Helping Cat Rescue Groups
and Shelters Get the Word Out

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Cat rescue groups perform a community service by helping cats in need.

The work may involve resourcing or funding shelter pulls, fostering arrangements, feeding, grooming, and permanent placement efforts.

Special focus is often given to cats most at risk of euthanasia. The clock is ticking when a cat is in a shelter, so time is of the essence.

I believe that more exposure leads to more donations, more volunteer and foster participation and ultimately, more adoptions and lives saved.

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Submit your rescue, shelter, or TNR group

Some rescue groups do exclusively purebred rescue, and others work with all types of domestics.

In addition, some rescues may focus all or part of their attention on feral cats to save lives and reduce environmental impact.

Many work with trap-neuter-return (TNR) initiatives. TNR (also called trap-neuter-release or the word "trap" is replaced with the word "capture") is where feral cats are captured, neutered, vaccinated and then returned to their habitat.

Sometimes protective shelters are built for them, and they may be fed regularly and get periodic routine medical care.

Other rescues may focus on wild cats or big cats, and help to preserve species and protect the environment.

Some rescues, like the Cat House on the Kings in California, are sanctuaries set up in people's homes or on large plots of land. There are no cages, and the hundreds of domestic cats (and dogs) have the run of the place.

Tabby's Place in New Jersey is another cage free cat sanctuary set up by a former dotcom pioneer. When his cat was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Jonathan Rosenberg left his position at CNET and decided to honor his beloved cat by making a difference to cats and cat lovers.

Other rescues may be more like traditional cat shelters while some use exclusively foster homes to house the animals.

How You Can Help Cat Rescue Groups

If you'd like to help more shelters and cat rescue groups get noticed and save more lives in the process, there are several things you can do. You'll barely have to leave this page to do them.

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Tell us about your organization, and leave your contact information (website URL, address, phone number, etc.)... The more unique and inviting your entry, the more your listing will stand out.

Cat Rescue Groups

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Candia Cats 
We are a very small cat shelter based in Crete of Greece since 2013. We rescue cats from death because we have big a problem with stray cats here. We then …

Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter 
Founded in 1994, Happy Endings is the oldest no kill cat shelter in the Milwaukee area. As a no kill cat shelter, our mission is to promote the humane …

DDC Rescue Centre 
We are a small rescue centre based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. We rescue, rehome, and help save as many cats and kittens as we can. On Facebook: …

Animal Lifeline Corporation, Inc. 
Animal Lifeline, Inc. in Bellmore, NY is a non profit, tax deductible, tax exempt, 501C3 animal rescue incorporated in 1977 for the purpose of aiding the …

Angels' Cat Sanctuary, Inc. 
My home is a lifelong sanctuary to 37 cats and 4 dogs. We are a non-profit, 501 {c} 3 charity. Every cat and dog was rescued from the streets of Tucson …

Bastet Little Cat Rescue 
Bastet Little Cat Rescue is a small, private, non-profit rescue located in Lakeland, FL. Our mission is to help control pet overpopulation. We do this …

OPKIT Kitty Sponsorship Program Inc 
OPKIT Kitty Sponsorship Program, Inc began in June of 2013, with the intent of helping to save cats from high kill shelters by donating money to the …

FLOCK-DMV (FOR THE LOVE OF CATS & KITTENS) SAVE THE KITTENS -DMV 
We are a new rescue for cats and kittens in the Washington, DC area, including Maryland and Virginia. We are an all-volunteer group of caregivers. We …

Hope For Ferals 
Hope For Ferals is a non-profit program that provides Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats in Bartholomew County, Indiana and surrounding areas. We also provide …

Pasadena, TX Animal Shelter 
Our shelter in Pasadena, TX, is an animal control facility. I am a volunteer and my goal is to empty the cages (in a good way). I go in every week and …

The Live Kitty Cam at Cape Breton Nova Scotia 
This site hosts a live video feed that monitors the inside of a custom built habitat occupied by a colony of feral cats located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, …

The Queenie Foundation, Inc. 
The Queenie Foundation, Inc. (TQF) is a 501 c 3 humane education and cat rescue/adoption organization founded in 1996 in Dallas, TX and named after a rescued …

Wizz Catz Rescue 
We're a very small cat charity based in Swallownest, Sheffield. We take in those that need that little extra like road traffic accidents, or cats needing …

Abandoned Angels Cat Rescue 
Hello! My name is Shiloh and I am one of Abandoned Angels former rescue cats! Thanks to Lynda, I am now in a safe, loving, forever home. Aside from …

Emily's Place Spay & Neuter Outreach Society 
This is a non-profit society dealing with cat over- population, dedicated to helping families fund spay and neuter procedures for their cats in Cumberland …

Ralphies Retreat - Home for FeLV+ Cats in Hiram ME 
We are a new shelter in Hiram, ME that provides a safe haven for cats who are FeLV+. We have a big fundraiser scheduled for November 2 in Ogunquit, ME. …

