CatTown Rescue

CatTown Rescue
772 150th Ave
Amery, WI 54001
715-268-7077
Email us at catnip@amerytel.net

A SPECIAL THANKS

Thanks first of all to Stray Feral Rescue in St Paul MN. They took us under their wing, made it possible for us to become a non-profit 501c organization and have been patiently assisting us through all the legal garbage necessary to do this work.

Thank you Star Prairie Vet Clinic in Star Prairie WI! Dr. Eric took over Armstrong Veterinary and he has been wonderful.
Dr. Eric has been a most impressive vet and is one of the best I've seen working with cats. They seem to trust him as well, which tells me a lot! He's a vet well worth going to. Check them out at Star Prairie Vet Clinic

We want to thank Marcy and the former Armstrong Veterinary Clinic
for donating our nice big window, and for all their help and professional support these many years.
Thank you to Dr. Helen and Dr. Amy who used to work at Armstrong Veterinary as well, as they helped us with our "Pet Population" projects as well as for their help answering all my questions over the years. We Miss You Guys!
(Thank goodness, Dr. Eric has been as patient with us!)

A very big thanks to Tanya, who works at the Star Prairie Vet clinic. She and I formed the "Feline Farm Aid" organization a few years back. We've Spayed and neutered a lot cats in the last couple years. Now we have expanded to become CatTown Rescue!
Her help has been a godsend! THANK YOU TANYA!!!

Thank you Feline Pine Cat Litter! Feline Pine has a shelter program that helps shelters get affordable cat litter. It's wonderful to find a company that cares so much! I encourage all of you to support any company that is willing to forgo a little profit in order to help take care of those little animals that need sheltering. Feline Pine is a company definitely worth your support.

Thanks go out as well to my father, Art Dilley, who took the time to build me really nice cabinets for the cat family room

Thanks to Claire Todd, who has done so much to help me get started with all this. She was my very first customer as well. I couldn't have gotten all this off the ground without her.

Thanks to PAWS of Western WI. They provided funding for many spays, and we appreciate it very much! They are located in River Falls, WI and have a number of wonderful programs to help animals: The spay/neuter program, Love on a leash educational program, and a foster program. If you would be interested in checking them out go to PAWS

Thanks go out as well to everyone who has provided us with help.
Your donations have been really appreciated.

Thanks to the help from you all we were able to get 17 cats spayed and 9 neutered in 2009, another 10 or so in 2010, and even more in 2011!!! We hope we are going to have the funds to do a bunch more before the 2012 kitten season
Thank you - every one of you!

We also want to thank all of you who have adopted cats from the rescue!

Just a couple of the more memorable cats that you have helped:

Quasicatamoto - This little lady is a long haired orange cat who was abandoned during Jan 2009. She was an indoor cat so had no idea of how to take care of herself outside. The weather at the time was about 20 below - she froze her ears off, and somehow (we can't tell if she crawled into some machinery or was attacked by a dog or coyote) had one side of her face torn thru from top of head to chin, and one eye ripped out. We nursed her back to health and she is now a one eyed, spoiled baby here at CatTown.

Tippy - Tippy came to us from Deer Park in 2007 where a not-so-friendly homeowner was putting out leg traps to catch and kill cats when they'd come in his yard. Tippy got lucky and was found after escaping the trap but his right rear leg was unfortunately no longer attached. He healed up well and manages to get around without a problem.

Tootsie - in 2011 she was found near Baldwin. Her leg, hip and tail had been crushed and somehow she was managing to survive. One of our board members found her. She had to have her tail and leg totally removed but now she is doing fine and can almost run as fast as the 4 legger guys. Paco - Paco was attacked by a large dog when she was about 4 weeks old in 1997. The dog chewed off her tail and the two spinal vertebrae before it. She managed to survive but had no control over her bladder anymore. We just spent a lot of time cleaning up behind her and used a lot of puppy pads. She died of complications at around 10 yrs old. She was worth the extra work and we miss her.

RoadKill - She was hit by a car at 6 months old, spring 2011. The lady that hit her brought her here as she had no money to take her to a vet. The vet had to amputate her tail, and remove the top of the leg bone that goes into her hip socket. The lower part of that leg was broken badly and she had a lot of bruises and cuts. Dr. Eric, the miracle worker, pulled her thru. She lacks control of her bladder but we can squeeze her like a squirt gun. We still had all Paco's supplies so we were all set for another one with these problems. She is doing great. The lady that dropped her here promised to bring her food and litter but we have yet to get any help from her. We're glad that she brought her here tho. She's just a very sweet cat and it amazing that she can run and play just like any other cat

In memory: To Kathy Larson, who helped us out whenever she could. She died of cancer last year and we miss her.
Her two cats now live here with us.

To Richard and Vi Diers. They ran a cat shelter up in Balsam Lake. Richard died in 2010 and Vi in 2011. We found places for most of the cats to go. 13 of them ended up here at CatTown. They were dedicated to saving cats and really put their heart into it. They would have been so happy to see CatTown get started.