Operation Empty Cages

11/01/2026

🦃🐾 THANKSGIVING IS COMING! PLEASE PROTECT YOUR PUPS! 🐾🦃

Thanksgiving is a time for family, good food, and making memories, but it can also be a dangerous time for our pets!

🚨 One innocent-looking bite of fatty holiday food could trigger a painful, potentially life-threatening case of pancreatitis.

I’m a firm believer in NO TABLE SCRAPS, and I don’t feed dog treats either. I believe in keeping their diets consistent and knowing exactly what goes into their bodies. There is no need to risk their health just to give them a little something extra.

And here’s something we often overlook: children and guests sneaking food to the dogs under the table! They may think they’re being kind, but they could unknowingly make your dog very sick.

🍗 Turkey skin, gravy, ham, stuffing, buttery potatoes, and other rich holiday foods have no place in your dog’s bowl.

❤️ Please remind everyone coming into your home:

DO NOT FEED THE DOGS! NOT EVEN ONE LITTLE BITE!

If you want to spoil your pets this Thanksgiving, give them extra love, attention, and quality time. They don’t need our holiday meals to feel included.

🐾 Prevention is always better than an emergency veterinary visit.

Let’s keep our pets safe, healthy, and home with their families this holiday season.

Operation Empty Cages
Educate. Prevent. Protect.

10/31/2026

🐾💔 Please Keep Our Sweet Miley in Your Prayers 💔🐾

Our precious Miley is now on hospice and comfort care as her battle with cancer is becoming too much for her little body.

We don’t know how much time we have left together, but one thing we know for certain is that the amount of time we have will never change the amount of love we hold in our hearts.

Right now, our focus is on keeping Miley comfortable, surrounding her with love, and cherishing every precious moment we are blessed to have with her.

As hard as these cases are, we will always be here with open arms to love them, care for them, and stand by their side until their very last breath.

I don’t think anyone truly understands the heartbreak we experience when we open our hearts and homes to these precious souls, knowing that our time together may be short. We take on the pain of saying goodbye so that they can experience kindness, comfort, dignity, and unconditional love in their final days.

Sometimes the heartbreak is so unbearable that I question whether I can continue doing rescue. There are days when the emotional toll feels heavier than my heart can carry. But then I remind myself of something I’ve always believed: The day I stop caring, the day these losses no longer break my heart, is the day I need to walk away from rescue.

Because as painful as it is, that heartbreak means I still care. It means these lives matter to me. And it means I haven’t lost sight of why I started this journey in the first place.

We know that adoption is not a realistic option for many of these babies. They are elderly, medically fragile, or facing terminal illnesses. But their lives still matter. They still deserve love. And they deserve someone who won’t walk away when things get difficult.

That is why we are here.

Through Operation Empty Cages, and with your kindness, generosity, and continued support, we can be that safe place for the animals who have nowhere else to go.

We may not be able to give them more time, but we can make sure the time they have left is filled with love.

If love alone could heal them, they would live forever. ❤️

Please keep our sweet Miley and our family in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this heartbreaking journey.

No matter how much time we have, it will never be enough. 🐾❤️

10/29/2026

🐾 DO YOU SUPPORT RESCUE? OR DO YOU FOLLOW FOR THE DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT?

It’s a question the animal welfare community needs to start asking.

Are we truly supporting efforts to save animals, or have we become so consumed with social media drama, embellished rescue stories, controversy, and personalities that we’ve lost sight of the actual mission?

The goal is to STOP animals from entering shelters unnecessarily and prevent healthy, adoptable animals from being euthanized.

Animals enter shelters every single day. How do we help them get out alive?

❤️ ADOPTION — Finding loving, permanent homes.

🐾 REUNITE — Returning lost pets to the families who are desperately searching for them.

❤️ RESCUE — Responsible rescue organizations helping animals who are sick, frightened, have special needs, or are at risk of euthanasia.

🐾 FOSTER — Opening homes to provide temporary care and help create shelter capacity.

And most importantly, PREVENTION!

Spay and neuter. Microchip. Educate. Support pet owners. Keep animals in their homes and out of shelters whenever possible.

Let’s also remember:

❌ Taking possession of a found pet doesn’t automatically make someone a rescue.

❌ Sharing animals on an influencer page doesn’t make someone a rescue.

❌ Flipping animals for money is NOT rescue.

❌ Creating controversy, exploiting emotional stories, and generating social media attention is NOT the same as saving lives.

We cannot rescue or adopt our way out of this crisis!

We need to stop chasing our tails, financially rewarding drama, and confusing popularity with meaningful animal welfare work.

Imagine what we could accomplish if the attention, energy, and donations directed toward controversy were invested in prevention, responsible rescue, and lifesaving shelter programs.

Animals don’t need more drama. They need solutions.

