Since childhood, my heart has gone out to stray animals who have no owner to love them and take care of them. With the crisis in CT concerning animals being abused, neglected, abandoned and dumped, I lay awake at night thinking of what I could do to ease their pain and suffering. With no state funding available to those finding and rescuing these animals, I wanted to do something so that cost wouldn't be the reason they couldn't get the medical care they badly needed and deserved.
In partnership with Connecticut Veterinary Center, Marla's Community Medical Fund For Strays runs on individual or small business donations and gives ownerless strays a chance to get life-saving medical care for injuries and/or illnesses incurred as a result of being neglected, abused, abandoned, or "dumped" onto the streets. CT Veterinary Center is a 24 hour ER, staffed with compassionate and highly skilled staff. Both urgent and routine care provided has included: partial paw amputation for a wound that wasn't healing, surgery to repair deep puncture wounds to the abdomen and extremities after being attacked, hypothermia, dehydration, Parvo, FIP, FIV, URI, UTI, severe matting and overgrown claws, severe GI upset, high fevers, general wounds from life on the streets, routine spay/neuter and full vetting.
These strays have gone on to get adopted either by the good samaritan who found them, or had their adoptions made possible by amazing rescues like: Protectors Of Animals, CT Cat Connection, The Kitty Kat Ranch, The Simon Foundation, and Muddy Moose Rescue. Other rescues the fund has collaborated with to assist with medical care include:
My Bella TNR and The Kitty Kat Ranch, and Helping Outside Animals as well as independent rescuers. -Marla R.
The first strays that Marla ever came across and fed
Marla is the proud owner of 2 cats herself, Ozi & Muffin
Learn more about Marla, the founder HERE
