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Colony Cats Fundraiser Giveaway Winner

Thank you so much to everyone who made a donation to Colony Cats via our GiveForward fundraising page. We met our goal and raised $1000 for this wonderful organization!
And the winner of the Urban Pet Haus Curve perches, chosen from everyone who made a donation, is Bridget Butch. Congratulations, Bridget!
Thank you again everyone for your [...]

(Too) Cool Cats: Winter Care Tips for Outdoor Cats

Guest post by Peter J. Wolf
While it’s easy to get caught up in all the luxuries regularly featured on Moderncat, we can’t forget about the many cats that, all too often, lack even the basic necessities. Feral–or community–cats rarely know the comforts of a bottomless bowl of food and a warm bed (though many of [...]

Shadow Cats 2009 Holiday Raffle, Enter to Win a 42″ Flat Panel TV or a $50 Gift Card

One of my favorite cat rescues, Shadow Cats in Round Rock, Texas, is holding their annual fundraiser next weekend. Even if you’re not in Texas you can help support this wonderful organization and enter to win some great prizes including a 42 inch flat panel TV or one of 10 gift cards valued at $50 [...]

Last Chance to Support Colony Cats and Enter to Win a Set of Curve Perches from Urban Pet Haus

Just one more day left to make a donation to Colony Cats and enter to win a set of Curve perch shelves from Urban Pet Haus!  This wonderful organization is working hard to help improve the lives of cats in Central Ohio. Every donation will help to ensure that they can continue their good work.
We [...]

Special Thanksgiving Tribute at Alley Cat Allies

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reflect on how grateful we are for the special feline friends we have in our lives. I know I am thankful for every moment I have with my furry family members. They bring such joy to my life! And our beloved house cats express their gratitude with purrs and [...]

Moderncat Spotlight: Colony Cats Adoption Center, Plus Fundraiser Giveaway! Win a Set of Curve Perches!

This Moderncat Spotlight focuses on a very special organization in central Ohio in celebration of their brand new cat adoption center. Colony Cats is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization whose primary mission is to address cat overpopulation in central Ohio through public awareness and spay/neuter efforts. Since 2002, the organization has facilitated spay or neuter of over [...]

A Feral Cat Primer for National Feral Cat Day

Guest post by Peter J. Wolf
October 16 is National Feral Cat Day (NFCD) in the United States. No doubt caregivers of feral cats will be up extra-early this morning, celebrating with their colonies (brightly colored party hats for humans and felines alike). And for the rest of us, well, it seemed the perfect occasion for [...]

Brooklyn’s Feral For Life Celebreates National Feral Cat Day

The Brooklyn, NY-based organization Feral For Life, which helps support local cat rescue, has some great events and fundraisers planned for National Feral Cat Day. There will be an event at Washington Commons from 6 to 10 pm, plus they are selling a new t-shirt designed by Sarah Han as well as an “I Brake [...]

Tabby’s Place Fundraiser Follow-up & Ree-Yong Giveaway Winners

Thank you so much to everyone who made a contribution to the Tabby’s Place fundraiser! We raised over $1300 for this awesome cat rescue organization! And thank you to Ree-Yong for contributing the prizes for the giveaway. The three winners are:

First Prize (Copenhagen Cat Condo) – Joelle from Los Angeles, CA
Second Prize (Copenhagen Cat Dinnerware [...]

Moderncat Rescue Round-up: September Update (Part 1)

So many great cat rescue and animal welfare organizations and fundraisers from the Moderncat readers this month! I’m going to have to post them all in two parts. If you have info about a cat rescue organization or fundraiser, please email a summary to kate [at] moderncat [dot] net.

Duncan’s Place (Loveland, CO) Come on out [...]

Tabby’s Place Fundraiser Reminder: Don’t Miss Out On Your Chance to Win Ree-Yong Prizes!

Don’t forget, you can still enter to win one of three fabulous prizes from pet product designer Ree-Yong! Just visits our fundraising page at GiveForward and make a donation in any amount to help support Tabby’s Place Cat Sanctuary and you’ll be entered to win. Every little bit counts! Please help us reach our goal! [...]

Help Support Tabby’s Place and Enter to Win Ree-Yong Designer Cat Products!