So I’ll ask again:

Are you supporting RESCUE, or are you following for the DRAMA?

Because there’s a difference.

🐾 Operation Empty Cages

Let’s get back to basics. Let’s fix the root of the problem. Let’s save lives.

10/18/2026

Miley is at ER vet today, please send prayers for our sweet girl.

TO DONATE & SUPPORT:

💖 PayPal
[email protected]
(Friends & Family helps us avoid fees)

🏦 Zelle
[email protected]

🔁 Venmo


🌐 Donate Online
operationemptycages.org

📦 Donate by Mail
Operation Empty Cages
PO Box 154
San Jacinto, CA 92581

📘 Follow & Share Our page

🐾 Operation Empty Cages is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
EIN: 83-0676957

10/14/2026

10/12/2026

💻🐾 We’re looking for a little help behind the scenes!

Operation Empty Cages is searching for someone with experience in Wix, website maintenance, domains, email setup, or nonprofit website support who may be willing to help us manage and maintain our website.

We are a small nonprofit, and so much of what we do depends on generous people who are willing to share their time and expertise.

If you have website experience—or know someone who does—we would be incredibly grateful for an introduction.

Please message us if you may be able to help, and please share this post to help us reach the right person.

Your expertise could make a real difference for the animals we serve. 🐾💚

— Operation Empty Cages

Email Tiffany at [email protected]

10/07/2026

💔 What are we doing wrong?

Operation Empty Cages is struggling to bring in the donations needed to continue helping animals. It’s painful to ask, but do we need to consider closing?

Since founding OEC in 2018, we have believed that helping animals comes with a responsibility to provide proper care and know our limits.

🐾 We don’t ship animals.
🐾 We don’t pull animals based on promised pledge money.
🐾 Every animal in our possession receives thorough veterinary care.
🐾 We thoroughly screen every adopter.
🐾 We don’t take in more animals than we can responsibly provide for.

We also need support for Maddie, whose owner left her behind in a crate without food or water when they moved. She depended on them for her care, and they abandoned her. Maddie needs bloodwork, a spay, vaccines, and dental care to start. Your support can help us give her the care she deserves.

After losing our beloved Latte and Flapjack this year, we had hoped to welcome a couple more dogs into our care at the end of this month. They could never replace those we lost, but we hoped to honor their memory by helping others who need us.

We were also hoping to provide much-needed spay and neuter services and foster support for the City of Banning, which is without an animal shelter. But we have had no luck securing the support needed to move these plans forward.

These are animals we want to help and needs we want to meet. Without funding, we cannot responsibly make those commitments.

Veterinary care, food, medications, and supplies require funding, and our dedication alone cannot pay those bills.

What are we doing wrong?

We know many people cannot afford to give. This is an invitation to share honest feedback, not a judgment of anyone’s circumstances.

We don’t want to close our doors. We want to keep helping animals with the care and commitment they deserve. But we need a sustainable way forward.

Please comment with your thoughts. If you’re able, donate to help with Maddie’s care, become a monthly supporter, or share our appeals. Every act of support matters. ❤️🐾

— Tiffany Hines
Founder, Operation Empty Cages

PLEASE KNOW THAT EVEN $5 MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE

TO DONATE & SUPPORT:

💖 PayPal
[email protected]
(Friends & Family helps us avoid fees)

🏦 Zelle
[email protected]

🔁 Venmo


🌐 Donate Online
operationemptycages.org

📦 Donate by Mail
Operation Empty Cages
PO Box 154
San Jacinto, CA 92581

📘 Follow & Share Our page

🐾 Operation Empty Cages is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
EIN: 83-0676957

10/05/2026

Estimate attached, we need your help, every dollar counts, shares are appreciated.

🐾 Please donate now to help Maddie get the veterinary care she needs. ❤️

Your gift, no matter the size, will help Operation Empty Cages give her the care and comfort she deserves.

Please donate today—and share to help us reach more people who can help Maddie. 🐶💕

TO DONATE & SUPPORT:

💖 PayPal
[email protected]
(Friends & Family helps us avoid fees)

🏦 Zelle
[email protected]

🔁 Venmo


🌐 Donate Online
operationemptycages.org

📦 Donate by Mail
Operation Empty Cages
PO Box 154
San Jacinto, CA 92581

📘 Follow & Share Our page

🐾 Operation Empty Cages is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
EIN: 83-0676957

10/03/2026

TO DONATE & SUPPORT:

💖 PayPal
[email protected]
(Friends & Family helps us avoid fees)

🏦 Zelle
[email protected]

🔁 Venmo


🌐 Donate Online
operationemptycages.org

📦 Donate by Mail
Operation Empty Cages
PO Box 154
San Jacinto, CA 92581

📘 Follow & Share Our page

🐾 Operation Empty Cages is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
EIN: 83-0676957