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FishHawk TNR Animal Rescue FishHawk TNR, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit, foster-based animal rescue & community cat advocacy. We Save Animals! 💕

🥰Sneak peek of 3 of our incoming babies. And there's something pretty special about these little ones too. 👀 🔷️Stay tune...
25/08/2024

🥰Sneak peek of 3 of our incoming babies. And there's something pretty special about these little ones too. 👀

🔷️Stay tuned. Just a little while longer while mama plumps 'em up some more. (Then she will be fixed too!)

🟢If you'd like to order any of our royal canin babycat dry food in preparation you can find it on our Amazon wishlist linked below!! 🩵💙💚

➡️https://linktr.ee/fishhawktnr

🧡🖤🤍Sleep tight from Baby Hattie! She has her big surgery on Monday and it might be one of many as her wound, is, odd and...
25/08/2024

🧡🖤🤍Sleep tight from Baby Hattie! She has her big surgery on Monday and it might be one of many as her wound, is, odd and not in a great location. But we have faith!

🧡She's a trooper and the loudest purrer in the land! She is a master at getting out of her cones, so here's her newest one. 🤦‍♀️

🟠Please keep this pint sized Princess in your prayers and send all the healing vibes!

🌿🦔Welcoming Elwood the Hedgehog to the rescue today.If you're new here, you may not know that we frequently sanctuary ma...
24/08/2024

🌿🦔Welcoming Elwood the Hedgehog to the rescue today.

If you're new here, you may not know that we frequently sanctuary many exotic small animals within the rescue.

2 reasons for this:

1️⃣ Florida has next to no laws about what is bred and sold in the exotic/pet trade/market.
2️⃣ These animals do NOT make good pets and are NOT appropriate for your children. They do not belong in our homes.

🦔Sugar gliders, hedgehogs, chameleons, even rabbits and guinea pigs, are HUGE commitments. They require specialized vet care in which, there are not many vets that provide it, and pet stores and breeders are selling you misinformation on inappropriate and inadequate habitats, substrate, enrichment and food. It SHOULD be a crime. And yet, it's a multi-million dollar industry that keeps on keeping on because kids keep asking and parents keep buying.

🦔Like every hedgehog we've taken over the years, we hear the same story. When we ask how old? It's the same answer, I don't know because we got them from another family. They pass through so many homes by the time they land with us.
..and it stops there. They stay with us. In order to not perpetrate this cycle, we keep them within our rescue for the duration or remainder of their lives. They deserve that. And we specialize in their needs and care.

🦔Hedgehogs, are solitary, independent and nocturnal creatures. They are native to Africa and the most common species you'll find sold as pets are the African Pygmy Hedgehog, like Elwood. In the last 30 years, the exotic pet trade has boomed and hedgehog "breeders" are popping up all over the place, specifically here in Florida. They will tell you how great of a pet they make and how low maintenence their care is and to put them in a tank and feed them cat food. They'll take your $250-$400 and off you go. It's fast money. For all breeders.

And they lie. Hedgehogs are not domestic and do not make good pets. They won't cuddle you and they don't want your friendship. They need a very specific diet, specialized care that is near impossible to mimic in captivity and belong in the wild, of Africa, as nature has intended. That "invasive species" problem we have in the state? Half the time is stemming from dumped exotic animals. It's a shame. These nomadic creatures can travel miles every night. Their lifespan usually only averages 3-4 years and sadly, are often cut short due to cancer and other diseases. The amount of exotics we have rescued over the past 20+ years has been absolutely heartbreaking. Morbid obesity from improper nutrition is among the most common thing we see. As is overgrown nails and unhealthy skin. To put that into perspective, a nail trim and wellness visit at an exotic vet that sees Hedgehogs averages around $200.

‼️Please, please help animals by understanding exotic animals don't belong in our home. Period.

