The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee

01/02/2026

We’re urgently looking for Flight Angels traveling DIRECT to Victoria (YYJ) from:
Saskatchewan • Alberta • Northwest Territories • Fort St. John

A Flight Angel is simply someone already flying who’s willing to let us add a puppy to their booking so that puppy can travel safely to rescue.

We will:
Cover the cost of adding the puppy
Handle the crate + paperwork
Coordinate drop-off at departure + pick-up in Victoria
Walk you through it so it’s easy and smooth

These flights are one of the most impactful ways we can move animals out of areas where the situation is even more urgent than what we’re seeing here.

Not traveling? You can still help hugely by sharing this post or tagging friends/family who might be flying this route soon.

📩 Send us a message with your travel date, airline, departure city, and confirm it’s direct to Victoria.

12/31/2025

✨ 2025 BY THE NUMBERS — AND BY THE HEART ✨

As the year comes to a close, we want to pause and reflect on what this community made possible. None of this happens without our supporters, fosters, adopters, volunteers, donors, veterinarians, and staff. 💙

🐾 Rescue Impact
• 737 cats, kittens, and dogs taken into care
• 555 lives changed through adoption
– 549 cats & kittens
– 6 puppies
• 109 feral cats safely trapped, fixed, and returned
• 25 “oops” mama cats spayed and returned to prevent future litters

🏥 Access to Veterinary Care
• 10 cats enrolled in our Hearts at Home subsidized veterinary program
→ a $7,500 pledge toward keeping beloved pets healthy and at home
• 160 low-income spay & neuter vouchers issued
→ $18,750 pledged toward the cost of surgery
• $7,500 under our original program
• $11,250 under our expanded program

🔧 Surgeries Since We Started
• 185 dog spay/neuters
• 3,554 cat spay/neuters
• 28 additional life-saving surgeries
(pyometra, enucleations, and more)

These numbers represent real animals, real families, and real futures changed. They represent fewer animals suffering, fewer unwanted litters, and more pets staying where they belong — at home and loved.

From the bottom of our hearts: thank you for being part of this work.
Here’s to an even bigger impact in the year ahead. 🐶🐱💙

12/27/2025

🚨 Last chance for a 2025 tax-deductible donation 🚨
If you’ve been meaning to make a year-end gift, this is your reminder: there are only a few days left to donate and have it count for this year’s taxes.

And honestly? There’s no “quiet season” in rescue — winter is when it gets brutal. While most of us are warm at home, cats and kittens are still out there trying to survive freezing nights, injuries, illness, and hunger. IBKC is wrapping up the year exactly how we spent it: saving lives from the cold.

Because of you, 2025 has been an incredible year of impact:
🐾 cats and kittens rescued from unsafe situations
🐾 urgent medical care provided when there was no other option
🐾 spay/neuter work that prevents suffering before it starts
🐾 community support for people who love their pets but are stretched thin

Every single win this year happened because people like you showed up — with donations, fostering, sharing posts, volunteering, bottle drives, wishlist items, and pure determination. Thank you for being part of this.

If you’re able to make a year-end gift, it will go straight to:
❄️ emergency intakes during cold snaps
🏥 vet care + meds
🍽️ food, litter, heating, and the basics that keep animals stable while they wait for their next chance

Ways to donate:
• E-transfer: [email protected]
• Online donation: ibkc.ca/donate-today/
• Amazon wishlist: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/22M9X1PRCIQI3?ref_=wl_share

If you can’t donate, you can still help a ton by sharing this post. ❤️

Let’s finish 2025 strong — and start 2026 with fewer animals out in the cold and more safe, warm beds waiting.

12/24/2025

Say cheese 📸 Someone’s excited for breakfast!

IBKC AGM Notice:

📣 Itty Bitty Kitty Committee (IBKC) Annual General Meeting (AGM)
🗓 Friday, January 17, 2026
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 811 Bay Street, Victoria, BC

All IBKC members in good standing are invited to attend. The AGM will include ordinary business, including: presentation of the financial statements, reports (if any), election/appointment of directors, plus any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

✅ Special resolutions: None are planned at this time.
📩 Want the meeting package (agenda/financials) or have accessibility needs? Email [email protected]

12/23/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Jara Demetrioff, the winner of our December 50/50, taking home $1,090!

We hope this adds a little extra joy to your holiday season ✨

Please contact us directly so we can arrange payment details.

Thank you to everyone who supported our December draw—your generosity helps us continue caring for cats and kittens in our community 💙🐾

12/22/2025

https://www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/ibkc6
🎄 Eeeeek! Only 2 hours left before our December raffle closes!

Tickets make a perfect last-minute Christmas gift 🎁 — and every ticket helps cats and kittens in our community.

Don’t miss out — grab yours before time runs out! ⏰💫

https://www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/ibkc6

12/21/2025

Sweet Lucy (Cloverly) found her fur-ever home today! As well as Solstice! Happy Gotcha Day 🩷

12/21/2025

Come find us at today from 12-3 😍

12/21/2025

PUPPY PARTY TODAY! 🐶🎉
We’re at PetSmart Langford (Millstream Village) 12–3 and the baby crew is READY to meet you.
Come say hi, get your puppy fix, and maybe meet your new best friend. 💛

📍 PetSmart Langford (Millstream Village)
⏰ Today: 12–3
➡️ Just drop in!

12/21/2025

Happy Holidays! Please note that with the clinic being closed over the holidays (see below), the adoption center will also be closed. We hope you all are going to enjoy some time with friends and family (including our 4 legged family)!

🎄 Holiday Hours at the Clinic 🎄

As the year comes to a close, our team will be taking some time to rest, recharge, and be with our families ❤️ Here’s what to expect over the holidays:

🕔 Open until 5:30 PM on Monday, December 23
🎄 Closed December 24–28 for an extended Christmas break
🐾 Reopening Monday, December 29 at 8:00 AM

✨ New Year Hours
• Closed December 31 & January 1 to ring in the New Year
• Reopening January 2 and returning to our regular 7 days a week schedule

🩺 Important surgery note:
As part of our holiday break, surgery will be paused until January 6.
However, we will still be open for well and sick appointments on our operating days during this period.

Thank you so much for your understanding and for supporting our hardworking team. We wish you and your pets a warm, peaceful, and happy holiday season 🎁🐶🐱

— The Clinic Team 💚