Birds like Sky Puppy and Ace and Opal and so many more really need us. All of us. We are working nonstop to rescue and care for the constant flood of lost, injured and displaced pigeons and doves. They need rescuing, many need vet care (averaging $9K/month). All need foster homes and adoption services. Every single bird receives individualized care matched to their needs. (And we’re daily assisting lots of good Samaritans, shelters and adopters with care coaching too.)

Our foster caseload is now at an all time high with 257 birds living in 52 different homes and aviaries. We’ve placed 104 adoptees in forever homes so far this year and 18 of our rescues died in 2023.

Our numbers are topsy-turvy. We need at least 250 adoptions per year to be sustainable. We are better able to achieve that when we’re not so overfull with fosters. When our foster caseload goes up, the demands on our people, time and money increases exponentially. We are growing and stretching and innovating as fast as we can. We support 52 foster home and aviary sites! We have an incredible team of volunteers publicizing rescued pigeons and doves, maintaining our database and website and blog and Help Group, helping to raise funds, produce events and calendars and articles and more. We are outreaching and educating and wowing the public at every opportunity.

And you, dear reader, are one of more than 3K wonderful people who open these newsletters. We have the flock power to make this work…

Please sign on as a volunteer or fosterer. Please adopt! These birds need a home above all else. And please donate! (We are in the red.) Please sign up as a recurring donor. And please support us during the special bonus match campaigns like this GivingTuesday. Help us leverage bonus match funds on donations up to $2,500 per donor. (We’ll send a reminder when the campaign starts.)

Thank you! Thank you for helping us to help these birds!