Meet OUr founder
About Me
My name is Gabby and rescue is my passion! Ever since I was a child I knew I wanted to help animals in need. I was bringing home stray animals constantly, asked for donations for our local animal shelter instead of birthday presents as a 10 year old, begged my parents to let us foster at age 12, etc. etc. Now I foster both dogs and cats (and sometimes birds) with my fiancé and TNR local feral cats in my free time. After volunteering and working for multiple rescues over the years I have made the decision to start my own with the goals of helping cats and kittens in need in Odessa & eventually the surrounding areas, and helping reduce the over population through TNR.
A life-long passion
I have always had a passion for helping animals, at age 9 I began shadowing Dr. Patricia Novey D.V.M one Saturday a month and it ignited a deep love and appreciation for the field of "vet med". High school chemistry made my dreams of becoming a veterinarian shift to dreams of working in the field in other ways & 9 years later I returned to that same clinic as a receptionist. Since then I have continued working in the field as a reception manager, technician, shelter employee & medical supervisor of a local rescue. Each of these positions, and the experiences from fostering and volunteering for local rescues for over half my life have given me the tools and experience to safely and productively run a rescue.
TNR
In 2024 I was tired of seeing the number of unfixed cats in Tallahassee FL and surrounding areas and was finally in a home that allowed for the safe housing of recovering trapped cats. Luckily in Tallahassee there is a voucher program that allows for free or cheap TNR so all I had to do was trap, transport & recover the cats I caught. Between myself and loaning out my traps I was able to TNR over 100 cats and prevent a BUNCH of unwanted litters. After getting lots of experience in doing this in the small and large scale, and watching the decrease in population myself I gained a great passion for continuing the work of TNR especially in areas of great need like West Texas.