Grove Community Cat Coalition

Grove Community Cat Coalition TNR for the community cats of Mountain Grove, MO.

A very Merry Christmas! From all of us with the The Grove Community Cat Coalition, we hope your holiday season is filled...
12/25/2024

A very Merry Christmas! From all of us with the The Grove Community Cat Coalition, we hope your holiday season is filled with goodness!!! 🎄🐈🐈‍⬛️🎅

12/21/2024

Not all ferals are "born wild." This is why we use the term, "community cats." Quite often, during TNR, it becomes clear that many cats in a colony were once pets. Once trapped, they lose their spicy edge, and are happy for the human comforts again. If you have a cat, or get a new cat, and it disappears, this video gives a few reasons why you may not be able to find them. There is another very common reason not mentioned, and that is, some cats have hitched a ride elsewhere, from being curious and climbing in a parked vehicle.

Having your pet spayed/neutered is the first line of defense to prevent wandering, if they are outside kitties. Keeping them in the house is the best safeguard. Have them microchipped (register it, and keep information updated). Take pictures periodically, from all angles, so any unique features are visible.

If yours goes missing, post on local social media groups with those pictures, and always include your town and cross streets. Let people know they are microchipped. If you get a female spayed, request a "spayed" tattoo near the incision. Put up fliers. Let your local animal control know. Collars often fall off, but try keeping an approved cat collar on yours. Any other ideas are welcome in comments.

Not all are born wild, or dumped. Many are just lost.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cp6C6QzNY/

It's official! Grove Community Cat Coalition's float was the Grand Prize winner, in the Winterfest Parade!!! 🥳 The parad...
12/17/2024

It's official! Grove Community Cat Coalition's float was the Grand Prize winner, in the Winterfest Parade!!! 🥳 The parade was awesome, and everyone worked hard to create a festive atmosphere. Congratulations to ALL that made parade night amazing!

To all who help the community cats... Thank you!
12/08/2024

To all who help the community cats... Thank you!

What a wonderful night for a parade! We had dogs protesting to "Fix the Cats" and our President, Katie Reynolds, fightin...
12/08/2024

What a wonderful night for a parade! We had dogs protesting to "Fix the Cats" and our President, Katie Reynolds, fighting off the naughty kitties, who kept tipping over the Christmas tree! It was a lot of fun. So many great floats, and a town that goes all out! You would never know Mountain Grove is a small town, by the size of our celebrations!

It is Winterfest in Mountain Grove today! Please, come enjoy the festivities, and watch the parade tonight at 6. 😺🎄⛄️
12/07/2024

It is Winterfest in Mountain Grove today! Please, come enjoy the festivities, and watch the parade tonight at 6. 😺🎄⛄️

The Merry CATmas Season has begun!😺🎄🎁⛄️😺
12/07/2024

The Merry CATmas Season has begun!
😺🎄🎁⛄️😺

If you feed community cats, please remember that they need fresh water, too. In the winter, it freezes, so it needs to b...
12/07/2024

If you feed community cats, please remember that they need fresh water, too. In the winter, it freezes, so it needs to be refreshed regularly. This is good information to pass along. Sorry, Facebook wouldn't let me share the post, so I had to do it in a screenshot.

This gave me a giggle
12/07/2024

This gave me a giggle

Marge needs a TNR program 😺🐈‍⬛️
12/05/2024

Marge needs a TNR program 😺🐈‍⬛️

🤗It's almost PARADE time! 🎄🐈‍⬛️ Katie and Jill are decorating the GCCC float today! We have the best volunteers! ...
12/04/2024

🤗It's almost PARADE time! 🎄🐈‍⬛️ Katie and Jill are decorating the GCCC float today! We have the best volunteers!

When personal cats, meet TNRd community cats, do you know what happens? 🐈‍⬛️🐈Not much. 😏The End.------------------------...
11/30/2024

When personal cats, meet TNRd community cats, do you know what happens? 🐈‍⬛️🐈

Not much. 😏

The End.

------------------------------

Spay/neuter prevents kittens, significant amounts of fighting are reduced, vaccines slow the spread of diseases like rabies, FHV-1 (rhinotracheitis, a.k.a herpes virus type 1), FeLV (feline leukemia), distemper, and more.

It isn't just about money... This Tuesday, December 3, 2024, is 'Giving Tuesday.' We know, not everyone has expendable c...
11/29/2024

It isn't just about money... This Tuesday, December 3, 2024, is 'Giving Tuesday.' We know, not everyone has expendable cash to spare, so this post is dedicated to ways everyone can give, to help the community cats of Mountain Grove, and to help other TNR endeavors beyond our borders...

1) Donate. GCCC is a Missouri 501c3, and all donations are tax deductible. Message this page, if you'd like to donate any amount. Every dollar helps with surgeries, supplies, and transport to a surgery clinic.

2) Engage. Like, comment, and share our posts. You, behind the screen, are vital to helping spread the good news happening for our kitties. We value every single page engagement. Thank you!