🐈‍⬛🐕If you'd like a wonderful family pet, adopt one of the tens of thousands of dogs or cats in need and if you truly insist on a small pet for your child, well, it doesn't get better than rats and mice. 🐹🐭

If you'd like to learn more, email us at [email protected]

Elwood is safe and loved and will never want for a thing. And fun fact, we name all of our Hedgehogs after flowers. 🩷🌿🌱

🩷For the Animals. Always.🩷

💜👑🩷Adopt Me🩷👑💜🐕✨️Puppy Alert✨️🐕🌸Meet Pippa🌸✨️Pippa is a 4 month old pibble mixed puppy. She probably has lab and hound i...
24/08/2024

💜👑🩷Adopt Me🩷👑💜

🐕✨️Puppy Alert✨️🐕

🌸Meet Pippa🌸
✨️Pippa is a 4 month old pibble mixed puppy. She probably has lab and hound in there but who actually knows. She's perfect.

➡️Pippa was rescued after being thrown in a yard and abandoned. She was skinny, riddled with fleas and intestinal parasites and missing most of her fur from demodex mange. She was covered in scabs and so itchy and miserable. How that much damage can be done to a puppy barely 4 months old, is criminal.

🌸Despite all of it, Pippa is a happy, sweet, social, and snuggly puppy. She is full of love and light. Pure resilience. She gives back 10 fold the love she gets. She has been nothing but spoiled in her foster homes, and she is a phenomenal and adorable little girl! She is a dream.

🔸️Pippa is a puppy and full of puppy energy. She is dog and cat friendly (but like most puppies, doesn't quite understand cats. She just barks at them on occasion, currently.)

✅️Pippa is crate trained. Rides well in a car. Walks pretty decent for a puppy on a leash. Working on potty training. We never claim any puppy to be house trained least of all one that has probably only lived her last 3-4 weeks in a home. She's a puppy and she's super smart so she will get there. She is just the cutest and sweetest pup! She just wants cuddles & love and deserves it !

🐕She weighs 21 pounds currently and we assume she will be a medium to large dog. We have no way to know but bank on over 50 pounds. She is fully and completely vetted. (Spayed, chipped, current on all her shots, HW Negative, UTD on prevention, flea free, dewormed. All of it. She has finished her demodex mange treatments and is healing beautifully! She is a stunning fawn/gray and is going to be absolutely gorgeous, she already is!

🤔What should her forever home look like?
🌸Local to the Riverview/FishHawk area (within 60 mins)
🌸Kids? Great! Not required
🌸Fenced yard- not required
🌸Other pets? Not required. She can be the apple of your eye and the princess!

✨️How to apply?
➡️Email [email protected] to begin the process. As always, we will take our time to select the perfect home for her! And wow, they will be so lucky!

‼️Please be sure to meet the requirements. Or, wait to see the others we will be posting soon if you don't!

✨️We can't wait to match Pippa to her forever. She's a gem!

  Shenanigans 🤪🤦‍♀️When the foster kittens steal all your beds 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛Cashmere & Corduroy are 9 month old stunners who ar...
24/08/2024

Shenanigans 🤪
🤦‍♀️When the foster kittens steal all your beds

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛Cashmere & Corduroy are 9 month old stunners who are so fantastic with dogs!

📸Pictured with patient foster-sis Sammie

📩[email protected] to apply for this adorable graybie bonded sibling pair

24/08/2024
🩷Thank you so much to everyone donating and shopping our wishlists! We received some items today and are delivering half...
23/08/2024

🩷Thank you so much to everyone donating and shopping our wishlists! We received some items today and are delivering half of them straight to foster homes in the next hour!

🌸We've had a busy vet week with lots of our babies getting spayed and neutered and more kittens coming in and we are super grateful for our incredible village who always answer our calls for help!

