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Sherri (aka Gilbert) Callahan

sherri-gilbert-callahanSherri (aka Gilbert) Callahan is KD’s Senior Membership, Foster and Adoption Officer. She has been with us since discovering us on Facebook sometime around August of 2012 and since then she’s been giving KD her all. Sherri works faithfully each day fielding membership, foster and adoption applications. She assists with making calls to the shelter to gather info on intakes and to request extensions. She also helps upload photos and posts updates to the urgent threads on our Facebook page. Sherri also wears many, many other hats “behind the scenes” to support the rescue.

She will be the first to tell you that all of her hard work is solely for the kitties and that she is willing to do whatever it takes to put them first. Her rescue ethics are exceptional and she is a highly valued and essential part of our team.

Thank you, Sherri, for all of your selfless dedication to KD and our mission!

Q: Tell us a little about yourself. What do people find most interesting about you?

I’m boring! (Sherri is far from boring, but she’s going to make us work for it! 😉 )

Q: What was your upbringing like? Did you have lots of pets?

I didn’t have cats or dogs growing up because my mother was afraid of all animals. When I was in my late teens, my brother and I snuck a couple guinea pigs into the house and we were allowed to keep them (and added a rabbit not long after that). I was actually afraid of cats when I was young.

I guess you could say that both my brother and I have made up for not having cats and dogs as kids!

Q: What path led you to your involvement with rescue and ultimately to your Board position with KD?

While all of my own kitties have been rescues, I wasn’t even aware of how shelters and rescues in other areas were run. Our local shelter was no-kill, so I had no idea that others were high-kill—and was completely unaware that some shelters used gas to euthanize animals.

Through Facebook, I met other animal lovers. A small group of us became interested in kitties in a very small shelter in North Carolina that still used the gas chamber. 4 of us banded together and formed our “virtual rescue” that we later named Karma and Kind Hearts, and along with a wonderful woman who runs Nash County Animal Friends, worked to rescue 12 kitties who were to be euthanized.

My interest in rescue blossomed from that point on. My focus was initially on east coast shelters (as I’m from Maryland), but once I saw what was happening in southern CA, I shifted my focus there. It was through Facebook that I learned of Devore Shelter and Kitty Devore Rescue. I had seen things I didn’t like or condone with other rescues, but was impressed with Kitty Devore Rescue’s mission and passion.

I joined KD and volunteered to assist with adoption and foster applications and from there, I’ve taken on some other “duties”.

Q: What would you like your legacy to be?

I am outspoken and speak my mind—even when my opinions are not that of others in the rescue community. If I am to be remembered for anything in rescue, I would like it to be that I put the cats first and will fight for what I believe to be in the best interest of the cats.

Q: Where can we find you when you’re not busy with your KD Board duties?

Much of my “free time” is spent doing KD-related duties. Aside from that, I’m a home-body and workaholic, so I can be found at home in the evenings, cuddling with my kitties and doing work for my job.

Are you interested in volunteering with KD?

We are always in need of volunteers to donate their time to our cause by fostering, assisting with big adoption events, pulling, transporting, etc.

If working with KD sounds like something for you head on over to our website and fill out an application today!

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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.

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

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