3) Volunteer. We, at GCCC, don't have a cattery, because our cats are all free roaming. So, we only need occasional help, with trap and release days, time at festivals, or taking a full day to transport cats, to and from, one of the surgery clinics, and attend one short meeting per month. If you can help with one activity, occasionally, we would be happy to have you on the volunteer list.

4) Talk. Talk a good talk for us! Education is key, to making changes for the betterment of cats, whether feral, stray, or a domestic house pet. We need everyone to understand the benefits of spay/neuter and vaccinations. Pet owners continue to contribute to the overpopulation. While we work to fix the problem outdoors, with the community cats, we also need the community to fix their pets.

5) Feed. Cat feeders, we know you're out there, and we need to know where you are. 🙂 Your feeding the cats, helps us when it's time to get these felines caught for surgery. You hold valuable information, because you co-exist with these often elusive animals. You can tell us things like, how many cats are in the colony, what time they eat, if anyone is injured, etc. All the good stuff! The routine matters a lot.

6) Start a TNR group. Every community needs compassionate, focused, goal oriented folks, to help the stray population. If you're wanting to start one in a nearby community, reach out. We want to help the cats, which means helping people understand the process. Your town's cats are just as valuable as our town's cats.

Together, we can all GIVE in some way. Please, keep supporting Grove Community Cat Coalition, because we want the world to know that Mountain Grove, Missouri cares about the well-being of ALL of our animals! To all of you, THANK YOU, for being the heartbeat of our mission!

#

We at Grove Community Cat Coalition are wishing all of our volunteers, community cat feeders, donors, board members, the...
11/28/2024

We at Grove Community Cat Coalition are wishing all of our volunteers, community cat feeders, donors, board members, the Mountain Grove cat lovers, our followers, and all of your family and friends, a very wonderful Thanksgiving! We are so very grateful for the gift that each of you brings.

The Problem with Declawing Cats:Pain. The rest of their lives may be spent with hypersensitive toes. Declawed cats are o...
11/25/2024

The Problem with Declawing Cats:

Pain. The rest of their lives may be spent with hypersensitive toes. Declawed cats are often surrendered or euthanized, because they won't use a litter box. Why? Because scratching in litter HURTS, so they opt for using soft places to do their business, like the clothes in your laundry basket, the rug in your kitchen, the carpet behind the recliner, etc.

Many loving cat owners are not even aware that declawing isn't just removing the nail bed, but is actually surgically amputating the end toe bone, at the first knuckle. This makes the ends of the toes extremely sensitive.

These cats no longer have the ability to defend themselves, yet many of these cats are forced to live outside, because they won't use a litter box anymore. Sadly, it wasn't their fault their behavior changed.

So, as a suggestion, if you have considered declawing, please don't. Find scratching posts for your cat to sink their claws in. Use two sided tape, or plastic shields on their favorite places, to discourage furniture and carpet shredding. Put the scratching post near their target place, so they'll be encouraged to sharpen there, since the recliner is no longer enjoyable.

If you have a cat that has been declawed, please try paper litter, or paper pellets, instead of scratchy, sand-like, or hard grit clay litter. Make an attempt, and offer them something less painful to bury their digested breakfast in.

Instead of being infuriated, be proactive, and try some new things to stop unwanted behavior. Please, avoid the painful removal of their toes. Please...

Spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay a...
11/24/2024

Spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter... spay and neuter...

Dog and cat overpopulation was caused by irresponsible people, and needs to be managed by people, to get this crisis under control. Help support rescues and TNR programs, so we can continue managing those who have no home. 🐶😺 If your area has nothing, consider starting a program. It's up to us to make this work. 💪

A little peek from surgery day: spay/neuter, vaccinate, address medical needs, evaluate old injuries. The kittens were k...
11/23/2024

A little peek from surgery day: spay/neuter, vaccinate, address medical needs, evaluate old injuries.

The kittens were kept back for rescue, where they will be brought to health, socialized, and placed in a home as a domestic pet. The babies of this bunch were severely malnourished, and could not have survived much longer. But, they have a better future ahead...

Address

102 E State St
Mountain Grove, MO
65711

Telephone

+14172599180

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Grove Community Cat Coalition posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Grove Community Cat Coalition:

Videos

ThE CrAzY CaT PeOpLe will be at Mayfest this Saturday!!! Come get your raffle tickets for a chance to win a $50 gift card to Urban Dogg! A FREE CAT SPAY and/or a FREE CAT NEUTER (YES! They can be house cats. They don't have to be feral!)from Williams Vet Clinic! Plus some other prizes! Tickets for the raffle are $1 each or $5 for 6. We will also be set up with other goodies, like PEANUT BUTTER BALLS and PINEAPPLE TARTS! All proceeds from the event will go for the TNR program through Grove Community Cat Coalition, because we want a better life for the 💋City Kitty💋 Come see us May 4, 2024 on the Square in Mountain Grove! Our booth will be across from 37 North Realty. Can't wait to see you there!

Shortcuts

Share

Category