✨️Our kittens and pups are happy to fill their bellies with the good stuff, but we do tell them, they have to grow big and strong so that's the deal. 😻😹🩷🩷

🩷Thank you also to:
Mark L, Kelly B, Deborah K, Colleen C, Kelli W, Jillene C, Sarah B, and Aaron G for the amazing goodies! Many didn't have notes but we are grateful to each of you! 🩷

🌸🩷Our little girl, Hattie, is spending the day with our dearest friends at  Hawk Animal Clinic- where she is receiving m...
23/08/2024

🌸🩷Our little girl, Hattie, is spending the day with our dearest friends at Hawk Animal Clinic- where she is receiving much needed wound care, antibiotics and all that she needs. She tested positive for hookworms so those have been treated and she tested negative for diseases so yay!

❤️‍🩹She will be receiving around the clock care with us this weekend getting wound care to get her healthier for Monday morning when she will have her 1st surgery to close the wound.

❤️‍🩹For now, she's on the good pain meds and getting that yucky wound nice and clean so that we don't run into infection. It's pretty gnarly but she is all purrs and is a real talker! She was especially mad at me this morning because I had to fast her in case she did go under today for surgery.

🍳She has now had breakfast and all is right again. Lol

🩷Thank you to everyone donating. Every dollar goes right to our animals and it's so appreciated!

🌸Zelle: [email protected]
🌸PayPal: [email protected]
🌸Venmo:
🌸https://linktr.ee/fishhawktnr

⬇️Amazon Wish List⬇️
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2Z1NWODCKJSSC?ref_=wl_share

⭐️🩵🩷Adoptables Round Up🩷🩵⭐️📍Tampa, FL✨️Just a few of the AMAZING kittens, puppies, cats, & dogs we have available!‼️⬇️He...
23/08/2024

⭐️🩵🩷Adoptables Round Up🩷🩵⭐️
📍Tampa, FL

✨️Just a few of the AMAZING kittens, puppies, cats, & dogs we have available!

‼️⬇️Help them find homes⬇️‼️

⭐️💜⭐️🩵Please Click Share🩷⭐️💙⭐️

📩[email protected] to inquire

⚠️TW injury photo⚠️🖤🧡🤍Well I hit post on the below post and a message came in on my phone about a kitten in need. Yea. I...
23/08/2024

⚠️TW injury photo⚠️

🖤🧡🤍Well I hit post on the below post and a message came in on my phone about a kitten in need. Yea. I was typing we're full and I read, leg injury...I have photos... OK.

TLDR- another torti calico, less than 10 mins from my house, with the SAME WEIRD INJURY that Rosanna had. Just this time, on her leg. And LARGE. I'm talking a clean cut, no damage to muscle. Friendly kitten.

Who. Is. Harming. Kittens? Who's doing this? This is intentional. I've been rescuing kittens for 30 years now literally, I've seen ears cut with scissors, stabs, arrows, gunshots, bb guns, I've seen all the weird things. Stuck in fence, coyote attacks, raccoon attacks ,thrown from cars, beaten, bludgeoned, burnt, I've seen the gambit of nightmares.

But this. This is what Rosanna the kitten had just 5 weeks ago. A clean, precise cut to a 5-6 week old (both calico torti) docile baby, with no blood, no rust, no snag, no tear, no puncture. What is going on?! Just like Rosanna, randomly showed up. They were 20 mins from each other. I am just, beside myself.

So of course I took her immediately. Thankfully another good Samaritan found her, just like Rosanna. It's eery. It's frustrating. It's absolutely $%@%ing ridiculous.

She will go to the vet in the morning as she's alert, and not emergent for the night but she will need emergency surgery tomorrow to close this, she will need antibiotics. She will need round the click care again for wound care. She's filthy, malnourished and without any doubt in my mind, was socialized with people and been living somewhere and has a mysterious injury that looks only days old and then ended up outside? How convenient.

I don't have many nice things to say about humanity at the moment and I just want to get a shower and go to bed at this point.

But instead we popped another playpen in my last "empty" bathroom for her with a warmie and a heartbeat stuffie and a clean, safe space to rest.

Tonight, she has a full belly, has been hydrated, given a high calorie supplement, wiped down since she can't be bathed, flea combed (of course she has those and is anemic) and is snuggled up. She weighs a pound and a half and is so sweet and so tired.

