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The Cat Collaborative serves to create best-practice initiatives, support and amplify the work of partner rescues and shelters, coordinate and enhance neighborhood relationships and build an effective volunteer network to help cats in our area. TCC - Trappers Team
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TCC - Transport Team
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TCC - Rescue Partner's Page
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Calling all cat lovers local to Philly!The Cat Collaborative has had a lot of exciting new growth in recent months, and ...
05/09/2025

Calling all cat lovers local to Philly!

The Cat Collaborative has had a lot of exciting new growth in recent months, and we are looking to expand on these successes with new volunteers.

Do you love cats? Are you willing to dedicate at least two hours each month to giving some local cats love and attention? Let us know! Send us a DM or email [email protected] to make a positive impact today.

P.S. Big Kahuna says thank you, and he hopes to meet you soon!

Last week, we held our monthly community event in our community space donated by  ❤️This month, we had community members...
11/08/2025

Last week, we held our monthly community event in our community space donated by ❤️

This month, we had community members from our clinic join us for an educational video on services that our partners at can offer to them and their beloved pets!

They learned about access to quality care at an affordable price while enjoying some popsicles before taking their kitties home after clinic!

We have a heart warming story to share this   Last week, there was a beautiful young siamese mix wandering the streets o...
01/08/2025

We have a heart warming story to share this

Last week, there was a beautiful young siamese mix wandering the streets of Philly. She was posted on local pages and through connections made her way into TCC! She had no chip and no identifiers so after a few days we moved along with transferring to rescue.

She was tagged by our one of our “resident” rescues House Of The Cat and was hanging at our arsenal facility awaiting proper vetting before she could be listed for adoption when we were alerted there was a pawboost post with a cat with *identical* markings and an owner desperately searching for that cat.

After multiple messages back and forth, we learned she had gotten out while her owner was on vacation and the owner was not made aware until she returned. We were able to set up to have her picked up by her owner.

In the interim, we were able to get her spayed, fully vaccinated, & the owner let us microchip her so that should she ever find herself lost again, she can easily make her way home.

Her mom came to pick her up this week and was so grateful that they were able to be reunited and that we could help her get her cat properly vetted! Cleo who’s real name is Khione, was very excited to see her mom and was more vocal as soon as she saw her than she had been her entire stay with us.

We’re so happy she is home safe, and her mom let us know that Khione has not left her side since being reunited ❤️

We find “owned” cats all of the time, many of which are microchipped, and we rarely have owners come and claim their pets back. More often than not, it was intentional that the cat was outside, usually dumped. So when we have owners excited and relieved to know their cats are safe, it really makes us happy 😊

This photo is Khione & her mom heading back home together, all smiles 🧡

We can’t let the month of July end without thanking our rescue partners who helped us place cats in the month of June! 🧡...
31/07/2025

We can’t let the month of July end without thanking our rescue partners who helped us place cats in the month of June! 🧡

Thanks to our amazing partners, 139 cats never have to struggle on the streets again!

Huge thank you to:











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Benny was one of the first cats to temporarily occupy our Arsenal facility when we got our space. We are hoping for a mi...
29/07/2025

Benny was one of the first cats to temporarily occupy our Arsenal facility when we got our space. We are hoping for a miracle for Benny as he was loving having his own home. If anyone would be interested in fostering or adopting please reach out to Philadelphia Urgent Rescue & Relief, Inc - PURR ASAP!

The end of June marked the end of our first half of the year and we are so proud to say in that first half we responded ...
22/07/2025

The end of June marked the end of our first half of the year and we are so proud to say in that first half we responded collectively to 2716 cats!

Out of those 2716, only 467 were feral and released!

We are excited to see what the second half of the year brings for us and for the cats we are able to help 🧡

It’s   and this time around we’re featuring Scrappy 💙Scrappy came to us about 2 weeks ago from one of our amazing trappe...
27/06/2025

It’s and this time around we’re featuring Scrappy 💙

Scrappy came to us about 2 weeks ago from one of our amazing trappers after she spotted him looking like a sad & beat up old soul struggling outside.

While clearly feral, it was obvious Scrappy needed some serious dental work & TLC.

He was brought to our arsenal facility and given an XL crate with a feral den inside so he could hide as he pleased. The first few days were focused on ensuring he was nourished enough to go under anesthesia and getting him dewormed (which was easily done through his wet food).

He went for his much needed dental and is feeling so much better (and very bossy & demanding!)

We were really hoping Scrappy would turn out to not be feral once he felt better so we could find him a retirement home, but he’s actually gotten more fractious as his strength builds back up. The sad old soul who hid in the back of his feels den & barely had the energy to give us a hiss a few weeks ago now stands at the front of his crate growling and hissing for food and swiping at us the second we get close with his bowls 😂

Scrappy is a prime example of why every cat matters. He looked like the type of cat most people would walk right by, many would have probably found unpleasant to look at, and some may have even tried to shoo him away but our team prioritizes cats like him who quite literally have no one else to be their voice or help them.

Scrappy is eating (inhaling) and wet food since his dental, and once we’re sure he’s able to eat dry food, he’ll be all set for release to the area he calls home!

