used to. Miss Gracie has the luxury of her dad working from home so she gets all the lovin’s all day long! She spends most of her days watching out the window staring at the birds and squirrels that come by… It’s safe to say she’s living a great life.
Have you adopted from us? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected]
We figured this would be worth sharing again since more and more neo-natal and unweaned kittens are being brought into shelters daily…
This season brings warmer weather, sunny days and PLENTY of kittens! This means you may stumble across some in your yard, at the park, or anywhere really.
Many people do not know what the best course of action is and choose to bring young/unweaned kittens into the shelter because they think they have been abandoned.
This is what we call "Kit-Napping" and we've created a chart below to help you know what to do if you do happen to find some kittens!
Share with your friends! Let's stop kit-napping in its tracks!
We are in dire need of a lot of veterinary products we use for intake of cats and kittens and it has us feeling like Linus in this photo 😓😰
In order for us to purchase these products we could really use your donations!
$3 - buys a can of prescription food
$12 - buys a dose of Revolution (flea/tick/heartworm prevention)
$15 - pays for a microchip
$20 - pays for a vaccine
$40 - buys a bottle of medication
$50 - pays for a neuter surgery
$65 - pays for a spay surgery
$100 - pays for a veterinarians exam fee
Any amount helps us save more lives and provide animals with quality care.
We accept donations via PayPal and Venmo. Please visit chesapeakerescue.org for more information.
Update on our FIP Warrior: Henry 💪
He has had 4 injections of this extremely expensive miracle drug and it has helped exponentially.
His fever is gone, his energy is back, the blood in his eye is slowly reabsorbing, and his appetite is better! These are all signs that this drug is working and needs to be continued.
We just ordered the next week and a half of his medication. It came to $615 dollars. This is just the beginning of his treatment. We need your help now more than ever to save Henry’s life!
If you can help, we have an active Facebook fundraiser going on our page.
We also take donations via PayPal which can be found on our website chesapeakerescue.org
And venmo as well
Need a lil tortie in your world? 🌎
Winnie is just the girl for the job! Lil miss is sweet, loving, and full of personality. Her foster mom says she loves to accompany you every time you take a visit to the bathroom 🚽
However - she can be shy when you first meet her. So a traditional meet and greet may not be the best option for her. In situations like this, we like to utilize something we call “a trial period”! This is a few weeks where you “foster” one of our kitties and see if they are the right fit for you. With our advice, and proper acclimation time, this has led to some of our most successful adoptions yet!
Interested in a trial period? Email us! [email protected]
When you see an adorably friendly kitty cat in the street, what do you do next?
After extensively searching for his owners and checking for a microchip… You get him neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, tested for FIV/FeLV/Heartworms, microchipped and do your darn best to find him the best home.
With all that being said, meet our new buddy:
Apple Sauce! 🍎 This lil dude is approximately 1 year old and oh-so naturally sweet! He’s the BFF you want and need in your life.
Stay tuned for his listing because he will be available for adoption in just two short weeks 😜
Our Henry is a warrior! 💪
He has just started the first step of his long battle ahead with ocular feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
Up until a few years ago, FIP was a death sentence for cats. There was no known treatment. But luckily, because of a group called FIP Warriors, there is treatment, there is hope and there is support.
Henry has just embarked on a very long road to recovery. It starts with an 84 day journey of daily injections and then a lengthy observation period before we can declare him cured.
He is not out of the woods yet, far from it! Chesapeake Rescue Alliance needs your support now more than ever before. The cost of Henry’s treatment will be approximately $3000.
If you can help, we ask you to please donate. Please share Henry’s story, please interact with our post and keep him in your thoughts and prayers!
We are a foster–based non-profit focused on protecting animals in the Chesapeake Bay area and beyond.
We are preparing to ramp up intake, but we are very short on a lot of crucial supplies.
If you’re interested in helping out, please check out our Amazon and Chewy wishlists or consider a donation via venmo or PayPal. Many items we use on a regular basis are not available on those websites, so we definitely in need of contributions through PayPal and venmo so we can purchase essential vet care items!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LFOCSEGDUDT1?ref_=wl_share
Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/g/chesapeake-rescue-alliance_b102278388 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
PayPal: http://paypal.me/chesapeakerescue
Venmo:
Remember our French Quadruplets from last year?! 🇫🇷
This is an update we received from Napoleon’s mom a few weeks back. Napoleon is doing wonderful. He is a whopping 14 pounds and is loving life!
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, we LOVE updates! Have you adopted from us? Send us an update. We’d love to hear from you!
Sweet Potato is TIRED of waiting for his adopter to find him!
Can you believe he’s the last of our veggie crew? All 7 of his brothers and sisters found their furrever homes and I think he’s a bit jealous. Understandably so!
