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The Arizona Center for Animal Rescue and Education is a non-profit 501c3 all breed dog/cat rescue.

10/15/2026

Meet the Brunch Bunch- Maple Syrup, Butterstacks, and Blackberry Jam. These three are growing strong!

10/13/2026

When you're the little guy, you have every right to take over the food when the others are distracted!

10/11/2026

Not available yet, but getting there! Ursa's kittens are beautiful.

Want to help us feed them? There are nine in this litter alone! Wish list in the comments.

10/09/2026

What a glow up!

Vozinha (male, gray) and Emiliano (female, tabby) have gone from scruffy to smooth, gorgeous, and fluffy. These kitties are fixed, vaccinated, dewormed, microchipped, felv/fiv negative and ready fo go!

10/08/2026

Happy Fall, y'all!

It may still be roasty outside, but the cooler weather is coming and we have your Fall color right here!

10/06/2026

We got mama!

Thanks to the teamwork of the business owner, a tenacious employee, and a trapper friend, the mom of kittens previously taken in by AZCare has been trapped!

She has been spayed and will be released back as she is feral and would not be happy indoors. Spaying and neutering feral cats reduces injury from fighting, allows the cats to conserve resources for themselves, and otherwise improves their quality of life.

AzCare runs entirely on adoption fees and donations. Since this kitty will not be adoptable, can you help to sponsor her spay? It was $55. If you can cover, or contribute towards covering, that fee, please venmo

Thank you!

10/02/2026

Trap with a plan!

It's easy enough to buy a trap and lure in a hungry cat, but it should not ever be done without a plan for what happens next. Feral cats should be fixed and released back to their original territory. Kittens can often be socialized.

Here at AZcare, we do not have the volunteers or resources for large scale TNR efforts, but we work with responsible trappers to do the part we're good at- helping the potentially adoptable kitties become healthy, happy, and ready for a better life indoors.

Say hello to Odysseus (foster calls him Odie). His journey to find a brighter future has begun!

09/25/2026

Our latest acquisition is here to give a word of advice on what to do if you find very young kittens.

Leave them with their mom!

For the vast majority of kittens this is the best option. She feeds them. She finds them shelter. She cleans them. She keeps them warm. And, if you take them, she will spend hours searching and calling. It's heartbreaking.

No mom in sight? It's normal for mom to leave her babies to go find food, so kittens on their own more than likely have not been abandoned. She won't come while you're there. Sprinkle a circle of flour around and check back in a couple hours for pawprints.

Now we all know that we don't want more kitties out there contributing to overpopulation problems. We reccomend kittens be brought inside when they are 5-6 weeks old. At this age they are still easy to socialize and they can eat on their own. The feral mother can be safely spayed and released back. For tame mom cats, kittens should stay with mom 8-10 weeks.
We understand that not all situations are ideal and some, like the little one pictured, will require earlier intervention. We have a few experienced bottle feeders we like to reserve for true emergencies.

So, when considering the needs of kittens you find, please keep the mama cats in mind. If she is not a good candidate to be a pet, getting her fixed will improve her quality of life.

09/21/2026

Here at AZCare, we test every kitty for Felv and FIV. Brunson and Towns tested positive for Felv.

What is Felv?

Feline Leukemia virus (Felv) is an infectious immune deficiency disease specific to cats. It will not spread to dogs or people. Similar to AIDS in humans, it can cause trouble with the mmune system, making cats more susceptible to other diseases. There is no cure, but with regular check ups and a healthy environment, cats can live a good quality of life for several years.

Felv is spread through fluids, like saliva and urine, and can pass from a mother cat to her kittens.. There is a vaccine to prevent Felv, but as no vaccine is 100% effective, cats with Felv should be housed separately. Felv positive cats need to be kept strictly indoors to lessen the risk of a secondary disease and to reduce transmission.

Felv occurs in three phases: abortive, regressive, and progressive. Abortive: Some cats fight off the disease before it truly settles into their DNA. Regressive: The virus is integrated, but cats appear healthy and asymptomatic. The cat is susceptible to secondary diseases, but in a low stress environment with good nutrition, the cat can live happily for several years. Progressive: The virus is active and replicating. Secondary diseases, such as cancer or stomatitis, are present. Cats in the progressive phase have a high mortality rate with an average lifespan of three years. Towns and Brunson are currently happy, healthy, cuddly boys, indicating that though the disease is present as confirmed by testing, it is not currently active.

We're looking for a great home for these handsome boys, preferably together since they can not be housed with uninfected cats. They are good with dogs and kids. They are playful boys that make anything a toy.

Please like and share to help these special boys find their family!

09/11/2026

Basil, Catnip, Chives, Chamomile, Dill, and their mama, Rosemary, will be available to request through our website, tonight at 9pm.
We highly recommend that young kittens go in pairs, or into a home with another kitty friend already in place. For those who want just one kitty, we reccomend looking at our beautiful adult cats. Best of luck to these pumpkins!

Address

5529 E Flowing Spring
Florence, AZ
85132

Website

http://www.azcarerescue.org/

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