This amazing rescue has a listing on PETS 911.
The Cat House on the Kings is California’s largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. Our mission is to place rescued cats and kittens into loving, permanent homes; to provide a safe, happy and healthy home for unwanted cats and kittens in a unique, no-cage facility; to prevent pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering; and to educate the public about responsible pet ownership.
Since its founding 16 years ago, The Cat House on the Kings has saved over 16,000 cats and 4,000 dogs (not counting the 40,000 animals we have spayed and neutered!) and currently cares for more than 700 cats and kittens!
The concept of no-cage sanctuaries for domestic animals, I must admit, is a new one to me. I spent too much time touring and visiting local county facilities that are quite the opposite—rows upon rows of cages, class cubicles to contain animals. The idea is particularly alluring, in fact, and I would be interested in seeing more of these crop up.
They have a gorgeous website with a great deal of information. Founded by Lynea Lattanzio—whose statement in the video about her mother not allowing her a kitten when she was growing up brought me to laughter—the Cat House on the Kings involves themselves in a lot of animal welfare education, volunteering, and other advocacy for domestic animals.
It is probably an amazing place to volunteer, and even with their huge, open facility, they have a fostering program for people take pets into their homes. This is good because as animals are waiting for adoption they need a place to be, but also it helps socialize potential adoption candidates to living in domestic situations.
Has anyone visited them? What do you think of this sort of approach to sanctuary and rescue efforts?
Visit, www.thecathouseonkings.com.