Grace & Grit Animal Welfare Consultants, LLC

11/14/2025

11/11/2025

Today, we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our nation with courage, dignity, and sacrifice.
Your strength protects the freedoms we live under every day, and your resilience inspires us to serve with compassion, integrity, and grit in the work we do for animals and communities.

To every Veteran:
We see you.
We honor you.
We thank you.

May we remember that service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. Many Veterans continue to give back, as community leaders, mentors, neighbors, as animal rescuers, adopters, and advocates. The bond between Veterans and animals is powerful, healing, and deeply real. ❤️🐾

Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your courage.
Thank you for your service.

11/10/2025

🚗🐾 WINTER REMINDER: Knock Before You Turn the Key!

When temperatures drop, outdoor and stray cats search for warmth anywhere they can find it, and the warm engine of your car can feel like a lifeline.
But starting your vehicle without checking can cause serious injury or even death for a cat seeking shelter under the hood.

Please take a moment to:
•✅ Bang on the hood
•✅ Tap your fender
•✅ Honk once before starting the car
•✅ Check wheel wells & under the car

It takes just 3 seconds, and it can save a life.
Compassion is not difficult, it’s simply intentional. ♥️

If you care for outdoor cats, consider providing:
•A small insulated shelter
•Fresh unfrozen water
•Access to a safe feeding spot

Our community animals rely on us to look out for them especially in winter.

11/08/2025

It’s Caturday, which means the universe formally encourages you to adopt a cat.
We don’t make the rules 😼💕
Shelters are full. Hearts are open.
Go meet your new best friend today.

11/05/2025

A Colorado woman just pleaded guilty to 15 counts of animal cruelty out of more than 250 originally filed.
Some will say this is accountability.
But those of us who work in animal welfare know the truth:

15 out of 250 is not justice.
It is a slap on the wrist.
And it is another failure in a long line of failures.

This did not happen overnight.
This happened for years.
Animals suffered for years.

There were systems in place that were supposed to stop this long before it became a headline:

• PACFA, Colorado’s statewide oversight program
• Local and county agencies, often under-resourced and unsupported
• A judicial system that routinely reduces charges and penalties in animal cruelty cases

Colorado is the only state in the nation with a centralized animal care oversight program, and yet case after case shows us that animals continue to be neglected and abused while warnings, extensions, and leniency allow bad actors to continue operating.

We see:
•Missed or delayed inspections
•Complaints without meaningful follow-through
•Repeat offenders given chance after chance
•Charges reduced until consequences are nearly meaningless

Every time this happens, the message is clear:

Animal suffering is negotiable.
Their pain is paperwork.

But to many of us advocates, shelters, veterinarians, rescues, and families animals are not “something.”
They are someone.

Colorado must do better.
We need:
•Real oversight
•Timely enforcement
•Meaningful sentencing that reflects the harm done

Because if we keep treating cruelty as a minor offense, we will keep getting exactly this outcome.

Not one more animal should have to suffer while we wait for someone else to act.

Barbara Bowman from Delta, Colorado pleaded guilty to 15 of more than 250 counts of animal cruelty filed against her.

10/30/2025

As temperatures drop, our community cats face harsh and often life-threatening conditions. Whether they are feral, stray, or simply lost. They feel the cold just like we do hypothermia and frostbite can happen fast, especially during freezing nights.

But we can help.

Here’s How to Make a Difference This Winter:

🐾 Provide Shelter:
A simple DIY shelter can save a life.
•Use plastic storage bins or coolers
•Add straw (not blankets — blankets hold moisture)
•Keep entrances small to block wind

🥣 Offer Food & Water:
Outdoor cats burn more calories in winter just to stay warm.
•Provide wet food when possible
•Check water dishes often or use heated bowls to prevent freezing

🐱 Practice Compassionate TNR:
Trap-Neuter-Return helps manage populations humanely while allowing cats to live safely in their familiar territory. Spayed and neutered cats are healthier and better equipped to survive.

If you see a cat struggling this winter, or you’d like guidance on creating shelters, feeding stations, or starting a TNR project in your neighborhood Grace & Grit Animal Welfare Consultants, LLC is here to help.

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

Not all shelters and rescues are created equal.
Not all animals are protected the same.

And in Colorado even with regulations in place, animals are still falling through the cracks of more suffering.

While thousands of dogs and cats arrive in our state each year, many from out-of-state pipelines. We don’t require consistent standards of care, transparency, or accountability across every organization that houses or rehomes animals.

This isn’t about calling out the good ones.
This is about protecting the animals in the hands of the not-so-good ones.

Colorado deserves:
•True, enforceable minimum standards of care
•Routine, timely inspections
•Clear, public transparency in rescue and shelter operations
•Proper veterinary care not just “good intentions” and cancelled appointments because there’s no funds.
•Safe, sanitary, humane living environments
•Behavioral support and enrichment for mental wellbeing
•Adoption practices rooted in ethics, not revenue

Every animal whether in a municipal shelter, foster-based rescue, or private sanctuary deserves dignity, safety, and compassion.

Because rescue is not a hobby.
It is not a trend.
It is not a photo-op for social media.

Rescue is a responsibility.

Animals are counting on us to get this right.

Colorado can and must do better.