2012 has been another very busy year, with a constant stream of feral cats and
kittens going through the TNR and adoption programs and another large
group going through the low cost spay/neuter program. We think when we
add up the numbers for the year we may well have exceeded the almost 500
spays and neuters we did last year. We can see the results of this work
in the fact that there are less big colonies than we have seen in the
past and more and more of the existing colonies contain a majority of
cats that have been fixed. With the addition of the low cost program we
are hoping to see less unfixed domestic cats showing up in the colonies
and less “free to a good home” unfixed kittens in the community.
kittens going through the TNR and adoption programs and another large
group going through the low cost spay/neuter program. We think when we
add up the numbers for the year we may well have exceeded the almost 500
spays and neuters we did last year. We can see the results of this work
in the fact that there are less big colonies than we have seen in the
past and more and more of the existing colonies contain a majority of
cats that have been fixed. With the addition of the low cost program we
are hoping to see less unfixed domestic cats showing up in the colonies
and less “free to a good home” unfixed kittens in the community.
Now that the cold and wet November weather has arrived we have
stopped all outdoor feral trapping. Our efforts now turn to the low cost
program and we are pleased to report that we have three days of
surgeries set for November and are hoping to get several more fitted in
for December. If you or anyone you know is living below the official
poverty line and has pet cats or kittens in need of being fixed, then
this would be an excellent time to turn in an application. Forms are
available at Duncan Pets. We would love to prevent the usual crop of
unwanted Spring kittens by fixing the moms over the winter months.
stopped all outdoor feral trapping. Our efforts now turn to the low cost
program and we are pleased to report that we have three days of
surgeries set for November and are hoping to get several more fitted in
for December. If you or anyone you know is living below the official
poverty line and has pet cats or kittens in need of being fixed, then
this would be an excellent time to turn in an application. Forms are
available at Duncan Pets. We would love to prevent the usual crop of
unwanted Spring kittens by fixing the moms over the winter months.
Although we are not doing any more feral spays and neuters over the
winter, we are still bringing in kittens, including some tiny little
bottle babies. There will be Christmas kittens again this year, thanks
to that extended period of warm weather we enjoyed into October.
winter, we are still bringing in kittens, including some tiny little
bottle babies. There will be Christmas kittens again this year, thanks
to that extended period of warm weather we enjoyed into October.
Not only do we still have kittens in foster care who will be ready for adoption over the next month, but we still have some special needs kitties
we are looking for homes for. We have some older wilder kittens who
would be happiest as barn cats. We have a lovely very sweet and tame
pewter grey and white Himalayan girl, about 10 years old, who survived a
horrifying case of neglect and is now in need of a home of her own. If
you have access to our Facebook page you will know her as Sweetie. We
have some very nice but somewhat shy kittens who will make lovely pets
but are too stressed by the pet store to be able to go there for
adoption, so they remain in foster care. We have two kittens who were born with congenital deformities of their eyelids
who will require surgery when they are about a year old. (Cowichan Cat
Rescue will pay for the surgery.) in the meantime they need a foster or
adoptive home where they can get the daily care they need to prevent
serious problems as they wait for surgery.
we are looking for homes for. We have some older wilder kittens who
would be happiest as barn cats. We have a lovely very sweet and tame
pewter grey and white Himalayan girl, about 10 years old, who survived a
horrifying case of neglect and is now in need of a home of her own. If
you have access to our Facebook page you will know her as Sweetie. We
have some very nice but somewhat shy kittens who will make lovely pets
but are too stressed by the pet store to be able to go there for
adoption, so they remain in foster care. We have two kittens who were born with congenital deformities of their eyelids
who will require surgery when they are about a year old. (Cowichan Cat
Rescue will pay for the surgery.) in the meantime they need a foster or
adoptive home where they can get the daily care they need to prevent
serious problems as they wait for surgery.
If you are interested in any of these special kitties please call, send an email or
a message through Facebook, and we can talk about it. We would love to
give all of these little ones homes of their own for Christmas!
a message through Facebook, and we can talk about it. We would love to
give all of these little ones homes of their own for Christmas!
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| There is an exciting thing happening on Facebook at the moment. Pets First is offering a donation of their cat food to a rescue to be selected by people voting on their Facebook Page. Here is the link, |
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The part that is making us smile is not the number of votes Cowichan Cat Rescue
has received, although that is pretty exciting. but is the fact that there were already a number of votes for us before we even heard about this! How heartwarming!
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I run Tahsis Animal Rescue and we would like to help in some small way with your kitty problem. Can I drop off some cat food for your cats? I come to Comox to the Costco once a month at least from Tahsis, but do nt know my way around very well. I would be willing to give a bag of food a month to the kitties from us at least maybe more.
Please if there is a contact number for me once in Comox that would be good.
Tena Douglas
250-934-6270—home
250-895-9204—cell
Hello, Tena
How very kind of you!
However Comox is a long way from the Cowichan Valley — we are south of Nanaimo — so transportation is an issue. Might I suggest that you contact a group called CatSpan in Nanoose and see if this would work out better for them? They run the same sort of program as we do, although on a somewhat smaller scale, and I know they need winter food for the ferals as badly as we do. Let me look for contact information for you… Ah, here we go.
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/nanoosecatspan.html
If they are also too far away then I am sure they will know of yet more worthy groups. The rescue world is a very helpful place, I find.
Jean