PurrEver Ranch Sanctuary makes a lifelong commitment to every cat that enters our Hospice. Most of the cats we take in are unlikely to get adopted because of age, others were born outside the home and grew up with little human contact and are shy. Stray or abandoned cats may also revert to a semi-feral state before being rescued. PurrEver Ranch is also home to six Katrina Kittizens we rescued from New Orleans, Louisiana & the Mississippi coast. The Sanctuary does not euthanize felines considered "unadoptable"; we euthanize only to alleviate suffering from terminal illness.
PurrEver Ranch's Senior Kittizens (& other "unadoptable" Kittizens) are in need of loving "parents" to sponsor their monthly feed, shelter and veterinary care costs. PurrEver Ranch Kittizens are available for sponsor adoption through our Adopt-A-Senior-Kittizen Project. By adopting a Senior Kittizen, you can provide the necessary support to care for a rescued elderly or "undoptable" cat we may not be able to help without you. PurrEver Ranch's kittizens are funded entirely by donations, so the number of felines we can care for is dependent on sponsorship funding. Adoption sponsors make a year-long commitment to a Sanctuary feline and make monthly or annual payments.
To adopt a Senior Kittizen today, choose the type of Kittizen who's right for you. Complete the monthly sponsorship registration form. You will receive an adoption certificate with a color photograph of your adopted Kittizen. You may also wish to consider adopting a Senior Kittizen for your friends and family as a special Gift Adoption or in memory of a beloved pet.
Abraham, 18 yrs old
Abe died Mon May 14, 2007
but remains our loving poster cat
Human died, then guardian passed. Relatives threw him outside in the freezing cold-- nothing to keep him warm, nothing to eat.. Alone, terrified & starving. Neighbors finally
took him to animal shelter
where he was skin & bones--
fleas weighing more than him.
Rescued from euthanizaion.
Simply adored at the Sanctuary
Senior Katrina Kittizens
Needing
Sponsor Parents
Tom Tom Tiger
We brought this old mancat back from New Orleans Hurricane Katrina. His owner had surrendered him because they had lost everything & could not care for him. VERY sweet cat. Vocal. Tender.
Co-Sonsored by:
Linda Rozen, Memphis TN
In Loving Memory of Cocoa
&
Kathy King, Jefferson, LA
In Loving Memory Of Boo & Elvis
MERCI'
This Senior Kittizen was rescued after Hurricane Katrina & brought back to PurrEver Ranch from New Orleans.
Elderly. Has an eye condition called entropic eyelids ( where eyelids roll inward) Needs to be monitored by Vet.
Sweet but startles easily.
Co-Sponsored By
William Crewe, Memphis TN
SHAFT
This Kitty is still being gentled after being rescued from Hurricane Katrina. Was NOT happy about leaving his home! Starting to trust. Can now pet. Still gentling.
Sponsored By:
John B Hall, PA
MONTE
This young boy was rescued in one of the hardest hit areas in New Orleans. We have searched for his humans to no avail. VERY sweet. Purrfers to be the only cat. Gentle Giant
Jim Henry is yet another victim of Hurricane Katrina. A beautiful blue--eyed Flame Point Siamese. His human & home survived the storm but without income they were not able to make their mortgage & lost their home. He was brought into an animal shelter in New Orleans by his elderly human who was crying openingly saying
they could no longer provide for their baby.
The shelter called & asked if he could possibly come to PurrEver to avoid euthanization. Jim Henry has been here since Xmas 06 & has adjusted beautifully. He is such a loverboy, sleeps next to me every night.
PurrEver plans on finding his humans &
reuniting once they get back on their feet.
SPONSORED BY:
Universal Asset Management
"Your Partner In The Commercial Aviation Aftermarket"
Can you believe somebody would throw this beautiful old boy away at a HIGH kill shelter?! Percy was rescued from a certain death & will live the rest of his days at the Sanctuary.
Lovable. Funny. Call him the "Gangsta Cat" because he likes to hide behind cat doors & attack the others as they come through--just for fun. Has to be professionally groomed as some seniors find grooming a chore.
Big Boy. Appears to have been abused--doesn't like loud voices & will run & hide. Sometimes ducks when a hand is lifted as if he has been hit in the past. Scared of storms. Spoons like a baby when night terrors frighten him.
ISABELLE
Kill Shelter Director called and asked PurrEver could take a six-month old DEAF kitten that was aggressive--never properly socialized & would be euthanized.
Isabelle certainly was a handfull at first. Biting. Lounging. Two months went by of this & it seemed a decision needed to be made for the safety of the elders.
It was then, this kitten reached up & stretched her legs on my thigh & pressed her head against my leg--for several seconds. Tears popped into my eyes--knowing this cat was begging for her life...and extra time.
