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June 27, 2011

Three Easy Ways to Help Homeless Kitties

Kittens

Okay, folks, here’s the deal: Millions of cats enter local shelters across the country every year. Even with these staggering statistics at play, people are still turning to classified ads and pet stores to buy their new kittens. What’s up with that?

Each June, in conjunction with Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, the ASPCA strives to promote cat adoptions. But here’s how you can help year-round!

  • Be their voice! Sure it sounds easy, but with so many more cats than there are homes, we need you to speak up…and loudly. Encourage folks looking for new pets to adopt an animal from a shelter. Try dedicating your Facebook status, Tweet or blog post to an adoptable cat each week.
  • Volunteer at Your Local Shelter. Volunteering at your local shelter is a great way to make a difference in the lives of homeless cats. From playing with kittens to organizing adoption events, shelters across the country are always in need of volunteers. Be sure to visit our Ten Ways to Help Your Local Shelter for more suggestions.
  • Promote Spaying and Neutering. It’s a fact: Spayed or neutered cats are generally happier, healthier and live longer lives. Plus, many communities offer low-cost or free spay/neuter clinics that help make it easy for everyone to do the right thing. Spread the word with our Top 10 Reasons to Spay or Neuter Your Pet.

Thanks for getting active for homeless kitties!

  

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  • Submitted by Milan at:April 29, 2012 06:22 AM

    Shirley-Thank you and your neighbor for tiknag responsibility for the well being of the homeless cats in your neighborhood and for posting your story here, so that others might do the same. RMACA has also helped me spay & neuter the cats in our area and I am very excited to find out they will be increasing the ability to provide spay-neuter services to the public.So many people feed a stray, but don't know they can help so much more by getting the cat fixed. Trap-neuter-return is the humane way to insure that litters of stray kittens don't end up at the shelter every spring, tiknag homes away from the cats already waiting to be adopted. Thank you FELINE FIX for providing an affordable HUMANE method to save lives.

  • Submitted by Kelly at:September 11, 2011 01:06 AM

    It takes a little time to trap cats but it is fairly easy you just need to get traps from a shelter and tell them you wanna TNR(trap neuter return) The kittens if old enough and if you can get them will be able to be adopted but the adult cats are feral which means they spent their life outdoors and thats all they know so they are not adoptable.But kittens can be trapped as long as the weigh enough to trip the trap.You also need a sheet or blanket to cover the trap as soon as a kitten or cat is trapped (it keeps them calm after their trapped) and take it to a low cost spay/neuter clinic.The kittens should stay together.GOOD LUCK and if you need a help please feel free to contact by email.

  • Submitted by Beverley at:September 10, 2011 03:32 AM

    At this point, I need help. I have ten cats in my yard and I am afraid that dogs and/or neighbors will get rid of these two cats and their 8 kittens. HELP. I need the kittens to be taken ASAP. Thanks.

  • Submitted by tammy at:September 2, 2011 06:17 PM

    There is nothing worse than people thay abuse things. I have 4 dogs and 4 cats i have rescued. I still have them all. I tell everyone to spay or nueter their pets at 6 months. And we need stiffer laws for animal cruelty. They are like babies and the elderly, they cant take care of themselves.

  • Submitted by Alma at:September 2, 2011 01:50 PM

    I rescued a cat from the street. She was pregnant. She gave birth in my garage, I found all the kittens homes and I kept the momma (took her to get spayed of course). Now every night as we are watching TV together, and she snuggles up next to me, I can't believe how lucky I am to have found her. I wish I could save all these kitties :(

  • Submitted by Sue at:June 30, 2011 02:34 PM

    I manage a motel in Northeast Iowa. While taking the trash out, I saw a very small kitten. The next day I saw mama cat and 3 more kittens, anyway I think there are 5 kittens maybe 4weeks old. They are all very timid. I am unable to trap them.They need homes!! I need help.

  • Submitted by sandra at:June 27, 2011 10:25 PM

    I have rescued so many animals from wolves to cats and even mice.I work for a delivery service and am thru so many nieghborhoods and see so so many strays. So many people get kittens cannot afford spay or neutering and the cat ends up outside and then abandoned outside for many reasons. We have to make people very aware,we have to get breeders to STOP breeding,even the reputable breeders need to stop,let the world catch up a little,if they truely love thier pets they will. IT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY-IT IS ABOUT LIFE!!!!

  • Submitted by deborah at:June 27, 2011 09:11 PM

    I rescue stry cats...spend the $ and have them spayed & neutered and find them homes...I kept one wild (ex wild cat) the day before Thanksgiving..and JayLo is now living inside with my other older cat I adopted PetSmart via our shelter, and my 5 dogs...some say so many what's the use..I say one cat, dog, kitten makes a difference!

  • Submitted by jen at:June 27, 2011 08:10 PM

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