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The Heart of the Earth Sanctuary and Rescue, Inc

Intake is closed. HOTE Sanctuary and Rescue, INC is Green Multi-state non-profit 501c3 organization where the homeless and unwanted are family.

We are a registered 501c3 Not for profit charity.The full amount of your contribution is deductible for federal income tax purposes. The Heart of the Earth Sanctuary and Rescue is a sanctuary, rescue and animal rights advocacy group who is committed to the promotion of the rescuing and adoption of homeless, abandoned, neglected and abused animals by creating an alliance with other sanctuaries, advocacy groups, rescues and animal shelters. We are committed to helping the hard to adopt animals and doing our part to keep the environment green.

10/28/2026

You know what I find absolutely disgusting?

The way people will complain about someone feeding a hungry stray animal, but have very little to say about the irresponsible humans who created the problem in the first place.

People are quick to criticize the person putting out a bowl of food. They complain about attracting animals, creating a nuisance, or encouraging them to stick around.

But where was all that outrage when someone dumped that animal like yesterday's garbage? Where was the concern when an animal was left to fend for itself, searching for food, shelter, and a little kindness?

The problem isn't the person showing compassion. The problem is a society that treats animals as disposable and then criticizes the people trying to keep them alive.

Yes, we need spaying, neutering, responsible rescue, and long-term solutions. But none of those things justify allowing an innocent animal to starve.

I've spent enough years in animal rescue to know that the people helping are often the ones carrying the burden of someone else's irresponsibility.

Stop attacking the people holding out a helping hand and start holding accountable the people who made that help necessary.

Compassion isn't the problem.

Abandonment is.

And if seeing someone feed a starving animal bothers you more than seeing that animal starve, you might want to take a good, hard look at your priorities.

10/21/2026

Well, I didn't ask for more kittens, but here we are.

Everyone, meet Bugs and Tiger!

With two more little mouths to feed, our expenses continue to grow, and unfortunately, our donations aren't keeping up. We've reached the point where we're dipping into our personal funds to cover food, supplies, and veterinary care.

We desperately need donations to help keep everyone fed, healthy, and cared for. No amount is too small. Even a few dollars makes a difference when there are so many depending on us.

We know times are hard for everyone, and we never take anyone's generosity for granted. If you're unable to donate, sharing our posts is another wonderful way to help.

We didn't plan on Bugs and Tiger, but they needed help, and here they are. Two more little lives worth fighting for.
Please consider donating to help us continue doing what we do.

👉 Donation link: Venmo:
PayPal: paypal.me/theheartoftheearth
Cash app: $hotesanctuary

10/11/2026

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10/10/2026

"Happy Saturday"

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10/05/2026

Our Boo Boo has taken his last flight.

I came home from work today and found that he had passed away. He was perfectly fine when I left, so I really don’t know exactly what happened.

Now, I could write a beautiful tribute about what a sweet, loving bird Boo was…but Boo would know I was lying.

Boo was an a**hole.

We were at least his fourth placement, and I’m fairly certain that somewhere along the way, before he came to us, someone had not been kind to him. We had him for ten 1/2 years and did everything we could to convince him that people were safe and that he was loved.

Boo remained unconvinced.

He hated us.

He hated visitors.

He bit the dogs.

He bit us.

He drew blood on more than one occasion.

Basically, we spent 10 1/2 years providing room service, healthcare, entertainment and unconditional love to a tiny feathered vampire who occasionally thanked us by trying to remove pieces of our flesh.

And we loved the little a**hole anyway.

So tonight, I’m choosing to believe Boo is sitting high in a tree somewhere in the sky, listening to his beloved Barry Manilow, completely free.

Fly high, Boo Boo. You ornery little sh*t.
10 1/2 years with us, four homes, countless bites, and somehow you still managed to leave a hole in our hearts.

We’ll miss you, you a**hole.

10/02/2026

✨ LOOK AT MERLIN NOW. ✨

When Merlin came to us, he was sick, painfully skinny, and struggling. His little body told the story of just how much he had been through.

But Merlin had fight in him. ❤️
Good food. Medical care. Warmth. Safety. Patience. Love. And time.

And today?

MERLIN WEIGHS 11.8 POUNDS! 🥹🐾

He isn’t that frail, sick boy anymore. He’s filling out, getting stronger, and finally looking like the cat he was always supposed to be.

From sick and skinny 6.8 pounds to 11.8 pounds of Merlin. ❤️

And we couldn’t be prouder of him.

09/27/2026

The kitties got a new water fountain!

Sadie was the first one brave enough to investigate, followed closely by Bramble. So far, I think we have their approval.

We’re always looking for little ways to make life here more comfortable and enriching for everyone, and fresh, moving water is definitely a win.

**disclaimer** This fountain was not purchased with donations. I (Kerry) purchased with my own $$.

09/26/2026

Feeding cats is not a crime. It is compassion; and in town after town, caretakers are being fined, cited, and even jailed for putting out bowls of food. We stand with every one of them.

