Harney County Save A Stray Rescue

08/30/2026

UPDATE:

The guys that found him checked with several other camps up in that area and no one claimed him. I also scanned him for a chip and did not find one. I spoke with a LEO and they are not impounding dogs at all and putting him back up on that road was not an option, the finder’s were not gonna put him back in harms way so they are taking him home.

This dog was found on the 43 road yesterday while some people from out of town were up there driving around hunting. Does anybody recognize him? They’re trying to leave town today. They are in a motel and they don’t know what to do with the dog. This is the struggle we are in right now, law-enforcement will not impound stray dogs unless they are aggressive. What do we tell people from out of town that find a stray??? Our small cat rescue does not have a place to hold dogs. Any help would be appreciated.

08/25/2026

URGENT!!!! PLEASE SHARE!!

Abby was lost near Snow Mountain deep in the wilderness between Burns and Prineville. She is a 14 year-old English springer spaniel, brown, and white in color. We have signs up, are calling everywhere we can think of, and my brother is still looking for her. She is old. She went missing around 4 AM on Saturday the 22nd. If you have heard anything, please let me know. If possible, and you have good contacts, I would appreciate if you could share this information out to spread the word.
Please call Therese with any information! 541-771-9769

08/24/2026

This is the reality of stray and community cats. It’s not a “cat problem “ it’s a human problem. Please be kind and help be part of the solution.

06/28/2026

05/27/2026

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Stray cats are often treated like a nuisance before anyone stops to ask how they ended up outside in the first place.

Many were abandoned. Some were born outdoors and learned to survive however they could. Others once belonged to families before being dumped, lost, or forgotten.

People see a cat digging through trash or hiding beneath a porch and assume it “belongs outside,” but survival for stray cats is rarely peaceful. Hunger, disease, injuries, harsh weather, predators, cars, and human cruelty are all part of daily life.

For a frightened stray cat, even a small act of kindness can completely change its future. A bowl of food. Fresh water. Calling a rescue. Offering shelter during extreme temperatures. Supporting TNR programs. Those things matter.

Sometimes compassion starts by seeing an animal not as a problem to remove, but as a life trying desperately to survive.

05/19/2026

This!!

Spay abort is one of the hardest parts of rescue and TNR work. No one celebrates it. No one enjoys it. But when you are seeing what we see every single day, you understand why it is necessary.

Have you tried calling a rescue or shelter lately because you found kittens? Sick kittens? Injured kittens? Pregnant cats? Most places are full. Completely overwhelmed. Some are turning away dozens of calls every single week because there is simply nowhere left to put them.
That is the reality we are living in right now.

People often assume spay abort hurts the mother cat, but medically, it can actually help save her life. Pregnancy and giving birth outside are extremely hard on a cat’s body. Community cats are already fighting infections, parasites, starvation, weather, predators, injuries, and constant stress. Pregnancy increases the risk of complications, infections, malnutrition, difficult births, and death. Young cats having kittens are especially at risk.

And the kittens? They do not feel pain during the procedure because they are undeveloped fetuses during surgery. This is done humanely while the mother is under anesthesia during her spay.

The heartbreaking truth is that many kittens born outdoors never survive anyway. Some studies estimate survival rates for outdoor born kittens can be under 25% to adulthood. Many die from upper respiratory infections, starvation, parasites, predators, weather exposure, injuries, or being hit by cars. We see it constantly. Tiny sick kittens struggling to breathe. Mothers trying to care for babies while barely surviving themselves.

Spay abort prevents suffering before it starts.
We understand why people feel emotional about it. We do too. The people doing this work are not heartless. We cry. We lose sleep. We carry these decisions with us. But we are also the ones getting the calls when there are no fosters left, no cage space left, no transport available, and no rescues able to take another litter.

The community is overwhelmed. Shelters are overwhelmed. Rescues are overwhelmed. TNR groups are overwhelmed.
And most of the people trying to hold this together are doing it after work, before work, late at night, and on weekends. Unpaid. Exhausted. Because if we stop, the suffering gets worse.

Spay abort is not about being cruel. It is about trying to stop an endless cycle of suffering before more cats are born into a world with nowhere for them to go.

05/14/2026

Have you heard?? The Circus is coming to town!! The Burns Lions Club is sponsoring this event and has chosen HC Save a Stray as the lucky recipient of the proceeds. We are overwhelmed and want to thank them for their support in our efforts to continue to vet,feed,rescue, transport, foster, offer 2 low cost spay/neuter clinics a month and continue our TNR program for feral cats! The need is never ending! We’ve been doing this for 18 years this coming September! Please see the flyer for ways to purchase your tickets!! Thank you!! 😸🐕🐈🐶

05/03/2026

This came across my Facebook feed and it’s something I know all of us struggle with at times when it comes to our critters but I think it’s something to think about for our fur babies.