😭‼️Please. $10 from 100 followers means we can make a dent in what we will be racking up again at the vet tomorrow. (Because this week we've also had animals at the vet every day for spays and neuter too.) 😭 Help 😭

🤍Thank you to everyone donating. Honestly, beyond words thankful. This has been an absolute sh*tshow of a week and I'm so glad the full moon is gone. Havoc. Mercy.

🧡Oh, and a name! She's tiny, and so pretty, and I've named her Hattie. 🖤🧡🤍

🟠PayPal: [email protected]
⚫️Zelle: [email protected]
⚪️Venmo:
🟠https://linktr.ee/fishhawktnr

➡️Every. Dollar. Helps⬅️

⬇️Amazon Wish List⬇️
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2Z1NWODCKJSSC?ref_=wl_share

🫣Ehhh  "closed for intake" lasted 48 hours? I'd say that's an improvement? "No's" mean lives lost. It's not something we...
22/08/2024

🫣Ehhh "closed for intake" lasted 48 hours? I'd say that's an improvement? "No's" mean lives lost. It's not something we take lightly and if we have a foster and supplies ready, well, I suppose I can find the mental capacity too. Even if I'm beyond my mental capacity, knowing animals suffer without us only makes it worse. So here we are. ➕️2️⃣

🧡🖤Meet Coraline & Constance🤍🩶

An amazing couple reached out to us 2 days ago about a litter of kittens born in their neighborhood to a feral cat. We get those same emails on the hour but this email seemed different. They detailed that like many neighborhoods here, there's a lot of cats. And the cycle of reproduction means kittens year round. And one of those kittens, now had 3 kittens. With the storms, mama cat did what mama cats do. She moved the kittens to a safe place out of the rain. And that ended up being in a neighbors wheel well. And unbeknownst to this person, when she backed out of her driveway one night. Well a kitten died. 💔

That left 2. And mama never came back. So these wonderful people, who are dog people, who actively foster for a dog rescue and have prey-driven dogs themselves, took the kittens, they cleaned them up and did what they could and found a list of local rescues and that's the email that I got. And my brain was like but we're full..

😫I've had those kittens on my mind for the last 48 hours and at 12am last night (this morning?) I emailed 2 of our fosters who didn't hesitate to work together to squeeze them in because they know I wouldnt ask if it wasn't emergent. And I immediately sent the email back at 12am saying, ok, let's do this. That's how this team rolls. We really rally and work together and I love our team and am so proud of them for their hearts.

✨️And here we are. We can't save them all. But we certainly won't stop trying to squeeze in as many as possible. These sisters are beautiful, 4.5 week old, a pound each. Covered in fleas and infested with internal parasites. The usual really. They've been deflead already and dewormed and had some kitten food.
They're safe. So very safe.

➡️🩷‼️But we need help‼️🩷⬅️

‼️We have 7 available kittens who NEED homes. Because we still have more kittens coming in who we'd previously committed to. We need more kitten kibble (royal canin mama and babycat) and litter and general supplies like bowls and wipes and paper towels. We cycle through these like water. So we are attaching the wishlist here below.

‼️We also need adoptions. And shares. And inviting people to our page. And follows. We need donations. It's rough out here. But we are grateful and our team is committed to continue this work. And our supporters who always come through. And we are asking again for everyone to come through, for more precious babies in need.

♻️We have already set a plan to TNR this colony. We want to end the cycle here. When we rescue, which is why we rescue locally exclusively, we want to get to the root of the rescue not just take the babies. So we will TNR this colony in the coming weeks and help end at least this colony from growing. It's how weve always done it. We are grateful for good people.

🫧The girls are safe. We love them already. We can't wait to grow them up and get them to full health! You'll love them too!

