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Launched in 2014, the Million Cat Challenge smashed its goal of saving one million cats in five years. The campaign encouraged shelters to save more cats by implementing five key initiatives; alternatives to intake, managed admission, capacity for care, removing barriers to adoption, and return to field.
America loves cats. There are conventions entirely devoted to felines and the people who love them. The internet helped spur the mania with worldwide sensations like Grumpy Cat, who have forever changed popular culture. Despite our collective obsession with felines, they continue to be the animal most often killed in shelters. More than two-thirds of cats who enter shelters lose their lives.
In the colder parts of the country, warmer temperatures are starting to melt the snow and offer a hint of the spring season to come. But for those in animal welfare, you know that spring isn’t the only season starting soon - springtime also means it’s kitten season.
Are you a risk taker? The decisions we make in animal welfare are often fraught with risk. If for no other reason than our work involves the lives of people and pets. It's natural for even the most seasoned risk-taker to experience doubts.
Best Friends CEO Gregory Castle heads back to Africa to see the progress on the street dog program set up by Best Friends and other groups.
It's important to keep feral cats well-fed throughout the winter, and No More Homeless Pets in Utah is getting requests from the public for help with feeding their ferals.
Cats don’t belong in shelters. Many shelters, rescue groups and the California Sheltering Report Whitepaper agree.
Best Friends Catnippers in Glendale, California, sets new high-volume spay neuter clinic record, admitting 110 feral cats for surgery in one day.
Homeless, stray and feral cats are receiving spay and neuter services in L.A.
Columbus Community Cats Project, which provides spay, neuter, and vaccination services, helps keep stray cats out of animal shelters in Georgia.