Izzy will never be adoptable. But she trusts me. Meows quite loudly when she sees me & loves to sit in my lap & make biscuits. Will still bite if picked up--special girl with special needs.
MERLIN
Unknown history. Found wandering the streets. Flea infested. Matted. Battle wounds. Untreated ear infection caused his ear to califlower.
Barely escaped t e needle of death from a kill shelter. Came to live at PurrEver Ranch. Was so used to be chased out of people's yards, that he would run terrified whenever he saw a human.
Took a LONG time to gain his trust & he still has flashbacks & will run terrified that you will hurt him.
SWEET cat when calm. Never was given the chance to fully trust humans. Never hurts any other cat. Has to be professionally groomed as he never learned to properly groom himself or perhaps his nerves keep him on high alert.
Good boy.
UPDATE: Merlin is now sleeping with me & we have "fallen in love" Still startles easy but trusts me now. "Talks" to me. Took a year but worth it! Love & Patience paid off :)
PARKAY
This little boy came to the Sanctuary as a feral kitten. A tiny lion mad & full of hiss & vinegar.
Gentled down to butter in your hands, hence the name Parkay. Little boy went with his brothers & sister to be adopted at the shelter. They were all adopted almost immediatey.
Nobody wanted Parkay. Six months he grew up in a cage. Never running or playing like other kittens. I knew this was no life & brought him back to the Sanctuary to avoid euthanization.
Took him months to learn to live outside a cage.
SNAGGLES (BASTET)
Bast belonged to an elderly neighbor that passed away. She arrived on my doorstep fully pregnant confident that I would care for her.
When the son came to collect his mother's belongings, I asked him about Bastet & he said he "would take care of it by dumping her in the woods on the way back." Somehow, I managed not to commit homicide & gave the unfeeling monster a piece of my mind.
Bast came home with me where her kittens were born & adopted out to loving homes.
This sweet cat is very girly--tender, loving & passive. Has the most beautiful cat eyes!
VIVIAN LEIGH / COTTON BELLE / ROSE PETAL
A horrid despurrate housewife threw this this sweet girl away when her son when off to college stating she despised cats. Viv lived in a stainless steel cage for over a month in a kill shelter where certain death awaited her.
For months she kept to herself, never bothering anyone, never asking for rubs, never giving headbutts---never purring. Somehow we started a ritual of her taking a bath with me & we would talk. She began giving me eye hugs.
Viv began skipping & dancing beside me. Mewing when she saw me. Vivian began purring. Vivian began to know she was loved and safe.
Viv is now the Belle of PurrEver Ranch, our little Princess.
LILLY MAE
Can you believe these beautiful blue eyes terrified two sets of families? Twice she bounced back to the shelter. The last time by her elderly new guardians who had to call 911 for Animal Control to come & get the cat---she had them cornered in their bedroom...
Lilly Mae was just a bit misunderstood & needed somebody to believe in her. She simply needed love & lots of patience.
Though she will never be adoptable, Lilly has grown to trust me--never bites if she knows you are there. Is learning she is a "good girl" Somebody convinced her she was a "bad girl" Learning to love each & every day.
PTAH
This beautiful, sweet mancat barely escaped euthanization after being found begging for food. Nobody ever came looking for him, noone ever called. He howled & howled at the shelter. HATED being in a cage & terrified of the noise.
VERY calm cat. Avoids confrontation with other cats at any costs. Is on the CATKINS diet as he is trying to shed a couple of pounds.
MISS MABEL MARBLES
This darling cat was abandoned when her ex-humans moved & left her to starve to death. Barely alive--just skin & bones. Saved from shelter euthanization during kitten season when adult cats are killed
to make room for babies.
Has adusted well to the Sanctuary. Gets along with all cats. Affectionate. Sweet girl
SPONSORSHIPS
Parent Sponsorship $50 monthly donation or $600 annual donation will provide food, housing & vet care for one cat.
Co-Parent Sponsorship
$25 monthly donation or $300 annual donation will provide half the expense of providing food, housing & vet care for one cat.
Contact us by e-mail purreverranch@gotcats.org for assistance with your adoption. Please be sure to let us know the name of the cat you want to sponsor or if you wish for us to choose one for you. Also, include how you want your name to appear (or anonymous) & if it is a gift or in memory of anyone. We will send a card on your behalf, if applicable.
Sophia Dalle Rubinstein, NYC In Memory of Huggie Boo
Co-Sponsored By
Colleen Lynn
In memory of her beloved Senior Kittizens Ralph & Fluff
Co-Sponsered by:
Lucy in Memphis, TN
SPONSORED BY NANCY
CHATTA
OOSHA BOO BOO
My daughter, Jessika, rescued this cat after he was thrown from a car on a busy highway in Fayette County TN. She immediately took him to vet where she thought he might be humanely euthanized--but the cat came back!
