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Interview with PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE
June 24thth, 2009
Hosted by: Madi, The Cat
Kritters That Twitter
MADI: Hello, and thanks for meeting me at the Kritter Koffeehouse. I am very excited to be speaking with you today and greatly appreciate your time. Before we get started, I just want to point out that just like everything associated with the Kritter Kommunity, Kritters That Twitter is specifically designed for Animals and Animal Lovers. The Kritter Koffeehouse is open daily and serves beverages and snacks for both Animals and Hoomans. That being said, I see you are a Hooman…..could I offer you a coffee, tea, water?
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE:
Hi Madi! I am so happy to meet with you too! I am very much a Hooman, but I am ok, no need for a drink! Thank you anyway!
MADI: Lets jump in and get started; we are eager to learn more about you and your rescue! We love Philadelphia, but know there is a big problem with stray kitties….Tell us about your organization.
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: Prancing Paws is a not for profit no kill stray cat and feral kitten rescue. We focus on cats that are on the street first, as our rescue feels that they are the most in danger. If our rescue has room we pull from local kill shelters and accept owner surrenders. We spay/neuter, test for FIV/FeLV, vaccinate, flea treat and deworm each cat and kitten before they are adopted out. We also work with low income persons who cannot afford to spay/neuter their cats and kittens. We have also partnered with a dog rescue to give us both more publicity, Wet Nose Rescue. They are a great no kill dog and puppy rescue, they rescue dogs from South Carolina.
MADI: When did you start Prancing Paws?
PRANCING PAWS: March 2009, but we have always opened our homes to strays way before we were ever a rescue.
MADI: What inspired you to start Prancing Paws?
PRANCING PAWS: I know this sounds harsh, but the utter lack of humanity in humans. I see suffering cats and kittens everyday. I don’t mean suffering as a cold or broken limb, I mean suffering as in dying. How could I not do anything?
MADI: How many kitties have you found forever homes for? I don’t really know since we have placed cats before our rescue status, but I would say we have had about 2 adoptions per week since March 2009. So I would say roughly 24 cats.
PRANCING PAWS: Our best story is a family who adopted 3 beautiful black Bombay sisters together, who our rescue took from a local kill shelter before they where euthanized. These sisters now have their forever home, and they have it together! I was so happy about this I cried.
MADI: Awww, *sniffs* I is crying too….. here you go *hands Amanda a box of tissues* okay, sorry that was sad, with a very happy ending….. let’s do continue……Who are some of your Sponsors?
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: Sears Outlet Stores, Monster Pets
MADI: Your organization sounds PAWESOME; thank you for helping so many Kitty Kats!!!! NOSETAPS to you! What a great cause and the animals all sound adorable; what can people do to help them find a furever home?
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE:
Thank you so much Madi, and thank you for your wonderful question! We try so hard to help these cats! The biggest thing people can do to help is offer their homes as a temporary foster home. The more foster homes we have, the more cats we can save, the more cats that are able to be adopted and not on the street.
MADI: Prancing Paws is obviously an important cause, what can people and other animals do to help?
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE:
Just spay or neuter their pets. I don’t think people realize the importance of it. I receive so many stoires at adoption events how a cat they own or have owned has had so many litters and cute kittens. I had one woman tell me about her 16 year old cat recently giving birth. These stories always really upset me.
MADI: Many Kwitters (Kritters that Twitter) are going to want to stay in touch with your organization. Do you have a Blog, website, are you on Twitter? Can they email you?
PRANCING PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE:
They are more than welcome to email me at pparcats@gmail.com, or pparadoptions@gmail.com. Our official web site is http://ppar.rescuegroups.org, and we are on petfinder as well. Our donation list and adoption information is located on the web site.
MADI: Thank you so much for your time today! We have enjoyed learning more about you and Prancing Paws of Philadelphia…… it is truly an amazing organization! We hope to see you again soon at the Kritter Koffeehouse; thank you so much for all you do!!!
-Madi The Cat
This is just one of many of the amazing kitties that are up for adoption through Prancing Paws Rescue.
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this kitty is adorable!!! I know he will get adopted very soon…
Great to learn about this organization, and am definitely interested in the outdoor kondo for my cat!
What a great cause! It’s great to see an interview from the Kritter Kondo team on such an important topic, and there was some great info on spay/neuter pets that is an important reminder. I look forward to more quality interviews like this!
