Feline Rescue

I love this place. May 26^th 2014 I was spending my Memorial Day camping in Ely MN when I received a phone call that my house was on fire. When my neighbor called he said it was «really bad» and I can only assume what that means. After my 4 hour journey «home» I arrived to a flooded, police taped, smoldering home. The fire marshal told me I lost everything. I knew he was right but maybe just maybe my babies made it out. Long story short, I lost my babies that night and didn’t know how I would ever start to see the light. I know I will never have them back however this place understands I am not ready to adopt but I am ready for therapy. I spends hours here every 4 – 8 weeks to play, cuddle and watch. I am so happy this place is here to heal cats as I continue to heal myself. I also bring in donations when I go because I know it is what my Custom and my baby girl would want me to do.

Feline Rescue is great. I adopted two kittens almost a year ago and the volunteers of Feline Rescue were incredibly helpful. As soon as I applied, I was able to speak to someone right away and arrange to meet the kittens the next day. The cats get so many resources from good medical care to caring volunteers. I’m currently fostering a kitten through Feline Rescue for the first time. She was a stray so she needs some serious socialization– but Molly, one of the volunteers, has been incredibly supportive in providing resources, advice, and answers to my questions. I’m glad I am able to give back to this organization and that cats are treated with such compassion here.

I highly recommend adopting from them! The volunteers were fantastic at helping us make sure our next cat was going to be a perfect fit for our other cat. They gave great advice on how to introduce them (slowly). They gave us all the medical information and they gave us the food he was getting. They are very knowledgeable about the cats and their personality. You can tell that the volunteers love being there!

Grrreat staff, so helpful in taking a friendly stray as it get so cold. She deserves a nice forever home. You go Sadie!

I’ve driven past this place what seems like a million times, and have had friends who’ve volunteered at this no-​kill shelter. Yet, I’ve never had a reason to go in (having pets already). That is until today.
What a beautiful organization! For any cat who arrives at this shelter, there’s one guarantee — it will be loved and taken care of by the many volunteers, even if its never adopted. In fact there are some cats who have lived at the Feline Rescue shelter for over 5 years, and will until they are adopted, or they live a naturally long life.
My friend Catherine wanted to adopt a cat, and this was the perfect place to go. We spent approximately 1.5 hours there, and after this experience, I’m going to do my best remind folks to donate to Feline Rescue, as welll as volunteer for them. I have my volunteer application ready, I suggest you do the same.
Btw, Catherine adopted a sweet tortie mix, named Mimsy. Mimsy is already loving her new home, and Catherine is equally delighted with Mimsy.

Ive never adopted a cat here, but I toured the facility and these people are doing mighty work to help animals in need. My personal connection is that I worked as an environmental consultant cleaning up contaminated properties for redevelopment in the Hwy 280 area. Occasionally, there would be homeless cats living with the homeless people in sheds on these derelict land parcels, and I used to call Feline Rescue, who worked with their «owners» (who had to leave) to get them into the shelter before the bulldozers arrived, and I had the satisfaction of seeing one of my charges, an orange tabby, readopted almost immediately into a nice home.

Visit the cats at the adoption center and see if you can get a tour. They understand how to get beyond the traditional «shelter» approach. They even have cat socializers who work with difficult new cats to help them adapt to people. The volunteers are just that — unpaid, hardworking folks who really are devoted to the no-​kill mission. Feline Rescue is much more «humane» than the «Humane» Society.

What a comforting place to go and search for your next domestic kitty companion. Clean facilities, helpful VOLUNTEER staff and plenty-​o-​kitties for the looking. It was a really positive experience going there and you won’t leave feeling depressed about all the felines you just visited and can’t take home. Their website and blog is also top notch as is the person who writes the kitty bios on Petfinder… they deserve a literary medal. Check them out, you’ll see what I mean!
—Its located right behind the big Goodwill in St. Paul off of University.