Kitty Devore Rescue

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Total Kitties Saved Since 2011: 6,519

Kitties Rescued To Date In 2022: 128

KD Kitties Adopted To Date In 2022: 37

 

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  • Giselle – Adult Female

    Giselle – Adult Female
  • Primrose – Adult Female

    Primrose – Adult Female
  • Twix – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Sox)

    Twix – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Sox)
  • Babe – Adult Female

    Babe – Adult Female
  • Shirla – Adult Female

    Shirla – Adult Female
  • Big Mike – Young Male

    Big Mike – Young Male
  • Harry – Adult Male (Bonded Pair with Meghan)

    Harry – Adult Male (Bonded Pair with Meghan)
  • Nara – Adult Female

    Nara – Adult Female
  • Sox – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Twix)

    Sox – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Twix)
  • Meghan – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Harry)

    Meghan – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Harry)
  • Fitzroy – Adult Male

    Fitzroy – Adult Male
  • Haroun – Adult Male

    Haroun – Adult Male

Cats Available for Adoption

Giselle – Adult Female

Adoption Application Status: Giselle currently has 0 adoption applicants. Giselle, along with her mom and siblings, were rescued from Devore Shelter in October of 2016. She and her brother and sisters were only 7 weeks old at the time. At the time the little family was rescued, they’d all come down with URIs while at […]

Squirrel – Adult Male

Application Status: Squirrel currently has 0 prospective adoption applicants. Hi! I’m Squirrel! I was given the name because of my unique and beautiful coloring. I am such a sweet kitty and I love to play all around the house with my siblings and my mom Sloane. I love toys and my absolute favorite toy is […]

Big Mike – Young Male

Adoption Application Status: Big Mike currently has 0 adoption applicants. Momma Evie was rescued from Devore Shelter with her three newborns in tow in May of 2021. Big Mike was her only son. He’s grown into a sturdy little guy – built like a tank and stands a little lower than most kitties. But he’s […]

Twix – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Sox)

Adoption Application Status: Twix and Sox currently have 0 adoption applicants. Meet Twix! This gorgeous tortoiseshell was approximately one year old when she entered Kitty Devore Rescue foster care in February 2022. Twix is a funny girl that enjoys attention on her own terms. She’s okay with being picked up, but she’s not a fan […]

Meghan – Adult Female (Bonded Pair with Harry)

Adoption Application Status: Harry and Meghan currently have 0 adoption applicants. A citizen found and brought Meghan and her brother, Harry, to Devore Shelter in April 2021 when they were tiny babies, too young for the shelter to accept into their care. Thankfully, one of our members present at the shelter that day intercepted them. […]

Fitzroy – Adult Male

Adoption Application Status: Fitzroy currently has 0 adoption applicants. Meet Fitzroy! Despite time spent in Devore Animal Shelter in October 2021, when he was estimated to be approximately 4-years-old, he’s just as his name implies – the son of a king! Shy and bewildered initially, Fitzroy wouldn’t allow anyone near him immediately following his rescue […]

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Who We Are

Formed in December, 2011, Kitty Devore Rescue is an all-volunteer Southern California area nonprofit charity and 501(c)(3) foster-based rescue group whose sole mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome the cats admitted to Devore Animal Shelter in San Bernardino, CA, as well as cats who are within Devore Shelter’s jurisdiction and who are at risk of being surrendered there.

When we started, only an average of 8 to 10 cats out of every 100 admitted made it out of Devore Animal Shelter alive. Now, over 8 years later and thanks to our efforts, the efforts of our rescue partners and other non-affiliated rescue groups who joined the mission, the save rate for cats admitted to Devore is approximately 90%.

Most Kitty Devore Rescue members have full time jobs, families, homes to manage and other life endeavors that pull at us constantly and yet, every day, we still find the time to devote ourselves to working out rescue plans to save these kitties – because there’s not a day that goes by that another cat – and often several – is admitted to the shelter. Our fundraising goes directly toward helping the cats we take into our care. It’s not easy work. Every day is a challenge to save these kitties. But for each Kitty Devore Rescue member, it’s truly a labor of love, determination and, for many of us, a vocation.

 

We do not have a facility. All the cats taken into Kitty Devore Rescue’s foster care program reside in the homes of our foster guardian members located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties as well as Seattle, WA,  until they are adopted. The number of foster homes is limited as there are always more animals in need than there are people willing to help them. We do our best with what we have and have to give. Join us!

 

If you’re SoCal local and you’d like to join us in our mission, become a foster by reading about our foster program and filling out a foster application.

 

If you live in Orange County or San Diego and would like to volunteer at our Petsmart Santa Ana or our Petco Santee adoption venue stores, fill out a volunteer application.

 

If you are a SoCal based 501c3 rescue group and would like to join the Kitty Devore Rescue Network to help save the Devore cats, fill out a rescue partner application with us! We help with pulling, transport and temporary fostering.

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We are not directly affiliated with Devore Animal Shelter and have no authority as to shelter policies or decisions.

We are not Animal Control and are unable to visit homes to round up or trap stray cats.

