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December 2023 by Red
Gorgeous place. Great mission in theory (do some due diligence around the internet). Treats their "workers" like trash, owner known for often not paying them at all out of spite and telling them this is normal for nonprofits
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October 2023 by Nicki Doyle
Such a wonderful, beautiful place! Animals are friendly and well cared for. Great place to adopt a loving fur baby!
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October 2023 by Shain Stodt
What a wonderful, special place. Devotion, in-depth care, and love is given to every animal. The cat sanctuary is amazing!
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August 2023 by Karen Raines
The first thing one notices when one visits The Goathouse is how much love and freedom is lavished upon the feline charges it houses.Not only are there quarters for the cats indoors in clean, safe structures, the cats have full access to just as spacious clean, securely fenced-in, outdoor areas, with both indoor and out generously strewn with myriad cat toys, hiding "houses", and litter boxes.Special quarters are onsite for the infirm among them to be kept separate from the others and treated by a local veterinarian, and to serve as kitten nurseries. And roaming throughout both areas is a caring crew of volunteers who clearly adore the creatures who are fortunate enough to call this place their (usually) temporary home as much as does the shelter's owner, Siglinda Scarpa, who envisioned a safe, free-roaming haven for cats from the time she was a youngster in Italy before making her dream a reality for cats here several years ago.We humans should be so lucky as to live in quarters as caring and free as Siglinda's cats, should we ever become homeless.Bottom line, The Goathouse Refuge is a wonderful, albeit needy, haven for arguably God's most elegant creatures and a worthy recipient of any you have to give, be it free time, supplies to donate, and/or financial support, in however small a measure of either.A day trip out to the Goathouse Refuge as a scenic drive past Jordan Lake is time well-spent for any tender-hearted animal-lover, that will lift your spirits like nothing else will, aside from finding a lifelong companion in its family of fabulous felines to welcome into your home!
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February 2023 by Ella Haarhoff
Absolutely loved this place! The volunteers hold so much love for these cats and know so much about all of them! It’s a great place for cats without a home to socialize and find their forever home!
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January 2023 by Eric Fawcett
A wonderful service and loving temporary home for these cats and kittens. We were so grateful to have adopted our "Pinky" there!
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December 2022 by Julie Breen
The Goathouse Refuge is a wonderful sanctuary for cats and kittens! We adopted our cat there a few years ago and couldn't be happier! She was born in the shelter and was cared for by volunteers and was healthy and well socialized when we adopted her. I now volunteer there and enjoy giving back to this wonderful organization.
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December 2022 by Li Zhijun
I love the way they’ve handled the animals.
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October 2022 by Jessica Stahoviak
I've been visiting the goat house for years. My friends and I love going to hang out with the cats. I particularly enjoy the kitten house There are some other animals to admire on the little stroll up to the main facility. My best friend volunteered here for a while before moving away and enjoyed it very much. She even brought home a foster for a little while which was kinda nice..like a temp-pet.Like so many others they've taken a severe hit from the pandemic and so volunteers and donations are more than appreciated here.
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October 2022 by Donna Baldwin
This place is amazing and does wonderful things for cat rescues. I have never seen so many cats all together in one place
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July 2022 by Kat Freydl
While I love, love, love the mission & intentions of Goathouse, it’s not a place I can in good conscience recommend. The quality of life for cats in their care seems to have gone rather concerningly downhill. When I visited in 2018, there were many volunteers who greeted visitors & explained the cat rooms, and who. had microchip scanners ready to identify and talk about cats. They seemed familiar with the cats in their care, and volunteers were never far.Now, though…Firstly, no one was in the shelter when we arrived, and for the duration of our stay, no one spoke to us the entire time we were there, even once. This would’ve been fine if anyone was supervising the cats, but no one was. Two or three cat fights broke out in the hour/hour and a half we spent there, pretty loud and scary ones, and no one came. We asked one volunteer if we could get the name of one of the cats; she laughed, said she didn’t know, and we didn’t see her again. When we went to leave, no one was there to open the gate. I’m confident that if we’d wanted to, we could’ve grabbed a cat and left and no one would’ve noticed - there was that little oversight.Most concerningly, I didn’t see even ONE healthy cat without fleas, eye problems, or a wheeze—and while I totally get that some diseases are hard to limit in a cage-free shelter, this was different. Some cats looked like they were starving, generally frail and with visible ribs; many others simply seemed unusually thin. The outdoor cats in particular were matted, dirty, covered in fleas, and many looked very ill with sunken eyes and scraggly coats. There was vomit and urine on the floor. Feral cats seemed to be mixed in with friendly ones; I was bitten FOUR TIMES in an hour by cats who approached *me* and attacked while I was sitting on a bench. I’m very comfortable around cats and know that this happens, and as a result I didn’t feel endangered, but I suspect that this mix of temperaments has something to do with the cat fights. An hour before closing time, one volunteer appeared (still not speaking to us) and began collecting every single toy in the room, including those actively being used by cats. The only interaction I saw between any volunteer and a cat was a volunteer moving a cat away from her with her foot as she continued picking up toys.Maybe I came on a bad day, but it is with a heavy heart that I must say the quality of life and overall health of the cats at Goathouse seems to have gone rather sharply downhill.
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February 2022 by Josephine Webb
So many special cats in need of homes! They accept cat food donations and love volunteer help from our community. PBO Love in action!
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June 2021 by Dalton
I called this place because my parents have an aging cat that they are having a hard time caring for. I asked them if they accepted surrenders and if we needed an appointment or if we could just stop by. The lady laughed at me and then asked if I would surrender my aging parents as I would this cat. Yes, people do, under circumstances not always in their control, have to place their parents in hospice care or in a home. I cant believe a place like this LAUGHED at me for suggesting that they take her in. To hell with me for wanting to find a pleasant and comfortable place for this cat to live out the rest of her life.
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June 2020 by David Edwards
This wonderful place is one of a kind. The freedom the cats have is great for them. She is the most dedicated rescue person I have ever met. Only great things to say about this organization.
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June 2020 by Siobhan Kenna
This is the coolest place for a shelter kitty to live! They have a big house with a large yard and wonderful volunteers to provide all of their needs. I came home with an adorable little black panther and she is the light of my life!
