I'm back with a new review because Amy is on a campaign to remove all negative reviews for irrelevant yelp reasons (algorithm, etc.) so that nobody can see the truth of this situation. This is my personal experience with KNine Rescue, Inc., Amy Maurer Creel, and the Brookville Cattic.
My experience with KNine Rescue and its dishonest, aggressive president has been traumatic and horrific. I adopted a kitten indirectly from Amy through some fosters I knew in June, which is a complicated situation because Amy runs an unregulated, unofficial communal cat rescue space on her property. Despite publicly posting this address on the facebook page for that unofficial entity, she harassed me for copying the information from that public space for this review. I have never been to this cat space; only heard about it and watched some of her VERY abundant, ignorant social media content.
As this information suggests, Amy has been entirely lacking in transparency for the entirety of this process. She was a poor communicator all around -- failing to answer the phone when an urgent care veterinarian was trying to call her to confirm my ownership and move forward with treatment, secretively speaking to veterinarians I'd visited behind my back even though that information is confidential without
my consent to share in Maryland, lying about the kittens' ages, leaving no veterinary records except for an undated photo of a vaccine bottle, and posting a false narrative of events for her tiktok following that didn't even get the number of kittens right -- and has been extremely inconsistent with the details of her story.
She failed to get these kittens even the most basic veterinary care, lied about their ages (said they were 6 weeks old, which is still illegal to adopt out in Maryland, but vets agreed they were 3-4 weeks old), gave them a dewormer contraindicated for their age and size, and even recommended a flea and tick medication for THE WRONG SPECIES. This woman was too ignorant to do a basic Google search about any of this information, too secretive or cheap to get them basic veterinary care despite her claims about the money the rescue spends on vet care (she only ever posts about getting it for dogs on the official side of the rescue, anyway), and too ego-driven to be honest about it in the aftermath or to get them outside help beyond the fosters, who paid for the first round of veterinary care out of their own pocket. If she'd gotten these kittens a basic checkup, all of these issues would have been avoided. Three of the six kittens passed away within hours of each other, and two more passed after being transfered to Lucky Dog, an organization that pays for reasonable vet care. Only one survived, but she's evidence of the underage adoption and the possibility of survival with the right care. Would these kittens all have survived with timely and responsible intervention? I can't be sure, but she gave them the worst possible chance through her irresponsible behavior.
Another red flag: the contract. The contract doesn't stipulate an adoption fee; it refers to a contractual agreement to make a donation, which goes against the legal definition of a donation. The contract also only refers to dogs, as the cat side of the rescue is, again, unofficial and unregulated.
She has since accused me of calling Animal Control on her, which I actually didn't: I talked to someone from county Animal Services for advice, and, in addition to confirming that some of her behavior was illegal, he told me about calls other people made to Animal Control (with names). I didn't go directly to her with my concerns for the reasons listed above, which is also why these Animal Services exist. If she had nothing to hide, she'd be honest and open instead of conveniently leaving information out of her online accounts, preventing direct responses on tiktok, and getting every review removed.
Altogether, not only do I not recommend this rescue, but I recommend that you avoid this rescue and its vile head altogether. Please support an ethical, transparent rescue that puts animals ahead of tiktok views. read more