You really need to know all the facts about KittyKind in Manhattan.  They appear to care for these poor animals and will charm you (if you let them) into letting them use your home as a sanctuary.  Can you hold a cat for one week?  Can you extend your hospitality and hold the cat for two or more weeks?  Can you pay for the cat food and cat litter yourself?  If we pay, can you take them to your vet?

 

I bit the bait, thinking they really cared and that they would reimburse me and ended up with a cat sanctuary and a huge vet bill over the course of 3 years.  Always told that I would be reimbursed in December of 2004, I ended up spending my benefit funds from the WTC disaster and a lot of my disability money on Vet bills for sick and dying KittyKind cats.  I was told what a wonderful person I was to volunteer cleaning cages, transport cats and medicate and hold them until "a cage opens up." Once I attempted to return all the fosters to them and I was called "hateful".  KittyKind claims to have given me "write off" letters.  What good is a write off letter if I don't file taxes?  Hello?  I'm on disability since 9/11/01?! 

 

When Marlene Kess, previous Director,  was convicted of animal abuse and 200 or so dead carcasses were found on her property I realized that I was doing their rescues and they were doing what?  Under both Marlene Kess and Hilary Harris, Intake fees are charged for cats being surrendered to KittyKind, but if I was buying cat food and litter, they were already getting revenue for cats that they did not have to pay anything for.  They receive donations for cats in foster care but they don't pay for food and litter.  The only people getting money for food and litter were the KittyKind Director and a few in her close circle.  After finding out that KittyKind has a six figure income though they claim to be broke, I finally began to take legal action and some support was provided.  Finally, I returned the cats to them 2 at a time.  These cats were supposed to be unadoptable but were quickly adopted when I stood my ground and returned them to Petco.  I was accused of abandoning cats at Petco.  What a joke! 

 

They wanted me to pay them in order to keep the last 5 cats that were feral and one has one kidney and special medical needs.  The Judge presiding over the trial nixed that idea and I ended up keeping the cats who I continue to care for and whose medical supplies I continue to buy without "Government Funding". 

 

I point out the Government Funding part because as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization no one expects government funding.  KittyKind gets free food from manufacturers, free litter from Petco, an annual Petco Grant, Money from Intake fees, adoption fees, Maddie's Fund via the Mayor's Alliance, and other sources that they do not want the public to know about.