Wild Blue’s 2016 annual fundraiser will be held on Friday, August 5th from 6-9pm at The Mining Exchange Hotel’s Golf Room annex in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado

Black Forest, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/28/2016 -- Come join the 7th annual "A Fancy Feast' Fundraiser benefitting Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a local nonprofit, no-kill rescue and the cats and kittens they work to save.

The evening full of activities is being held on Friday, Aug 5th at The Mining Exchange Hotel's Gold Room annex in downtown Colorado Springs. Festivities beginning at 6pm with a social hour and a silent auction while enjoying the bluegrass music of award-winning local family band 'The Wielands of Mass Destruction'.

The event will be emceed by Jon Karroll, KRDO News Channel 13. Dinner will be proceeded by the infamous Wild Blue Parade of Pets and followed by live and paddle auctions with featured items being a top-quality, handmade cat tree, a fresh-baked triple layer chocolate cake from Marigold Cafe and Bakery, a hand-felted cat wall hanging and a unique piece of pottery from local crafters Bowen Pottery.

"Our overarching need at Wild Blue is always funding for veterinary care," said Lauri Cross, Executive Director. "We recently rescued 39 kittens from Missouri, a few came to us healthy and some others with medical needs. Every rescued kitten will receive full vet care – regardless of the cost incurred."

Tickets to the event are $65 per person. Guests may also purchase 8-person tables at a discount, $500. Purchase advanced tickets/tables or make a donation to go toward cat care at www.wbars.org. Click on the Donate button and follow the prompts.

About Wild Blue
Since its launch in 2010, Wild Blue has saved the lives of nearly 2500 animals with adoptions spreading to as far away as Missouri, Texas and North Carolina. Wild Blue also has an active foster program with more than 75 animals currently being served. With your help in the form of time, donations, and dedication we can help match rescued animals to loving owners, one at a time, and change both lives forever!  Bringing hearts together, how exciting!

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Lead team members from Wild Blue leave today, Tuesday, June 28th, stop overnight in Grain Valley, MO at the clinic where the kittens currently reside, and then load up and return to Colorado Springs with anywhere from 15-30 rescued kittens tomorrow, Wednesday, June 29th.

Black Forest, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/28/2016 -- After receiving a plea for help from a volunteer at a small country veterinary clinic in Missouri nine hours away, lead team members from Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, located in the Black Forest community, leave today, Tuesday, June 28th, to rescue 15-30 kittens. Wild Blue is heading to Grain Valley, MO to the veterinary clinic where the kittens are currently being held. They will load them up early tomorrow, Wednesday morning, June 29th, and are expected back in Colorado Springs by early evening tomorrow as well.

"Due to space limitations at the small clinic in Grain Valley and a lack of open cages at nearby animal shelters, these kittens were facing euthanization in the near future," said Lauri Cross, Executive Director of Wild Blue. "The clinic is very small and operates on a limited budget. Even so, they have a contract with the local animal control department and are required to take in a certain number of acquired animals. These kittens were mostly picked up by animal control from the streets in town. Some were also brought in by concerned citizens who found them in their yards or woodpiles."

"While Wild Blue focuses 90% of its energy and resources on cats in El Paso County, we are committed to doing all we can to save precious lives, regardless of where the need is. We have assisted with cases all around the state of Colorado and we have rescued cats and kittens from Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and even New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy left many kitties homeless," said Cross.

Health wise, the kittens are in fairly good shape with respect to what they've gone through so far. They have received an initial health check from the clinic and Wild Blue will pay to have them vaccinated prior to bringing them back to Colorado. The Sanctuary will then take the kittens to their local veterinary partner clinics for further testing, rabies shots and any required medical care. The clinics will also perform spay and neuter surgeries once the kittens are old enough.

Thanks to the assistance from National Mill Dog Rescue's (NMDR) executive director and founder Theresa Strader, the rescued kittens will be traveling back to Colorado Springs in the air-conditioned, secure comfort of one of NMDR's transport vans on loan to Wild Blue, free of charge, for the trip.

"There are many small communities without the option to place kittens into loving, adoptive homes like we are able to at Wild Blue. As a result, their only other choice is to euthanize kittens that don't have a place to go," said Cross. "The clinic called us for help and we are doing the best that we can."

