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If any of you know my friend Evelyn Diaz with Hawthorne Animal Control, you know what an angel she is for the animals.  She told me a little bit ago that when she was a little girl, she either wanted to be a veterinarian or a police officer – and well,  now she is a little but of both!

While most of us could not do her job because our hearts would break every day at what she has to see, Evelyn is out there every day trying to help the animals – even if they go to the pound and never make it out, she says that they will at least have a few days with food in their bellies and a warm bed – something that many of these animals on the streets have not had in a very long long while.  Her job is thankless and we need more people like her. – especially in the Animal Control field!

Although Evelyn meets so many animals every week, certain ones touch her heart and when she can help them, she does….which leads me to Tripod below…

Tripod

 

Tripod is just 7 weeks old and was hit by a car   Evelyn picked her up from the streets badly injured.  She took tripod to the vet where they take some of the injured animals the vet said that she had fractured her femur and broke her pelvis.  The best bet would be to amputate her leg (this why Eveyn calles her Tripod).  Evenyn did not want to send this baby to the shelter because she knew what would happen to her if she did.  The vet who is very rescue friendly said he would do the surgery and vetting for $500 TOTAL.   Evelyn found a foster and called me to see if I could help her raise the funds for this sweetie.  I hope with this network we can be Tripod’s SAnta Clause and get her the surgery she needs.

 

Please see Tripod’s video below:

 

Her Story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrBlOJFS2Ts

 

Her Medcial Needs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1J5XeN27cc

If you can donate ANY AMOUNT, there are several ways to do it! We really hope Tripod can get her surgery ASAP and no longer be in pain!

Donations:

Directly to Vet:

Animal Medical Center

14138 Doty Avenue  Hawthorne, CA 90250-8099 (310) 978-4065

Atten: Evelyn Diaz-Tripod

 

Other ways to donate:

***** pay pal my account (cdzacko@hotmail.com) via ww.paypal.com and notate Tripod

or

Chip-In link below:

http://www.carsoncats.chipin.com/tripod-the-7-week-old-puppy

 

***** If you need a tax deductible receipt, you can donate through Stray Cat Alliance:

You can donate by mailing a check or going online.  Stray Cat Alliance will then mail you a receipt for your donation.

To donate online:

1) Go to https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/StrayCatAlliance/OnlineGiving.html or go to http://www.carsoncats.com and click the donate button.

2) After entering your credit card information, be sure to write “CARSON CATS – Tripod” in the comments before submitting

To donate by check:

1) Make donation to Stray Cat Alliance

2) In the part of the check, write “CARSON CATS – Tripod”

3) Mail check to The Stray Cat Alliance, P.O. Box 661277, Los Angeles, CA 90066

 

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This 1yr old siamese mix long hair female MUST get out tomorrow..Tuesday 10/11.  She is recovering from a URI. Unfortunately the shelter is not willing to give out any extensions on this beautiful girl . Her impound date is 9/17 HER ID# IS: A4341455

If you can foster or adopt her Please contact Cyndi Zacko cdzacko@gmail.com

If you can help financially we also desperately need donations for her pull fees, transport and vetting.  Please donate ANY amount …. go to www.carsoncats.com and click the donate button.  Donations are made thru ‘Stray Cat Alliance’ and are tax deductible. Or see Chip-In below:

http://carsoncats.chipin.com/long-hair-siamese

Carson Shelter 216 W. Victoria St. Gardena, CA 90248 (310) 523-9566 or Please call 310-527-5159 (24 hrs) 

Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Closed Holidays

Directions:

Between Main & Broadway, 2 blocks south of

91 Freeway. Please note: Victoria St. is the same as 190th St. The shelter has a Gardena mailing address.

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Skittles is a 3yr old Siamese mix cat that is a very loving and friendly cat that gets along well with other cats and is an indoor only kitty. The people that have been taking care of her momentarily are moving by July 6th and will have to take her to the shelter if no adopter is found (very sad)

If you are interested in adopting her, please contact Cindy Ullman at 310-980-1957 or cindyu@me.com

Please help us SAVE MORE ANIMALS! Carson Cats needs $15,000 to help in our vet bills and enable us to help more – Please Read and Share!!!!   Carson Cats Quick Facts

• Carson Cats has rescued over 2500 animals in the past 4 years from the one of the largest and highest kill shelters in the country.
• In 2010, Carson Cats rescued over 600+ cats, spayed and neutered 575 Cats, relocated 150 feral cats in danger and adopted 400 cats into permanent loving homes.
• Carson Cats is a Program of Stray Cat Alliance (www.straycatalliance.org) and is run solely on volunteers and donations.
• Carson Cats needs volunteers and is in urgent need of donations to continue to save lives.