🛁🧼Enjoy their bath photos. You'd think we were torturing them but we promise, the warm dawn baths are worth their weight in gold and they already feel better we know it. 🥰

😍 If you can't give, please share. It's free!! 🥰

🟣https://linktr.ee/fishhawktnr
🟠PayPal: [email protected]
🟡Zelle: [email protected]
🟢Venmo:

⬇️Amazon wishlist⬇️
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2Z1NWODCKJSSC?ref_=wl_share

🟣🟠Adopt Me🟠🟣🧡💜Worlds most perfect dog, now available for adoption!💜Meet Velma!🔸️Velma is a 3 year old, female, tri-color...
22/08/2024

🟣🟠Adopt Me🟠🟣

🧡💜Worlds most perfect dog, now available for adoption!

💜Meet Velma!
🔸️Velma is a 3 year old, female, tri-color, Pocket Pibble Princess.

🔸️She was rescued from a life no dog should live- locked in a crate, outside, in the elements, completely neglected. Sure she was fed, but why even have a dog if you're just going to make them suffer? We are pretty sure she's been in a shelter at some point and bred at some point too. She's very likely a frenchie/pit and her coloring is gorgeous. She's surely been failed multiple times in her short life and we are here to make that right!

🔸️She is a dream. She might actually be perfect. She's super happy, loving, held no grudges and is purely grateful to be loved back. And she's the easiest dog to love.

🔸️Cats? She's great with them. Other dogs? New besties, immediately, big or small, she's good! Kids? Bring it on.

Crate trained? Yes but she doesn't need it. Walk on a leash? Let's do it. Car rides? Love em! House trained? Yup. Kisses? That's her vibe. Snuggles? All day, every day, please. She is a couch potato, lap dog and she's the best ever. She will grumble for attention if you're ignoring her. It's the cutest. She is just the cutest.

🟣She's the PERFECT family pet🟠

🔸️She weighs 46 pounds (she's lost 1.5 # since we rescued her! Woohoo!) She is fully and completely vetted. (Spayed, chipped, all annual shots, HW Negative, UTD on prevention, flea free, dewormed. All of it.

🤔What should her forever home look like?
🔸️Local to the Riverview/FishHawk area (within 45-60 mins max considered.)
🔸️Another dog-friendly dog, she loves em!
🔸️Kids? Great! Not required
🔸️Fenced yard- not required

✨️How to apply?
➡️Email [email protected] to begin the process. As always, we will take our time to select the perfect home for her! And wow, they will be so lucky!

‼️Please be sure to meet the requirements. Or, wait to see the others we will be posting soon if you don't!

✨️We can't wait to match Velma to her forever. She's a gem!

⭐️🌠Good-night from the perfect duo that are foster brothers from different mothers, 🟢Yoshi & 🔵Poncho. 🍄☔️🔷️These little ...
22/08/2024

⭐️🌠Good-night from the perfect duo that are foster brothers from different mothers, 🟢Yoshi & 🔵Poncho. 🍄☔️

🔷️These little guys are coming soon!
And they're each fantastic!
(*Not a bonded pair just buds in foster care.)

💔It's everywhere.💔Pet crisis.🙏Keep your pets. Adopt, Don't Shop. ❣️Let's be the change, together! !
21/08/2024

💔It's everywhere.
💔Pet crisis.
🙏Keep your pets. Adopt, Don't Shop.

❣️Let's be the change, together! !

  & one of my doggos, Snoopy, is checking in and making sure everyone is hanging in there!🥰🥰🥰(My very first dog foster f...
21/08/2024

& one of my doggos, Snoopy, is checking in and making sure everyone is hanging in there!🥰🥰🥰

(My very first dog foster fail in my LIFE!)

⭐️🌌Dreaming of her forever home🌌⭐️🧡💜Velma is happiest when on your lap!🟣She's coming soon! Don't miss out on this dreamy...
21/08/2024

⭐️🌌Dreaming of her forever home🌌⭐️
🧡💜Velma is happiest when on your lap!

🟣She's coming soon! Don't miss out on this dreamy, pocket pibble.
🟠She's perfection!

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🫧This is your afternoon reminder to do the dishes, from Neville the puppy!🫧Please note- puppies are hand wash only.🧼🫧🩵Co...
20/08/2024

🫧This is your afternoon reminder to do the dishes, from Neville the puppy!

