Impact Stories

Read this one all the way to the bottom to read their full story and watch these two grow! Meet Peggy, she and her brother, Jack Sparrow, were trapped at a house in Eureka. Peggy was trapped with only three legs, her hind leg was severed at the equivalent of the shin bone. At the time she was trapped, her injury had healed over, leading our volunteer to initially think perhaps it was a birth defect. Peggy and her brother came in for dewormer, vaccines, flea treatment, and a b

A stray kitty was brought in today by one of our fabulous volunteers for a neuter and to assess his injured eye. This kitty turned out to be neutered already, but we did sedate him to explore the injury to his eye. Turns out he had a foxtail lodged deep in his eye socket! The foxtail was removed, and our volunteer will keep him at her house for medication and monitoring. He will come back for a re-check in a couple of weeks to check on his healing process and assess next step

This sweet girl was brought in by one of our volunteers for us to take a look at her eye! This stray kitty, we named Softie, was spayed here a while ago, but the difficult life of a community cat does not end once they can no longer reproduce. Turns out the eye itself (at least for now) is fine. It appears she experienced a traumatic event to her face, and the swelling and discharge are from an infection caused by a bite wound. The infection is in the facial bones. Softie rec

graphic photos below Miss Joker was a feral that was brought to us by a local cat trapper. She was just here to get spayed but our medical staff noticed a horrible injury to her face. With no owner to care for her, she sadly would have been spayed and then returned back to where she came from, BUT, our staff didn’t want to let that happen! With funding from our donation based Feral Colony Fund, Miss Joker underwent a procedure to get her face stitched up while she was gettin

Everyone meet this beautiful, strong cat named Andi. This sweet girl underwent a double enucleation, which means the removal of both her eyes! As a kitten, she suffered juvenile glaucoma that has affected her all the way into adulthood. The pressure from her eyes growing to such a large size caused her to go blind, and she unfortunately was in pain 24/7.  Can you imagine having a migraine every day? After coming to us, Dr. Ott referred her to an eye specialist who agreed ther

Can you believe this cutie, coned, orange guy came to us with A HOLE IN HIS ARMPIT?? This stray boy was brough in by a volunteer trapper this week, originally just for a neuter. Once he was sedated, our team noticed he had a large puncture would in his armpit! They hopped into action quick and went to work cleaning the wound, stitching it up, and administering antibiotics. The individual that feeds him was unable to house him for his recovery but our staff refused to send him

Have you noticed that here in Humboldt we are big fans of pitties? Did you also know they are the most common breed found in shelters? Knowing this and seeing the success our previous free pit days have had, we are thrilled to announce that thanks to generous donations we were able to host another sponsored pit day! It was a huge success and it really takes the weight off pet parents that want to keep their pittie out of a shelter, but struggle to afford the cost of fixing th

Remember sweet, sick, lonely Oinky? The kitten that was found wandering an abandoned lot in Eureka? We are so happy to say that not long after we took him in and treated him, he was almost immediately adopted! Oinky is THRIVING now with 1 older sibling, and a mom who he bonded with the second they got home. We are so happy he is living his absolute best life and we cannot wait to watch him grow! (First pic is the day he was brought in, the rest is him in his new home!)

We shaved this feral cats belly to get her ready for her spay, and that's when the umbilical hernia revealed itself! An umbilical hernia is a defect where abdominal muscle layer doesn't close at the umbilical chord site. When the hernia is large enough and untreated, this can cause vital organs (like intestines) to become strangulated within the hernia. We were able to repair the hernia while she was getting spayed, setting her up for success! This life saving surgery was pos

Take a look at the life saving spa day for sweet Bruce! Bruce lives in the Guintoli area of Arcata and has been getting fed by someone that worked on Valley West. They think he was abandoned because he warmed up to pets a lot quicker than you'd expect of a stray cat. The caretaker noticed he didn't look to good and wanted to help him, they were just unsure of where to turn. After reaching out to Animal Control, they were referred to one of our volunteer cat trappers for help.

Poor, sweet Smokey had an exam appointment with us for an abscess on his tail. Once he got examined by the Dr. he was sedated and we got...

This sweet pup, Midas, came to us with a painful injury to his dewclaw. The nail had split and fractured, causing him significant...

While trapping a cat colony in Leggett at the Drive-thru tree, a cat trapper found this sweet gray mamma! She had a limp from what looks...

After coming to us, Dr. Ott referred her to an eye specialist who agreed there was nothing that could be done to save her eyes. Andi came back to the clinic and the double enucleation commenced. Her surgery was smooth sailing, and she is on the road to recovery!

Sweet Noodles wasn't feeling like his usual self and came in to get checked out by the Doctor. It didn't take long to realize that Noodles had an infected bite on his foot! He was sedated, the area was shaved, the Doctor deep cleaned the wound and inspected for any other issues, and finally, he was given a clean bill of health and reunited with his Dad!

Poor Shadow, a community cat, was brought in by a concerned neighbor. His foot was so swollen that it was about twice the size of his other feet!