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“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” ~ Terry Pratchett, Novelist

Resources

Keep the Cat – Lose the Allergies

You may be surprised to learn one of the most common reasons why kitties come back to Kitty Devore Rescue’s foster care program after being adopted is due to someone in the adoptive family discovering they have an allergic reaction to cats that they weren’t aware of previously. It’s also the number one reason why […]

Bathing Your Cat

Cats are notoriously associated with a very strong dislike for water, which may lead us to believe that they can care for all of their grooming needs on their own, but that’s a MYTH! Sometimes cats need baths, too! As we all know, cats come in all shapes and sizes and with different personalities and […]

Meeting Your Kids

A swipe of a paw or pull of a tail can set a bad tone between your children and their new friend. Here are a few tips for introducing your kitty to your kids that will help make the transition for the newest addition to your family stress-free. Sure, your new kitty will be furry […]

FIV – Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

WHAT IS FIV? FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) should NOT be confused with FeLV (Feline Leukemia) – they are two very different viruses. They are often mentioned together due to the ‘snap’ tests carried out by vets, but they differ greatly in how they affect a cat, and it’s expected lifespan. FeLV is a serious risk […]

Help! – I Found A Litter Of Kittens

We’re contacted regularly by people who have found a kitten or a litter of kittens and want us to take them. While it’s a little less challenging to find placements for kittens who are 4 weeks and older, trying to find a foster parent who can care for kittens 0 to 4 weeks old is […]

Meeting New Canine Friends

Despite what some believe, some cats and dogs really can get along very well. In fact, sometimes they can become the best of friends. However, if your kitty has never been around dogs before or if your dog has never been around cats before or if your dog is a terrier, retriever or breed known […]

Multi-Cat Households and the Kitty Totem Pole

Cats are territorial creatures. In the wild, a cat will determine his home base – the place he eats and sleeps – and then project outward from this space to encompass a range around it that he’ll consider as belonging to him. All within that territory – especially all food sources – he considers his […]

Understanding Feline Language

You and your cat might speak different languages, but you can still communicate with each other. Here are some tips to understand what they’re saying to you by means of vocalizing, body language and other key behavioral clues. Vocalizing You’ll learn a lot when you can interpret your cat’s wide vocabulary of chirps and meows. […]

Meeting the Established Pride

Whether you realize it or not, if you have multiple cats in your home already, they have established their own “kitty hierarchy”. There is one cat who is the boss of the pride and every other cat falls in line somewhere below them on the kitty totem pole. When a new cat is introduced into […]

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What’s Included In Our $175.00 Adoption Fee?

Kitty Devore Rescue is committed to rescuing responsibly. 

This commitment means we hold ourselves to a high standard of care when it comes to the kitties in our foster care program. It also means each Kitty Devore Rescue kitty has undergone a comprehensive vetting and post-shelter rehabilitation process before we consider them ready for adoption.

Some rescue groups and shelters offer kitties for adoption for a fee less than ours – but their fee may include fewer vetting procedures that we consider necessary to ensure a kitty’s optimal health. Some offer kitties for adoption who have had no vetting procedures at all.

If you were to adopt a kitty for less or one “free to a good home” and, as a responsible pet parent, opted to have all the vital and necessary health procedures done that every cat in Kitty Devore Rescue care receives, this is what that “free” kitty is likely to cost you:

Spay/Neuter – $60.00 to $150.00

FeLV and FIV Testing – $40.00 to $80.00

FVRCP Vaccine(s) – $10.00 to $25.00 per vaccine (kittens need a series of 3 for optimal immunization)

Rabies Vaccine – $10.00 to $25.00

Microchip – $25.00 to $50.00

Flea/Earmite Treatment – $15.00 to $30.00 per monthly dose

Deworming – $15.00 to 25.00

Exam fee each vet visit – $30.00 to $75.00

Total: $195.00 to $455.00

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These are just the basics.

Most veterinarians charge somewhere within these price ranges for these basic procedures.

Kitty Devore Rescue kitties undergo basics and, in some cases, even more! Kitties in Kitty Devore Rescue foster care who are in need of dental, medical or surgical intervention receive immediate and quality veterinary attention and treatment. We address all observable and discoverable health issues – both internal and external. If there is an issue, we address it – even if that issue costs us thousands to treat and correct.

Once adopted, we provide all our adopters with full veterinary records and history of their newly adopted KD kitty, information about the microchip transfer* and an adoption box containing toys and treats for their new feline family member by USPS mail within 3 weeks of the official adoption date.

^ Take a peek inside our adoption box! ^

Additionally, the adoption fee is refundable in full if things don’t work out within the first 30 days. Even after 30 days, if for any reason you need to return your adopted KD kitty, we will always welcome them back into Kitty Devore Rescue foster care. We will always be their safety net for the duration of their lifetime.

And yet, our adoption fee is still $175.00 for every cat and kitten. Or $325.00 for two!

So, if you’re looking to adopt a new feline family member and friend, what are you waiting for? Apply to adopt a KD Kitty today!

* Microchips are transferred from KD’s microchip registry to the adopter 30 days from the official adoption date

Need To Rehome Your Kitty?

Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet.com and The Petco Foundation will enable you to create a pet profile for your kitty so that he can be seen by prospective adopters who visit the Adopt-A-Pet website. It will give you the control of reviewing online applications that come in when someone expresses interest in adopting him. The service also provides guidance on how to review applications, set up and carry out Meet and Greets with prospective adopters and finalize the adoption process.

Placement with Rehome isn’t instantaneous or guaranteed – but it can help you in your effort to find a new home for your kitty. To utilize this option click on the Adopt-A-Pet Rehome banner below:

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