Spotlight: Staten Island Hope Animal Rescue

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Staten Island Hope Animal Rescue (SIHAR) is a cat and kitten rescue and adoption shelter on Richmond Ave. on Staten Island. They believe all living creatures should be treated with consideration and respect. As such, they treat all animals like family. While they rescue other injured animals and place them in their proper rescues, they specialize in rescuing and placing abused, disabled, and/or injured and abandoned cats. 

SIHAR works diligently to find a great home for each cat and kitten they take in. But before they are cleared for adoption, each animal is examined by a designated veterinarian. Then, they are medically treated, spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. 

As you might expect, they take adoption very seriously. Before signing off on an adoption, SIHAR performs home inspections. The adoption fee is $180.00 for all cats and kittens. This payment covers spaying/neutering, FIV/FELV testing, shots, and any previous medical costs. One person who adopted from them said, “We are so grateful to them every day. They were a pleasure to work with, clearly love the animals, and were able to ensure the cat we rescued was a perfect fit. He could not be more perfect! ” If you are interested in adopting a cat or kitten, you can fill out an application HERE.

An alternative to adopting is fostering. Taking care of a vulnerable cat or kitten for a little while will give them a chance to find a great home. Fostering can be very fulfilling just by knowing that you have helped a rescue animal escape a difficult situation to become an adoptable pet. SIHAR would love to save more cats, but they need more foster parents. You can find out more and apply to foster by clicking HERE.

There are many ways to support the work being done at SIHAR. For instance, rescues and animal shelters would not exist without volunteers. Volunteers donate their time, talent, and money to save more dogs and cats. Their entire effort, and every animal saved, is because of volunteers! To find out more about volunteering at SIHAR, you can click HERE. Or you can check out SIHAR’s wishlist. There is always a high demand for items such as cat food, cat litter, crates, cleaning supplies, and cat beds.

As you might expect for any 501c3 non-profit organization, SIHAR welcomes your financial support. Due to a lack of funding, they have had to dramatically downsize the number of animals they can intake. Increased medical expenses have taken a high toll on the work they do. With your help, they will continue to operate and save as many lives as we can. Consider making a donation today.

SIHAR is active on both Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). Follow them for information about the cats and kittens available for adoption, upcoming events, and news!

This November, Broadway Stages is reflecting on what we are grateful for. And we are thankful for the generosity, commitment, and dedication of those working with the Staten Island Hope Animal Rescue. But we are not alone. As another satisfied Staten Island Hope Animal Rescue patron said of her cat, Casper, “I’m very grateful [to] Staten Island Hope Animal Rescue for giving me a chance to give him the life he deserves!”