Want to read more about this sweet tater? Head to Chesapeakerescue.petfinder.com for more information.
Meet Tyson.
Tyson is in desperate need of a one-way ticket out of the shelter. He is FIV+ and has been neutered.
This poor guy has so much potential, but the shelter is not the place to learn how loving a human can be. His social skills could use some work, and he does appreciate being loved from afar rather than up close and personal, but we can see it in his eyes… he’s got potential.
Tysons ideal situation would be a foster-to-adopt home where his hooman has socializing experience or someone who doesn’t mind owning a cat who’s more eye candy than cuddle buddy.
Are you interested in learning more about Tyson? Reach out to us at [email protected]
Kitten season has arrived!
Here’s a sneak peek of a few cuties who will be available for adoption in just a few weeks.
Stay tuned for updates and more adorable content 😻
We are fundraising for Revolution Plus - which is a monthly flea, tick, heartworm and intestinal parasite prevention for cats/kittens. We go through a ton of this medication as it is administered every 30 days.
The average cost per dose is around 10-12 dollars per cat. We are gearing up to purchase a lot of it as we ramp up intake in the next few weeks! We estimate our cost to be in the area of $1400. 😱
If you can contribute, we and the kitties would be forever grateful. If you cannot, a share is helpful too!
What is TNR?
If you’ve followed us for a while, you have heard us mention it several times. But let us explain it to you in a bit more detail!
Do you have cats on your home, at your business, or at your workplace that you think need help?
Reach out to us by filling out our TNR questionnaire available on our website chespeakerescue.org
AAH! Help! I’ve been trapped! 😨
These scary hoomans say they are going to take me somewhere called “the inside” to get me “vettered” and ready for “adomptions” once I’m old enough…
Whatever this means, I sure hope there’s more of whatever they put in this trap. YUM! 🤤
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It’s a human now. I have retrieved my computer from the kitten so I can now tell you this important message…
It is KITTEN season!
Which means that rescues are already becoming FLOODED with pleas from good samaritans, shelters and more for TNR and to bring in kittens. This is all happening while we are still trying to find homes from LAST kitten seasons kittens.
We ask that you please have patience with us as we do our best to fulfill all the requests we’ve received and respond as soon as we can.
If you are in need of TNR, please fill out our TNR questionnaire on our website chesapeakerescue.org so we can get you on our waitlist.
🚨 WARNING! HANDSOME KITTY ALERT 🚨
Do not look at the following picture if you cannot handle complete and utter BEAUTY! 🌟
Rivers is looking for his furrever family! But he comes with an interesting set of criteria…
💕Single cat household
💕Ideally someone with cat experience OR someone willing to follow our advice
💕A quiet home
💕A human with a kind heart willing to give him a chance
Could you be the PURRFECT person?!
Head to chesapeakerescue.org to fill out an adoption application
We’ve got another update for ya!
Sammy (previously Samwise) is living in up in his furrever home! His family adores him and you can clearly see he’s gotten even more handsome as he’s grown up.
Happy 1st Birthday, dude! 🥳
If you’ve adopted from us and would like to send us an update on your kitty. We’d LOVE to hear from you. Feel free to email us [email protected]
It's that time of year! Spring has SPRUNG! 💐
This season brings warmer weather, sunny days and PLENTY of kittens! This means you may stumble across some in your yard, at the park, or anywhere really.
Many people do not know what the best course of action is and choose to bring young/unweaned kittens into the shelter because they think they have been abandoned.
This is what we call "Kit-Napping" and we've created a chart below to help you know what to do if you do happen to find some kittens!
Share with your friends! Let's stop kit-napping in its tracks!
Be sure to register your pets microchip and keep the information in the database up to date! Unsure if your pet has a chip? Ask your vet to scan them and write the number down for you!
⭐️ FUN FACT ⭐️
Most of the kitties adopted from us receive TempScan HomeAgain Microchips which actually give accurate body temperatures when scanned! That means no more thermometer up the b***y during vet visits! Pretty cool, huh? 😎
🎊 Congratulations to Mr. Carlos Santana on finding his furrever family this past week! 🎊
This little dude was the runt of his litter and it took a long while to get him to warm up to the social butterfly he has become. Pictured is him with two very happy foster parents, Cora & Sam.
We are thrilled Carlos was able to find his furrever family before his first birthday in a few months. Who wants to spend their entire kittenhood in a foster home?!
Carlos still has siblings available for adoption. Help make sure they find their furrever homes before their big birthday! You can find them listed at at chesapeakerescue.petfinder.com
We LOVE updates! This is what makes fostering so worthwhile. We are such a small part of their life long story with their furrever family, but getting updates so we can see how big they’ve grown and how they are enjoying life makes all the tough and messy moments worth it!
