It is hard to understand how such a lovely and popular cat needs rescuing sometimes. This breed is just outside the top 10 most popular - opens in a new window. This is a Google spreadsheet showing the top ten most popular cats as voted for by visitors to this site.

However, The Savannah Cat Club rescue department does a wonderful job in providing a service for the rehoming of Savannah Cats. Click on this link to visit their welfare section (the link takes you to a new window). They are located in the USA. They have been wise enough to form a Yahoo Group, an excellent way to communicate and stay in the loop of Savananah cat rescue. You'll have to join Yahoo (easy) and the group afterwards (should be straightforward).

The author at the Savannah Cat Club rescue section has a lovely story about a sick Savannah kitten who may have had FIV (new window), which kills most cats in the end. A couple adopted her despite the possibility that this cat suffered from this nasty disease. I for one commend the people at the rescue center and the adopters. We need more people like these in the cat world.

 

The author at The Savannah Cat Club makes two valuable points about the rescue operation. People abandon cats for bogus reasons. They make up stories to justify giving up the cat. And secondly, she mentions irresponsible breeders who sell to people who are not suitable and then fail to deal with problems that might arise. The cause of abandoned cats is a meeting of two irresponsible people sometimes (but not all the time). Most cat breeders are responsible.

The Savannah Cat is a special cat but a cat that needs (perhaps it is fair to say) special attention. Only people who fully understand the obligations and have the resources in terms of space, time and money need consider keeping this cat. When they don't have these resources cats sometimes end up at Savannah Cat rescue. There are legal requirements too.

There is a new rescue operation in the UK aptly name Savannah Cat Rescue. They have a website that is new and small but they provide names and details so you might give it a try.

The links above (3) are all I know of that specialize in Savannah cat rescue. The savannah cat is almost always going to be a purebred cat. There are a number of purebed cat rescue centers. That said it is unlikely, I think, that the standard rescue center would be caring for a Savannah, but I could be wrong.

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Here is a list of some of the players:

• Specialty Purebred Rescue - I have advertized this center for Pesians and Bengals. USA based.
• Pure Bred Plus - Northern California, USA
• Petfinder is the biggest in the USA and incorporates many rescue centers who list rescue cats on their website.
• 1-800-Save-A-Pet is another portal type website.

Or go to a page on this site dedicated to purebred cat rescue with more on that subject.
You might like to visit Bengal cat rescue as it lists purebred cats as well and there are links on that page to the big websites.

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