Cheers to you for doing something about this horrible problem. I think my jaw dropped when I read a 16 year old cat gave birth. That poor cat! And the little one in the sweater is adorable! I wish you much success in your new recue, and thank you for your efforts to help cats find their forever home.
Great idea! I’m leaving this comment on behalf of my own feral rescues, Peaches and Pan, who’ve been with me now for 7 1/2 years.
I’m a rescue kitty myself, as are all my housemates and I am SO grateful to Prancing Paws for doing this for all cats. Purrrrrrs to you.
You do such great work (and in my old hometown area!)!! My dog is a rescue and, for me, that’s the only way to go. I know cats have a tougher time than most – there are just so many who need homes!
Godspeed and good luck with all you do.
Great interview! If everybody would spay and neuter to stop littering, there wouldn’t be all this suffering.
You are doing such great work!! Thank you so much for helping out the kitties in your community… the world is a better place because of you.
Keep up the good work! Thank you for helping kitties find good forever homes!!
Sigh…stories (and pictures) like this always make me wish I could adopt way more cats and dogs than my house and time can handle.
I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all
Thank you so much Madi for the great interview, and thank you to everyone that left a comment to help us out!
This cat is so adorable! There’s no way someone won’t take it home! Wish i could :-/
AW looks like my moses
Good luck Prancing Paws! Thankyou for all you do!
Hey, is that kitty available for adoption? Would like to adopt her if possible.
What a wonderful idea. Our four legged friends need all the help they can get!
Thanks for all you do!
AWWWWWW. such a cutie pie
I also can’t believe some people’s cruelity towards helpless animals. Thanks for all you do. Rescues rule!
I appreciate all the hard work rescue organizations do each minute of the day. Thanks for making the world safer for all animals.
You are doing wonderful work helping all the cats and kittens find their forever home. Keep up the good work!
I wish there were more organizations out there like yours. You are doing a wonderful thing.
I wish I could take in more cats myself but I already have four (all strays that were taken in and spayed so not to add to the overpopulation). I hope more people adopt rather than buy- so many animals need homes.
On behalf of my two rescue kitties, thank you so much for the work that you do
Yay for saving aminaminals
Having rescued many animals myself and placing them in good homes can be a real challenge.
Good luck to you!
I wish you well with your rescue. There are links to service and therapy dogs on my site.
Hoping my comment can help.
It is so wonderful for people to care. Can’t imagine the work. I foster kittens and have adopted a rescue dog. Keep up the good work!
If there were more compassionate people like you there would no longer be such suffering in this world, and the kitty and puppy mills would finally be out of bussiness!!!
Hope this helps!!!
The picture is so cute, I had no idea clothes was now made for cats
Rescue is a wonderful thing. I once rescued a golden retriever mother and her entire litter. I had to purchase each and everyone of them then bring them home to de-worm their worm riddled bodies, give them shots, socialize them and find them all proper homes. The mother was so good to her puppies that she had regurgitated any food she received in order to feed her babies. The mother was skin and bones but when she was back to full health, she was then spayed and a home was found for her. It cost a small fortune but it came with a reward in my heart that will last my lifetime.
Thank you to all who contribute to rescues: donate blankets, toys, supplies, your time, your home or money, every little bit helps!
This kitty looks like he would be a lot of fun.
I am a volunteer with Prancing Paws Animal Rescue. Cherish, the cat seen in the picture is still available for adoption. Please look at http://ppar.rescuegroups.org to see all the cats we currently have for adoption.
Hi!
I am a volunteer with Prancing Paws Animal Rescue! Please help us with all these cats! We need fosters and volunteers really baldy right now! Please help!
I will be ready to adopt in about a month!!
thanx guys!!
I am a fellow rescuer and would just like to say hi and thanks for saving the kitties! I am fostering a litter at the moment, 5 kittens with their mom who is under a year old herself.
For the Rescue !!!!
Thank you so much.
You are doing wonderful work!!..someday maybe every kitten born will be wanted and loved….
Amanda and Val..keep up the good work!!!
We found a stray <6 week old stray kitty behind my girlfriends house about a week and a half ago; it was so emaciated that it almost threw up its first meal we fed it. It is now healthy and happy, has its first vaccination, and will be going to live at her mother’s house this Sunday.
Good luck-there are a lot of strays out there!
Great work on rescuing kitties.
Madi is an adorable Kitty
Please help as many as you can!! You do great work!
What a wonderful organization! Keep up the great work!!
Love the outdoor canopy. Can’t wait for it to be available.
This is a great thing you are doing. Thank you.
please keep good natured donations like this going, god bless!