Mystic

Mystic came to Home for Life® this winter, when her caretaker who lives in Apple Valley reached out on her behalf for help. Mystic lived as part of a colony but was struggling to survive, even with feedings, in the harsh winter conditions. Even with the help of people supporting feral colonies, they have a very hard time during brutal winters like the one of 2017-2018.

Batgirl

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St. Kitts -- RIP 3/23

Back in June of 2017, we received the following email from Katie, a 3rd-year veterinary student at Ross University, which is located on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. Arthur was found on the island by Katie when he was only 4 weeks old, a stray kitten on his own in the world. Adorable as he can be, he suffers from an upper neuron disorder that requires him to have special care to live his best life.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford came to Home for Life® as a kitten from the Winona Humane Society. Home for Life®, as a care for life sanctuary, takes in very few kittens but does often respond to requests from shelters for help with kittens who are leukemia positive.

Tony

Tony is a "desi" dog, believed to be a mix of sight hound and retriever, a dog born on the streets in New Delhi India. He suffered such severe malnutrition as a puppy that rickets left his front legs terribly twisted and deformed.

Mimo

Mimo is a senior standard poodle, age 12, who came to Home for Life® via Pups with Passports, fka Gulf Canine Connection, a rescue founded by an American who was working in the country of Qatar and was moved by the plight of the many neglected and unwanted dogs.

Zuzu

This is Zuzu, originally adopted about 3 years ago from a large, well funded local (Twin Cities, MN) rescue that does a lot of importing of out of state animals for adoption here.So far so good; except, a few months after her adoption, Zuzu was struggling in her adoptive home and the new owner called and emailed the rescue for help - and never heard back. Nothing - not one word.

Meeting the Match

We have had perhaps the toughest winter ever at Home for Life®: in addition to the heavy snows - that continue now into mid April! - our boiler, (only two years old!) in the main dog building went out during the coldest of the January weather. This malfunction caused an avalanche of problems culminating in burst pipes and a heavily damaged building. Added to all this and along with the usual busy days at the sanctuary, the repairs to the building and boiler and installation of a forced air heating system, was the preparation for the gala on March 24 ( we had just six months to get ready from the time we had confirmation that Dr. Goodall could attend to the event date March 24!), we are late with our report on the end of the year Match Drive - but the results are in and thanks are due!

Above: Raha

Winter

Winter came to Home for Life® in the fall of 2011 from a small town not far from Home for Life®. He was a young cat, maybe a year or two old at the time, and until he came to Home for Life®, had lived his entire life outside.