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Tavi & Friends
... working together to help special
animals with unique challenges
Please support Tavi & Friends...
Donations are needed to continue their programs and to help special animals
Tavi was my fearless little cat, named after Kipling's
indomitable mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Throughout my years of rescuing stray cats and dogs, while she was still with me,
Tavi was by my side helping to rehabilitate and socialize each one, taking all under her wing and even teaching frightened
ferals that adjusting to a safe home life is far better than being on the street. Happily (and sadly) we would see these animals
off to wonderful new homes. Tavi herself became a "special-needs" kitty when she developed cancer, but I was blessed with
over 15 years of life with Tavi and she inspired us all to continue rescuing and helping animals with special needs.
Mary Bruce - Founder/Director, Tavi & Friends
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Tavi & Friends
is a 501c3 non-profit organization established to help animals with special needs. We are professional
and volunteer allies dedicated to improving the lives of these special-needs animals through
public awareness,
training, holistic support, rescue and adoption.
Be part of the solution!
We rely on public support to continue in our mission!
Please
join us today in making a difference in the lives of these very 'special' animals.
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Tavi & Friends' Programs...
 TTouch in Rescue™ Programs
TRAINING and TTOUCH THERAPY
PARTNERING with other SHELTERS, RESCUE GROUPS, REHAB CENTERS,
HOSPICES, and ANIMAL PROFESSIONALS...
Through our training program, TTouch
in Rescue™, TTouch® and other gentle, holistic methods of training, rehabilitation and wellness, are available to assist volunteers
and staff at animal rehab centers, hospices, shelters, and rescue/TNR groups. TTouch is a method of training and wellness
that has proven health and behavior modification benefits. By working directly with the animals, we show caretakers how
to apply it in their environment, and continue working with them as long as needed.
Through these methods,
our goals are to help improve the condition of animals in shelters and rescue environments; increase the adoptability of these
animals, which may lower the euthanasia rate in shelters and reduce the number of animals returned to shelters or forsaken
on the streets due to behavioral and/or health issues.
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We work directly with the animals in shelters and other rescue organizations to further help them find permanent, loving homes.
This can help reduce the number of animals killed in shelters simply because they have no place to go. If an animal can
be rehabilitated, that animal may know the love and comfort of their own home and family; and we want more homeless animals
to experience that joy.
Groups we work with include: NYC Animal Care & Control; Angel's Gate Hospice & Rehabilitation Center for Animals;
A Home At Last; Animal Haven; Best Friends/Pets Alive Sanctuary; C.L.A.W.S.; Juste Pour Les Animaux; Liberty Humane Society;
North Shore Animal League; and others.
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 RESCUE, FOSTER CARE, ADOPTIONS...
Our mission
also includes helping special-needs animal rescue and adoptions, in a foster-care environment. Volunteers in our foster care
network provide daily and veterinarian-administered care for the special animals they take into their homes. We try to find
a perfect forever home for each animal but, if we cannot, due to their special-needs, they have a loving home
with us forever!
We work with adoptive pet-parents and pets offering them gentle training methods to reduce behavioral and/or wellness
issues. Through lectures, workshops, private trainings, and other methods, we provide pet adopters with additional teachniques
to work through any issues with their pets, thereby reducing the number of pets that are often returned to shelters as a final
resort.
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  AMERICAN CURL Rescue & Re-Homing...
We also love and are
familiar with this wonderful rare breed of cat, and are committed to helping in the rescue and placement of homeless, abandoned,
surrendered or abused American Curls. Unhappily, this relatively new breed has had an increasing number of Curls in need of
re-homing. Our commitment to this breed includes educating the public and rescue community about identifying Curls, as well.
(And, yes, we are also proud caretakers of several American Curls!) Please contact us if you have questions about this intelligent,
playful, lovable, and special cat.
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 ABANDONED and FERAL CATS...
Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) is
a feral cat management practice widely used in the animal welfare community. It helps to reduce the number of kittens born
through spay/neuter of the cats in the colony. Through volunteer efforts, colonies are managed and the health and well being
of these cats can be maintained. TNR is a more humane method to managing colonies and the one proven technique that actually
works. Some cats in colonies are not feral but strays that have been abandoned. When kittens and cats from colonies can be
socialized, they can be rescued and permanent, loving homes found. For those unable to be socialized, they remain with their
colony and compassionate volunteers continue to provide daily care.
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 The SANCTUARY and Training, Rehabiliation & Wellness CARE CENTER
for Special Needs Animals
A major part of
our goal is to raise funds for a sanctuary to house special-needs animals
who, due to their uniqueness, may not be able
to be placed into permanent homes. A planned
Training, Rehabilitation & Wellness Center will provide support to these
animals in partnership
with the Tavi & Friends Sanctuary. The Center's services will also be available to pet owners'
who have animals with special-needs.
If you would like to help, your donation of funds is appreciated.
Please
contact us for more information.
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Tavi & Friends is a 501c3 non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to helping
special animals with unique challenges through training, holistic health care, rescue, adoption and foster care. Permanent,
loving homes are found for each animal whenever possible; due to special-needs, some will not be adopted and have a home for
life within our foster care network and, when available, in our Sanctuary.
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Special-needs/unique challenges designates animals who may have specific needs and require specialized care, and/or
who may have difficulty finding a permanent adoptive home due to issues such as: inappropriate behaviors; age or wellness
issues; orphaned; or are physically or emotionally challenged. This "uniqueness" may make them at higher risk for euthanasia,
homelessness, and abuse. Our volunteers provide love, training, holistic support, socialization, and foster care as appropriate
for each special animal. Feral cats are also "special needs"; colony caretakers provide for the daily needs of their colonies,
and rescue kittens or strays who may have been abandoned; for those cats who are able to be socialized, homes can be found.
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