Help Tails of Freedom Rescue Inc. Recover From Building Fire

Tails Of Freedom Rescue Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Winnipeg, MB, that relies on foster homes to care for animals in need. Founded in 2019 to address the gap in provincial funding for hurt or sick animals, the organization has since expanded its mandate to include pregnant mothers, feral cats, and a TNR program. The organization is run entirely by volunteers, ensuring that all resources are directed towards making a positive impact in the community. TOFR has helped over 2000 animals and counting.

Early Monday morning we got notified there was a massive fire in the building of our new location…. The damage was severe, and the entire building will have to be torn down. The fire was on the other side of our wall, luckily it did not make it through to our side, however smoke & water did.

The following morning we got a call that we had a day to get our stuff out before the building was boarded up for good. There was also break ins the night before, and our stuff had been completely ripped apart and dug through. We are unsure what, if anything, was taken, but it for certain left everything open to the smoke damage.

At first, we had thought maybe we were lucky, and the smoke smell was not as bad as we initially thought… However, now that we moved the items out to a new place, we have realized how bad the smell really is, and how fast it permeated the new area.. We are now even more stressed as we are seeing that we will have to part with a lot more than expected.

So far we have lost a large majority of our auction items, most of our litter, some of our food, some pet supplies such as pet beds, cat trees, collars, leashes… As well as all our rescue medical supplies as it has been contaminated and are no longer sterile and safe to use.

We did not yet have our insurance.. We had only been in the place for 20 days, and when we went down to file the first week, we were told to come back when we had all our belongings in, and had a list of items and values.

We are in need of help to cover some of the following expenses - cleaning supplies, restoration costs, new location costs, all new medical supplies, fans, air purifiers, pet supplies, moving & storage costs.

We currently have 193 animals in care that we need to provide vetting for. It is very hard for us to spend any amount of money on anything besides these animals care.. Any amount donated helps significantly.

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