Directory Listing - Cat Retirement Homes and Programs

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The following organizations will take in or find a home for pets whose owners have died or become incapacitated (with advance planning).

Blue Bell Foundation for Cats, 20982 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA 92651; (949) 494-1586. Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, CO 80214; (303) 239-9680; www.catcaresociety.org

Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary Inc., 144 Sanctuary Loop, Caledonia, MS 39740; ckmcelroy@aol.com; www.cedarhill.org.

Lifetime sanctuary for abused and homeless exotic and domestic cats. East Maui Animal Refuge, 25 Malu Aina Pl., Haiku, HI 96708; (808) 572-8308; www.booboozoo.org.

The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter, P.O. Box 13508, Tucson, AZ 85732; (520) 571-7839; www.hermitagecats.org. Provides refuge and rehabilitation to needy cats and kittens. Maintains an active adoption program that works to place cats and kittens in loving, permanent homes.

The Hope for Animals Sanctuary of Rhode Island Inc., P.O. Box 816, Slatersville, RI 02876-0816; (401) 996-4129; www.hopesanctuaryri.org Last Chance for Life, P.O. Box 13190, Oklahoma City, OK 73113. Provides lifetime care for older cats or cats with feline leukemia virus.

The Last Animal Post, 95 Belden St., Falls Village, CT 06031; (860) 824-0831.

Living Free, P.O. Box 5, Mountain Center, CA 92561; (909) 659-4684.

National Cat Protection Society, 6904 W. Coast Hwy., Newport Beach, CA 92663; (949) 650-1232; www.natcat.org

North Shore Animal League, 25 Davis Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; (516) 883-7575; www.nsal.org. Surviving-pet care is a membership benefit of North Shore Animal Leagues Safe-Haven Society.

Pet Pride, P.O. Box 1055, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272; (310) 836-5427; www.petpride.org. Places all cats in permanent retirement at the facility at the owners request.

Pet Rescue, 3440 N.W. 191st St., Miami, FL 33056; (305) 621-8354; www.petrescuemiami.com

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Cathy Hubbard, OH

5/5/2008 6:18:16 AM

This is very good to know. Especially if you have no one to take your pet. I would like to see an updated list from time to time. Thanks.

Claire West Chazy, NY

7/7/2007 7:13:18 AM

I believe this idea about protecting your pets after your death is growing. I am interested in starting such a home and I am in the research stage.

Thanks for the listing.