Calico Callie's Cat Colony Care & Rescue, Inc. 
My husband and I are Cat Lovers for many years, and we have always had at least 2 cats (sometimes more) sharing our home. March 23, 2012 around 9:00 …

Paws4Thought - Laos 
Our small group rescues injured and sick street animals, as well as vaccinating owned cats and dogs in the neighborhoods of Vientiane Laos. During our …

Help stop plans to trap and kill feral cats in South Newton Township 
Update: Victory! They are no longer going forward with the plan to exterminate the cats. Now, the hard work starts... a successful TNR program must …

Wendy's Feline Friends 
Wendy rescues cats and cares for them in her home in Colonial Beach, VA. All of the cats are free-living (not in cages) in a home setting with other cats, …

Tampabay Cat Alliance, Inc. 
Tampabay Cat Alliance. We are a cat adoption/rescue organization in the Tampabay area of Florida. Our primary focus is adoption. We mostly work with people …

P.U.R.R. WV Inc.  
P.U.R.R. West Virginia -- People United for Rescue and Rehabilitation. We are an all volunteer, No Kill, cat only 501-C3 organization. Our Mission is to …

Kings Highway Cat Rescue Kitty Personals 
"Attend Kings Highway Cat Rescue's Kitty Personals featuring Tophat and his riddles and the mischievous Marvin Mouse as the cats make their debut via the …

Spots and Stripes Inc 
Spots and Stripes works to "Save Wild and Feral Cats Four Paws at a Time" through capture-neuter-release, vet checks and shots for feral cats, as well …

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Shadowolf Rescue & Rehabilitation 
Shadowolf Rescue is located on 43 acres in Adamsville, TN. This rescue specializes in cruelty cases and rehabilitating dogs, cats and horses so that they …

Bartholomew County Humane Society 
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one life you may be the world." The Bartholomew County Humane Society is a non-profit organization …

Vine Grove Cat Rescue Not rated yet
We are a growing rescue for cats in the Louisville, Kentucky area. Founded in 2018, we have been very successful in transitioning cats in need of rescue …

Silver Cloud Sanctuary Not rated yet
Silver Cloud is a life-care no kill sanctuary for special needs, chronically ill, and senior cats. We are located in Walla Walla, Washington. We advocate …

Nine Lives Rescue Mission Not rated yet
We are a no-kill cat rescue organization based in Pickens, South Carolina. We work with caring people to achieve the reduction feral, and/or abandoned …

Fears Foster & Rescue Not rated yet
My name is Pam Fears. I am the sole provider of a local animal rescue in Gassville, Arkansas, after the sudden passing of my husband earlier this year. …

Villa Kitty Bali Not rated yet
Villa Kitty is a rescue and adoption center for Bali's abandoned cats and kittens. We have just celebrated our 3rd birthday with one hundred and twenty-one …

Helfenstein Cat Colony and Rescue Not rated yet
Our mission is to Trap, Neuter, and Return as many feral cats as we can. Our goal is to rehabilitate these feral, stray, and abandoned cats to be socialized …

Rosebud Cat Colony Not rated yet
A group of TNR'd cats living in a secluded wooded area in Damascus, MD. The cats have been in a managed colony since early 2007. Eight cats were identified …

The Cat's Meow Rescue Group, Longview, TX Not rated yet
The Cat's Meow Rescue (TCMR) is a group of cat advocates that have come together to save at risk cats and kittens from Northeast Texas (kill) shelters. …

Tame A Cat Rescue Not rated yet
Tame A Cat is a no-kill animal rescue located in Grove City, Ohio. Tame-A-Cat was founded in 2008 by Kimberly Wonacott after she witnessed the sad cycle …

Feline Rescue, Inc. Not rated yet
Feline Rescue, Inc. is a Minnesota based no-kill companion cat rescue organization. Our founders established Feline Rescue in 1997 in Minneapolis, MN …

Perfect Pet Adoption Center Not rated yet
Perfect Pet Adoption Center was founded in 2002 and we received our 501(c)(3) status in 2004. It was created out of love for homeless pets and a desire …

The Feline Rescue Association Not rated yet
The Feline Rescue Association is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the welfare of stray, abandoned and feral cats. FRA focuses on …

Greenbrier Humane Society Not rated yet
We are a 501(c)(3) organization. We are in desperate need of some homes for our cats and kittens. We have had fantastic adoptions this year but, it …

Happy Strays Rescue Not rated yet
Happy Strays is a not for profit cat rescue organization that cares for stray, abandoned, and orphaned cats and kittens. All of our cats are attended …

Friends of Felines' Rescue Center - Defiance, Ohio Not rated yet
Friends of Felines' Rescue Center is a non-profit, cage free, no-kill feline care facility. Earth Angels is a low cost spay/neuter clinic serving privately …

Animal Defense League of Texas Not rated yet
The Animal Defense League is the largest true 'no-kill' non-profit animal shelter in the Southwest. For over 75 years of continuous operation, thousands …

Adopt-a-Pet.com Not rated yet
Adopt-a-Pet.com is non-profit website that displays over 125,000 homeless animals from nearly 9,000 animal shelters and humane societies across the country. …

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