Tonkinese Cat Rescue

We help people who have a life style change and can no longer care for their Tonkinese cats, if you purchased a pedigreed Tonkinese from a TBA member. We work with breeders to help solve these rehoming problems. Tonkinese are not usually available for immediate adoption, but we keep a list of people interested when rehoming situations become available.

Our goal is that no pedigreed Tonkinese should end up abandoned or in a shelter. Our rescue coordinator is Bonnie Brooks tonks4all@gmail.com who can assist with contact information.

Tonkinese PhotoTonkinese Youngsters and Adults

Breeders may have adoptable adults. They may be retired from breeding or from a show career. These beloved cats may no longer be happy in a cattery. They may be looking for a home with fewer cats competing for attention. Many breeders listed below may have retired adults.

Retired Breeders:

Some times cat buyers loose track of their breeder and wish to contact them. Some retired breeders are listed at the bottom.

For Buyers:

Any TBA member can be listed below. TBA makes no representations or warranties with respect to the breeding or business practices of any of the breeders listed. TBA strongly recommends that transactions with breeders be undertaken with the same caution and due diligence as one would devote to any important business matter.

TBA provides the following guidelines as a minimum for it's breeder members:

No member of the TBA will sell or otherwise transfer ownership of cats in his/her possession:

A. under the age of 12 weeks.
Rationale: Kittens need time with their mother and siblings to be well socialized. Vaccines regimens vary, but most regimens recommend that the core vaccines require a booster at or after 12 weeks for full immunity.

B. a sick cat or kitten without full disclosure of the condition to the new owner.
Rationale: There are times when it is in the best interest of such a cat or kitten to place it in a pet home. This is acceptable so long as the new owner understands the situation and agrees to the terms of transfer. This wording allows for those times when the breeder is simply not aware of a health issue that may turn up later and places no requirements on that situation. Various breeders handle this situation in various ways via their contracts. It is recommended that this disclosure be in writing.

C. without prohibiting the new owner from allowing free roaming of said cat(s).
Rationale: Free roaming cats are at high risk of disease and accidents; this practice should be discouraged. Additionally it is difficult to rehome a free roaming cat should the need arise.

D. without prohibiting the new owner from declawing or tendonectomy of said cat(s), unless the breeder grants a specific exemption due to special circumstances.
Rationale: Declawing and tendonectomy are something we wish to discourage.

For Breeders:

Breeders need to specifically request a listing and provide the details for each field. This is not automatic. Any additions, deletions, or changes should be sent to the Webmaster bottom on the page.

Name

Cattery

Location

Contact Info

Web Page

Arizona





Carolyyn Rennie & Sara Hoops Sontse Arizona cjhrennie@gmail.com
(520) 310-0823
 
California





Bonnie Brooks Tonkville Southern California tonks4all@gmail.com
(760) 522-7975
 

Laurie Holmes Pendragon San Jose & Clearlake quest8@ix.netcom.com
(707) 995-1125
Pendragon Tonkinese West

Chi Lee Amimao Orange County mt.amimao@gmail.com p>Amimao Tonkinese
  Linda & Carmen Martino VivaTonk Southern California tonk@vivatonk.com VivaTonk Tonkinese
  Teri Kay Pulliam Kayke Southern California hrclady@yahoo.com  
Delaware          
  Clinton & Deborah Parker Seaflower Tonkinese Delaware seaflower@felines.net Seaflower Tonkinese
Florida





Bea Dore "Aunt Bea" SiamBaliRags Florida AuntBea@SiamBaliRags.com
(863) 675-4075
SiamBaliRags
Kentucky          
  Barbara Reed Verona Blue N KY Greater Cincinnati Area barbaravreed@fuse.net

Facebook - Verona Blue Cattery
Maine          
  Aurora Luxuria Tonkinese Meet 8 hrs from E. Main LuxuriaTonkinese@yahoo.com http://www.facebook.com/LuxuriaTonks
Maryland          
  Donna Clas Wan-Lea Baltimore Metro Area Jazzbo7526@comcast.net
443-610-5260


Massachusetts          
  Lynn Jordan Takrai North West of Boston Tonks@comcast.net
(978) 779-2969
Takrai Tonkinese
  Lisa Smith Machick Seekonk Machicktonks@gmail.com
(508) 328-6835
MachickTonkinese
New Hampshire        
  Louise M. Frank Mine Falls Southern, New Hampshire minefalls@comcast.net Minefalls Cattery
New York





Collette Burnett Aristotonks Orange County, NY aristotonks@optonline.net
(845) 544-2196
 

