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Our Featured Pet...
Sophie!
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Sophisticated Sophie is my name. I am a 2 year old FeLV positive, black and white shorthair from an independent rescue in Wake County. Now, I am residing at the little tiny Marley House. Get me-out and take me shopping! I just can’t stand it any longer...need some major TLC and a bigger crib! I am the best S’s: soft, slinky, and sweet! And also a cuddler, bed-warmer, and wonderful companion! To adopt me, Sophie please contact www.MarleyFund.com! Note: Sophie is a carrier of the feline leukemia virus and needs a very special home. There are no symptoms to FeLV; therefore Sophie looks and acts just as a regular kitty, but with so much more purrrr-sonality! She just can't be in a household with other cats, for fear of giving the virus to them. She must be keep indoors away from other cats. FeLV is not contagious to humans or dogs. Please consider adopting this sweet baby. She is so loving. For more information, please visit www.marleyfund.com. Thank you for giving her the chance that she deserves.
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2009 Marley Calendar Drive
2009 Marley Fund Calendars Are Here! Our latest is available now! It's our election theme edition from the cat's point of view! Calendars are expected to reach beyond our expectations in record numbers of orders--a landslide due to this election theme. Please order yours today--they are going quickly. Edgy topics from the kitties, we really hope that you are open-minded and take our twist on the election buzz lightheartedly. You will really get a kick out of it! Please know some monthly kitty platforms are to be taken seriously all for the betterment of animals. We are so very proud of this year's edition; each year they just get better and better. Calendars contain kitties from all over Eastern North Carolina and other states such as Missouri and Florida--of course they would be battleground states. Entries came in from all over the country. This year in addition to calendars being packed with information on both feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus, they also give the hard facts on foreign policy, family values, immigration, economy, environment and our personal favorite the right to bare arms. You will have to see it to believe it! This year you can pick-up a calendar for only a $10.00 donation plus a $5.00 shipping and handling charge. Each additional calendar is $1.00 shipping and handling. Bulk orders in increments of 25-49 will be $8 and those of 50 plus will be a $7.00 donation per calendar. We will be glad to work out invoices for those bulks orders just email joy@marleyfund.com for details. We are a charity and wish to work out payment for all bulk orders, besides it is all for the animals. Never has there been a calendar of this quality for this donation for such a great cause. To order yours today, please visit www.MarleyFund.com or visit your local participating veterinarian office. Distribution is statewide.
Marley Fund's Is Your Answer Yes? Campaign...
Do you have a kitty that has tested positive for FeLV or FIV? Would you like help understanding these diseases? Does your positive kitty need a friend? Would you like to learn steps to prevent this from happening to your feline? Would you like to help others? Would you like to sponsor a special needs kitty in our program with a monetary contribution of any size? Would you like to foster a special needs kitty in our program? Is Your Answer Yes? If so, please contact us today at www.MarleyFund.com!
Who We Are
The Marley Fund is dedicated to making a difference in the fight against feline retroviruses, including both feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency viruses, through public service, promoting awareness and educating the public. Knowledge about feline diseases and their prevention is essential to the Fund’s mission of stopping the viral cycles and ultimately eradicating feline retroviruses. As the only national nonprofit dedicated to offering an alternative option to immediate euthanasia, we have created a safe haven for infected cats—where quality care and life enrichment are the primary concern.
Adopting a Friend From Marley House: Greenville, NC
Marley House is a small donated space located in Greenville, NC, that is a safe haven for felines that are carriers of the feline leukemia virus (FeLV), and those who are asymptomatic (with no clinical signs of the disease). As there are no symptoms of FeLV, testing felines is the only way to diagnose the disease; therefore, many animals are plainly carriers of the virus, but are still contagious to other felines. For more information on FeLV, please see our Education, Testing, and Management of FeLV links on our web site at www.marleyfund.com for more information. Note: All information on our site on FeLV has been provided by the American Association of Feline Practitioners 2001 Report.Marley House accepts FeLV positives from individual rescuers and other nonprofits throughout North Carolina and surrounding areas. Currently, we can only house 15 kitties, as our donated space is very small. These kitties have free roam of the space and are provided general care by Marley Fund Volunteers and medical treatments, when needed, by 10th Street Animal Hospital, also located in Greenville, NC. If and when we find a responsible pet owner, who may have a FeLV positive kitty already that needs a friend, and/or one that truly understands this disease, our Marley House kitties may find a new purr-manent home with these new parents. This is what we live for, to educate those and give a positive feline a chance to live the life that they deserve.
