Safe Harbor Farm 

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, to provide affordable surgeries for the neediest of animal caretakers. Beyond offering spays & neuters to low-income & multi-pet households, the Kindness Clinic also provides surgical and laboratory services to several small animal rescue non-profits. In the Kindness Clinic's first year of operation more than a thousand more 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.

     In 2007, we welcomed our second building - a 100 year old church moved from the center of Maysville to become a full-service veterinary clinic for rescues and the community at large!

     In 2008 we expanded our programs, aiming for more spay-neuters and more carefully screened adoptions. We' hosted a shelter externship for 4 senior veterinary students and continued work on our full-service hospital-to-be.  Utilizing a dozen volunteers, a ton of metal and more than 4,000 bolts, we raised our third building, to house dogs at night, one hurricane wind-rated to 155 mph.  Its where we'll all go with the animals come the next big storm.

     And in 2009, the work continues... more spays & neuters; more 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

From left to right:  SHF's Feline Adoptions Center

                               SHF's pond

                               SHF's  spay-neuter clinic  

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