05/28/2026
🚨We are currently CLOSED for new intakes🚨
We are absolutely overwhelmed with medical cases, bottle babies, emergencies, and now trying to finish our floors next week on top of it all.
We physically do NOT have the space, fosters, time, or resources to continue taking in more cats right now.
Every single message we get is an emergency.
An injured cat.
A starving stray.
A pregnant mom.
A litter of kittens.
A dumped cat.
And the truth is… there are simply not enough rescues, fosters, volunteers, funds, or hours in the day to say yes to everything.
Please understand that Lucky’s is a small volunteer-run rescue. Every person here also works full-time jobs outside of rescue.
We go from work, to rescue, to home, and back again every single day.
Kitten season takes an unbelievable emotional toll on rescue workers and volunteers. People see the cute kitten photos online, but they don’t always see the exhaustion behind the scenes.
The crying. The stress. The burnout. The constant feeling of failing because no matter how much you do, there is always another cat needing help.
Right now many of us are exhausted, emotionally drained, heartbroken, overwhelmed, and carrying the weight of not being able to save every single one. It is impossible to ever feel like you are doing enough during kitten season.
We need the community to step up too.
If you feed stray cats, please fix them.
If you find an injured cat, please seek vet care if you are able.
If you can foster, even temporarily, PLEASE apply. Fostering directly saves lives and opens space for the next emergency.
We also need people to understand that dumping or leaving cats at our door is NOT a solution. We do not have regular staffed hours during the week. Leaving cats outside our building puts them at serious risk of escaping, being hit by cars, heat stroke, dehydration, starvation, injury, or worse before anyone even arrives to find them.
We cannot do this alone. No rescue can.
We hope this small glimpse behind the scenes helps people understand. These screenshots are only a FEW of the requests, photos, texts, and emails we have received in the past week alone from cats needing help.
Please be patient.
Please be kind.
And please understand that the people behind rescue are human beings trying their absolute best.