🫧Please note- puppies are hand wash only.🧼

🫧🩵Coming soon!

🐾

🩷⭐️Maine C**n Mix Pair⭐️🩷🤩Sweetest, fluffy, loving, social, DREAMY kitties! Only a year old! 🩷🐾🪻Adopt Us🪻🐾🩷📍Tampa Bay‼️‼...
20/08/2024

🩷⭐️Maine C**n Mix Pair⭐️🩷
🤩Sweetest, fluffy, loving, social, DREAMY kitties! Only a year old!

🩷🐾🪻Adopt Us🪻🐾🩷
📍Tampa Bay

‼️‼️These girls are the most beautiful kittens at just a year-ish old! Can we find this GORGEOUS pair of lovebugs a home! They've been waiting an entire year! Our longest in rescue 😭😭

💥Born May 2023! They've spent almost their entire life in foster care!

🩷Camila is a STUNNING Maine C**n mix and her sister Catalina is absolutely gorgeous too with her vibrant tabby coloring.! They're kid, cat and dog friendly, super social, fully vetted and incredible kittens! Yes at 15 months old they're still kittens!!!

🪻🩷🪻Look at these beauties!🪻🩷🪻

⭐️If you are looking for family pets or kitty companions, this bonded sister pair is it! ▪️We almost never have sister pairs so don't sleep on these girls.

‼️Let's share and find them their family‼️

👉[email protected]

https://linktr.ee/fishhawktnr

🌌🌠Sweet Dreams of Forever Homes🌠🌌🐶Coming soon, Baby Pippa the Pibble🐶
20/08/2024

🌌🌠Sweet Dreams of Forever Homes🌠🌌

🐶Coming soon, Baby Pippa the Pibble🐶

🌟💙🟣Bonded Pair- Kittens🟣💙🌟❗️🌟We are desperately searching for these GORGEOUS, social, lap kitty, super dog friendly kitt...
19/08/2024

🌟💙🟣Bonded Pair- Kittens🟣💙🌟

❗️🌟We are desperately searching for these GORGEOUS, social, lap kitty, super dog friendly kittens to find a home, their adoption fell through TWICE.

✅️Dog(s) are a plus
✅️Kids 10+

🔵🟣They're incredible, beautiful 9 month old kittens, fully vetted, so loving!
🌈Bonded brother/sister.

➡️[email protected] to apply

‼️Please please please help us find their home by sharing, they deserve it‼️

😁Smile. It's Monday!Love, Moana the Puppy🐶
19/08/2024

😁Smile. It's Monday!

Love, Moana the Puppy🐶

  is checking in.He's enjoying time with his teen foster sis, Lilah. Talk about 2 stunners in 1 photo. ❤️We are still se...
18/08/2024

is checking in.
He's enjoying time with his teen foster sis, Lilah. Talk about 2 stunners in 1 photo. ❤️

We are still searching for his home. He has had some great homes apply, and we are still processing 1 or 2 apps, but we mentioned before we want THE perfect home that we've envisioned:

✅️Kids to grow up with (of his own)
✅️Another dog(s) to play with
✅️Fenced yard
✅️✅️✅️Local local local

🚫And we don't want him being a 5th, 6th, 7th pet. No judgement, I have those all lol it's just not what we want him to be. We don't want him to be an ESA. These aren't judgements. These are our preference.

He's fully vetted. Crate and leash trained. Great with cats and dogs and kids. Perfect.

We are so grateful for the homes who've offered to adopt and their letting us find them their perfect match too! Even if it wasn't him.

Million is an actual, living, miracle. And his demeanor and personality, at 7 months old, are phenomenal. He is a gift. And he's just the most gorgeous black lab puppy to boot. Look at that shiny fur. It doesn't get old.

Email us at [email protected] to apply. Please know this one's insanely challenging for us. We are just taking our time here so we can breathe when we know he will leave us and know it's all we held on to when saving his life. That vision. ❤️We want to make it come true.

