r/CatRescue

I’ve had this stray at my job that I’ve known for 3 years and we’re super bonded. He’s lived outside for atleast 8 years but he’s so affectionate he must have been someone’s cat at some point. He’ll meow just to be pet, even will a full food bowl. He got so skinny that I made the decision to (after potentially too much gabapentin) trap him and put him in a crate to take him to the vet. Im keeping him in my bathroom and while I’m with him in the bathroom he’s incredibly affectionate, but while I’m away he meows so loudly. I know he isn’t very happy being away from his last home. I was able to get him used to my husband and let him pet him with a couple hours of me coaxing and encouraging.

Where he lived there’s so much wildlife that it was hard to feed him without ants/wasps/ravens/raccoons coming in to eat his food. He’s not very aggressive I’ve never seen him chase any other animal he just runs away. I have him on a dewormer and I’m trying to fatten him back up but I absolutely CANNOT keep him. I have 3 cats in a small apartment so no one would be happy about it. I’ve contacted every group that I know of in SD and no facility wants to take a ‘senior stray’. I wouldn’t really want to through him in a shelter or a room full of other cats anyway because that would be so stressful for him too. I want to find him a home but it seems like there’s so many cats who need a home. I’d also need someone who is patient enough to take the time to gain his trust as he’s very scared of new people. I thought about bringing him back to where he lived and giving him a little shelter etc but I really don’t know if I’d be able to trap him again if I did find him a home.

Anyways, I know that I had to trap him initially and take him to the vet, but where do I go from here? Should I keep trying to find him a home? I might get transferred to a different work location and my heart would break not knowing if he was okay or not.

I also cannot take him to the vet without gabapentin plus they sedating him which makes me think maybe he would be ‘too much’ for someone to have as a pet, but he’s soooo loving!

Hey y’all,

This is one of the stray cats I’ve been feeding every day. She’s incredibly friendly, affectionate, and would make a wonderful companion. She loves people and is very adoptable.

She’s a beautiful black cat with a white tuxedo marking on her chest, which gives her an adorable tuxedo look.

A couple of days ago, I saw some kids throwing water bottles at him, and it broke my heart. She deserves to be safe, loved, and cared for instead of living on the streets. I’m hoping to find him the forever home she deserves.

To help with her transition, I’ll provide:
• One month’s supply of cat food
• A veterinary checkup
• Vaccinations
• She will be getting spayed by next week
• Transportation to her new home

If you’re interested in adopting her or would like more information, please send me a message. Serious inquiries only, please.

Please share this post if you can. Let’s help this sweet girl find a safe and loving home. 🐾❤️

Backstory:

During the monsoon a young stray mother cat chose space near my home as a safe place to give birth to her six little kittens. Since the day they were born, I've been doing my best to keep them safe, fed, and sheltered despite having very limited space and resources. Their mother has slowly started leaving them for longer periods as they grow, and they're now reaching the age where they need homes of their own.

They have spent their first weeks of life in a cramped, damp corner during the monsoon. Which is now destroyed.I wish I could keep them until everything is perfect, but I simply cannot provide the space, veterinary care, and long-term life they deserve. Abandoning them is not an option, which is why I'm trying to find them loving families instead.

They aren't just stray kittens. They've survived a difficult start to life and deserve the chance to grow up in a safe home where they'll be loved, cared for, and never have to struggle for food or shelter again.

If you've ever thought about adopting a kitten, please consider giving one of these girls a forever home. One adoption can completely change a life.❤️🐾

Reach out to me if you feel like you can adopt.

Hello! Past couple months I noticed a shaggy unfixed male hanging around my backyard. I live in Northern BC Canada and sometimes the weather is pretty nasty even in the spring. So I made him a little tote corner to get out of the rain in case he was a stray (can't be sure in my neighborhood). After I put the tote out he completely moved in. Would sleep all night and for the first couple weeks even ALL day. To the point I thought he had passed away in the tote and had to shake it. He is TIRED. I've been feeding him twice a day.