Those who adopt these animals will be required to have a full understanding of the basics of Feline Leukemia Virus/Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and the importance of housing these animals indoors without contact with other felines. Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus victims can live for many years and deserve a chance to prevail! As long as you, the pet owner, are responsible there is no need to euthanize a FeLV or FIV positive cat, with exception to a feline that is undergoing the notorious symptoms of the disease.
All Marley House kitties have all of their shots and vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered prior to going to their new homes for no charge to the prospective owners. Marley House is a small donated space located in Greenville, NC, that is a safe haven for felines that are carriers of the feline leukemia virus (FeLV), and those who are asymptomatic (with no clinical signs of the disease). As their are no symptoms of FeLV, testing felines is the only way to diagnose the disease; therefore, many animals are plainly carriers of the virus, but are still contagious to other felines. Please see our Education, Testing, and Management of FeLV links for more information. Note: All information on FeLV has been provided by the American Association of Feline Practitioners 2001 Report.
Adopting a Friend From Marley's Cat Tales: Cary, NC
Marley's Cat Tales is the adoption division of Marley Fund located in Wake County. They are a no-kill rescue based in foster homes that strives to find homes for lost and unwanted animals and relieve overpopulation in the Raleigh area. Each adoptable cat is spayed or neutered, tested for FIV/FeLV, and given a one year rabies and FVRCP vaccination. Marley's Cat Tales rescue is dedicated to educating the community on FIV and decline leukemia, responsible pet ownership, furthering partnerships with other rescue groups and rescuing and finding homes for stray and abandoned animals. Cat Tales provides many opportunities for fulfilling volunteer work in a team environment as well offering options for those persons that would like to help in other ways - such as sponsorships, signing up with I give or becoming a foster home.Consequently, all stray animals deserve assistance in a shelter where intake is not based on test results. According to the American Association of Feline Practitioners 2001 Report, “Cats infected with FIV or FeLV may live for many years. A decision for euthanasia should never be made solely on the basis of whether or not a cat is infected.” Marley’s Cat Tales Facility will offer a safe haven for all felines and will feature community rooms where animals can frolic and nap in a home-like setting. There will be a room for our sweet FIV babies, our FeLV babies, and rooms for our non-infected cats and kittens.
The addition of the Cat Tales Rescue to the Marley Fund family will be another step in expanding our educational programs on retroviruses FIV & FeLV, the need for testing to identify exposure, as well as proper testing protocol, responsible pet ownership, and the many ways to help the animals in need in our community. Marley's Cat Tales is strategically located in the second largest city in North Carolina where the cat overpopulation is critical.
Adoption Information
All Marley House & Marley's Cat Tales kitties have all of their shots and vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered prior to going to their new homes for no charge to the prospective owners. We require a $100 adoption fee which helps to defray our cost per month for medical care for each animal. We require prospective owners to be responsible, and to truly love and care for these animals, as we would and they deserve.We do graciously accepted any donation for both facilities, checks can be written out to either Marley Fund for support of the Marley House, where FeLV victims reside, or to Marley's Cat Tales, where FIVs and non-infected felines reside. You may also go to either site to make a donation by using our Paypal systems. Information is listed below:
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We have and will go to great links to assure a new home for our kitties, as we have found new parents in other states and have made arrangements to get the kitties to them via the American Airlines Priority Pet Program. Please know that we will make arrangements for an adoption anywhere in the United States.
Marley House (FeLV) Surrender Information
We are currently at maximum capacity and will not be accepting any more kitties to our safe haven until further notice. Please know that you can list your positive feline on our web site as a courtesy listing. It is very easy to do from your end by visiting our web site and submitting your informationHowever, when accepting new kitties in our safe haven, we must require that each animal is spayed or neutered and current on all shots (i.e. rabies, distemper, and all booster shots) prior to intake. We require you to bring the animal to us as well. We also require a $500 donation per animal towards their life enrichment and medical expense endured during his or her stay at the Marley House. Our commitment is to assure that each and every feline receives the best care and medical treatment when needed. You can get more information on surrender requirements for a positive by visiting www.marleyfund.com.
Come Visit Our Pets
Marley kitties are in foster care all over North Carolina, we have one of the largest foster networks in our area. We encourage you all to come and visit our homeless animals. We have adoption events for your to come and see our animals at the following stores and areas:For Pitt County Area:
Petsmart Greeville every Friday 2-6pm
For Wake County Area:
Petsmart Briar Creek
Petco Knightdale
Petco Briar Creek
Pet Supermarket Cary
Furry Feat Retreat Cary
Borders Books Cary
Marley Fund Email:
joy@marleyfund.com
Marley's Cat Tales Email:
carol@marleyfund.com or
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