Donations for medical needs and volunteers to help care for kittens are a must to make this rescue a success. Members of the Colorado Springs community and beyond can make a monetary donation to help cover the costs of the rescue which will total more than $2,700, including a cost of $1,350 for spay/neuter surgeries that average about $45 per kitten. People who are interested in becoming a volunteer to help care for these kittens at the Sanctuary or by opening their hearts and homes to become a foster family can find more information at the Wild Blue website – www.wbars.org.

Since opening in 2010, Wild Blue has rescued close to 2500 adult cats and kittens. Wild Blue also has an active foster program with more than 75 animals currently being served. "There are a lot of cats and kittens out there who need saving and that's what we're all about," said Cross.

About Wild Blue
Founded in 2010, Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Partnerships/Sponsorships and memberships are available. For more information about the shelter or how to make a financial donation call 719.964.8905. Visit http://www.wbars.org to learn more about Wild Blue and follow them on Facebook at Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary.

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Colorado's Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary receives grant from Best Friends Animal Society

Black Forest, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/11/2016 -- Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary is pleased to have received a grant from Best Friends Animal Society for its Fix Feline Families program to help Colorado Springs humanely manage the area's community cats.

"This grant project targets free-roaming community cats at serious risk of being killed if they enter shelters," said Liz Finch, senior manager of Best Friends National Programs. "It provides a proven solution, called trap/neuter/return or TNR, to save their lives, which is in alignment with Best Friends' determination to help Save Them All®."

"TNR," Finch explained, "is an alternative to the 'trap and kill' policies that traditionally have been employed to address an abundance of stray cats and nuisance complaint situations. Trap and kill, however, has been repeatedly proven ineffective, cost-prohibitive and publicly unpalatable."

In contrast to trap and kill, trap/neuter/return methods, like the ones used in Wild Blue's Fix Feline Families program, capture homeless, free-roaming cats to sterilize, vaccinate, and then return them to their 'outdoor homes' to live out their natural lives without reproducing. It is the widely accepted, humane method of controlling the number of free-roaming cats.

Another integral part of Wild Blue's procedures is to temporarily take in the pregnant, nursing cats and kittens that are trapped with the goal of socializing the kittens for adoption, fixing the entire litter and returning only the feral mama cats back to their colonies.

"This grant means that we can add our Fix Feline Families program this year to our efforts to make Colorado Springs a no-kill community," said Lauri Cross, Wild Blue's Executive Director. "Our goal is to perform 250 of spay/neuter surgeries during 2016. We would like to thank Best Friends Animal Society for their support in making this project a great success."

"Every day some 9,000 animals are killed in our nation's shelters simply because they don't have a home. When you choose to adopt your next pet you are becoming part of the solution right here in our community," said Cross. "That's why we are proud to partner with Best Friends. We really believe together we can save them all."

About Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary (Wild Blue) is a nonprofit, limited admission, animal rescue located in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs, Colorado and founded in 2010. Our mission is to save the precious lives of cats and kittens who are abandoned, abused, displaced, neglected or surrendered, and to find them permanent homes or provide them with a lifetime of sanctuary.

Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

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About Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. A leader in the no-kill movement, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals, adoption centers and spay and neuter facilities in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City as well as lifesaving programs in partnership with more than 1,300 rescue groups and shelters across the country. Since its founding in 1984, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in American shelters from 17 million per year to an estimated 4 million. By continuing to build effective initiatives that reduce the number of animals entering shelters and increase the number who find homes, Best Friends and its nationwide network of members and partners are working to Save Them All®.

To become a fan of Best Friends Animal Society on Facebook go to: http://www.facebook.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety
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Wild Blue’s 2014 annual fundraiser will be held on Friday, August 8th from 6-9pm at The Pinery at the Hill event center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Black Forest, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/01/2014 -- Come join the 5th annual "A Fancy Feast' Fundraiser benefitting Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a local nonprofit, no-kill rescue and the cats, dogs and horses they work to save.

The evening full of activities is being held on Friday, Aug 8th at The Pinery at the Hill event center in Colorado Springs. Festivities beginning at 6pm with a social hour and a silent auction while enjoying the bluegrass music of award-winning local family band 'The Wielands of Mass Destruction'.

The event will be emceed by Brittany Bailey, KRDO News Channel 13. Dinner will be proceeded by the infamous Wild Blue Parade of Pets and followed by a live auction with top items including a beautiful cocktail ring donated by Black Forest Jewelers and a double-sided, raised dog bowl holder made from reclaimed wood from the Black Forest fire of 2013.

"Our overarching need at Wild Blue is always funding for veterinary care," said Lauri Cross, Executive Director. "We are committed to saving animal's lives and every rescued cat, dog or horse gets full vet care – regardless of the cost incurred."

Tickets to the event are $60 per person. Guests may also purchase 8-person tables at a discount, $450. Purchase advanced tickets/tables or make other donations, if you wish, by going to http://www.wbars.org and clicking on the Donate button. There are two options available for purchasing tickets. Individual reservations (will call tickets) may also be made by emailing Lauri Cross at lauri@wbars.org.

Since its launch in 2010, Wild Blue has saved the lives of over 700 animals with adoptions spreading to as far away as Nebraska and North Carolina. Wild Blue also has an active foster program with nearly 50 animals currently being served. With your help in the form of time, donations, and dedication we can help match rescued animals to loving owners, one at a time, and change both lives forever! Bringing hearts together, how exciting!

About Wild Blue
Founded in 2010, Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Partnerships/Sponsorships and memberships are available. For more information about the animal rescue or to make a financial donation call 719.964.8905. Visit http://www.wbars.org to learn more about Wild Blue and follow them on Facebook at Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary.

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The fundraisers will be held on Sunday, March 16th at Marco’s Pizza (Briargate location) and from Saturday, March 15th-Friday, April 25th online at www.wbars.org.

Black Forest, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/06/2014 -- Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is holding two fundraisers this month and into April to raise the $2,500 in donations needed to provide medical care and rehabilitation treatments for a disabled kitten, Bijou, who was rescued by the sanctuary in early February.

Bijou is now 3 months old. She was found in a wood pile in Falcon, Colorado brought to the sanctuary by a former Wild Blue adopter and placed into foster care. She was born with malformed, unresponsive hind legs, due to her muscles being severely contracted and not developing correctly. There is a good chance that with intensive therapy and expensive treatments - she will eventually be able to have a 'normal' life.

Bijou is currently receiving e-stimulation and massage/stretching therapy by the veterinary staff at the Colorado Canine Orthopedics and Rehab center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is also being treated by the specialists at Ortho Pets Center for Animal Pain Management and Mobility Solutions, a care center in Denver, Colorado that fits animals with prosthetics, orthotics, splints and carts. Bijou is now learning to wear a harness in preparation to use a specialized cart, if needed, to help her walk.

"After her initial treatments, Bijou has gained about a 20% increase in her right hind leg range of motion and perhaps 10% in her left," said Lauri Cross, Executive Director of the Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary. "This is great progress in a short amount of time! Her therapist thinks Bijou has developed a bit more muscle in her right leg as well. The decision on whether or not she will need a cart will be made at a follow up appointment once she is a little older and larger in size," Cross continued.

Members of the public can contribute to Bijou's road to recovery by participating in her "Promise with Pizza" campaign at Marco's Pizza on Sunday, March 16th. Wild Blue will receive 10% of all profits during open hours from 12pm-10pm. The campaign is being held at the Briargate location only (Briargate Parkway and Chapel Hills Blvd) and participants can dine-in, carryout or have pizza delivered.

Wild Blue is also holding their 4th Annual "Flowers for Felines" fundraiser, compliments of Flower Power Fundraising (www.flowerpowerfundraising.com), from Saturday, March 15th through Friday, April 25th to help Bijou blossom into a thriving adult cat. Participants can purchase top-quality flowers and bulbs and any of these beautiful gardening products - freesias, dahlias, lilies, gladiolus, buttercups, sunflowers and more, by going to the Wild Blue website at www.wbars.org and clicking on the flower icon. The link will take you to the specialized Wild Blue order page. Orders will be shipped directly for a $5 flat fee and Wild Blue will receive 50% of all profits that will go directly to Bijou's care.

"We are very grateful to both the Colorado Canine Orthopedics and Rehab center and Ortho Pets for the discounts they have given us this far on Bijou's treatment costs," said Cross. "Wild Blue has made the commitment to do whatever is needed to give Bijou the best chance possible at having functional hind legs. With the support of our community, we will fulfill this promise to Bijou with the least amount of impact to the dozens of other kittens and cats in our care."

Since its launch in 2010, Wild Blue has saved the lives of over 650 animals with adoptions spreading to as far away as Nebraska and North Carolina. Wild Blue also has an active foster program with nearly 50 animals currently being served.

About Wild Blue
Founded in 2010, Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Partnerships/Sponsorships and memberships are available. For more information about the animal rescue or to make a financial donation call 719.964.8905. Visit www.wbars.org to learn more about Wild Blue and follow them on Facebook at Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary.

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