A real operating sanctuary
Five rural Georgia acres, animals in daily care, experienced leadership, three incubators, specialized respiratory-support capability, and growing diagnostic infrastructure.
Newington, Georgia · Volunteer-powered rescue
Every tail deserves a second beginning.
Kindred Tails rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes abandoned and at-risk animals—especially cats—giving each one safety, dignity, thoughtful care, and a real chance to belong.
A little magic. A real next step.
Find your furry friend
Tap a face. Meet a personality. Start the conversation that could change two lives.
Their next chapter could begin with you
Who will choose you?
Every animal has a story, a personality, and a future worth fighting for.
Meet everyone →Science-informed care, close to home
A serious sanctuary and rescue—building something bigger.
Founder Vicki brings a registered nurse’s clinical discipline to animal rescue. Kindred Tails is leaning deliberately into science: expanding its on-site care capacity, developing practical diagnostics, and creating a stronger rural resource for animals who may otherwise be far from help.
The next chapter includes building relationships with veterinary-technician and veterinary-medicine programs. With experienced leadership, real animals, specialized equipment, and authentic field conditions, the sanctuary can become a meaningful place for learning, collaboration, and better animal-welfare outcomes.
This is not a substitute for veterinary care. It is responsible rescue infrastructure designed to support animals, strengthen professional partnerships, and help more knowledge reach a community that needs it.
Explore the vision
3on-site incubators
2equipped for oxygen and nebulizer treatments
Newmicroscope and in-house fecal testing capacity in development
Cleansanitation-conscious stainless-steel feeding equipment
Representative imagery is shown while photography of Kindred Tails’ own facility and equipment is being prepared.
In Vicki’s own words
Feral cats, sanctuary life, and the reality of rescue.
Hear how two feral cats grew into a full sanctuary on five rural Georgia acres—and what daily care really looks like for more than 40 free-roaming cats, neonatal kittens, goats, dogs, and the people determined not to look away.
The conversation reaches beyond heartwarming outcomes into overpopulation, limited spay-and-neuter access, compassion, burnout, and why adult cats deserve just as much love.
Listen to Vicki’s interview ↗Animal Posse48 minutesPublished June 5, 2026
For veterinary and veterinary-technician programs
Come help build the rural learning environment animal welfare needs.
Kindred Tails is opening conversations with universities and technical programs about supervised field learning, observational experience, rescue medicine, neonatal support, diagnostics, population health, conservation, and the realities of rural animal welfare.
Students gain exposure to the whole continuum—not only a procedure, but intake, environment, sanitation, documentation, recovery, behavior, placement, and long-term sanctuary care.
The place exists. The animals are here. The need is now.
Investment expands proven capacity.
Kindred Tails is not asking donors and grantmakers to fund an abstract idea. The sanctuary is licensed, operating, caring for animals, and building forward from infrastructure already in place.
More need than one rescue can absorb alone
Overpopulation, limited spay-and-neuter access, neonatal cases, adult animals overlooked for adoption, difficult surrenders, and rural distance from veterinary services all converge here.
More capacity—and better outcomes
Grants and donations can strengthen equipment, supplies, diagnostics, veterinary access, student learning, data and documentation, conservation work, and the number of animals the sanctuary can responsibly support.
Credibility is the foundation. Growth must be responsible, measurable, and built around animal welfare.
More than an adoption
Build the safety net
You don’t have to adopt to change an animal’s life. Give, foster, sponsor, volunteer, share, or help meet an urgent need.
Give medical care a head start
General donations help Kindred Tails respond to food, supplies, veterinary care, and the everyday work of rescue.
Donate securely →Become a foster home
Kindred Tails supplies food, essential supplies, veterinary care, and support. You provide the safe temporary landing place.
See how fostering works →Send exactly what they need
Shop the verified Amazon and Chewy wishlists to put practical help directly into the sanctuary’s hands.
View the wishlists →Send practical help straight to the sanctuary
Their wishlists are part of the mission.
Food, litter, cleaning supplies, medical essentials, and everyday animal-care items keep rescue work moving. Choose the store you use and send exactly what Kindred Tails needs.
From the sanctuary
Stories, guidance & good news
July 12, 2026
How Fostering Works at Kindred Tails, No Experience Needed
You do not need years of rescue experience to become a valuable foster. You need a safe home, honest communication, patience, and a willingness…
Read the story →July 12, 2026
What to Expect the First 30 Days With a Rescue Pet
The first month with a rescue animal is not about rushing toward perfection. It is about safety, predictable routines, observation, and trust. Days 1–3:…
Read the story →July 12, 2026
5 Myths About Adopting a Senior Dog
Senior dogs are often overlooked for reasons that have little to do with the love, companionship, and joy they can bring. Myth 1: Senior…
Read the story →Honest rescue
Care you can see. Trust you can feel.
Kindred Tails is a foster- and sanctuary-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit powered entirely by volunteers. Financial information, adoption expectations, and responsible intake guidance should never be hard to find.
Keep the good moving