AJs Best Friends and Cheri came to our rescue! While my friend , Bev, was in in-patient rehab for 4 weeks, another lady and myself were providing cat care for Bev's cats. Just before Bev was to go to a step-down unit, she came down with COVID and died in just a few days. We were shocked and devastated and now we needed to find homes for Bev's cats (both the other lady and myself already had cats and could not take in more). I contacted AJs after getting a recommendation from my cat rescue in Ohio. I sent an email to AJs and Cheri asking (begging) for help with a senior cat. Cheri called me within 24 hours and said of course she would take the 12-year old, shy, ragdoll cat (we already had a home for the other one). She then put up with me interviewing her for 30 minutes to make sure this was really a good place. She knew I was in mourning, and she was very sensitive and patient with me. She also assured me that if she wasn't able to find a home for the cat, she would keep her for life. A few days later I drove to Cheri's home to drop off the kitty. Once I saw it, and met Cheri, all doubts melted away. I was definitely doing the right thing! Cheri has an amazing set up with a special room just for cats and a "meet and greet" area for adopters. It was very beautiful and clean. This is definitely a "calling" for Cheri. I was so relieved that I had indeed found a good place. Cheri told me she thought she would have a home for the kitty in a week. I asked if she would send me information about how the cat was doing and, hopefully, about her forever family. Cheri was true to her word and sent me email updates, with photos, about how the cat was doing. Indeed, in under a week, the kitty was living with her new forever family. Cheri even sent me an update from the new family. I am so happy this cat has an opportunity to enjoy her golden years with another loving family. I don't know what I would have done without Cheri and AJ's Rescue. They were a true blessing in a difficult time of mourning and sudden and unexpected responsibility to find a home for a friend's cat. Cheri was a Godsend. Theresa S (Bev's friend)
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AJs Best Friends and Cheri came to our rescue! While my friend , Bev, was in in-patient rehab for 4 weeks, another lady and myself were providing cat care for Bev's cats. Just before Bev was to go to a step-down unit, she came down with COVID and died in just a few days.
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals
Mission: Our specialty is rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming purebred/purebred look-a-like cats such as Persians, Himalayans, Selkirk Rex, Ragdolls, Exotics and other long haired purebred cats. When the need arises, and space permits, we will rescue other breeds of cats in need of a safe place to land.
Results: Since 2003 we have rescued and rehomed over 4000 cats from every conceivable situation locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. From sanctuaries, hurricanes, war torn countries, breeders, collectors, hoarders, owners, finders, pounds, humane societies, other rescues, large corporations, businesses, apartments, homes, dumpsters, rock quarries, rivers, lakes, canals, trees, roofs, inside walls, buried in mud slides, long haul trucks, wrapped in shrink wrap, drug dealers, and more.
Target demographics: Persians, Himalayans, Selkirk Rex, Exotic Shorthair, Ragdolls, Ragamuffins
Direct beneficiaries per year: 300 cats
Geographic areas served: Phoenix, AZ, and the surrounding states. We also provide assistance for cats caught up in disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, or from hoarders, collectors, breeders, puppy mills. We even took in a dozen Persian cats in 2012 from Cairo, Egypt when that country was in turmoil and the animals were being abandoned.
Programs: Every unaltered kitty will be spayed or neutered, be current on vaccination, and tested for FeLV/FIV prior to adoption. We want them to have a fresh healthy start to a new life.