Feral Cat Friends

10/02/2025

Volunteer time to help the animals! Join in the fun helping operate our IU concession stand. It’s the perfect way to contribute without spending out of your own pocket. We have two home games in October on the 18th and 25th. Message us for more details or to sign up!

09/29/2025

Understanding the difference is important and helpful. But whether stray or feral, or even friendly pets, they all need to be spayed/neutered.

09/27/2025

Did you know? FCF is made up of a tiny group of volunteers. It is a small nonprofit organization formed by our founders over 20 years ago, who still make up the bulk of the countless ours spent conducting TNR, raising funds, feeding colonies, etc. FCF isn’t subsidized in any way by any entity. We have to raise every dollar that is spent paying clinics for spay/neuter, emergency veterinary care, new traps, cat food and other supplies, etc. FCF is based in Monroe County, Indiana, which means traveling outside the county to conduct TNR can be that much more taxing on volunteer time and budgets. That said, our founders have tried to help when they can in Owen, Greene and Lawrence counties because the need is there. But all this means at any given time we can have a dozen or more requests for assistance on our plates with anywhere from one to dozens of cats at each location. It takes allot of time and allot of money to get through all of the requests. So, when someone doesn’t hear from someone right away about trapping or we ask for financial assistance, it isn’t because we are trying to be difficult or greedy. The time and financial outlay is huge. Un-spayed and un-neutered companion animals are a collective societal issue and one we all need to come together on to solve.

09/18/2025

Help keep pets out of shelters. Microchip your pets and take other measures when you find a suspected lost pet. Research indicates the vast majority of lost pets are found very close to their home, something important for both those who find a pet and lose who have lost one. Only 2-5% of cats taken to shelters are ever reunited with their family. Shelters should be a safety net, not the first stop.

Communities are stepping up to get pets back home quickly, easing stress for pets, families, and crowded shelters

09/15/2025

Can you volunteer a few hours of time to help the animals? 🐾FCF teams up with CanINE Express Transport Project and Indigos Rescue Ranch and Sanctuary. to operate the Indiana Sausage Haus concession stand at the IU football games to raise critical operational funds, and we need volunteers! 🏈 We have one more home game this Saturday the 20th, 2 in October (18 & 25), and one in November (15). Have fun while helping the animals! Message us for more information or to sign up.

09/13/2025

Don't buy anything at stores that sell pets. Make sure the animals are from a shelter or rescue and that you are truly adopting them, not buying them. We all have to help stop the demand that allows puppy and kittens mills to continue.

Pet sellers keep finding new ways to churn out unhealthy puppies and kittens, and each of us has the power to stop them.

09/11/2025

August was another busy month. We spayed/neutered over 70 cats! 🐈🐈‍⬛ That's allot of happier cats but it was also another large bill to Pets Alive to the tune of over $4,000. And that amount doesn't include funds spent on food for colonies, emergency medical care, or the gas the volunteers spend out of their own pockets. Little Chili and Pepper are hoping our FCF family of friends can assist. Every amount helps.

09/06/2025

This is one of many examples of what forward thinking and acting shelters are doing.

08/26/2025

Help us help the animals!

08/25/2025

Thank you to Pets Alive for helping us accommodate our big spay/neuter day this past Wednesday. We delivered 24 cats for surgery and vaccinations. That’s allot of healthier and happier cats and ALLOT of kittens not born.

08/16/2025

A cat can have 2 to 5 litters each year, with 4 to 6 kittens in every litter. That’s why spaying or neutering is so important to help prevent pet overpopulation! And spaying and neutering PET cats, not just feral/stray/community cats. And not just spaying females but also neutering males, because every neutered male is one less male wandering up to a mile to find a female in heat and possibly getting lost in the process, and one less male fighting and spraying and getting testicular cancer.

08/11/2025

Most shelters in our region are overflowing. Adoption and fostering can help the animals already in them. When it comes to cats, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the most humane option for helping keep them out of shelters. Which means they can live out their lives instead of being killed because they weren’t adopted.