Volunteering
How Volunteers Help Animal Rescues
· 7 min read
Rescue is mostly logistics. Behind every adoption is a chain of unglamorous tasks that volunteers make possible.
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Articles on cat care, rescue and community cats
Long-form, practical writing from a small rescue. General education, never a substitute for veterinary advice.
Education
Responsible Pet Ownership
· 8 min read
Responsible ownership is not a set of rules handed down by rescues. It is a small number of decisions that keep cats out of rescue in the first place.
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Cat Care
Enrichment Ideas for Indoor Cats
· 8 min read
Indoor cats are safer, and that safety comes with an obligation: everything interesting in their world has to be provided by you.
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Cat Care
Kitten Care Basics
· 9 min read
Kittens are not small cats. They have different nutritional needs, a narrow socialization window and far less margin for error when something goes wrong.
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How to Introduce Two Cats
· 9 min read
Almost every long-term conflict between cats traces back to an introduction that happened too fast. Slowing down costs a few weeks and prevents years of tension.
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Creating a Cat-Friendly Home
· 9 min read
Most cat behavior problems are environment problems in disguise. A few deliberate changes to how a home is arranged solve more than any training ever will.
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How to Help a Stray Cat Safely
· 8 min read
Helping a cat you find outdoors starts with a pause: is this cat actually lost, and is approaching safe for both of you?
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Community Cats
A Beginner's Guide to TNR
· 9 min read
TNR is the most widely used humane approach to outdoor cat populations. Here is what the process involves — and when it is not the right answer.
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Understanding Community Cats
· 9 min read
Not every cat outdoors is lost, and not every cat outdoors is feral. Telling the difference is the first step toward a humane response.
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Why Foster Homes Matter in Cat Rescue
· 8 min read
Foster homes are not a nice extra in cat rescue. They are the ceiling on how many cats an organization can help at all.
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What New Cat Adopters Should Know
· 9 min read
Adopting a cat is a decade-or-more commitment. These are the expectations we wish every first-time adopter had before day one.
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How to Prepare Your Home for a New Rescue Cat
· 8 min read
The work you do before a rescue cat arrives shapes the first two weeks more than anything you do afterwards. Here is how to set up a home a nervous cat can actually settle into.
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Adopt, foster, volunteer or give — every kind of help makes more rescue work possible.