10/17/2026
โผ๏ธ๐ฅ TOOELE COUNTY, THIS SUFFERING NEEDS TO STOP! ๐ฅโผ๏ธ (longer read)
The number of people asking me to take care of cats or entire colonies on their properties is overwhelming. Some have 20, 40, even 100 cats!
WHY WASN'T THIS ADDRESSED BEFORE ANOTHER BREEDING SEASON?
I'm not upset people ask for help. I'm upset these situations are allowed to grow out of control before anyone takes action.
โผ๏ธ I AM ONE PERSON. I do NOT work for the county or city, I chose to jump in and help with my own time and dime โผ๏ธ
I have a job, a rescue to run, and a life outside of animal welfare. I cannot drop everything on demand or be available 24/7.
PLEASE STOP ASSUMING THAT CONTACTING ME MEANS I'VE AGREED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ANIMAL.
Finding a cat, temporarily housing it, or sending me a message does NOT automatically make that animal my responsibility, financially or otherwise. Nor does it mean I've agreed to intake it.
Bella's Furever Friends receives NO GOVERNMENT, CITY, OR COUNTY FUNDING!
We rely on donations, volunteers, and far too often, my own money.
We've sterilized OVER 180 FERAL CATS THIS SUMMER, costing thousands in veterinary care, food, transportation, and medications. That's ON TOP of the ongoing expenses of caring for our indoor rescue cats!
I CANNOT CONTINUE CARRYING THE FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL BURDEN ALONE. My volunteers are absolute angels behind the scenes however, they can only do so many shifts in a week. They express their frustrations they don't understand a county this size that others who can help, wont.
Property owners need to take some responsibility. Not everyone can donate money, but trapping, transporting, fundraising, volunteering, and sharing posts ALL help!
๐ THE CATS ARE THE ONES SUFFERING. They didn't ask to be born, abandoned, or left to reproduce endlessly.
The solution cannot always be "Call Bella. She'll handle it, she'll pay for it too."
And not receiving an immediate response doesn't mean I don't care or you're being ignored. It means I'm already stretched beyond what one person can reasonably manage. Has it ever occurred to the i need an answer asap people, i am helping the other ton of people who reached before you? Messaging them, and taking action??? That their is a waiting list? You are in a que and its out of my control how many people message? That YOU need to keep reaching back i cant be your secretary? Or that i am working my job? Driving TO PICK UP A CAT? driving to feed ferals? Trapping? Medicating cats? Working a shift with all the cats? Or handling other lifes responsibilities like getting a tire patched?
THIS RESCUE IS ALREADY STEPPING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY! Average is 16-20 hours a dayโผ๏ธ
I'd LOVE more land, a larger facility, and the resources to help more animals. But until then, we need MORE PEOPLE stepping up, not more expectations placed on one person.
๐พ We need more funding for spay/neuter.
๐พ We need property owners involved BEFORE colonies grow out of control.
๐พ We need volunteers, supplies, space, and community support.
โผ๏ธ WE NEED COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, NOT MORE EXPECTATIONS ON ONE PERSON! โผ๏ธ
Bella's Furever Friends cannot be the answer to every animal welfare problem in Tooele County.
And one more thing. โผ๏ธ
PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT THIS RESCUE ON FACEBOOK.
I've seen claims that I don't respond to messages (when I can prove I did), asking other people how to get ahold of me, fudging the time i last communicated ๐ซช, that I refuse to take cats (despite the countless animals we've helped and intake all the time) and my personal favorite, that I don't fix cats.๐ซช๐
OVER 180 FERAL CATS STERILIZED THIS SUMMER ALONE. But apparently, we don't fix cats. ๐
Running a rescue is exhausting enough without having to spend what little time I have defending myself against statements that simply aren't true.
If you have that much time to discuss what you THINK I'm not doing, I have plenty of litter boxes that need scooping, cats that need feeding, and shifts that need covering!
BE PART OF THE WORK, NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM. ๐พ๐งก
๐งก ARE YOU WILLING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION? ๐พ