Tax Deductible donations can be made through Stray Cat Alliance by going through (www.straycatalliance.org) and writing “CARSON CATS” in the “special instructions to the seller” before submitting your donation.  You can also select the ‘Donate” button on the upper left hand side of this blog and write “CARSON CATS” in the “special instructions to the seller” before submitting.   Either one goes through Stray Cat Alliance and you will get a tax deductible receipt.  No amount is too small. We are these animals only advocate right now.

 

More about Carson Cats

Over the past 4 years, Carson Cats has rescued over 2500 animals from the Los Angeles County Shelter System which is one of the largest systems in the country with one of the highest euthanasia rates.  Carson Cats evolved when Cyndi Zacko started going to the Carson County Shelter 5 years ago and  learned that virtually no cat rescues go there on a regular basis.   Well, she quickly learned why – the county shelters have a lot of red tape and are hard to work with, they don’t have a lot of money for the facility and staff, they have no rescue dedicated employees or red lists or new hope funding AND the people that turn in their animals there just don’t care at all.  Cyndi quickly became more involved than she ever expected because the need was just too great.  Cyndi works with the 3 cat volunteers from the shelter and has a few people help transport and network.  It is a TON of work for the small amount of dedicated volunteers they have and they have also helped many of the other county shelters such as Downey and Baldwin Park. 

In 2010, Carson Cats spent over $85,000 to rescue over 600+ cats in need from the county shelters, paying for their vetting, boarding, shelter fees and transports to their prospective fosters, adopters and rescues to the Los Angeles Area.  Carson Cats also helped manage the rescue of over 100 cats from an extreme hoarding case where over 300 animals were seized.  Carson Cats also is affiliated with Stray Cat Alliance (www.straycatalliance.org) and helps feral cats in the shelter system by relocating over 150 feral cats that would otherwise be euthanized, and many of them turned out to be friendly and are in loving homes now! 

A few of these cats are below:

 

 

This year alone, 410 dogs, cats and bunnies have been rescued through Carson Cats and 370 of those have had to have been vetted due to the terrible viruses the animals are exposed to in the shelter as well as the condition the animals are turned into due to abuse and neglect.  Carson Cats has had a lot of support, but unfortunately their bill has gotten quite high and they will not be able to help any other animals until they can get their bill down.  Right now Carson Cats need to pay their vets a minimum of $9000 in order to continue  (they actually have $15,000 in outstanding vet bills).  Here are some of the kitties that still need vetting and help:

 

   

WITH KITTEN SEASON IN FULL GEAR,  CARSON CATS EAGERLY and DESPERATELY NEEDS HELP IN PAYING THE VET BILLS FOR THESE CATS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HELP THE ANIMALS STILL AT THE SHELTER!! WE ARE THEIR ONLY VOICE!

There are ones that currently need rescue but can’t be because there is nowhere to take them and no money to vet them. 

IF YOU CAN HELP US RESCUE MORE CATS, PLEASE DONATE BELOW – ANY AMOUNT HELPS!!!!! 

YOU CAN GET A TAX DEDUCTION IF YOU DONATE THROUGH STRAY CAT ALLIANCE, JUST NOTATE CARSON CATS!! 

Donations:

Chip-in: http://carsoncats.chipin.com/cats-2001

 

If you need a tax deductible receipt, you can donate through Stray Cat Alliance. You can donate by mailing a check or going online.  Stray Cat Alliance will then mail you a receipt for your donation. 

 To donate by check:

1) Make donation to Stray Cat Alliance

2) In the part of the check, write “CARSON CATS”

3) Mail check to The Stray Cat Alliance, P.O. Box 661277, Los Angeles, CA 90066   

 

To donate online: 

1) Go to https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/StrayCatAlliance/OnlineGiving.html or go to http://www.carsoncats.com and click the donate button.

