Bobbi and the Strays work is mostly based on four principals – to Rescue, Rehabilitate, Adopt, and Educate. What does this mean, you may ask?
We Rescue many of our dogs and cats directly from the street. Some were born there – others have been abandoned there. Others still are abandoned in vacant lots, houses, or apartment buildings where caring people luckily find them and contact us. Some people pass away leaving their animal companions confused as they may have no idea where there human family has gone or why they have lost their home. We also rescue dogs and cats off of euthanasia lists at other shelters – where we give them a truly second chance at life. Maybe worst of all – some we rescue directly from abuse and neglect – sometimes it can be quite severe.
The severely abused or neglected animals need a lot of care and attention. Medical bills can easily run into the thousands of dollars on just one animal. And all animals still need to be examined, vaccinated, and spayed or neutered. And even those that do not require specialized medical attention sometimes require a lot of attention in general since they have been starved of it sometimes their whole lives. There can be many types of Rehabilitation. Some dogs and cats simply need someone to just show they care and love them. Others need a bit more time to be brought out of their shell and learn to trust someone – human or animal. Don’t forget – animals can’t speak – so it can be hard to know what they have been through or have seen.
Our main purpose is to place these precious creatures into loving forever homes – their second lives – hopefully the only one they will come to remember. : – ) Bobbi and the Strays strives to find the right homes for all of our animals. We do house-checks and reference checks. We won’t Adopt cats and dogs to just anyone. : – ) And we have a guaranteed return policy on all animals that we place – because our goal is to find these animals a great home – for life.
In addition to all of this we try to Educate. We reach out to the public at large, politicians and community leaders, schools and organizations. We fight for the lives and rights of these animals. We try to educate everyone on the importance of Spaying and Neutering – this helps keep animals off of the streets and out of shelters. We educate people on the proper way to care for a pet. We try to speak at as many schools as possible – so that children can understand early in life how they can be a part of the solution too.
Our hope is to make such an impact that organizations like ours, someday, are no longer needed. We hope that you can share in this dream as well.
You can visit our website – www.BobbiAndTheStrays.org or call us at (718) 326-6070 to find out how you can help us Rescue, Rehabilitate, Adopt, and Educate.