Robert Hallead Beritas Western NY exotonk@yahoo.com
(412) 983-1183
https://www.beritas.us
North Dakota        
  Lisa Shelabarger Prairieridge Sheldon whispering@mlgc.com
(701) 882-3289
Prairie Ridge Tonkinese
Ohio




  Debbie Allgire Allese North West Ohio racer16k@msn.com Allese cattery
  Richard Kish Ricela Cattery Southern Ohio kish@ricelacattery.com
(740) 864-2185
Ricela Cattery

Nancy Mikita Minkitty Cleveland (Northern Ohio) nmikita@cox.net
(440) 331-9533
Minkitty Tonkinese
Texas




  Bob & Claire Dubit Wan-Lea Houston Area Dubitc@gmail.com
  Debbie Kluka Calitonk Katy calitonk@aol.com
(281) 222-0064
 
  Sheri Shaffer Cecchetti Austin Area cecchetticats@yahoo.com
(469) 952-9336 (cell)
Cecchetticats
Utah          
  Heather Gibson Elevated Cattery Salt Lake City info@bigheartedbreeders.com Big Hearted Breeders
Virginia          
  Catherine McNeese Aquabella Northern Virginia cmcneese@msn.com
(703) 915-9669
 
Wisconsin          
  Valori Trantanella Vitrina Greater Twin Cities Area valori@vitrina.us 
(715) 273-4249
Vitrina
Canada          
  Susan Gibson Zanadu Eastern Ontario susan@zanadubirmans.com
(613) 926-1655
 
France          
  Francoise Ferriere Soleil du Siam France chatterie@soleil-du-siam.com Soleil du Siam
Japan          
  Hisano Yamashita Hisano & Supersweet Soka, Saitama supersweet@funbest.org
hisanodayo@hb.tp1.jp

Supersweettonk

Switzerland          
  Marie-France Piguet Cemafaune Cattery Switzerland happyredsacha@hotmail.com www.cemafaune.ch
  Monika Wernli Nashira Aarau, Switzerland monziponzi@datacomm.ch  

 

Retired Breeders and Breeders Temporarily Not Breeding

Name Cattery Current State Contact Information
Jane Barletta B'ssa NJ bssatonkinese@aol.com
Kathy Becker Lovintonks MO Lovintonks@sbcglobal.net
(636) 465-2685
Marge Benham-Hutckins Balnamore San Antonio margebhutch@yahoo.com
Harold and Diane Bourgeois QT-Tonks Groves qt-tonks@hotmail.com
(409) 962-3886 or
(409) 718-7993
Louisa Buford Kinukatz TX kinukatz@juno.com
(281) 495-4604
Beth Cassely Purrtek; Kasskats MO contact Bill Cassely
bcassely@swbell.net

(636) 532-1573
Karen Clarke Shorlynes Kingston Ontario clarkek2008@gmail.com
(613)-549-6266
Wayne Crabtree Treepaw North Central Kentucky treepawcats@yahoo.com
(502) 375-0499
Alex Dado Selella Montana selellacats@yahoo.com
Temporarily not breeding
Jean Delano Catdancing VA edelano@va.metrocast.net
Amy Arensdorf (formerly Diem) Pendragon FL diema@comcast.net
(561)-313--4899

Peggy Gyimesi Franklee WV peggyimesi@gmail.com
(304) 745-3866
John Hiemstra Wenlock Northville wenlock@gmail.com
Megan Hiemstra Dulcimer Northville dulcimer@gmail.com
Candilee Jackson Pawdancer Near St. Louis pawdancercattery@gmail.com
(314) 223-3250
Fran and Bruce Nickerson Spielzeit MA fran.nickerson@gmail.com
(978) 456-1230
Wanda Martin Wan-Lea MD contact Claire Dubit
Dubitc@gmail.com
Sue Robbins Opurra VA Opurra@aol.com
(540) 661-0484
Peggy & Derryl Schuetz Angelsheart Near Seattle anglshrt@comcast.net
(360) 588-9415
Don Thomas ThomTiki N C

ThomTiki Cattery
http:/Tonkinesepet.com
(800) 607-7080

Jane Smith Maytime FL maytime@windstream.net

Kate Summer Swan Falls Cattery S. Idaho 1Summer@mindspring.com
(208) 922-4949
Del Walton Lakota-Ma NC contact TBA Secretary
Karen Willis Kiwendo TX Contact Sheri Shaffer cecchetticats@yahoo.com
Marilyn Winters VanWin CA (909) 627-9918