Kind To Nature

Executive Director/Founder
Barbara Morris
Email: ktnbarb@aol.com

SAVE A LIFE...
Adopt a shelter/rescued animal. Help reduce pet overpopulation PLEASE SPAY & NEUTER your pets!

Our Philosophy
All living things deserve respect and a chance to live a normal life. We believe that since they were either here before us, brought here by us, or attracted to our neighborhoods because of the vegetation we plant, then we have a responsibility to be careful of them and protect them. We are supposed to be the smart ones, the civilized ones --they are all just trying to survive and at our mercy.

NEVER FORGET CECIL THE LION and what was done to him and so many other magnificent, beautiful wild animals in the name of "sport." Please help put an end to trophy hunting and poaching!

KIND TO NATURE has been saving lives and helping the birds and animals in our urban neighborhoods for over 20 years!

With a focus on feral and unsocialized cats, we assist people in the community, work with other rescues and shelters, and utilize fosters to save at-risk and hard-to-adopt cats and kittens, and maintain the KIND TO NATURE CAT SANCTUARY® providing lifetime care for those cats that are unadoptable or can't be placed for other reasons. Please see our About KTN page for more about what we do and how you can help.

Check out our Resources Page for a list of many helpful numbers and websites you can use!

Please visit our Cats for Adoption page for photos and information on some special kitties needing homes.

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED for medical expenses, food and supplies for the kitties who are permanent residents in our Sanctuary. Please consider making a recurring monthly donation for their care by clicking on the Donate button above. See also our Donations page for other easy ways you can support our cause and our Wish list.

HELP SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TNR PROGRAM benefitting east/central Phoenix neighborhoods and volunteers. Make a difference and save lives! See more about the program on our "About Kind to Nature" page.

Cats on Branch

SPRING is a wonderful time of year, but it also means more litters of kittens being born on the streets and baby birds falling out of nests. It also means predators are more active hunting for food for their young, so PLEASE always keep pets inside and small dogs under supervision when they are out in the yard.

Please visit our Feral Cat page for more info on how to help feral cats in your neighborhood and what to do if you find kittens (be careful, they might not be orphans!), the Wild Birds page for more info on what to do if you find baby birds. It also means it is NOT a good time to trim trees where birds might be nesting.

EASTER - Please no baby chicks, ducks or bunnies as gifts for children or adults! Stay with stuffed or chocolate animals. Too many of these "gifts" wind up tossed aside when they are no longer cute babies.

BEWARE OF POISONOUS PLANTS – especially Easter Lilies which are dangerous and deadly to cats!

See our SEASONAL REMINDERS page for more.

MORE INFO YOU CAN USE:

Kittens DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND KITTENS? Please resist the temptation to "rescue" what appear to be orphan kittens. Just because you see them alone, does not mean they need rescuing (unless they are in obvious imminent danger!). Please see our Feral Cat page for more information and instructions on what to do if you find kittens.

FOSTERS NEEDED! Fostering saves lives. All animal shelters, especially no-kill rescues need fosters to save lives of the many animals needing rescue and being surrendered. Kind to Nature is occasionally in need of individuals to foster feral kittens for socializing and cats requiring special care and/or handling. If you can help, please send an email to ktnbarb@aol.com.

PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER all ferals/strays you are feeding and help neighbors if they need it. Please see our Feral Cat page and the Resource page for helpful resources and information.

DO NOT TURN IN PETS (yours or found), STRAY OR FERAL CATS OR KITTENS TO A COUNTY SELTER OR THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY (the AHS is not a no-kill shelter). Feral cats and kittens will likely be euthanized. Please see our Feral Cat page on what to do if you find kittens (or pregnant feral cat). Please contact us or a no-kill rescue group (see Resource Page) for help. See Special Alerts page for more info.

NEVER OFFER A PET OR FOUND ANIMAL FOR FREE to anyone you don't know. Bad people with bad intentions can be very deceiving to someone not skilled in screening. Always do a home check.

ANIMAL CRUELTY IS A CRIME in Arizona and punishable by jail time! A.R.S. 13-2910. That includes people who do not provide proper care for their pets and homeowners and landlords threatening to harm or remove feral cats, harming community cats or tampering with food provided to a feral colony. When we get reports of neighbors and landlords threatening to kill or remove such cats, we will advise people to notify the authorities immediately. We have flyers, posters and handouts available to feral feeders.

PLEASE KEEP PETS INSIDE AND PROTECT FERALS/STRAYS YOU ARE FEEDING!! Coyotes are becoming more prevalent and a constant danger to small animals. Owls are also dangerous predators of cats -- they hunt in the evening and early morning. Pet & Feral Cat Poisonings are being reported in our area the last several months. Your pet or feral could be a victim of paid or indiscriminate trapping. Beware of "pest control" companies and the like claiming they will trap and humanely re-locate ferals - THEY DO NOT! Feed ferals in a protected area, back yard if possible and NEVER leave food out all night - it attracts predators.

See Special Alerts page for more information.

IN LOVING MEMORY of all the special kitties that have graced our sanctuary and sadly gone, none of whom would have had love, comfort and shelter if not for us, no matter how long they were with us. You will never be forgotten.

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