The people who care...

There are two groups of people who contribute to save animals' lives. The first group works hands on with the animals. The second group contributes skill, materials, time, space, money -- whatever they have. Without them, we would be unable to do what we do.

The people who work to heal wounded bodies and repair shattered lives form an impressive team. Hands on with the animals, from start to finish, are:

Our Volunteers

They come from every walk of life and every age group. They are nurses, accountants, students, single mothers and homemakers. They're a varied group of people but they come together with one aim: to give the best care possible to the animals. They work hard, each according to his or her own skill; it's a labour of love that doesn't really feel like "work". When their day job is over or the last class ends, they head over to Katie's Place where they sweep, scoop, feed, groom, medicate, and cuddle animals who clamour for their attention. The animals know these people love them.


Karen and Evelyn clip the teeth of a bunny whose teeth do not meet properly
and are not ground down by natural means.
Our volunteers bring a variety of skills with them.

Our Veterinarians

We have a number of veterinarians who regularly care for our animals. Each generally handles one area of our animals' health care though their practices are not limited to that specialty.

Click here for the phone numbers and addresses for each vet (below).


We have chosen each of these vets for their care and compassion towards our animals, and for their dedication and the understanding they share with us that each animal deserves whatever it takes to restore them to health for as long as they can enjoy a good quality of life.


Shine is one of several animals who benefited from the expertise of our vets.
Hit by a car, Shine's bones were broken but her spirit kept shining on.
With our vet's help, she made a complete recovery.


Ouch! is a kitten who was brought to us with a hurt leg. He was unable to weight-bear. He, his mom and two siblings were homeless, but neighbours had been feeding them and the kittens were comfortable with people. However, Ouch! had been stepped on a few weeks back. We took him to Eastridge where a complicated surgery was performed to repair two complete and displaced fractures in his leg. The bones had started to recalcify and the leg had to be rebroken and set. The surgery was successful. Next morning Ouch! was eating and purring up a storm, and after a few days he went to a foster home. Ouch! was so thrilled to be able to run and play that we couldn't stop him. To his foster mom's dismay, he was racing around and climbing furniture within 15 minutes of arriving. As he scrambled up the scratching post and clung to the top we could almost hear him yell "yippee!" So he had to be confined to calm him down and give his leg a chance to get stronger. That made him cry. But Ouch! would have time for a thousand games in his future.
 
 

Contact Information for our vets:

Our Adopters

Our adoption contract points out to adopters that they are now part of the rescue process. When people go out of their way to find us and meet our crew of furry friends we consider that a gesture of love and kindness. We feel a bond with people who are willing to commit financially and emotionally to an ordinary little animal because they've seen the loving soul behind the eyes. When they take home an animal that someone else saw fit to discard and they make him or her part of their family, they are rescuers as much as we are.

Click on Our Adoptable Pet List in our Petfinder page to see animals currently available for adoption.


An adopter chats with our volunteer about our cats. The tabby at left who was angling for her attention wasn't lucky this time. She chose the black cat who was trying to get into her lap. Plain black cats are the most common and hardest to adopt out, but she saw a loving nature in him, and he clearly saw the same in her.

The people, groups and businesses below are among many who have contributed in so many ways. We consider them our guardian angels and we're grateful for them. Their kindness and generosity have allowed us to maintain a comfortable shelter and keep hundreds of animals warm, fed and content until they find their forever home.

We are ever grateful for the support of...


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