Lately he's letting me tentatively pet him. I can see that he's totally matted, itchy and has blood in his ears. We have one humane society that is closed to cats as they have over 200 strays currently and the other rescue is also full. The smaller rescue has agreed to help me out with him as much as they can. Tomorrow they will bring a trap. They are unsure how much they can help cover vet care currently. I am able to help with covering food and litter and giving him a quiet space in my office room. Last night I heard a cat fight but as my window was closed I thought it was farther than my home. Unfortunately it must have been the fluffy stray and another cat as there was tuffs of fur, blood, and feces on the back path this morning. I feel horrible. He seems to look ok.

The hardest part is that I very recently had shoulder surgery on my dominant arm. I'm 2 weeks out of my sling and I don't have the actual physical strength to brush and bathe him. I will have to post in my area for help. I have also been on worksafe benefits due to my shoulder injury since Dec of last year so depending on his level of vet care needed (for sure neuter, very likely ear mites, who knows what else) I am planning to have a garage sale to help and do some community funding (bottle drive etc).

Has anyone been in a similar position with a rescue? How much help were you able to receive?

How was it bringing an unfixed male into the house? How was the marking, if any? I have a spayed year old female, UTD on vaccines and deworming. He will have the office but there is a small inch or so gap at bottom of door. My office space is our hobby room (sewing, books, tarantulas, DnD/Warharmmer mini painting).

How can I make him comfortable? What does he need?

Last photo is of my current girl Mao Mao

As the title says, caught several stray kittens. Three of them are tiny and one is bigger and confident, probably from a different litter.

Could anyone give me estimates on how old they are? Will the younger ones require a bottle or can I give them wet kitten food/milk supplement? I will call the vet on Monday to get them checked out but for now all seem healthy

Pics for tax, last one shows the size difference between the big and smalls

Cat has been injured since a baby not sure what it is but they are very energetic but the eye looks like this

I found a stray cat near circle and Witham hill area in Corvallis. Calico / gray colored. Looks like they are on the younger side but not a baby. Super friendly. No collar.

MISSING ORANGE CAT – PLEASE SHARE 

Scout has been missing since June 18 along the US-31 corridor south of Mackinaw Bridge, possibly near Levering, Carp Lake, or Pellston.

Bright Orange tabby with a white chest and a small notch in his RIGHT ear.

Microchipped.

Please check your barns, garages, sheds, cabins, and feeding stations. If you see him, please call or text anytime:

📞 616-475-9611

We will drive up immediately to bring our dear "Scoutoo" home.

Although this was originally announced by ASPCA on April, 20th the City Council only recently approved it. This affects the 6 LAAS shelters which is one of the largest shelter systems in the county.

I look forward to seein how they will improve pet retention. Maybe this will be expanded pet supply and food drives fer existin pet owners and new ones. More emphasis on educational materials on how to acclimate with a new pet fer first time adopters. Or somethin I've never heard of before. I am pretty hopeful fer this category of their core principles!

The original news release can be viewed here -> link. Below is the full news release reprinted fer your convenience.

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Landmark partnership with LA Animal Services moves forward to expand care, support staff and drive more lifesaving outcomes

LOS ANGELES, July 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration with LA Animal Services (LAAS), the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) and Best Friends Animal Society® today announced that the Los Angeles City Council has approved a transformative, multi-year $14 million funding and operational support initiative to strengthen and enhance services across the City's six animal shelters. This grant will reinforce and enhance the work LAAS does every day, handling over 50,000 animals last year; a placement rate of 90% or greater for dogs since 2017; and a save rate of 85% for cats and kittens in 2025.

With Council approval secured, this first-of-its-kind collaboration—representing the largest combined investment by the ASPCA and Best Friends in a single municipal shelter system—will now move forward, delivering immediate resources while building long-term, sustainable improvements for animals and the Los Angeles community.

The initiative focuses on three core priorities:

• Improving in-shelter care and operational efficiency to ensure animals receive timely, coordinated services;
• Increasing positive outcomes such as adoptions, fostering and reunifications with owners; and
• Expanded community engagement and support to keep Los Angelenos and their pets together.