Had some severe jaw injuries, broken leg & pelvis. One of the toughest cats at the Sanctuary. LOVES to be sung to--or perhaps my voice is so bad, he thinks I'm in pain--because he gets in my laps, meows & kisses me.
CLEMENTINE
Shelter Director called & told me a 14 week old kitten would be euthanized. Bros & sis all sweet & loving. Clemy hissing & biting.
Clemy has very sensitive skin, what some call a 3-stroke cat & she HATES to be picked up. But loves her chin to be rubbed.
Loves to dance next to me. Likes to grab your rear when you least expect it. Plays hide & seek.
Funniest cat I've ever encountered.
BUBBLES
Came to the Sanctuary as a tiny, wild lion but gentled down into one of the sweetest cats on the planet. Was adopted out to neighbor but bounced back when she had a baby with severe allergies...
Offers tender solace to the grumpy cats that don't allow anyone else to snuggle with them. Has a calming affect on anyone in her presence. Magical little cat.
Bubbles is needed at the Sanctuary. Little gift from the heavens.
JILLY JANE
This wild little girl came to PurrEver Ranch as a feral kitten that never really gentled completelty down.
Was brought to the shelter in a homemade trap destined for euthanization. One look into those purrfect cat shaped eyes & Bast resemblance got her a ticket to the Sanctuary.
Loves watching the birds from the screened in porches & chasing butterflies that fly into the enclosure. A true cat.
Sponsored By:
Kelly Vautour, PA
Sponsored by
Susie Pepper, Collierville TN
In Honor Of Holmes & Watson
(Snaggle's Sons) May 06-May 07
SPONSORED BY:
Lori Fabry, CO Certified TTouch Practitioner
Feline Behaviorist
LOST SPONSORSHIP!
NEEDS SPONSORING
Co-Sponsored By
Glenda Schier, Canada
Co-Sponsored
In Celebration of Amy Sorkin's Dec 2nd Birthday
by Jill Thorsen, Memphis TN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!
NEEDS SPONSOR
NEEDS SPONSOR
Co-Sponsored By
Susan Lawrence, Collierville TN
In Memory Of Molly
DARLING (PurrEver Ranch's Resident Feral)
This wild, little girl lived behind the Wolf River Cafe in Rossville TN in an abandoned barn. For over a year, I fed her. She learned the sound of my truck & would skip over to her bowl & wait for me. Never letting me touch her.
News came that the barn would come down & the cat had to go. Took me some time but I was able to trap her & bring her to PurrEver Ranch. Darling has been spayed & vaccinated & has full access to the sanctuary
She meows when her dish needs refilling & sometimes she comes out & watches me. I plan to retrap her & work on gentling her with flower essences from www.catfaeries.com Darling is adorable!
$50 Mont;hly Parent Sponsorship Through PAYPAL
$25 Monthly Co-Parent Sponsorship Through PAYPAL
POOH
Rescued this buff Persian wandering the streets of East Memphis. Matted, covered in fleas & had lost his right eye to a dog.
Declawed & living outside defenseless. Vet guestimates him to be 12+. Vocal boy.
Bit growly at first & had to stay in a cage for few days but is out & getting along meowvalously with the furry folk SWEET cat!
Sponsored By:
Deneen Nunn
WALTER
AVAILABLE FOR REAL LIFE ADOPTION!
This young cat (under 2) was sitting along the same lonely country road for 3 days waiting for the monster
that threw him away to come back & get him.
Vet thinks that he was thrown from the car as he has suffred major trauma to his upper right canine &
needs that tooth pulled--possible root canal...
Was able to catch him, neuter & vac. Needs medical attn .
EXTREMELY AFFECTIONATE cat.
Would do well with small children. Doglike. Intelligent.
VERY cool cat.
Walter has been at PurrEver for a year &
would really like his own humans..
.but this boy will always have a home at PurrEver Ranch...
DARLING WAS A VICTIM OF THE TAINED CAT FOOD & HAS SADLY CROSSED OVER
Any person, group, or business can sponsor a Senior Kittizen.
We will be happy to put your logo next to your sponsored Kittizen
Mischief (18)
FeLV+
Saving Just One Cat Won't Change The World
But
It Will Surely Change The World Of One Cat.
Please Give...So They Can Live
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ~Albert Schweitzer
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." - St. Francis of Assisi
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain,
just as one wants to live and not die,
so do other creatures.
His Holiness
The Dalai Lama.
What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from loneliness of spirit.
For whatever happens to the beasts happens to man.
All things are connected.
