Savannah Cat Club's Savannah Cat Rescue
Adoption
Agreement
 Sometimes
in rescue you can feel that there are so many people that just don't care
enough, when you deal with cats surrendered for bogus reasons, or such minor
reasons that are entirely fixable...and you deal with breeders that think their
responsibility ends when they ship the kitten or cat out.
THEN, you meet people like the couple I
welcomed into my home today. We've had a sickly kitten in rescue for some
weeks/months now. She was surrendered with a severe ocular infection, and
it has taken numerous vet specialist visits with it still not completely cured
and the specialist concerned that there is an underlying FIP there. I'd
been talking to this couple about this kitten and they met her her and fell in
love. I explained that we couldn't feel good about adopting her out until
we could make sure she did not have a terminal disease. But they asked if
they could take her home anyway. I've had to keep her in an enclosure in
my garage as I cannot put her in with my own cats, and I felt bad about this as
she is young (she's ~8 months old now) and so darn sweet and lovable.
They said that they wanted to make sure she
had a happy life, even if it was short because of FIP...and that if in another
month we found that out, at least she'd have a month of being loved. Of
course that made me cry. So Kristine and I decided to allow them to take
the kitten home, and we told them we would waive any adoption fee because of
this situation, even though Rescue (and my personal bank account) is out over
$800 in vet bills for her.
They brought a check with them, saying that it
was a small donation to Rescue as they admired what we did. I didn't look
at it while they were there, but opened it when they left. They gave
Savannah Rescue $500! Such generous hearts...and at a time that Savannah
Rescue really needed it.
Kristine and I are very touched by these
people's hearts. Please send strong thoughts and pray that this kitten
truly does not have FIP, and can live a long and happy life with these wonderful
people. In another month we will be re-evaluating and talking again with
the infectious disease specialist and hoping we can rule this out pretty
certainly.
--B.
Savannah Cat Rescue is a volunteer service offered by the Savannah Cat Club. We take responsibility for Savannahs that have fallen through the
cracks.
Our rescue cats may come from a variety of places, the main one being
irresponsible breeders who have sold kittens into homes not really prepared or
able
to care for a Savannah. The irresponsible breeder also does not take
any responsibility for the Savannah when the new owners need help or need to
return
the cat. A good breeder will always take back a cat he/she has
bred, no matter the age or circumstance. When owners contact the Savannah
Cat Rescue,
we first try to help them through any problem(s) they may be having.
If that does not work, then the Savannah Cat Rescue takes possession of the cat.
Although the Savannah breed is young, it will only be a matter of time before
we begin to receive rescue Savannahs from kitten mills. Detestable kitten
mills
in the Midwest produce numerous breeds of cats, and then sell them to pet
stores for resale at exorbitant prices. Many of these people who bought
that
adorable kitten had no idea what they were getting themselves into.
Please do not purchase a kitten or puppy of any breed at a pet store!
If we cannot help the owners solve their problem(s) with their Savannah, we
will take the cats out of the situation they are in, place them in a qualified
foster
home, rehabilitate them if necessary, have them spayed/neutered, evaluate
their needs and requirements, and adopt them into a suitable permanent home
when
the right one comes along.
If you are having problems with your Savannah Cat, the Savannah Cat Club's
Savannah Rescue
will gladly try and help you work through and correct the problems.
Our
rescue volunteers have experience raising and training Savannahs, so they have
encountered most of the problems you might be having with these active,
smart
cats, and they are more than willing to work with you to fix the problems.
Please contact us as soon as possible.
However, if you have no choice but to turn your Savannah over to our Rescue,
we will need the following basic information:
 | Cat's name, age, and sex (please indicate if spayed/neutered), |
| Breeder's name and the sire and dam's registered names (if known), |
| Your city and state, |
| How quickly you must relocate the cat, |
| Why you need to give the cat up, |
| What behavioral problems the cat may have. |
Since the Savannah Cat Club's Cat Rescue is run totally by volunteers, and funded by
donations, please be aware that we would appreciate a donation towards
helping
us rehabilitate and rehome your cat. It may be the cost of flying the cat
to one of our foster homes, or some other amount as you are able. However,
we will not turn down any Savannah if you are financially unable to make a
donation.
If you need to contact the Savannah Cat Club's Savannah Cat Rescue, please contact us at
rescue@savannahcatclub.com.
We are happy to say that the Savannah breed has had very,
very few Savannahs in need of adoption. Currently we do not have any Savannahs
in
Rescue, but please watch this space for additions.
OZZY
Ozzy is an F3
Savannah male. He went to his new home recently.
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How Do I Apply to Adopt a Rescue Savannah?
If you have carefully considered your
options, and feel that you would like to bring a Rescue Savannah into your home,
please fill out our
Adoption
Agreement form. This will give us pertinent information about you and the
home that you are offering.
It has
become increasingly difficult for us to keep track of applications and almost
impossible for us to review them all when we have a cat
into Rescue. We are
currently trialing a new method to facilitate adoptions of any available
Savannahs in Rescue.
We have
created a Yahoo Groups email list, SVCC-Rescue. You can search for those terms
on the Yahoo Groups webpage or use this link
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/SVCC-Rescue/ to join the list.
This is
not a chat list so there will not be any replies to posts by moderators. The
moderators of the list are the Rescue Coordinators and will
post any available
Savannahs to this list. So the list is for announcements only and so will not be
a lot of emails for anyone to cope with.
Joining this list will ensure that you learn of available Savannahs in
Rescue as early as possible,
probably before they are even posted to this
website.
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