Merry Stubblefield started Fabulous Felines in 2006, with the support of friends and family. She had been working with a local feral colony, providing food, vet care, and other assistance for several years, and started the charity to help with raising funds, getting volunteers, and engaging the community.

The effort has grown quickly, and although our work with ferals remains a central focus, we have also discovered an overwhelming need for rescue, education, and assistance in our community, and do our best to help those who come our way. In 2007, we started a small foster house (we have started calling it a nano-shelter) to assist in our rescue efforts. In addition, we have been blessed with a small but dedicated number of volunteers, without whom, our growth would not have been possible.

We are a strict no-kill organization. This not only means we do not kill any rescued animal, but also means we will spend what it takes to restore sick and injured animals to health – we will not euthanize any cat for a treatable illness. We also spay/neuter and microchip all animals that pass through our system.

This no-kill commitment is central to our organization, and derives from a decades long commitment to non-violence and animal rights. Merry Stubblefield is an attorney who has specialized in animal rights law from her early training at Vermont Law School, and we take our obligation to the welfare of all animals seriously. Not only do we provide veterinary care to all animals, but also we oppose the practice of trapping and removing nursing mothers from feral colonies, as this leaves their kittens at risk of a brutal death from starvation or dehydration.


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