- Chief Seattle.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~ Gandhi (1869-1948)
"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of
appearing ridiculous;
it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men."
~ Emile Zola (1840-1902) French novelist.
"Each cat I have reminds me of unconditional love.
If I'm with my cats
I'm also with God" Wynonna
"It is hard to be brave, when you're only
a Very Small Animal."
~ Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)
British author, creator of Winnie the Pooh
"Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because
government is not.
Why not?
Animals don't vote."
~ Paul Harvey (1918-)
"I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground."
(Reply to friends who chided him for delaying them by stopping to return a fledgling to its nest.)
- Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
I care not much
for a man's religion
whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ~Abraham Lincoln
"If only the waifs, the strays, the sick, the abused would be sure to get entrance to the home, and anybody could feel at liberty to bring in a starved or ill-treated animal and have it cared for without pay, my object would be attained.".
Ellen M Gifford
Sheltering Home
For Animals
Boston 1884
I put down my book,
The Meaning of Zen,
and see the cat smiling
into her fur as she
delicately combs it with
her rough pink tongue.
Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it.
She looks up and
gives me her full gaze.
Don't be ridiculous,
she purrs, I wrote it"
Dilys Laing
...And who gives food
to every creature.
His love endures forever.
PSALM 136:25
“There is no religion
without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion,
but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.”
-Anna Sewell (1820-1878), Black Beauty:
The Autobiography
of a Horse, 1877
LOST CO-SPONSORSHIP
NEEDS A Co-SPONSOR
NEEDS CO-SPONSOR
Co-Sponsored By
Angela Silano
NEEDS CO-SPONSOR
To leave the world a bit better...To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived...
This is to have succeeded. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is man's sympathy
with all creatures
that first makes him
truly a man.
Until he extends his circle of compassion
to all living things,
man will not himself
find peace. ~Albert Einstein
I have developed a deep respect for animals.
I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than
TULIP (S L Smith) Too many years of badly bruised bones, From the toe of a boot, On an uncaring foot. Two short sweet months in a warm caring home, Full of salmon and cream, That was once just a dream. Enough time to know as your body grows cold, That after ten years of hell, Heaven exists on Earth, as well.
Teresa was thrown away at the Gurkin's C-Store in Somerville. I had stopped to buy a soda & this beautiful diluted callico walked up to me pretty as you please
begging for something---anything to eat.
I asked the clerks if she belonged to anyone. They told me someone had dumped her earlier in the week. I immediately picked her up & told them I would find her a home.
The kitty just purred in delight.
Teresa is a young kitty cat--approx 1 yr old--FeLV/FIV Neg. UTD on Vacs.
Teresa is a very loving sweet cat but can stand her own.
Wants her own family for the holidays.
Give the gift of life. Take home & love this babygirl cat like she so deserves
Lexi was thrown away at a high kill animal shelter & was saved just hours from euthanization. Lexi is a 9 yr old Purebred Calico Persian. Just a little love muffin.
No bad habits or demanding--can't imagine why anyone would trash her.
Lexi is treasured at PurrEver Ranch.
TINNY, 12+
Co-Sponsored By:
Amy Sorkin, Memphis TN
In Loving Memory of
Bunny Chicken
Ms Cindi Cat
Ms Cindi Cat is a 14+ Himalayan that was thrown away at a kill shelter when she got a urinary tract infection & her ex-humans wouldn't take her to the vet. Cindy spent over a month in a cage wondering why her ex-humans didn't care. With a little medicine & diet, Ms Cindi is doing just fine. This old lady is worthy of someone caring
if she lives or dies.
A precious, tender little womancat that
just wants to purr in peace.
Ms Cindi Cat is cherished at PurrEver Ranch Sanctuary.
She is told how special she is every day.
Co-Sponsored By:
Glenda Schier, Canada
MS CINDI CAT WAS A VICTIM OF
THE TAINTED CAT FOOD &
HAS SADLY CROSSED OVER.
CIRCUS
PurrEver Ranch welcomed Circus June 17th, Circus was rescued from the needle of death from a high-kill shelter in Maryland. Circus is a 10+ Flame Point Rex that was thrown away by a breeder when
she got too old to have kittens.
(Most reputable breeders do rescue as well.)
Circus is an absolute DOLL,
This old mamacat has spent her entire life
birthing kittens. In her twilight years,
she deserves to be pampered & adored.
Co-Sponsored By
Beth Strong, Memphis TN
"When you believe there is no love in the world, just gaze into the eyes of the cat in your lap."
- Old Welsh saying
Co-Sponsored By
Laura Hays, Collierville TN
Co-Sponsored By
Janet Bray
In Memory of her
boon companion & constant ally,
Begriffenfeldta
Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature
as worthless
is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.