When you see a cat like scrappy, don’t look the other way when you could change their lives for the better - just look at the difference in his overall demeanor in 12 days 🧡

On Tuesday, after our weekly pet clinic that’s possible through our partnership with , we hosted our monthly event in ou...
26/06/2025

On Tuesday, after our weekly pet clinic that’s possible through our partnership with , we hosted our monthly event in our community space donated by 💙

We sat down with each cat owner and discussed the importance of wellness care & preventatives as well as different diagnostics that The Bridge Clinic can offer at a low cost! Being that both us & TBC are nonprofits, our primary goals are always aligned to ensure every pet and pet owner have access to affordable care.

One of our resident cats, Earl Gray, joined the party and helped us hand out TBC flyers, meow mix for the cats, & popsicles for the owners so that everyone had something hydrating in this heatwave 🔥🥵

In the month of May, 197 cats & kittens found rescue placement or indoor homes! 🧡As always, we’d like to thank our amazi...
24/06/2025

In the month of May, 197 cats & kittens found rescue placement or indoor homes! 🧡

As always, we’d like to thank our amazing rescue partners who consistently help us accomplish our mission of ensuring friendly cats don’t have to go back outside!

Special thanks go out to the following rescue partners who helped our cats in the month of May!







Kitty Salvation


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Ruff Life



Mimi 😢😢
06/06/2025

Mimi 😢😢

In a quiet corner of the world, hidden beneath ivy and shadows, a life came to an end.

No one noticed at first. The world kept moving. Cars rushed by, people scrolled through phones, laughter echoed from open windows. But beneath a patch of green, near an old stone fountain, a tiny heartbeat had stopped.

She was just a stray cat to most—dirty, unnoticed, forgotten. No name, no collar. No home.

But she had once known love.

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Not long ago, she used to wait at the park’s edge every morning. Her fur, though matted, had a shimmer under the morning sun. Children sometimes threw her scraps, and old men spoke gently to her. But there was one boy—just one—who saw her not as a stray, but as a soul.

He named her **Mimi**.

He brought her milk in a paper cup, food wrapped in napkins, and stories whispered under trees. He told her about school, about being lonely, about dreams he didn't dare say out loud to anyone else. And Mimi listened—always there, her little body curled beside him, her purrs louder than the silence of his life.

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But seasons change. And life, cruel as it is, does not always wait for goodbyes.

One winter, the boy stopped coming.

Maybe his family moved. Maybe school took him somewhere far. No one ever knew. But Mimi waited—day after day, in the cold, in the rain, in the wind that cut through her thinning fur.

Her eyes grew dim.

Her steps slower.

But still, she waited.

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Until one day, she couldn’t wait anymore.

She lay down near the bushes, where the grass met the soil, in the only place that had ever felt like hers. With the last warmth of the earth beneath her body and the distant scent of the boy still lingering in memory, she closed her eyes.

She was not found by someone who would weep, nor buried by someone who knew her name. She was seen only later—by someone who took a picture, maybe in sorrow, maybe in shock.

But that moment—the image of her lying still beneath the ivy—tells a story louder than any scream.

A story of how even the smallest lives can carry oceans of love.

A story of how the world moves too fast to notice a final breath.

A story of how every creature, no matter how forgotten, deserves a goodgoodby

If you’re reading this now, pause.

Think of Mimi.

Not just as a cat, but as every lost, voiceless being who ever waited for someone who didn’t return. Think of how much love exists in silence. Think of how many lives pass without a witness.

Then go outside.

Look around.

And if you see a stray—feed her.

Pet him.

Name them.

Be the one who notices.

Because sometimes, one human heart is all a creature ever has.

Today was pet clinic day and we were able to fix & vaccinate 42 pet cats at  at no cost to their owners! Our free pet pa...
04/06/2025

Today was pet clinic day and we were able to fix & vaccinate 42 pet cats at at no cost to their owners!

Our free pet package includes the cat’s spay/neuter surgery, FVRCP vaccine, rabies vaccine, & flea treatment!

If you or someone you know needs their pet cat fixed for free, you can sign up to get on our waiting list using the link below!

Pictured is Charles, the biggest most beautiful boy who came through our clinic today! 🧡

https://www.thecatcollaborative.org/spay/neuter-clinic-for-pet-cats

April Rescue Partner Highlight 🧡Thanks to our phenomenal rescue partners, 186 cats & kittens found placement in the mont...
01/06/2025

April Rescue Partner Highlight 🧡

Thanks to our phenomenal rescue partners, 186 cats & kittens found placement in the month of April!

That’s 186 cats that do not ever have to return to the uncertainty of the streets ❤️

Without our rescue partners, our mission of getting friendly cats off of the streets would not be possible.

Thank you rescues for your consistent support!

To support our rescue partners, you can give their pages a follow and see their incredible work with our cats!

Philadelphia Urgent Rescue & Relief, Inc - PURR
Last Chance Ranch
House Of The Cat
Morris Animal Refuge
Kitty Cottage Adoption Center
The Sanctuary at Haafsville
Kitty Salvation
Lucky You Animal Rescue
Bingo's Foundation Ltd
Best Friends Animal Society
Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR)
New Pawsibilities of NJ
Cat Tales Inc.
Foxy's Cradle ❤️Whiskers Of Love❤️
Kitty Junction
Whiskers of Love
Out of the Woods
Philly PAWS

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