The ASPCA and Best Friends will support LAAS over an initial three-year period, with LA Animal Services committing to best efforts to sustain key positions and programmatic advancements for an additional three years to ensure lasting impact well beyond the initial investment.

"This is a transformational moment for LA Animal Services and for the animals and families who depend on us," said Mayor Karen Bass. "This historic investment will strengthen our shelters, expand support for pet owners, and create more lifesaving opportunities for animals across Los Angeles. I'm deeply grateful to the ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society for their visionary partnership and extraordinary investment."

"With this approval, Los Angeles is making a powerful statement about the importance of animals and the people who care for them," said Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President and CEO. "Together, with these much-needed additional resources, we will strengthen services across LA Animal Services, better positioning the city's shelter system to support the Los Angeles community, keeping pets and people together and helping more animals find loving homes and brighter futures."

"From the outset, the animals and people of LA Animal Services have been at the heart of this collaborative vision," said Julie Castle, CEO, Best Friends Animal Society. "This initiative will create transformative outcomes for pets in the shelter system, while honoring the commitment of the employees and volunteers who serve them."

"In the field of animal welfare, partnership is vital, and we are grateful for the continued support from the ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society," said Gabrielle Amster, General Manager for LA Animal Services. "Such significant support will bolster our efforts to continue striving for a high standard of care for the animals in our shelters, while providing our staff with training needed to elevate pathway planning, and dedicate more resources to adoption and foster programming. This will allow us to better engage our community and serve the pets and people of Los Angeles."

Through the approved initiative, LAAS will receive $7 million each from the ASPCA and Best Friends to support more than 20 essential staffing positions, including expanded adoption and foster teams and specialized roles for community cat programs. In addition, four experienced consultants from the organizations will be embedded within LAAS facilities to provide hands-on support in training, program development and implementation, and animal health and safety.

The initiative will also expand foster care capacity, strengthen return-to-owner efforts, including field-based reunifications, and introduce enhanced customer service protocols and supportive resources designed to keep pets and their families together at the point of admission. In collaboration with LAAS leadership, comprehensive training will be provided to LAAS staff across key areas such as animal care, shelter medicine, adoption services, data management, volunteer engagement and community outreach.

As one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the country, LA Animal Services serves approximately 50,000 animals annually and responds to more than 20,000 emergency calls involving animals and people in danger. In recent years, LAAS has made significant progress reducing overcrowding and increasing placements through community partnerships, adoption initiatives and expanded access to the resources pet owners need to care for their animals.

This initiative builds on decades of commitment from both the ASPCA and Best Friends to improving animal welfare across Los Angeles. By combining funding, expertise and on-the-ground support, the partnership is designed to deliver immediate, measurable improvements while setting the foundation for a more effective, humane and sustainable shelter system.

About the ASPCA^(®)
The ASPCA^(®) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^(®)) believes every animal deserves to live free from suffering. For 160 years, we've been on the frontlines to save, transform and protect millions of lives in the fight against animal cruelty. As the nation's first and leading animal welfare organization, we assist animals in need through on-the-ground disaster and cruelty interventions, behavioral rehabilitation, animal relocation and placement, legal and legislative advocacy, and the advancement of the sheltering and veterinary communities through research, training and resources. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with more than 2 million supporters nationwide, our commitment to eliminating animal cruelty is unwavering. For more information, visit aspca.org, and follow the ASPCA on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.

About Best Friends Animal Society^(®)
Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization dedicated to saving the lives of dogs and cats in America's shelters and making the entire country no-kill. Founded in 1984, Best Friends runs lifesaving facilities and programs nationwide in partnership with more than 6,000 shelters and rescue organizations. From our headquarters in Kanab, Utah, we also operate the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary — a destination that brings our mission to life for thousands of visitors each year. We maintain the most comprehensive animal sheltering data in the country and make it accessible to the public — empowering communities with critical insights into the needs of their local shelters and how they can help. We believe every dog and cat deserves a home. And we believe that, by working together, we can Save Them All®.