Feeding bans fix nothing. Cats don't disappear when the food does. They go hungry, they get sick, they suffer, and the ones who get caught are handed to shelters that kill them. The people these laws punish are the same people who are keeping cats alive, getting them vaccinated, and getting them altered through TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return). Cities should be working with these caretakers, not prosecuting them.

The only cruelty in the picture is the ban itself. A law that makes it illegal to keep a living being from starving and suffering is the crime. We reject it, and we will keep fighting until these ordinances are repealed, and caretakers can do the work of caring without fear. Show up at your city council meetings and town-halls, speak out, and refuse to let kindness be treated as a violation.

Protect the cats. Support the people caring for them. Compassion is not a crime.

09/21/2026

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CAT CRISIS!!

We are in the middle of a massive cat overpopulation problem, and pretending it isn’t happening is not going to make it disappear.

Neither will starving cats.

Neither will complaining about them.

Neither will punishing the people trying to help them.

TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, is part of the solution.

We offered a few years ago to spear head such a project and were met with silence. YEARS! This is NOT a new problem.

I even did training on TNR.

Community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, and returned to the territory they already know. When resources are available, they are also vaccinated and provided ongoing care. Friendly cats and kittens may be placed for adoption when rescues have room.

But here is where some people need to hear the uncomfortable truth.

If you allow cats to breed unchecked and leave their kittens outside to fend for themselves, you are part of the problem.

If you allow your unfixed pet cats to roam outside and reproduce, you are part of the problem.

If you dump a cat because you no longer want it and make that animal someone else's responsibility, you are part of the problem.

If you knowingly allow cats to go hungry because you think starving them will somehow solve overpopulation, you are part of the problem.

And if you see the explosion in the outdoor cat population happening all around us and simply choose to ignore it, that is irresponsible too.

Cats don't magically stop reproducing because nobody wants to deal with them.

Females can have multiple litters. Their kittens can reach reproductive maturity within months. One unfixed male can impregnate multiple females. A few unfixed cats can become a colony frighteningly quickly.

Then rescues, TNR volunteers, colony caregivers, and ordinary compassionate people are left trying to clean up the mess.

They buy the food.

They buy the traps.

They pay for spay and neuter.

They transport cats.

They treat sick kittens.

They sit up all night bottle-feeding babies.

They find dead and injured cats along roads.

They take in abandoned pets when they already have nowhere left to put them.

And somehow THESE are the people some communities want to punish?

No.

If we're serious about reducing the number of homeless cats, then let's put accountability where it belongs.

Fine the people dumping animals.

Hold irresponsible owners accountable when they repeatedly allow intact cats to roam and reproduce.

Enforce abandonment and cruelty laws.

Make affordable spay and neuter accessible.

Support TNR programs instead of creating barriers for the people doing the work.

Do not punish the person putting food and clean water down for a hungry animal while simultaneously trying to get that animal fixed.

Do not make the compassionate person the criminal while ignoring the person who dumped the cat there in the first place.

And for God's sake, stop blaming the cats.

They didn't ask to be born outside.

They didn't choose to be abandoned.

They didn't choose to have litter after litter.

They are surviving a problem human beings created.

If you want fewer community cats, then support the things that actually reduce reproduction.

Spay. Neuter. TNR. Don't dump. Don't allow intact pets to roam. Feed responsibly. Help the people trying to fix the problem instead of attacking them.

You cannot starve your way out of a cat overpopulation crisis.

You cannot ignore your way out of it.

And you sure as hell aren't going to solve it by punishing the people who are trying to clean up everyone else's mess.

Hold the people creating the problem accountable. Support the people working to end it.

09/08/2026

This is a long overdue THANK YOU to everyone who has sent supplies,
donations, food, diapers, and other things for Biggley and the rest of our crew.

These days, I know we are all struggling in one way or another, and that makes every single thing you send or donate mean even more to us. The truth is, we simply could not do what we do without the support of our community.

We are not a large organization. In reality, we are tiny compared to many rescues and sanctuaries. We are a home-based rescue. We don't have a building full of staff or a team of volunteers coming and going every day. Outside of a few close friends and family who help when they can, it is mostly us. When we need additional help, we usually have to pay someone to come in.

Because of that, we have limitations. Sometimes those limits can be bent a little when an animal desperately needs us, and anyone who knows me knows I have a tendency to do exactly that. But they can never be pushed so far that the animals already here don't get the time, care, medical attention, food, clean spaces, and love they deserve.

Their quality of life will always come first.
Every bag of food, pack of diapers, case of supplies, Chewy box, Walmart order, and donation helps us keep doing this. It helps us care for Biggley and all of the other animals who call this little sanctuary home.

So if I haven't personally thanked you, or if it took me far too long to say it publicly, please know that we see you. We appreciate you. And we are incredibly grateful.

It really does take a village.
Thank you for being part of ours.

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