2) After entering your credit card information, be sure to write “CARSON CATS” in the “special instructions to the seller” before submitting 

 

Thank you as always for supporting the Carson Cats!!  One of the highest kill shelters in LA.

 Cyndi

www.carsoncats.com

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Hi All – 

We got this kitty out of the shelter a few weeks ago and he had a pretty bad Upper Respiratory.  We had him on IV fluids and he was well enough to go to a foster home this past Friday.  Too make a long story short, the foster gave him a bath Saturday am.  His temperature a few hours later went to 94.8 degrees.  The foster used a heating pad to warm him up and well, it worked, but the foster used the heating pad for the next 2 days and had it on HIGH HEAT L L L  Yesterday I got a call saying something was wrong with his fur-  it is falling off and blood all over the place. We rushed him to the vets where he stayed overnight.  The cat had suffered major 3-4 degree burns.  Wound was cleaned as best they could and IV Fluids and MAJOR pain meds used.  Euthanasia was recommended – I could not do it and wanted to see how he did overnight. 

The pictures below are from this morning which actually is a far improvement from last night.  I don’t even want to show you what he looked like last night…It was HORRENDOUS, TEAR JERKING. I have cried so much my eyes are puffy. This was so preventable – This poor cat  

The kitty is being treated now and stable.  We might want to  move him to a more critical 24/hour care center if we can get funds and also want to do some further testing because the doctor is worried about any underlying conditions because why did the kitty not move himself from the scolding heating pad?  I guess there are many reasons it could be, including falling asleep…I don’t know.

 We are URGENTLY looking for funds for this sweet soul.  I have $400 to my name right now but I can’t give up on him.  Ways to donate are listed at the bottom of  this email along with his original plea.  The easiest and quickest way to donate though is through his chip-in listed below – we are estimating at LEAST $1500 when this is all over. 

Chip-In: http://carsoncats.chipin.com/burned-cat

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Original Plea:

 

 THIS SWEET KITTY  NEEDS A BATH BUT WILL CLEAN UP BEAUTOFULLY !!!!  NEEDS OUT IN 24 HOURS DUE TO URI!!!

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A4247725 is 5 years old .   He was turned in as a stray but was clearly someone’s cat as it had a white flea collar.   He springs to life when you pet him and he is so happy to have attention. He is a SHELTER STAFF FAVORITE and they really want it rescued and not euthanized!  Please help me save it!! 

 

If you can foster, please email me at cdzacko@gmail.com.

 

If you can also donate ANY amount, please see below.  Her Pull Fee is $25, combo test $25 and basic vetting/boarding – $50 – $100. 

 

DONATIONS:

 

Chip-In: http://carsoncats.chipin.com/burned-cat

 

 

***** For monetary donations of ANY amount, you can either pay pal my account (cdzacko@hotmail.com) via www.paypal.com

 

or please send a check to:

 

Cyndi Zacko

223 Gull St

Manhattan Beach, CA

90266

 

 

***** If you need a tax deductible receipt, you can donate through Stray Cat Alliance:

  

You can donate by mailing a check or going online.  Stray Cat Alliance will then mail you a receipt for your donation.

 

To donate by check:

1) Make donation to Stray Cat Alliance

2) In the part of the check, write “CARSON CATS”

3) Mail check to The Stray Cat Alliance, P.O. Box 661277, Los Angeles, CA 90066

  

To donate online: 

1) Go to https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/StrayCatAlliance/OnlineGiving.html or go to http://www.carsoncats.com and click the donate button.

2) After entering your credit card information, be sure to write “CARSON CATS” in the comments before submitting

 

***** I also take donations in the form of gold jewelry as I have a great refiner who can give me money at wholesale prices – so if you have any pieces or scraps laying around just taking up space, you can always mail it to me at:

 

Cyndi Zacko

223 Gull Street

Manhattan Beach, CA

90266

 

Thank you as always for supporting the Carson Cats!!  One of the highest kill shelters in LA.

 

Cyndi

 

LA COUNTY SHELTER, CARSON 216 W. Victoria St. Gardena, CA 90248 (310) 527-5158

Hours: Monday – Thursday 12 PM – 7 PM Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM Closed Holidays

Directions: Between Main & Broadway, 2 blocks south of 91 Freeway. Please note: Victoria St. is the same as 190th St.

 

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