First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) organization in Riverview. It focuses on rescuing cats, however extra particularly, this distinctive nonprofit is an city farm and sanctuary. It presents cat rescue, adoptions and a working barn cat program.
First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary offers the animals with love, care and a protected haven for so long as it takes to search out them without end houses. Through its Street Strife to Farm Life Working Cat Program, the sanctuary reimagines the normal TNVR (trap-neuter-vaccinate-return), to scale back the inhabitants of stray and undesirable cats locally by putting them at farms, barns and different businesses in want of pure pest management.
This girls and veteran-owned organization grew out of a ardour for rescuing cats and kittens, however because the title suggests, it does a lot extra by additionally rescuing home poultry, reminiscent of chickens, geese, geese and peafowl.
Many of the animals which might be rescued have vital wants. They have been dumped, abused and even, in some instances, victims of arson. The organization began with one coop and 6 hens who have been named after first women of the United States.
First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary is the one sanctuary/rescue for home poultry on the Florida Gulf Coast. It is commonly the final, greatest and solely probability for animals reminiscent of cats and poultry with vital wants within the space.
Over the years, First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary has positioned quite a few animals in new houses. In 2018, it positioned 13 kittens in new houses. In 2019, this quantity rose to 53 kittens, after which in 2020 the quantity dramatically rose to over 300.
First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary is just not backed by massive companies and doesn’t obtain grants, and so it depends on the generosity of native individuals who donate. It maintains a low operational overhead, may be very resourceful and is aware of how you can make its {dollars} go so far as potential.
Chelsea Edmonds with First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary mentioned, “We are a local rescue doing the hard work in Southeast Hillsborough County. We host adoptions and a local market featuring home-canned jams and jellies, fresh duck and chicken eggs and goat cheese. Check us out on Facebook under Events under Market information as well as scheduled events.”
First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary is positioned at 13028 Shadow Run Blvd. in Riverview. For extra data, please go to
