Our Vision: to provide information and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to bring happier and healthier lives to the outdoor cats in our community.
TNVR PROGRAM
PurrHaven, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)3 charity run by a small and passionate team of volunteers. Our mission is to spay, neuter, vaccinate and return (to their caretakers), the outdoor unsterilized cats of South Washington County Maryland using a humane process known as Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return(TNVR).
We target our efforts within certain areas in South Washington County where historically high rates of unsterilized cats are euthanized by county animal control authorities For 2020 and 2021, our target area for TNVR is Rohrersville (21779), Knoxville(21758), Sharpsburg Maryland (21782) and the Ravenswood Retirement community in Hagerstown 21740. We continue to work with property owners and caregivers to manage colonies of cats we previously TNVR'd in Rohrersville, Weaverton, Gapland, Keedysville, Clear Spring, Cascade, Smithburg, Sharpsburg, Fairplay, and Hagerstown.
We sponsor TNVR where the breeding cat colony is typically 10-50 cats and the caregivers are unable to get the situation under control (lack of financial resources, equipment or transport vehicles). We provide a the full cycle of services which includes trapping, transporting to clinic, returning sterilized and vaccinated adults back to the caregiver/property, vetting sick cats and kittens and re-homing adoptable kittens. It can take up to one year to get large feral colonies completely spayed and neutered.
We are No-Kill. Our services are free of charge but depend upon donations. If you feed outdoor unsterilized cats in one of our target areas and need assistance, please go to our CONTACT PAGE, complete and submit the form.
FUNDING
Funding comes from donations from the public and by applying for grants. We are humbled and thankful for the support from the Petfinder Foundation and The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland.
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Shop for gifts, pet food, clothes, books, electronics or anything else you want - and help the many feral cats we help. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to PurrHaven, Inc. when you choose us as your charity.
A Rohrersville Maryland resident releasing his 3 cats after we brought them back neutered, vaccinated and ear tipped from our November 202) trip to the MDSPCA in Baltimore.
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