Kitty Kasa Rescue Inc.

11/01/2026

Please keep an eye on your animals

New World Screwworm (NWS) has been confirmed in four dogs and a cat in Far West Texas, southern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona.
Pet owners should monitor their pets for wounds, ensure any they find are kept clean and covered, and look for larvae or unusual fly activity. If you see something that doesn’t look right, call your veterinarian. There are no safe at-home treatments for NWS. Early detection is what matters most, and your veterinarian knows how to treat it.

See TVMA’s NWS Guide for Pet Owners for more information.

🔗https://www.tvma.org/Portals/0/Images/Advocacy/Issues-Advocacy/tvma-25-public-screwworm-flyer.pdf

10/29/2026

Screwworm is here! Please keep a close eye on your pets and livestock and treat any wounds promptly. This is a nasty thing and kill your animal if left untreated.

On October 28, 2026, the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Arizona's index (first) case of New World screwworm (NWS). The confirmed case was found in a canine in Cochise County when a local veterinarian examined the animal on the evening of October 26 and identified a wound on the canine's back heavily infested with maggots consistent with NWS characteristics. Scientific testing, in coordination with federal partners, verified the species.

"We have been preparing for this possibility for a long while and are acting swiftly," said State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Wolker. "Because of the extensive outreach, coordination, and surveillance already in place, Arizona producers, veterinarians, and pet owners know what to look for and how to report suspected cases. That preparation is allowing us to move quickly to protect animal health in the state."

To read the full press release, click here: https://agriculture.az.gov/news/arizona-detects-first-confirmed-case-new-world-screwworm-nws-cochise-county-arizona

10/23/2026

UPDATE: We just found out the dogs are 10 years old and brothers. They are not working dogs and have not been around livestock, cat, other dogs or kids. We realize this makes it harder to find a place but we will keep looking for the right one.

EDIT: they are scheduled to be neutered and vaccinated next week.
I know this is my Kitty page but this is special, these two belonged to the gentleman who was killed the other day on 82 on his bicycle. They are looking for a home together, not neutered. I will try to get more info on them soon. If anyone knows someone looking for 2 great healers please let me know. Thank you

10/09/2026

More MacKenzie antics!😺🐈

10/09/2026

Something is hiding in my desk drawer!

10/08/2026

Little Mackenzie feeling her oats this morning!

09/17/2026

Unbelievable!

𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐂𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 $𝟒𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑

“Before you give to the ASPCA, you should know,” the warning began on Fox — and what came next was a gut check for anyone who’s ever mailed a check to save a shelter dog. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘚𝘗𝘊𝘈 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 $460 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 $1.2 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.”

Read that twice. One adoption center. A single facility, in one city, is the entire on-the-ground operation behind an organization whose ads run coast to coast begging Americans to “save a life today.” Meanwhile the money donors send keeps piling up in a portfolio instead of a kennel.

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 — CharityWatch has flagged the ASPCA’s overhead and fundraising costs, and separate reporting has found only a sliver of its budget actually reaches local shelters doing the real work of feeding, housing and adopting out animals. The donor pitch and the balance sheet tell two very different stories.

And then there’s the man at the top. President and CEO Matt Bershadker has collected north of $1.2 million a year while the group he runs sits on nearly half a billion dollars in reserves. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

Every dollar mailed in on the promise of a rescued puppy is a dollar that could’ve gone straight to a shelter instead of an investment account. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 — and right now, for the ASPCA, the honest answer is: mostly, it doesn’t.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬.

09/08/2026

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘?

Once you become “the animal person,” suddenly everyone thinks your time belongs to them.

🫠 You didn’t answer fast enough.
🫠 You can’t come today.
🫠 You said you’re full.
🫠 You won’t take the animal.
🫠 You offered resources instead of physically doing it for them.

And somehow, “Can you help me?” became “You handle it.”

That’s where we’ve lost the plot.

The people behind rescues, TNR groups and foster networks aren’t sitting around waiting for the next problem to be assigned to them.

They’re regular people.

They have jobs. Kids. Families. Bills. Their own animals. Their own lives.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻.

✅They learned.
✅They made the phone call.
✅They drove the animal.
✅They researched how to trap.
✅They rearranged their schedule.
✅They asked questions when they didn’t know what to do.

And 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚:
‼️𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘.

Maybe you don’t know what to do yet. That’s okay. 𝗔𝘀𝗸.

❓Ask for resources.
❓Ask where to go.
❓Ask someone to guide you.
❓Ask to borrow equipment.

But “𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬” and “𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮” are two very different things.

We see “SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!” all over social media.

And then 𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁.

Here’s your reminder:
You’re someone too.

We can help point you in the right direction, but 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.

Because volunteering your time to help animals does not make your time public property.

And animal welfare will never change if the same handful of people are always expected to be “someone.” 💙

‼️Attention: We appreciate our work being shared! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞.

08/20/2026

Simon having fun on the roof, look closely for the ears by the AC unit.

07/14/2026

Buffy has spoken 😹😹