Recently, we got an amazing update from Syd & Nedjem’s adopter… these boys are celebrating their 1st birthday! 🥳
Happy Birthday, big dudes! You look like you’re living a life of luxury. Keep up the good work! Sending lots of scritches your way.
Rivers is once again available for adoption…
His foster to adopt home is not working out. This is at no fault to the wonderful foster. They have been amazing and followed every piece of our advice! This is why we do trial periods - because sometimes it’s just not the right fit… and guess what? THAT’S OKAY!
We have come to the conclusion that Rivers would be happiest as a single cat. He has really flourished socially given the time to acclimate to his new space and new human friends. But unfortunately, him and his foster sister, have been unable to work out their differences.
Rivers purrfect match is out there. Is it you?
You can read more about this gorgeous gentleman and see more photos at: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/rivers-70613933/md/mechanicsville/chesapeake-rescue-alliance-md535/
It was a weekend full of adoptions! 🎉
🐱 Brian (now Benny) is LIVING IT UP with his new family! He’s adjusted better than we could have imagined and he’s gonna start introductions to his brother (their resident kitty) this week! 🎊
🐱 2/3 of our birthday crew found their furrever family. We hear Cake & Balloon are adjusting well! (photos of two happy foster parents and Balloon below) 🥳
🐱 Rivers went to his foster-to-adopt home last week and he’s been getting all the lovin’s and brushings he could have ever hoped for! 💗
Adoption is a beautiful thing! Most of these kitties came from less than ideal environments and are getting a second chance to live a life they deserve. If you’re looking to adopt a feline friend, please head to chesapeakerescue.petfinder.com to check out our adoptable cats. 🏠
We’ve been busy trapping! Our TNR (trap, neuter, return) program has been in full swing lately. Ticking colonies off of our waitlist left and right!
6 beautiful feral kitties went to the clinic for a quick snip, ear tip and vaccinations. Thank you to Spay Spa & Neuter Nook for taking wonderful care of our us and our feline friends. And thank you to our amazing transportation volunteers Laura & George, we couldn’t do this without you! 💙
February is and yesterday was … if you’re looking for a sign to get your outdoor cats fixed before spring rolls around, THIS IS IT! Please head to Chesapeakerescue.org to fill out our TNR questionnaire.
‼️ URGENT ‼️
Barn home needed for this kitty cat!
Usually in most cases it is best for feral cats to return to their original homes, but unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control it is unsafe for this lady to be returned to where she was trapped.
If you know a cat lover who keeps horses, has a barn that needs a mouser, or an outdoor space such as a shed or garage. You might consider adopting this unsocialized princess!
She IS feral. She does not desire to live indoors as someone’s pet. She just needs a safe space to live out the rest of her days. She is willing to work for her keep, ensuring unwanted pests populations stay under control. All she needs is a safe and dry place to sleep and fresh cat food and water!
We take care of the vaccinations and spay/neuter. There is no adoption fee for these cats and Chesapeake Rescue Alliance will deliver them to you with some food and the proper tools for acclimation to start off with.
If you are interested in providing a barn home for little miss here - please reach out to [email protected]
Thank YOU, Help For Pets in Charles County, MD! You make a huge difference in our community. We are always happy to help!
It’s always been a strong belief of ours that it’s not about the name on your shirt - it’s about the mission to save as many animals as we can. 💙
We would like to thank the Chesapeake Rescue Alliance for sharing with us the large donation of cat litter that they recently received. When TNR groups work together we can help so many more cats, and the people who love them.
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Galadriel was pulled from the shelter with her 4 baby boys. She did a terrific job raising them and is now ready for her happily ever after with a family to call her own. She’s a gorgeous, cream/ivory color with a very soft coat. As you can see still learning to trust strangers. Our foster coordinator has only interacted with her a few times, and although nervous, she is sweet, gentle and quite food motivated. Her foster mama says she can be quite the chatterbox while she’s waiting for her meals to be served or when she comes looking for attention. Galadriel will need a family willing to take things slow and build a meaningful relationship at her own pace. This beautiful mama has such great potential to be a cuddly lap kitty, we just know it! Interested in Galadriel? Head to chesapeakerescue.org to fill out an adoption application. 💙
Samwise & Pippin are still looking for their furrever homes!! How could this be!? They are the SWEETEST and most ADORABLE boys you’ll ever meet! Head to chesapeakerescue.petfinder.com to check out our adoptable pet listings. Make sure to share with a friend! #animalrescue #catshelters #somd #stmaryscounty #kitten #kittensofinstagram #adopt #kittenseason2023 #nonprofit #southernmaryland #catrescue #cat #fosteringsaveslives #adoptablecat #adoptablecats #adoptablecats #catsofinstagram #fostercat #petfinder
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