Fur the Love of Animals

Fur the Love of Animals Fur the Love of Animals (FLOA) is a small home-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue. Rescue | Adoption | Foster Care | TNR

Our mission is to care for the stray, lost, abandoned, orphaned, or neglected and abused pets within our local communities. Our guiding belief is that every animal deserves to be loved.

Such a happy old girl. 🥰 Pet pal Bryn is a weekly friend I get to walk around the woods with, and it’s lovely.
08/30/2025

Such a happy old girl. 🥰 Pet pal Bryn is a weekly friend I get to walk around the woods with, and it’s lovely.

Jaffa Cake is so sweet! This handsome man is almost 11 weeks old. He’s getting neutered in the next few weeks and will t...
08/28/2025

Jaffa Cake is so sweet! This handsome man is almost 11 weeks old. He’s getting neutered in the next few weeks and will then be ready to go to his furever home. 🤍

‼️UPDATE‼️ Smokey has been adopted! We’re still seeking a new home for Soot. Please reach out if you’re interested. 🙏🏼
08/28/2025

‼️UPDATE‼️ Smokey has been adopted! We’re still seeking a new home for Soot. Please reach out if you’re interested. 🙏🏼

COURTESY POST - Soot & Smokey Seeking New Furever Homes ✨Soot is an indoor-only black cat. He is 9 years old and litter ...
08/26/2025

COURTESY POST - Soot & Smokey Seeking New Furever Homes ✨

Soot is an indoor-only black cat. He is 9 years old and litter box trained. Soot is very friendly with children and adults, but he needs to go to a dog-free home in order to thrive.

Smokey is an indoor-only Siamese cat. He is 8 years old and litter box trained. Smokey is much more timid than Soot and will take time to warm up to someone new. He is a love bug once he feels comfortable. Soot would do best in a quiet, dog-free home with older children only.

Soot and Smokey are not a bonded pair, so they can be adopted separately. They are both neutered but not up to date on vaccines or services. They also don’t currently have microchips.

Interested in adopting one or both of these handsome fellows? Please start the process by submitting our online application, which you can find on our website:

www.furtheloveofanimalsvt.com/adoption

We will contact the caregiver and send completed applications to them for final say.

There is no adoption fee.

Mary Bee is such a snuggle bug! 🥰 Available for adoption, all kittens will be ready to go to their new homes next month.
08/26/2025

Mary Bee is such a snuggle bug! 🥰 Available for adoption, all kittens will be ready to go to their new homes next month.

08/25/2025

This morning was the first Addie requested so much affection from me. ✨ He’s been with us since the end of July when his previous owner had to move to different housing as a senior. We tried to find him a home beforehand knowing Addie has a difficult time with change and new people, but unfortunately we ran out of time.

Atticus may be very timid and sensitive to change, but underneath he is one of the sweetest cats you’ll meet! He LOVES to be brushed, and that’s a sure way to his heart.

Atticus is 7 years old, neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on his vaccines. He would prefer a calmer and quieter home, so older children would be best if not a child-free home. He has lived with a larger sized cat-savvy dog as well as a female cat and they all got along great.

Interested in giving this handsome fellow his furever home? Start the process by completing our online application, which you can find on our website:

www.furtheloveofanimalsvt.com/adoption

Pet care pal, Baxter, is an excellent bubble hunter! 🫧
08/24/2025

Pet care pal, Baxter, is an excellent bubble hunter! 🫧

Our Paw Painting enrichment activity with some of the kittens was a smashing success yesterday! A messy, adorable succes...
08/23/2025

Our Paw Painting enrichment activity with some of the kittens was a smashing success yesterday! A messy, adorable success, and we’re happy to report the kittens had a great time. 🥰

Using food coloring as the “paint” to ensure safety, we rolled out a large strip of paper and taped it to the floor, set two blank canvases on top, and a three-sectioned paper plate with cling wrap covering it to hold the diluted food coloring options. We then let the kittens explore, play, and create!

At first, they were thoroughly entertained by just the paper taped to the ground. 😂 Then they each slowly began to check out and play with the canvases and paint palette. Nars was a natural! It didn’t take him long to dip his paws in to attack the food coloring and shake it to effectively splatter paint all over the canvases.

Once they were satisfied with their initial examination of the new items, we introduced toys into the mix. The kittens had a blast chasing after the toys, running through the food coloring, and stomping their creations into existence!

To ensure the activity was entirely positive, at no point did we attempt to make them paint, so we did not dip their paws into the food coloring to make prints on the canvas. To build confidence, to build trust with people, and to support natural kitty curiosity, it was important to let the kitties go at their own pace. This allowed us all to have a really fun time!

What do you think of their two new creations?


Enrichment is important for all species of every age, and we try our best to provide a variety of enriching activities and items to our rescues regularly. The most enriching activities are those that reflect natural behaviors and allow our pets to be the amazing, unique animals that they are. 🥰

Early in June, we welcomed our first full time animal care volunteer, Ella! Sponsored by the Praxis Internship program o...
08/23/2025

Early in June, we welcomed our first full time animal care volunteer, Ella! Sponsored by the Praxis Internship program offered through Smith College, Ella volunteered over 300 hours helping to care for our rescued cats, which at one point totaled 29!

We cannot thank Ella enough for all of her hard work, and we wish her the absolute best as she returns for another year of classes.

This is what Ella had to say about her experience:

“Volunteering with FLOA was a great way to spend my summer and get experience working with animals. I learned so much about animal health, behavior and care. It was amazing to be a part of the births, feedings and raising two adorable litters of kittens. I found TNR (Trap, Neuter and Release) to be particularly rewarding as it helped ease my mind to know that we prevented the suffering of so many future litters.

I would absolutely recommend volunteering for FLOA! Any help you can offer would help greatly since there is so much to do for daily care and getting future projects off the ground.

I fell in love with all of the rescues at FLOA but my favorites would have to be Avril and Kevin. They both have such amazing personalities and love attention from humans. Kevin is currently available for adoption and Avril should be once she has a clean bill of health.”

Interested in becoming an animal care volunteer? We are now accepting applications!

To apply, please email your resume and a letter of interest as to why you wish to become an animal care volunteer with FLOA to:

[email protected]

We will be sharing more information soon about this opportunity.

What a gorgeous day to walk with my Buddy!
08/21/2025

What a gorgeous day to walk with my Buddy!

Emmy is an excellent cuddle buddy!
08/20/2025

Emmy is an excellent cuddle buddy!

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Vernon, VT

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