AMWF is dedicated to rescuing and providing shelter and medical aid to abandoned or abused animals.
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The Agee Memorial Wildlife Fund, Inc., (Agee) is a non-profit 501(c)3 Corporation, dedicated to ending needless animal suffering, through spaying, neutering, socializing, adopting and other aggressive approaches.
AMWF is dedicated to rescuing and providing shelter and medical aid to abandoned or abused animals.
AMWF works with surrounding communities to rescue as many abandoned abused or neglected animals that our finances will allow. Our organization provides sanctuary and all medical care possible to hopefully restore the rescued animals to a healthy state and locate loving homes for them or provide them with lifelong sanctuary.
AMWF works tirelessly to provide preventative spay, neuter and vaccinations for rescued homeless animals.
Since October 1999, AWMF has undertaken a no-cost feral and stray animal spaying and neutering program throughout El Dorado County and surrounding areas to control the crisis of overpopulation. Within the first year, AMWF facilitated nearly 1,000 feral animal spay and neuter procedures by licensed veterinarians.
AMWF is committed to ending animal suffering through preventative medical care and adoption programs.
In June 2000, PetSmart graciously allowed AMWF the use of a showroom within the store seven days a week, all year-round to adopt animals to loving homes. In the 18 months AMWF managed the adoption program; over 700 animals were adopted to safe loving homes. Today, AMWF continues to adopt animals at PetSmart every Friday and Sunday.
In June 2007, AMWF undertook its most challenging rescue project by successfully rescuing over 75 homeless cats and kittens from condemned housing, located in Pollardville, Stockton, which was scheduled for demolition by a developer. Seventy-five cats and kittens were trapped and relocated to AWMF. Most of the rescued felines will spend the rest of their lives at the sanctuary, as they are not adoptable. As a result of the Pollardville rescue publicity we have also rescued an additional 100 unwanted animals in our community.
Founded in memory of doctors Richard and Betty Agee, the parents of Cindy Minghelli, we memorialize their life-long careers caring for both humans as well as their furry little friends. Loving all animals, trained and licensed wildlife rehabbers (squirrels, raccoons opossums, skunks and some reptiles), Cindy & Ed Minghelli established Agee in October 1999, to help end the suffering created by todays often-deliberate massive pet (dog and cat) over population.
We are a very cost-effective, hands-on, grass roots organization, with of all public monies donated going directly to the animals, and no administrative costs, whatsoever.
Upon our inception, our first priority was to fund a feral cat program. This was established at no-cost to the public and was dedicated to the spaying & neutering of feral cats, to control the crisis of overpopulation. It was enormously successful, having spayed and neutered nearly 1000 animals in its first year! This included both cats and dogs. Many organizations help animals, but most ferals are simply euthanized (KILLED!)
Our second priority was to set up a program to find loving homes for as many cats, kittens, dogs and puppies as could be trapped, socialized and placed, instead of returning them to wild, or killing them (euthanasia).
In June 2000, our friends at (Rainbow & Lake Mead, Las Vegas, NV) graciously allowed us a permanent showroom for our adoptable pets, which was staffed seven (7) days a week, all year round. This was an enormous undertaking, stretching our organization and funds to the limit. In the 18 months we were there, we were able to spay, neuter and adopt over 700 additional animals out!
In July 2003, we relocated to California and have operated on a case-by-case basis as funds permitted. Our past successes have enabled us to take on a bigger challenge. We have now established a "Sanctuary" for unwanted pets and are busy trapping, spaying, neutering, adopting ;and caring for rescued animals.
We have a facility for the long-term care of our all "adoptees". Our sanctuary is very unique in our area.
Many rescue groups, though doing good work, simply house animals in small, individual cages. Most groups will not take feline AIDS (FIV) positive animals. Period! Those are the "discarded" poor souls, with no where to run
Agee was featured in an article in a local newspaper called the Sacramento Pet Gazette. The article was about our fight to save the Pollardville colony, and the help we have received from United Animal Nations (UAN).
United Animal Nations recently issued a $1,300 grant to help a local animal rescue group relocate 40 cats who have been living at the Pollardville Chicken Kitchen Restaurant and Ghost Town in Stockton, which is scheduled for demolition in 2007.
UAN's LifeLine Crisis Relief Grant will help rescuers with the El Dorado County-based Agee Memorial Wildlife Fund pay for vaccinations, spay and neuter surgeries, and other veterinary care so they can move the cats to a safer place.
Cindy Minghelli, president of the Agee Memorial Wildlife Fund, first learned that sick and feral cats were living on the property in 2004, when she stopped at the Chicken Kitchen Restaurant for lunch. She began trapping the cats and having them spayed and neutered to prevent the population from growing, but recently learned the property was sold and would be bulldozed in 2007, even with the cats on the premises.
"Cindy has been working single-handedly to make sure these cats will not be killed by bulldozers or left to die of starvation and sickness", said UAN President and CEO Nicole Forsyth. "We are pleased to be able to give her financial assistance so she can move these cats to safer territory."
Minghelli will use the grant to trap the animals, have them
vaccinated and spayed or neutered, and move them to an enclosure
that she and her husband are building on their property.
Volunteers interested in assisting with the relocation effort can contact Cindy Minghelli at 916-939-0499.
"I spent hours on the phone trying to get help saving these cats, and only United Animal Nations answered the call," Minghelli said. "Nobody else was willing to help because of the overpopulation crisis throughout the Stockton and Lodi area."
UAN awards LifeLine Crisis Relief Grants to non-profit, animal welfare organizations that step in during emergency situations involving a large group of animals. This is one of several grants UAN has awarded to organizations throughout the country this year to assist with relocation of cats from property slated for demolition.
About UAN: Now celebrating its 20th year, United Animal Nations (UAN) is North America's leading provider of emergency animal sheltering and disaster relief services and a key advocate for the critical needs of animals. Learn more about UAN online at http://www.uan.org.