Enjoy his cuteness. We sure do. 🥰

⚠️Ugh, sorry for any misunderstanding on my last post.😭Please forgive if my earlier tone was dismal. I think to manage s...
18/08/2024

⚠️Ugh, sorry for any misunderstanding on my last post.

😭Please forgive if my earlier tone was dismal. I think to manage some expectation it's important to note that I've been doing this work for over 25 years. I was 28 years old when I founded this rescue over a decade ago, smack dab in the middle of juggling under grad, grad school, a full time job, internships and my career as a marine and wildlife biologist where my actual paid career, is saving animals every day too.

My level of compassion fatigue and burnout is exponentially higher than most anyone else in rescue, juggling 25 hours a day in the non profit sector of saving lives.

For reference, I don't get paid to do this. I refuse to take a salary here. And our tiny rescue has HUGE impacts. But that also means huge responsibility. On average, I receive over 400 emails a week about death row, injured and abused animals, just through FishHawk TNR. Top that with strays and owner requests, and it's near 600. Those emails are lives. Lives I have to decide between based on capacity and ability. Saying no is not my strength and i have to say it thousands of times a month and live with that and live with knowing the consequence. I've worked for many state shelters, I've work inside them at both high and low levels and I have seen a lot of horrific things. It haunts my thoughts, every day.

I also work full time in the non profit, save the world sector. I write a column on wildlife education, I sit on boards to help vet schools create curriculum. I mentor youth professionals in the industry, I still volunteer my rehab time to marine and wildlife and I sit on a state board for animal emergencies in FL. I have pets. And a family. And they all sacrifice for me to keep this pace. I foster our animals too. And I sanctuary abandoned exotics and I work tirelessly to improve FL state laws behind the scenes. The workload is great but it's also all I know. I don't know how to "relax." How can you relax when you stare tragedy in the face on a minute by minute basis. My heart works overtime and I'm always so sorry I do that to it.

It's my sacrifice to make this world better. And it's very isolating to have high emotional intelligence and very sh*tty boundaries for self care. Empath Millenial problems here. But I'd never stop doing this, I simply can't. The animals are always worth it. I just need people to be a little less sh*tty sometimes, lose all expectation that I personally am obligated to help and respect my mental health sometimes by having a shred of understanding when I say, I'm sorry I'm full. I cannot offer advice 24 hours a day, I don't have the seconds left and my advice is that of a professional which I give for free. I've spent over 10 years earning degrees, trainings, certifications and and an expert in the field of animal behavior, health, rehabilitation and non profit operations.

It's a lot. And I'm truly and really doing my absolute best.

That all said, I'm human. I suffer from insomnia. I'm a workaholic and I am damn stubborn to desire to continue to improve the lives of animals who deserve so much more. It's that whole, if I just stretch a little thinner... because 99% of the time, that stretch is the difference between life and death. No one can save them all. I cannot save them all. But. That doesn't mean I won't try to. It's just who I've been, since birth, my family, childhood friends a d anyone who's ever met me will confirm. Think of how you've met me if you have, I guarantee an animal was involved. 🤷‍♀️

I don't share this for pity or accolades. Simply raw transparency because at this point, why not. I've bared my soul enough times on this page over the years. Maybe it will male someone else feel less alone. Or seen. Who knows. I just need it off my chest. Do what you will with it. I'll continue advocating and rescuing either way. Along with an incredible team and a village who I am humbled and grateful for every day. It's society as a whole that hurts my mental well being. And breeders. Them too. And animal abusers. I can't stand those who harm animals. At all. What a stain on humanity. But I digress.

I'll be okay. I'm just having a bad day and sometimes I share it.

So sending love to everyone else out there also having a bad day. It's ok. You'll be ok. We will all be ok. So long as we cling to love, compassion, kindness and community.

Thank you to those reaching out. I'll be ok
Once this full moon goes away. Once mercury leaves retrograde. Once I find Millions forever home. And once I can save a new life, I'll reset. I always do.

