Desperate House Cat Rescue

It is really a shame that I have to make this review, however for the safety of the volunteers I feel it is an absolute necessity. While I am grateful that there are establishments like this that care for these homeless felines, I feel very strongly that the environment is toxic. Janie, the woman that runs this shelter,/rescue, smokes like a chimney inside the home, and curses and screams at the volunteers. When I went to pick up my son from his shift, I could barely breathe for the entire drive home. He smelled as if someone had taken his clothes and use them to wipe the bottom of 40 litter boxes, this is how many boxes are in the home. From what I could see the sick and healthy cats interact freely. This concerns me, as the sick cats can easily infest the healthy ones. Some of the cats are walking around with their tongues out and drooling, While others have puss in their eyes. I prevented my son from returning for his own health.

I hesitate to leave a negative review as clearly they're doing a good thing here, however I've emailed 3x to adopt with no response, and called to find # out of service. My only concern is the well-being of the fur babies, and that they find their forever homes.

This shelter has taught me so many great things. For example taking good care of animals, cleaning, washing dishes, changing foods (wet and dry) and giving the cats the proper care that they need. Not only has Janie taught me those things, but she also given amazing advice on how to clean, and how to take care of animals for my future career which is a Vet Tech. This place owns a special place in my heart, and I definitely recommend this shelter to those who will take it seriously. Thank you Desperate House Cat Rescue Society for helping me learn these things, and a special thank you too Janie for guiding us volunteers, and taking care of such wonderful creatures. I have read other reviews on how there is barely any interaction with the cats, but I would like to state that those remarks are false. We have interaction with the cats all the time we're there.

This house is toxic. No air flow. Very unsanitary. The smell hits you like a ton of bricks when you walk in. I have volunteered at so many shelters this by far was the in the worst condition. Cigarettes butts everywhere and litter boxes not cleaned for days. I understand the humane aspect of this shelter however you have to consider the health of the volunteers that step into this home. As much as I loved the cats and giving back. I could not sacrifice my health. Without airflow I don't even know if its safe for the cats to all my in such a congested home. I can't even imagine the illness and germs that travel back and forth from these poor cats.

I was a volunteer at this house and had an extremely negative experience with this shelter. In hindsight, I would absolutely not have chosen this place to volunteer. I am writing this review as anyone who is looking to volunteer or adopt from here has the right to know what they are getting into. The management is extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to volunteers. New volunteers are not trained on tasks or given a tour of the house, yet are expected to know how to do all the tasks with same efficiency/expertise as someone who's been there for years AND exactly where everything is located in the house. There is absolutely no patience for new volunteers who are only just learning. I was berated for asking questions relating to my task and was told to figure it out by myself. She then became upset about the the poor quality of work (which was due to the lack of guidance!). I and several other people were also yelled at for working at a slow pace, even though we were new and it was our first time doing the tasks (for which we received no guidance). I did not feel appreciated at all, as someone who was volunteering my time and labour. The entire house is toxic for both cats and people. There is absolutely no ventilation, as windows are shut at all times. This is so that the cats don't fall out and hurt themselves, but this benefit is questionable seeing how poor the air quality is. The entire house carries an offensive odour of cat litter that will cling to your clothes and can be smelled from outside the house. Air quality is made worse by fact that the manager and residents are all heavy smokers. The manager will smoke indoors constantly without regard for the cats or volunteers. Overall, I would not recommend this place to anyone. It is such a shame for all the cats who call this place their home.

I am volunteer at this shelter . I find nothing wrong in there. The sick cats and healthy cats don't interact . There's a separate room for sick cats , were they have been treated well with food , Clean water and medication. The shelter is cleaned everyday . The litter is cleaned everyday both in the morning and the evening. The food bowls are washed and dried everyday before giving the cats Food . I am happy to volunteer at this shelter. These cats are not caged. Janie takes really good care of this shelter and cats . We can learn a lot of from her.

As far as I can tell this place is closed and the website just a ghost. No way of contacting them they don't reply to email and phone is out of service, Instagram hasn't been updated in 2 years, Twitter hasn't posted in 4 years. Also looking at one of the cats listed they had the kitten in May and as of posting may is next month, so way off in that regard. Kinda let down by this Same 3 "Kittens" still listed 4 month after first post. This is just a tax scam using its charity status as a write off.

volunteered here once and janie made me clean her fridge then screamed at me, lastly told my mom i’m stupid. also the poor cats are all sick and slobbering spreading diseases to one another .