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You can vote every day of the contest. It's an easy and FREE way to help the cats.

Women's Expo
Come visit our educational booth January 29-31st at the Women's Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center. They'll be volunteers there to answer your questions, TWS items to buy and more.

Help Keep a Wild One Warm

Thought your electric bill was expensive? The Wildcat Sanctuary spends over $3000 EACH MONTH of the winter ensuring that our 115 residents stay warm!  Not to mention the hundreds of gallons of propane for the in-floor heating system in the main cat buildings.  Please help us keep these cats warm this season and donate $100, $50 or even $25. We promise if you help keep a wild one warm this season it will also warm your heart.

 

GOOD BYE TO MILO MAN

Milo, a jungle cat, resided at The Wildcat Sanctuary.
We are very saddened to have to inform you that Milo, a jungle cat, has passed. Milo was a very gentle soul and very dear to our hearts. When Milo first came to TWS he found comfort and companionship in another cat, Tamu, who has since passed. After Tamu’s passing Milo decided to find a new friend and found that and more in Zac, a domestic Bengal. Milo and Zac were inseparable often found grooming and snuggling with each other.  Milo was always very calm and took most things in stride. He loved his famous drive-by butt pats and so did his keepers. If you didn’t know Milo the noises coming from him would probably have scared you but he was gentle as a butterfly. After moving to a new enclosure separate from Zac he found yet another companion in Luna. Milo was diagnosed with Spondylosis and was in severe pain from it. When pain medication no longer helped, we decided it best to help him pass to relieve his pain. Milo was loved by all who were lucky enough to meet him and cleaning his bungalow will not be the same without him. Milo you will be missed greatly and we hope you can get as many butt pats as you want now. You can be Milo's forever sponsor by purchasing his memorial stone today!

 

JASPER ON THE MEND

Jasper, a Siberian/Canadian Lynx cross.

Last month small leg tremors appeared in Jasper’s front legs. He was immediately seen by Cedar Pet Clinic who did a full work up and xrays. The only thing that was found was a vitamin B deficiency. For the last month, we have been providing him a supplement. But last week, Jasper showed signs of weakness and his vision seemed impaired.  He had a small seizure. Dr. Baillie performed more blood work and tests.  Jasper had several more seizures and was having a very hard time recovering. It was the longest two days of my life. We now have the seizures under control with medication. Through all of this, Jasper is in good spirits and pain free.  He has been such a trooper and hasn’t even growled once…he has always been a calm and happy cat.  We still don’t know what is causing the seizures, it could be something with the inner ear, but we also have to be prepared for a central nervous system tumor or cancer.  He is truly one of a kind and we hope he will be with us for years to come. Please donate to Jasper's treatment and medication.

 

Ways to Help TWS!

Order Magazines to raise money for the cats

Mags4Cats Online Fundraising Campaign has just kicked off and your participation is the key to our success!

You can help by inviting your friends and family to shop at our online magazine store. They can choose from over 650 magazine subscriptions at up to 85% savings, and our group will get 40% of each purchase amount! And magazines are a great gift idea!

Click here to participate!

And you can get great prizes too! When you invite 12 people and sell one magazine subscription, you get a FREE movie ticket!

Pennies to search

What if The Wildcat Sanctuary earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com or www.goodshop.com and be sure to enter TWS as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

Purchase photos of TWS wildcats and proceeds benefit the sanctuary.

Wonderful friend and photogrpaher, Pamela Lammersen, is using her talents to help the cats. Proceeds of your purchase of TWS' cat photos go directly to the cats.

To view and purchase photos, visit:
www.pcmlphotography.com/-/pcmlphotography/galleryindex.asp?c=3092

Use your taste buds to help wildcats.

Food Perspectives Inc. is a consumer testing company headquartered in Plymouth, MN. Their clients are major manufacturers of consumer food products who hire them to help gain a better understanding of consumer likes and dislikes. We are looking for men and women ages 18-65 willing to take part in as many as 6 product tests per year. Each time the testers participate, TWS will be credited $9. The individual will receive $21-$36 with the option of keeping the funds or signing the full amount over to TWS.

For all interested parties, please contact Nina or Nancy:

Nancy Iskierka
109 - 126th Lane NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448
naiskierka@yahoo.com

Nina Ritchie
8260 West River Rd Apt 209
Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
nina_ritchie@yahoo.com
Please include your friends and family!
Remember - The more people who participate, the more money for TWS!!
Print cartridge recycling for TWS

** There has been a change in our ink cartridge recycling program.

The company we deal with is no longer distributing the baggies due to the mailing cost.  They are encouraging their customers to request prepaid shipping labels to ship cartridges.  Eligible ink jet cartridges should fit in the palm of your hand. Laser cartridges are no longer being accepted. You can find out if your cartridge is accepted by visiting the Empties4Cash website.

Our cats here at the sanctuary depend on every penny we can generate to help provide them with the care they need.  We are asking that you discontinue using the baggies and use the free prepaid shipping labels.  Please email us at saveourwildcats@gmail.com to request your labels today so that we can make this transition as smooth and quick as possible.  Simply collect your cartridges, seal it when it's full and slap a prepaid shipping label on it, and call FedEx to have it picked up or drop it off at your local FedEx drop off center.  To find the closest drop off center please visit http://www.fedex.com/us/.

Thank you for your generous support and helping our wildcats.

View more wish list items on our How to Help page.
If you can donate any of these items, please contact Tammy at 320-245-6871.
Universal
compassion
is the only
guarantee
of morality.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

 

 
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