Catman2 Shelter

02/04/2025

We are an Art Museum in the Smoky Mountains dedicated to Cat Lovers. Our mission is to support the cage free no-kill cat shelter, Catman2 Shelter. Our goal is to Entertain, Inspire and Educate guests as they journey on a visual history of HouseCats

02/04/2025

Want to show your friends, family members, sweethearts, even frenemies that you’re thinking of them? We can help with that! For $5, we will send your loved one a cheeky Valentine card with your custom message! (If you order five or more, bulk pricing is $4 per card 😍)

Get your orders in soon - we will close the card service in one week! Please share and help us spread some kitty joy!

Order here: www.catman2.org/store

02/02/2025

Well, he’s no Jonathan Bailey, but Fiyero the kitten is the next best thing! This cutie is a loving purr machine who would love to be your indoor bestie. He’s 2.5 months old and his sisters Glinda and Elphaba have already found homes, leaving our little prince with no one to play with!

Fiyero’s adoption fee is $60 and he would love to find a new home ASAP 🩷

Adoption app: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154

02/02/2025

I had been talking to this sweet lady about a kitty who took up in her neighborhood shortly before she went missing. Please share and if you have any relevant information, contact the GSMNP. 🤞🏻

2/2/2025 Update:
Missing hiker Ann Houghton, age 73, was found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on February 2 at approximately 1:53 p.m. She was found roughly a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail.

Houghton was a resident of Jackson County, NC. She volunteered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 20 years. In 2022, Great Smoky Mountains National Park nominated Houghton for a National Park Service George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service.

“Ann was an enduring and beloved member of our Smokies Community. She was a dedicated volunteer and avid hiker who shared her passion for the park with many visitors,” said Charles Sellars, Acting Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers condolences to her family and friends.”

Several local agencies assisted the park with search operations, investigations, and emergency services including Cherokee Fire and Rescue, BUSAR, Macon Volunteer Fire Department, Cowee Volunteer Fire Department, Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

2/2/2025
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently searching for overdue hiker Ann Houghton in the area of Smokemont Campground.

Law enforcement and search and rescue personnel are focusing efforts along Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Houghton is described as a 73-year-old female with gray hair, approximately 105 pounds and 5 feet and 6 inches tall. Her planned itinerary was to hike in the park starting on Jan. 28 until Jan. 29. Her vehicle was found at the Smokemont Campground. Houghton was reported missing on Feb. 1.

If you have any information or see Ann Houghton, please contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230.

02/02/2025

I’m mad at the groundhog for saying six more weeks of winter… the hawgs in our wildlife rehab program would never do us dirty like that 😤😩. So here’s some GOOD news, a little recap of our successes in 2024!

We couldn’t have done it without YOU 🤩🥰

02/01/2025

Our wonderful little community has been working non-stop at the Sylva Warehouse, collecting and transporting essential supplies to areas affected by Hurricane Helene. 🚨 They’ve reached out because they are OUT of pet food and supplies! 🚨
We are calling on YOU, animal loving friends - please consider donating pet food, litter, and pet supplies to the Warehouse: Hurricane Helene Distribution Hub at 653 Scotts Creek Rd Sylva, NC 28779. We need to help our neighbors rebuild their lives and that includes helping them care for their companion animals.

Local folks can bring donations to the warehouse Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11-4. They can accept mailed packages at the warehouse address if you’re not local and still want to help. 😀

OTHER supplies that are needed:
-Laundry detergent 🧺
-Coffee ☕️
-Dish Soap 🧼
-Paper towels 🧻
-Shampoo and Conditioner 💆🏻
-Snack food for kids and adults 🥨
-Diapers: sizes 5-8 🧷
- Ensure

If you’re local and closer to Catman2, you can drop off here and we will make sure the warehouse gets it!

01/31/2025

Brevard and Rosman area NC 👀

01/31/2025

Oz 😻

✨ Special Kitty Spotlight: Oz! ✨

Oz, The Longteef Wonder Cat… this dude is pretty cool! He arrived at the shelter with terrible skin issues, which staff have worked hard to alleviate. Oz is FIV+ but is otherwise healthy and happy. FIV is a misunderstood condition and because of that, FIV+ cats have a harder time getting adopted. Oz was already neutered (and has a cute lil ear tip to show for it!) so his adoption fee is just $20.

Check out this great resource to help demystify FIV: https://ontariospca.ca/blog/positive-doesnt-need-to-be-negative-adopting-and-living-with-an-fiv-positive-cat/

Please share this post and help us find Oz the loving home he deserves!

Jackson County Animal Shelter
828-586-6138
84 Green Energy Park Rd
Sylva, NC 28779

01/29/2025

Hi, friends. We have had several folks ask what our biggest supply needs are right now, so we are posting our updated wish lists. The biggest needs right now are Purina Cat Chow Complete (blue bag), Purina Kitten Chow, and canned food. If you’d like to help us restock some essentials, check out our Chewy and Amazon wish lists! 🫶🏻

Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/g/catman-2-inc_b70475539 -list

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3H64IKOTAVIGU?ref_=wl_share

Marisol would love to see the food cabinet filled up again 😻 🐈‍⬛

01/29/2025

The Octopus’s Garden room is almost ready for its next phase in the remodel process. Big thanks to Dave and Jason with Honey Doer for all the hard work they put into getting the new walls up this week. I’m very excited to get this room ready to be a temp room for kittens while we gut and prep the actual center kitten room for our next remodel project.

We are accepting used spray paints in all blues/greens/ocean-y sorts of colors if you have any laying around collecting dust! Definitely trying to be frugal with the decorative part since the materials are so expensive. 💙💚🌊🐠🐙🐳🐱

01/27/2025

Here are some other spay/neuter opportunities

We have availability for FEMALE DOGS and MALE DOGS for our next schedule. Please come by the shelter to prepay and fill out paperwork to get on the schedule!!!!
851 Lake Emory Rd. Franklin NC 28734

01/26/2025

01/21/2025

Our last side room to be renovated is off to a great start with getting the flooring put in yesterday. I am very excited about this room as The Octopus’s Garden has always been my favorite room and is actually the room I first worked in when I came aboard as a volunteer in 2010. It embodies the idea Harold had that the shelter is more like an aquarium, but instead of fish swimming around, there are cats freely roaming. He loved the photos I showed him of the other rooms and I so wish he could see what we will do to this one. ❤️‍🩹

The shelter building is nearly 25 years old now and these renovations are more than just for beautifying! We are replacing old materials that can no longer meet the needs of the shelter. After this room, we will work on the center room (making it totally kitten-friendly with lots of vertical enrichment!).

If you’d like to support the work we are doing, check out our online store! We have some Catman2 2025 fundraising calendars left and some Taawwd (RIP 🐱) T-shirts on sale! Help clear the store inventory and help the kitties at the same time! 💕💕

www.catman2.org/store
And if you can’t find anything you like on there but still want to help a little, go to www.catman2.org/donate

01/21/2025

Silas is feeling good today after his eye removal surgery yesterday!

01/20/2025

Catman2 is closed today, Monday Jan 20th.
We are finally putting in the flooring of the last side room to be renovated! 🥳

Silas is having his enucleation (eye removal surgery) this morning and is going to feel like a brand new man once he heals up! He is the most affectionate and social cat and would make a wonderful companion to a person or family! If you’d be interested in giving this one-eyed fella a new life after he recovers from surgery, tell him about yourself here: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154
📸: Lindsay C.

01/16/2025

🕺 🪩