Moderncat is teaming up with pet product designer Ree-Yong and Give Forward to help raise donations for Tabby’s Place Cat Sanctuary. By making a contribution of any size you can enter to win one of three designer cat items while helping to support this wonderful organization that works to improve the lives of cats.
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Moderncat Sanctuary Spotlight: Tabby’s Place

After the last Rescue Round-up I received a note from Angela Townsend, the Development Director at Tabby’s Place, a cat sanctuary in Ringoes, New Jersey. The first thing I noticed was the clean contemporary design of the facility, and after further investigation on the Tabby’s Place website, I am so impressed by this organization I [...]

Cat Rescue Update & Giveaway Winner

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Oasis de los Gatos cat rescue project! We surpassed our goal of $3000! These funds will go toward much needed vet care for these sweet cats and for other expenses associated with finding them loving forever homes. The generosity of the Moderncat community is overwhelming. [...]

Cat Sanctuaries: Well-intentioned But Not Always Well-planned

It’s a sad situation and there are probably more of these than we are aware of — a kind and caring person opens their home to help cats in need, sometimes even creating an official cat “sanctuary.” They care for the cats as best they can, but fail to make a plan for what will [...]

Moderncat Rescue Round-up: July Update

Here are some more great rescue groups sent in by Moderncat readers. If you have info about a cat rescue organization or fundraiser, please email a summary to kate [at] moderncat [dot] net.

Feral Friends (Dallas, TX) – This organization actively assists the Dallas community in reducing the feral cat population by providing trap/neuter/return (TNR) services [...]

Win a $1300 Stylish Makeover for Your Local Cat Shelter!

June is Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Month and in celebration, Petfinder.com and The Refined Feline have paired up to offer your favorite shelter a $1300 designer cat furniture makeover. The Refined Feline will donate a selection of cat towers and litter boxes to the most deserving shelter, so their adoptees and adopters can both enjoy a stylish [...]

Moderncat Rescue Round-up: June Update

Back in April I asked readers to send in information about cat rescue organizations and fundraisers. This is the first of what will be a monthly update of the info received. Please consider making a donation to one or more of these organizations who are all working hard to help the cats. Even a small [...]

Lost Our Home Pet Foundation: Helping Pets Affected by the Housing Crisis

Unfortunately, the US housing crisis continues. Everyday people are being forced out of their homes due to financial difficulty and many of them are faced with the unthinkable — the reality that they must give up their beloved pets. In the worst situations, people are abandoning pets along with their homes. Some animals have been [...]

Enter to Win a $50 Gift Card and Help Support a Great Cause!

Here’s a creative fundraiser! Shadow Cats Rescue is raffling over 40 different $50 gift cards from a wide variety of retailers, everything from Barnes & Noble to IKEA to Target. You can buy as many chances to win as you like at a suggested donation of $2 per ticket. Get all the details, and your [...]

Valentine Fluff Balls

This original post linked to the Kitty Cam 2 Project, which showed live streaming video of seven adorable kittens who were at the West Los Angeles Animal Care Center awaiting adoption. The kittens have since been adopted out and are hopefully in wonderful loving homes.
This streaming video was posted by Found Animals, a non-profit organization [...]

Muppet Update

Muppet is going to get her surgery! In fact, the surgery is scheduled for December 3rd because so many generous people made contributions and enough money has already been raised. Muppet’s mom Cheryl sent me an email thanking everyone from the Moderncat community for helping to save Muppet’s life. Cheryl and Muppet are incredibly grateful!
If [...]

Muppet Needs Help

As you may recall, last year we got involved with a massive cat rescue through Best Friends Animal Society. As a result of our volunteer experience with this project, four of the almost 800 cats who were rescued from this institutional hoarding situation, are now members of the Moderncat household — Flora and Dazzler call [...]

Win $10,000 For Your Favorite Animal Shelter

In these uncertain times, animal shelters can take a double hit. First, when finances are tight, charitable giving is one of the first things to go and many animal shelters depend on donations to cover operating expenses. Second, the mortgage cirsis has led to an increased number of animals being abandoned and sent to shelters. [...]

Helping Brooklyn’s Feral Cats

Big kudos to all cat rescue groups everywhere! Here’s a really cool t-shirt from Brooklyn rescue group Feral For Life. Designed by Brooklyn-based artist Martina Fugazzotto, all proceeds go to help support rescue efforts. Go Brooklyn moderncats!