Special Needs or Rescued Maine Coons

Supreme Grand Champion Alter Coonyham Morgan who lives the life of Riley with a Maine Coon named Dapper Dan, a Yorkie named Aston and a wonderful couple - Lynn and Mary Martin in Idaho.   Morgan was adopted by Lynn and Mary when he was a kitten.  He was never a rescued Maine Coon nor does he have any special needs - he is just a gorgeous Maine Coon who happens to be featured as the representative Maine Coon for Fancy Feast!  Since this page is about Maine Coons (who need rescuing or have special needs for adoption), we wanted to put a really beautiful Maine Coon out there as a breed representative.  Oh yeah, we also wanted to brag about Morgan.  Can you blame us?

Morgan's littermate brother is CFA GC Coonyham Surfer Dude of XTC who is now a CFA DM (distinguished merit - having sired over 15 grand champions).  :-)  Go Dude go!  Morgan's older brothers include our flowerpot children - Coonyham O'Malley and SGC Coonyham Antonio Banderas of Hojpoj - 2nd Best Allbreed Alter for TICA in 1998!


Infrequently we may have or know of a locally rescued cat or kitten with special needs available for adoption. These are usually Maine Coons or they may be look-alikes/wanna-be Maine Coons.  We may have bred the cat (this happened once) or may have rescued the cat and the breeder is unknown (this has occured several times). There is usually no charge for these pets (at most, a nominal fee to reimburse fees we ourselves paid or we may instead request a donation to the  Valley Humane Society or Tri-Valley Animal Rescue.   Anyone considering these cats for adoption should be aware that they may or may not have registration papers and they may have a special health or a temperament need that will be discussed.

We are very concerned about purebred and pedigreed Maine Coons-in-need who may need rescuing and therefore we have our names listed with various shelters.  We cannot participate in personally rescuing and fostering Maine Coon mixes or look-a-likes, but based on their circumstances, may list their information and situation here in the hopes of their finding a new home quickly.  If you are interested in a special needs cat or adopting a rescued Maine Coon, then please let us know (by e-mail) so we can add you to our list of potential adoptees. :-)



Maine Coon breeders are organizing a national Maine Coon rescue effort.  At present, The United Maine Coon Rescue League (UMCRL) is based in New England and is gearing up for a national effort.  Contact Betsy Piper at  betsy@tp2.com. for details.

If you wish to send a tax deductible donation toward the spay/neuter and medical upkeep of rescued Maine Coons helped by this organization, then send your check to UMCRL who will distribute the funds to the appropriate groups (shelters, vets, groomers.) or members fostering any rescued Maine Coons.

UMCRL
C/O Tech Plus Inc
35 Marsh Rd
Needham, MA 02492
In addition, the Maine Coon Alliance is organizing a n ationwide Maine Coon Alliance Rescue Network.  Please check out their web page and mailing list for more information and support them any way you can.

We will post updates as we receive them.  Thanks for your interest!


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Last modified: November 21, 2003