For now- Sharing our current animals who we are accepting applications for to move some cute to the top of the page. About 12 more coming up this week.

[email protected] is how to apply.

With love! Adopt.

Ali

‼️Intake is permanently closed until further notice‼️😭Painful to do- but we are at a complete loss for new longterm fost...
18/08/2024

‼️Intake is permanently closed until further notice‼️

😭Painful to do- but we are at a complete loss for new longterm foster homes and adoptions are painfully slow. As are monetary donations.

(And no- we aren't closing. This is a halt to intake to find our current dozens of rescues, homes.)

🚫In these times, we do not slash adoption fees, have sales, or reduce requirements. That doesn't make good sense to do as our goal isn't to unload animals, it's to match them to well-prepared, appropriate, approved, forever homes which meet individual requirements that we've curated based on the needs of each animal here.

😭So we just have to simply watch and cry at the animals we know we could help with available foster homes and adopters until we can keep rescuing, responsibly.

⛔️Please do not tag us/PM us/email us or message my personal pages asking for help in this time unless you yourself will foster until adoption.

⛔️We will not be responding to requests during this time, just deleting, to preserve whatever shred of mental health I have left right now. I too, am a volunteer. And I apparently cannot save the world, and admitting that, blows.

🤔 How can you help?
✔️Sharing is free.
✔️Inviting & tagging friends to the page
✔️Posting in neighborhood pages? Free.
✔️Hanging a flyer at your business, free.
✔️Community bulletin boards, free.
✔️Not supporting breeders? Free!

🆘️We can't do it alone and we need to reach more of our community apparently.

‼️Because this is a community problem. Please help us save lives that are being lost every day. We are asked for help on the minute. Rescue the rescue.

⭐️We have 7 intakes planned in the next 6 weeks. And that's its for awhile.

(Please note to anyone who's applied and in current chats with us, we look forward to working through your adoptions! And thank you, this is strictly for future intakes info and in no way is a cease operations, just intakes!)

✨️Dreaming of a forever home!🩷🧁Baby Rosanna🌟FishHawkTNR4@gmail.com
18/08/2024

✨️Dreaming of a forever home!
🩷🧁Baby Rosanna

🌟[email protected]

🙈Who's coming up for adoption soon?‼️3 extra cute puppies!❤️❤️❤️Stay tuned!
17/08/2024

🙈Who's coming up for adoption soon?
‼️3 extra cute puppies!

❤️❤️❤️Stay tuned!

🩷✨️Caturday Featured Kitten✨️🩷⭐️Tiny Princess Rosanna is looking for her home! This girl is CUTE and Purrs for days. Pic...
17/08/2024

🩷✨️Caturday Featured Kitten✨️🩷

⭐️Tiny Princess Rosanna is looking for her home! This girl is CUTE and Purrs for days. Pics can't show how little she is but she is only 2.8 pounds or pure precious!

🩷This gorgeous dilute calico requires a laid back male kitty friend under 3 years old to pair with and kids over 5.

🩷She LOVES kiddos! She's fully vetted, super social and a lovebug!

✨️Email:
[email protected] to inquire

🌟✨️🌟Please Share🌟✨️🌟

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Your Community Rescue!

Welcome to FishHawk TNR, Inc. Your local 501c3 non-profit animal rescue! Where all that we do, is for the animals!

We are a foster based rescue serving the FishHawk Ranch, Riverview, Valrico, Bloomingdale and Apollo Beach areas. All of our animals are fully vetted prior to leaving our rescue and all adoptions are delivered for a home check. Our process includes an application, playdate, home check and fee collected at the time of adoption. We are never first come first served and we prefer applicants to live within an hour of the areas that we serve. We strive to educate adopters on their very best match for a new pet and as such, all applicants will not be automatically approved. We never offer on the spot adoptions. We will continue to rescue animals with a committed crew of volunteers and foster families and adopt them into forever homes, until we are no longer needed. Thank you for stopping by!

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @fishhawktnr