DenMar's Animal Refuge Network

10/25/2026

Note from Denice!

Hey everyone, just wanted to share that I am still here and working to get healthy. The recovery from surgery has been rough and I am still struggling to eat and drink enough. I know it will happen and we are now hopeful I will be eating more regularly by mid-December. The lack of calories and hydration is keeping me weak so ops are still a hard stop. At this point we are hopeful we will start pushing back into ops at the beginning of 2027. We already have 2 new rescues/shelters, and 1 rescue/specialty clinic that we want to help support on hold and those are things we will begin exploring. Our teams are struggling more, as their communities struggle so we are going to hopefully get an end of year giving campaign going in a couple of weeks. We appreciate our tribe and as always, my heart is with those of you out in the field doing this important work. ❤️

10/04/2026

We didn't want to let the day end without a shout out to our friends at Wildlife Rescue of Central Texas! We were happy to be one of their grand opening sponsors and sorry we weren't able to celebrate with them in person today. So proud of their relentless push to get their new facility officially opened. We will celebrate with you soon!

Thank you to all of our event sponsors who are supporting our wild neighbors and helping make our Grand Opening event possible. Today we’re featuring our Great Horned Owl Sponsors🦉:
The Moats Family
Cynthia & Jim Huff
Serendipity Fund

Rich & Leslie Neitzke
Beverly Seffel & John Hall

10/01/2026

Hey guys...its me...The Professor, with a few updates. First, I am transitioning off the bottle and on to stinking ole gruel. Sounds bad...tastes great. Second, I love watching football with Mary.

But, the best news is Denice is doing well after her surgery. She is still very sore, and moving kinda slow, and is already tired of her liquid diet, but she is getting better every day.

She wanted to send her love and sincere thanks to everyone for their thoughts, love and positive energy.

Now...we both need a nap.

Love,
The Professor

09/20/2026

Hello, it's the Mar, otherwise known as Mary! I did a thing yesterday that I wanted to share with y'all because we have now supported animal advocacy work in 8 countries outside of the United States!

I will be honest, Denice is not happy being sidelined. I'll go as far as to say, it's really getting to her and as we creep closer to what would have been our departure for our 18 day Eurpean (Germany, Austia, Switzerland, Italy) Family Vacation she is more down in the dumps than ever.

There was an opportunity for us to help with a rescue relocation of a special feline from Honduras with one of our newer partners, and I Did It! We got up yesterday morning and I asked if she was up for a roadtrip and said I would do the driving. Gratefully she was, but I was prepared to make the trek myself if necessary. We got to Houston yesterday afternoon and had Spirit safely dropped off with our new friends at Sydney's Sanctuary and Cat Lounge just after dark. If you are a feline lover and haven't heard about this place yet, it is special, check them out.

🎶 I'm a big girl now! 🎶

09/12/2026

Thank you for all the messages, Denice is hanging in there and mentally ready to get back to DARN but physically is still not able and won't be until after recovering from surgery.

She has tested negative for COVID twice now so her surgery is rescheduled for September 25th. She completed her preop yesterday and has been cleared for surgery!

We know everyone is anxious for us to be back in the field. We have been in discussions with 2 new non-profits in the last 2 months and we have prioritized supporting them sometime during the last quarter of the year.

We have also signed off on two sponsorships that you will hear more in the coming months.

Thanks for sticking with us, the future is still filled with opportunities!

09/06/2026

Meet...TBD. While we may not be doing field work, we're still on the job. This little one, and two siblings, literally washed into the colony a week ago Friday, during a horrendous rain storm. Been awhile since we've been on bottle duty...we will share photos of the other two later. Given how they washed up into the "lagoon," we're going to follow Denice's suggestion, and give them "Gilligan's Island" themed names. You younger followers, please Google "Gilligan..." 😉🚤

08/27/2026

NEW UPDATE - Surgery has now been moved out 2 weeks because Denice tested positive for COVID this AM.

Hi, it's Denice! I just wanted to share that I am feeling very ready for today and feel confident, with my doctors, that it will help eleviate a lot of issues I have been dealing with. Today I am undergoing a surgery to correct a 'paraesophageal hernia with blockage'. They are basically going to rearrange some stuff inside, make repairs to multiple organs, and my diaphragm and tack things down so I have a traditional digestive system. It's been 50 years in the making and it's time. The specific work they will do sounds crazy but honestly science has come so far, especially in the last 4 years so we are ready.

We appreciate the DARN good thoughts and will share an update once I am out. We will be back stronger after some time to heal.

We don't need anything, at this point and have a great support system. If you have to do something, bring our heroes at the spay & neuter clinics some donuts, or snacks for the shelter workers, or any local rescues. They sure could use the support.

08/25/2026

We were sad not to be able to do this emergency transfer but elated when they reached out to share that Hero made it to the vets the very next day. He had a 4.5 hour surgery yesterday and is already feeling some relief. And while we are late to finding the perfect way to honor Mary, we have made a contribution to Hero's medical bills for Mary's birthday last week. This was a rescue filled with pure heroes...

Thank you Atlas Pet Vets and The Veterinary Care Foundation!!!