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About
Safe
Harbor Farm
P.O. Box 493, Maysville, NC 28555 252-422-6770
(a 501(c)3 non-profit)
A short history...
Formed in early 2002 as Cat-Kind, Inc., our organization
quickly gained a reputation for helping cat-colony
caretakers, most of whom were older residents utilizing retirement income
or disability benefits to feed 5-50 cats. During our first year and a half, 354 of these cats were spay-neutered, vaccinated and
"fixed" in other ways, all at little or no
cost to the cat caretakers. Dozens more cats were moved from hazardous
locations & adopted by responsible individuals, and long-term support
networks and friendships were forged as our group reached out to
individuals caring for community strays.
In
November 2003, we christened our Kindness Clinic
for Cats & Dogs, a thirty-four foot not-for-profit, low-cost mobile
spay-neuter clinic. In our first year of operation more than 1,000 additional
cats & dogs were spay-neutered & vaccinated, most getting preventative
veterinary care for the first time in their life!
In
January, 2005, we purchased 61 acres of beautiful, forest-nestled
land off of Route 17 in Maysville, NC and officially changed
our name to Safe Harbor Farm, Inc.
In
2005 and 2006, volunteers cleared & groomed the land, creating
a road, a pond and a spot for our new Feline Adoption Center (originally
a 2-room schoolhouse moved onsite from a location in New Bern)..
In
2007, we welcomed our second building - a 100 year old church moved
from the center of Maysville. This will become the new Kindness
Spay-neuter Clinic!
In
2008 we expanded our programs, aiming for more spay-neuters (more
than 3,600 performed to date!) and more carefully screened adoptions.
We hosted a shelter externship for 4 senior veterinary students and continued
work on our hospital building. Utilizing a dozen volunteers, a ton
of metal and more than 4,000 bolts, we raised our third building - our
Dog Adoptions Center. This building is hurricane wind-rated to 155 mph,
and it's where we'll all go come the next big storm.
In
2009, the work continued... more spays & neuters (topping 7,000
animals since we began); hundreds of carefully-matched adoptions to forever
homes; more coordinated efforts with sister rescues, the foundation poured
for a new dog isolation building, expansion of our cat adoptions building
(the addition of a 12' x 24' screened playroom for the kitties) and more
finishing touches to our facility.
And
now, in 2010, with an average of 150 cats, dogs, goats, chickens
and ducks onsite at any time, we find our shelter has transformed from
a 100% cat rescue into an absolultely terrific Rescue, Rehabilitation
& Rehoming Center specifically for Dogs! Yes, there are roughly
80 beloved cats (and two dozen goats) living at SHF, but they are our
"homies." They're not really for adoption. Why the transformation?
More than anything else, we credit our dedication to helping more dogs
to Cesar Millan, nationally known as "The Dog Whisperer." Thanks
to Cesar, our working pack of 24-30 dogs is balanced, mentally healthy
and very well behaved. Not familiar yet with Cesar's wonderful work with
dogs? Check out his site at www.cesarsway.com.

SHF's Patchoulli,
offering to sign Cesar's book Lynne
& Cesar - San DIego June 2010
Safe
Harbor Farm's mission is to promote lifesaving spay & neuter surgery
and responsible stewardship of cats & dogs through action and
education.
From left to right:
SHF's Cat Center
SHF's duck pond
SHF's Kindness Spay-neuter Clinic
Please read our
monthly E-newsletters to learn more about
the work we've been doing!
And please send YOUR tax-deductible contribution to SHF at P.O.
Box 493, Maysville, NC 28555 (or use our secure Pay-Pal buttons and save a
stamp!)
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