About LA Animal Services
LA Animal Services promotes and protects the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the people who love them, and is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the United States. With six Centers across the City, LA Animal Services serves approximately 50,000 animals annually and responds to 20,000 emergency calls involving animals or people in danger. For LA Animal Services, there's no place like home so the Department provides resources to keep pets and families together; helps lost pets get home quickly without having to enter the shelter system; provides pet food assistance; and continues to build on a strong adoption and foster program so pets find loving homes or are placed in foster care. Visit our link.tree for helpful links to the services and resources available to you and your companion animals. Connect with LA Animal Services and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

SOURCE ASPCA®

Please view my cat's profile and scroll to read his story. I want to give him to a good home with a caring owner. So much is happening in my life, I can't afford to keep him nor do I have the time it takes to care for him properly. ​Please consider.

My poor beloved and never forgotten kitten went through the deadly roller coaster of the evil, unethical bullshit veterinary practices in my part of the world...

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May. 9, 2026: She's a rescue that I adopted on day 1 of her rescue front he kind folks that found her abandoned on the streets

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June. 21, 2026: it's been about a month and she's persistently vomiting during and after eating. But her appetite is fierce and her paws are quick at defending her food bowl.

So, I decided to get her dewormed at a veterinary pharmacy that was crowdly recommended to me by a local cats community group.

The pharmacist decided to inject her with at least 2 injections and give her at least 2 different types of pills. -$30

I go home and within 2 hours my wife informs me she's semi-paralyzedx eyes dry and wide open unresponsive to light, bone dry to the spine.

I rushed her to a reputable hospital where she was diagnosed with medicine overdose intoxication, giardia and megaesophagus. So she get admitted for 2 days to the hospital. -$452 (-$482 total)

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June. 23, 2026: I went and checked my kitten out the hospital and go home (2 hours process inside the hospital).

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June. 26, 2026: my kitten was losing weight by this date (informed the hospital about this but got no response). I see bloodied stool on my carpet and I send it to the hospital. The doctor says my kitten should be brought to the chicken immediately and I promptly comply and rush her back to the hospital.

She's now diagnosed with panleukopenia on top of the medicine overdose intoxication, giardia and megaesophagus. And the doctor literally says she must've attracted the virus from the very hospital she's at from the last time she was admitted to it. Especially seeing how the virus pathogen was very small and it barely tested positive for the virus.

So she's admitted for another 3 days to get the proper care for the virus. -$462 (-$944 total)

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Today Jun. 29, 2026: I get a message from the hospital that she passed away.

Upon asking for the reason of death and time of death. They responded that it's somewhere between 12pm and 10am. Which by logic and in any math book means she was neglected for at least 22 confirmed hours on the record.

This is extremely infuriating, frustrating, heart breaking and both financially and mentally burdensome.

... And I just got the fu** you on top as I'm writing this. That, admitted pets only get checked on at the beginning and end of the shift of the doctor in charge and there is also a 10 hours when the hospital is closed - presumably meaning don't expect us to check on her when we're closed, dumbass!

"I have 7 cats. I live in Algeria, a country where animals are not respected. Every day, cats and dogs are killed without any right, and dogs are abandoned in the desert. Honestly, I am so fed up I also take care of street cats I am asking anyone for help to emigrate with my cats from this country to a place where animals are treated with mercy. I don't want money; I just want a safe place for me and my cats."

Update on my last post: Salt and Pepper are in their new foster home in east village! But they have limited time here and are looking for their forever home.. Please share and message me if interested, can connect you with the rescuers! Thanks to all who shared and bumped their last post, truly don’t know how they haven’t been adopted yet.

1 year old angels, incredibly calm temperaments, affectionate with each other, affectionate with humans, and very adaptable!

This is their third home since they were found abandoned in a box outside a vet’s office in Brooklyn in February. They stayed for 3 weeks at the vet’s office, then stayed at my partner’s apartment in EV for 3 months until I moved back to NYC with our two cats, and now they have been in their new foster home (also in EV) for 2 weeks. They would be amazing first pets for anyone thinking about adopting. I truly wish we could have kept them, we love them so much and just want them to have a great permanent home.