Community Cats Shopping List

Nearly three-fourths of the cats entering U.S. shelters each year are killed. Many of them are community cats (aka stray or feral cats). With help from community cat caregivers and trap-neuter-return (TNR) groups, these free-roaming cats are able to stay out of the shelter system and live happy, healthy lives.

Looking for more ways to engage the public in efforts to help community cats?

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See how your community is doing

We've seen tremendous momentum and success so far, and we are so close to achieving no-kill around the entire country. Knowing where each shelter and community stands not only helps determine the best way to move forward, but it also helps track the progress we’re making together.

Simply print and cut these handy shopping lists, note any needed supplies on them and distribute to community members during public events and activities. You can also give them to people who visit your shelter or hand them out to shoppers on their way into the store at your food drives.

Download the shopping list

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About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends is working to end the killing of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters in part by getting more pets out of shelters and into loving homes.

We’ve come a long way since the first known city reached no-kill in 1994, and now we’re closer than ever to making the entire country no-kill. Today, roughly 2,500 shelters are no-kill throughout the U.S. — and 700 more are just 100 pets or fewer away from reaching that milestone.

Best Friends is committed to working with passionate people like you to save homeless pets through adoption, volunteering, fostering, and advocacy. In addition to our lifesaving centers around the U.S, we also founded and run the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals.

Working together, we can save homeless pets in our communities and secure a better future for our best friends. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill.