Community Cats Coalition

01/18/2025

In honor of what would have been Betty White’s 103rd birthday, we’re participating in the

If each of our followers donated $1.03 we’d have enough funds to provide one of the following:

77 cases kitten food
36 spay/neuter surgeries
225 kitten vaccinations
200 microchips
500 bags of litter
and so much more….

Please help us prepare for the another upcoming busy “kitten season”. Can you spare $1.03 to help save a kitten?!

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01/18/2025

We were called to come pick this kitty up that was rescued from Montego Bay shopping center in Ocean City, Maryland. The kind people that took her in said she'd been there at their workplace for over 2 months. They brought her home, hoping to keep her but she did not get along with their other cat. I knocked on the neighbor's door to see if this maybe was his cat and was immediately screamed at by an elderly gentleman telling me that what I was doing was evil wrong and illegal, to just leave the cats alone. Let them breed. Let nature take its course and that he's going to call the police on me. Told me to get off his property. I tried to explain all I was trying to do was to see if this was someone's pet cat and that we are trying to fix cats so they don't make more babies. He didn't want to hear anything at all. Wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise just kept screaming at me! With that said, if this is anybody's cat that lives around Montego Bay shopping center in Ocean City, please feel free to text me at 443-909-8047! SMH I will never understand people as long as I live!

01/18/2025

01/18/2025

Here is the buff boy, fed + warm + in his bed. Drank his water bowl dry! Please share so we can find this boy his family! Found on North Bunting Road, Bishopville, Maryland. Please text us at 443-909-8047

01/18/2025

Is this your kitty? Found on Bunting Rd. Bishopville, MD. Please text us @ 443 909 8047

01/17/2025

01/17/2025

Ok. This is the kitty that was crying at 4:00 in the morning. Begging to come in. Went straight over to the address, he was lounging on the outdoor chair. He walked right into the trap. This is someone's pet cat. He's too clean, too healthy and very friendly. I knocked on all the neighboring farm doors. Nobody is home so if this is your cat we have him. He is going straight to our shelter while he'll be warm and fed. Please call us at 443-909-8047 if this is your kitty. He was found on Bunting Road in Bishopville, Maryland. We will scan him for a chip as soon as we get to the shelter

01/17/2025

Thank you Leigh! Your answers were so right on the money, I had to post them!

01/17/2025

Warning: Rant! To all the people that are calling us about a cat that is crying at the door, scratching and clawing trying to get in out of the cold and you will not take them in because: A) you have another animal. B) You're allergic. C) you have dogs. D) You have nowhere to put them E) Your husband said NO.... Have you NO COMPASSION! It is 31 degrees outside! The wind is howling and yet you're going to let this poor animal freeze to death outside??? One of the ladies that called today said she woke up to the cat crying under her house at 4:00 a.m.! And then they get angry that we can't drop what we're doing and run out to get the cat when all of us are overloaded and overwhelmed and exhausted! These are just 2 of the five cats that were crying at someone's door!!! Yes we took them in. We have no room for them but we made room because that's what we do!

01/17/2025

01/17/2025

If you are feeding a male cat, please do not wait to have him neutered. Every second he is out there is a HUGE risk. Unneutered male cats fight. I don't care how sweet you think he is. All of them fight - it's there nature. And it's the way the most severe feline diseases are spread. You can prevent this before it happens! And, you can prevent a lot of new kittens being born outside to suffer in the harsh environment.

Don't wait for him to show up injured!
Don't wait for the weather to get warmer.
Don't wait because "he can't have kittens".
Don't wait because "you'll do it later".
Don't wait to earn his trust more.
Don't wait for him to contract deadly diseases.

Don't wait.

01/17/2025

My cats live here, they’re here to stay.
You don’t like pets? Be on your way.
They grace my home, my food, my space.
This is their home, this is their place.
You will find fur on every chair,
They'll greet you with a curious stare.
They might approach and sniff your shoe,
A simple 'NO' will send them through.
It baffles me when you proclaim,
How can you live in such a way?
They scratch, they purr, they climb the walls.
WHO ASKED YOU? is what my mind calls.
They love me more than words can say,
Their purrs greet me at the end of the day.
They need just a glance from me,
And come to curl up on my knee.
When I’m down, they sense my blues,
When I’m joyous, they share my cues.
Their whiskers twitch, their eyes gleam bright,
They bring me comfort day and night.
So once again, I tell you true,
‘Come visit me,’ but know this too…
My cats live here, they’re here to stay.
You don’t like pets? Be on your way.
They grace my home, my food, my space,
This is their home, this is their place.

01/17/2025

Feeding our beloved colony cats! ☝️

01/17/2025

I'm in it for my friends

Burnout. It's a thing… And when you first get into Rescue it's so exciting and so fun you probably never even thought one day you might not want to do it.

So many things influence our path in Rescue – most of us are motivated by our sheer love of animals. It's a way we can help and we can make a difference right here, right now. And what makes it hard usually is dealing with the humans, which inevitably is what leads so many of us to stepping back.

I reached that place a few years back. Decided I couldn't do this anymore. I'm aging, I have things I need to do for myself, it was time to focus on me. But the part that I play now… I do it for my friends.

There are so many ways to be involved in Rescue:
-Some of us are out in the trenches -Trapping, fostering, dealing hands-on with all the cats we are finding..
-Some of us work in clinics, supporting the all important and critical spay/neuter piece.
-Some of us can't physically do but contribute what we can financially.
-Some of us are dealing with administrative work - because it's important to be able to keep the wheels turning so that the rest can keep doing what they're doing as well.
- Me? I'm in it for my friends. Because I may have reached a burnout spot, but they haven't – and I worry about the toll Rescue work takes on them... and on everyone. So I may not take on the 20-40-60 cat sites anymore, but I will chip in and help when they do.

I will always rescue – it's in our blood, we who do this would never turn our backs on the little ones in need. Maybe one day I'll be back to the full meal deal again – for now, I just keep my toes in the water☺️ And one of the ways I try to help everyone in Rescue is by reminding them, it's OK to take care of yourself as well.

If you're feeling stressed doing Rescue, remember it's OK to step back for a time. How long a time depends on you – but no one should shame you or guilt you in any way because you are taking care of yourself. And no matter how far you step back, you will always do Rescue in some way, because that's just who you are.