Tavi & Friends

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Tavi & Friends is a 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.

"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: Best Friends/Pets Alive Sanctuary; Angel's Gate Hospice & Rehabilitation Center for Animals; A Home At Last; Animal Haven; Bobbi and the Strays; 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 needs 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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HELPING 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, we maintain several colonies around the NYC-area and also maintain the health and well being of these cats. TNR is a more humane method to manage these colonies and the one proven technique that actually works. Some of the cats in these colonies are strays that have been abandoned; when possible, kittens and cats who can be socialized will be rescued and permanent, loving homes will be found. For those who are unable to be socialized, they remain with their colony and we 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 non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to helping special-needs animals 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. *501c3 status is pending
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Special-needs designates animals with specialized needs and who may 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-needs animal. Feral cats also have "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.