FuRR had its beginning in the last couple of weeks of 2002. Five of us CARE "cat people" wanted to take cat rescue and spay/neuter a step further than we could do with CARE alone. We wanted to increase the number of cats and kittens saved and focus on feral TNR and the rehabilitation of offspring of ferals.

We attained nonprofit status and began with 12 kittens rescued from Little Rock Animal Services. Shortly thereafter, due to financial shortfalls, CARE had to suspend their CATNIP program, which provided for the trap, neuter and release of feral cats.

While still operating at "start-up speed" we made the decision that with kitten season just beginning we had no choice but to take over the monthly feral spay-neuter clinics. We almost overnight began to operate at full speed, and the rest is, as they say, history.

We are, in addition, able to expand on the services most of the rescue groups offer and help some of the needy felines who don't fit the profile for any rescue group and who would otherwise end up slipping through the cracks. Every Day, FuRR makes a difference in many feline lives.