22 Aug 2020

Welcome to 4 New Fosters!

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We brought in a mama cat and her three kittens today. They had been living outside and a caring woman looked out for them and then reached out to have them taken into a rescue. No more babies for this mama, and no babies ever for her three kittens! This is what it takes to try and get a handle on the cat/kitten overpopulation problem in Ventura County.

Mama Cali is a tortie and looks to be an excellent mom to her babies. All three kittens are plump and adorable. Names and gender verification are coming. We’re guessing the kittens are around 2.5 weeks old.

Welcome to our home, sweet family.

Mama Cali with her two gray tabbies and one orange tabby
14 Apr 2020

Flatten the Kitten Curve

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Jennifer will be participating in a webinar tomorrow dealing with reduced spay/neuter opportunities due to the coronavirus pandemic and ways to help stem the tide of kittens coming into shelters. If you would like to register for the webinar you can do so here.

“Join a panel discussion with Dr Julie Levy, Hannah Shaw (the Kitten Lady), and Best Friends Animal Society’s Aimee St. Arnaud and Marla Browne to hear ideas on what you can do now, including:

• Getting the public involved in spreading the spay/neuter message while everyone is home to hear it and where to find customized materials

• Sharing easy, virtual fundraising ideas to raise money for spay/neuter subsidies

• Taking your community cat program and caretaker support to the next level

• Messaging to the public for leaving stray kittens with their moms until fixing later

• Reframing how we react to requests for help from the public to allow us to save more kittens than ever by empowering finders of strays and fosters and linking up spay/neuter and shelter intake diversion programs”