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Animal Refuge Advocates An Outreach Mission to connect Texas Misfits who have been left behind or forgotten to their ideal PNW home!

Lending a helping hand to TNR cat communities around Oregon to assist with Spay, Neuter, Barn home placement, and shelters!

10/22/2026

Sweet babies!

Needing a forever adopter!!

10/22/2026

Mac is a foodie!!

Boys are doing so well and Macโ€™s eyes are clear!! Cheese licked Churru off my fingers! Cheese loves to loaf on the top o...
10/22/2026

Boys are doing so well and Macโ€™s eyes are clear!!

Cheese licked Churru off my fingers!

Cheese loves to loaf on the top of the bin!

10/22/2026

TNR for semi feral kittens.. is hard for the soul..

Wanted to be open about my emotions.. raw with you.

I was so proud of myself yesterday for getting everything set up for these babies then it hit me.. I convinced them to trust me and now they will have their ears tipped.

This is not for the weak.

But they will have a better life..

But. Their. Ears.

You can tell this is my first TNR case for babies.

But they came inside now.

And are doing so well.. I feel like they should have a chance to keep all their ears!

I look forward to being able to get as many feral kittens socialized as possible to avoid the ear tip! But it does require more finance.. I just see so many babies that were found and got into rescue young and they are not tipped. So thatโ€™s the goal.

I understand itโ€™s so essential for adults and true feral cats but these babies wanna be house cats I know it!!

Video of their sweet ears.

The family that started it all! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’œI became aware of 5 kittens that were said to be abandoned by their mamma. Then I lear...
10/21/2026

The family that started it all! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’œ

I became aware of 5 kittens that were said to be abandoned by their mamma. Then I learned it was 6. Then I leaned they were not abandoned.. they were taken. Then I learned the mamma was a great mamma. Then.. I learned, even with a donor willing to pay ER bill.. the runt was dying. The person involved in taking the runt and the rest of the babies away from their mamma was going to leave the runt alone overnight knowing it was dying.. even with assistance available. I even offered to pickup the baby and rush it to ER. Not allowed. We later learned the baby did die and then said she didnโ€™t want to work with me.. okay.

The lady who lives local and helps cats and is a saint was able to get the other surviving 5 babies from this lady who stole them, trap the mamma from where they came from and get them back together into a foster! What an amazing success.

(That is the little tiny babes and the black and white mamma in the pictures).

Moving forward we have the two boys Mac and Cheese. They came to me because they had an eye infection and needed daily care.. youโ€™ve seen how thatโ€™s going for them! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿพ

(Their mamma is the tort and was fixed by the same lady who helped save the babies and get the other mamma back to them!)

Then there is Little Alice. She will be kept by the people because she comes to them and is tame. She is SO tiny compared to her two brothers who are the same litter!

I decided to do her spay and full vetting myself since they wouldnโ€™t allow an account because it is online scheduling. I will be using Friends of Felines in Salem for her. She can go as a pet in a carrier.

(She is the tiny little black and white girl next to the long hair black boy her brother)

Then there is the older brothers. The April brothers. Ace and Ozzy. They are not interested in the trap at all and I will get to borrow a drop trap to get them down to Main Street Spay and Neuter! The owner of the property will keep Ace because he is coming around to them and Ozzy will be my next feral project. He will come here most likely unless I can find a great placement by November 9th!

We were able to connect with a neighbor who donated a little awesome build house already for this little family!

Thanks for reading and now you know the little group that started it all. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Our first street babies we are getting healthy with great food and eye meds!! They are eating and drinking well plus so ...
10/20/2026

Our first street babies we are getting healthy with great food and eye meds!!

They are eating and drinking well plus so cozy and warm in their little cave!!

They are in quarantine until they are better and will be going for their second round of shots, rabies, and deworming on the 2nd!

Shall get their neuter appointments set up within the week!

Welcome back, Let's learn about the different wolves!As we learned in the last post, the modern grey wolf and our canine...
01/31/2024

Welcome back,
Let's learn about the different wolves!

As we learned in the last post, the modern grey wolf and our canine friends both came to evolve from the Megafaunal Wolf, a late Pleistocene Wolf.

So, if it all started with this ancient ancestor..
What are the species of wolf today, and how have we gotten here? Let's take a look.

The Grey Wolf was one of the few larger predators to survive the late pleistocene megafauna extinction. It is believed the Grey Wolf was able to survive on smaller prey as where the Late Pleistocene Wolf was adopted for hunting of the largest megafauna prey which led to it dieing off with the other creatures.

So, how many species of wolf do we have today?

The answer is two.
The Grey Wolf (Canis Lupus) and
The Red Wolf (Canis Rufus).

Why does it seem like we have so many kinds of wolves? Well, that's because of the Subspecies of wolves that have branched out in different parts of the world, being best adapted to their areas. We have roughly 40 Subspecies of wolf today.

Most all the Subspecies are from the grey wolf.
The Red Wolf is actually a result of breeding between the Grey Wolf and Coyotes.

Thank you for joining me today to learn more about wolves! In the next and final section on this topic, we will discuss Wolf Hybrids!

Phone credits to:
Joe Kelly (no. 1)
Animal Spot (no. 2)

The BeginningEvolution of our canine companions. (Part 1 of 3)Did you know?It all started with the early grey wolf? Or s...
01/09/2024

The Beginning
Evolution of our canine companions.
(Part 1 of 3)

Did you know?
It all started with the early grey wolf?
Or so they thought...

The original ancestor was the Megafaunal Wolf, a gigantic elite hunter with a bite power 29% stronger and weight 25% more than the largest modern grey wolves. These wolves were pretty different than your modern grey wolf.

Humans and wolves started out by being beneficial to one another because the wolves would scavenge around the camps, the early humans would allow the wolves to stay close because this in turn would alert them to intruders or outsiders coming into the camp.

As the humans traveled and the wolves followed the camps the humans began to keep the more promising litter mates of these wolves with their immediate family. This was the beginning of what led to artificial selection.

This process of the wolf becoming one with the humans of the area was not believed to have been in only one place, rather this was believed to have been repeated by many different cultures in many different areas of thousands of years.

As this domestication continues we see a change in appearance and temperament of the wolves. Wolves continue to hybridize themselves to this day.

"So, in response to the question "Do dogs descend from wolves?", we can indeed say they do, but genetics now give us the tools to clarify which ones. Modern dogs, irrespective of their variety, all stem from a now-extinct line of prehistoric wolves that are only very distantly linked to modern wolves."
(Source: Do dogs really descend from wolves?
by Elodie-Laure Jimenez)

Thanks for being here,

Next, let's dive into (part 2) the different wolf species as well as the wolf dog hybrids and how they play a roll in it all!

01/08/2024

Going to be posting flyers seeking reputable fosters.

In the next couple months we have MANY Texas dogs needing a safe space for decompression after the trip plus someone to transport to/from adoption events!

Keep an eye out around town and share this post!

No dog left behind! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’œ

01/07/2024

Happy New Year Friends! This week we have a lot of new cuties ready to talk you into giving them a comfy space next to you on the couch. ๐Ÿถ

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We have a lot of unique pups, all with different personalities - Come chat with our Canine Care Team to find your perfect match! Meet them Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6:30PM or see them all online at savinggracepetadoptioncenter.org

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