Cat Coalition

23/11/2024

We're not in any way promoting swearing and smoking paraphernalia at all! But Vic DiBitetto loves his kitty and we want to share this video far and wide!

30/10/2024

THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Almost $200 and we are able to keep kitties fed and healthy.

We realize so much is happening in the world, and our fundraiser gets lost with everything else you're bombarded with. What you may not realize is that everywhere, animals are being dumped at alarming rates at shelters, left behind in apartments and are thrown out of cars into traffic or in the woods when people say they can't afford their pet anymore but they haven't bothered to get them spayed or neutered, much less feed them properly.

That leaves small rescues like ours to clean up people's messes. We feed cats in our managed colonies and catch the friendly ones to bring to rescues to adopt them out to loving homes. We also perform TRAP NEUTER RETURN for feral cats and maintain their lives every single day.

We need your help to continue helping these cats in the Bridgeport/Stratford area. Just $5 will feed one cat for 5 days with wet and dry food, and we feed dozens of them every single day.

Please help us: https://www.facebook.com/share/mA39SskuHai1WLnN/

29/10/2024

We understand that so much is going on in the world, and our fundraiser gets lost in the proverbial sauce. We are shocked that so many animals (cats, dogs, ferrets, bunnies, etc.) are being dumped at alarming rates both at shelters and onto the street or the woods! All of the rescues are bursting at the seams.

We won't give up, but we have to slow down if we can't get the money we need from grants and private donors like you. $5 will feed one cat for 5 days with wet and dry food whether it is in our foster homes or out on the street. We feed dozens of them every single day no matter what the weather or the unsafe area--we do the work that lots of people overlook.

Please help us: https://www.facebook.com/share/mA39SskuHai1WLnN/

29/10/2024

TOMORROW is National Cat Day!

Remember Patches? This guy was in horrible shape with a wound on his head. Cat Coalition caught him, got him medical care, a neuter, and vaccines, and he was returned to his safe, managed colony so we could monitor him while he lives out his life with his pals.

Please help us save other cats like Patches by giving a donation, no matter how small. For the price of a cup of coffee, you can help save the lives of many feral and stray cats.

Here's a link to our current fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/share/mA39SskuHai1WLnN/

21/10/2024

Remember:

Hay = food

Straw = bedding

Straw is what you use to help keep cats and other critters warm; don’t confuse the two.

Cooler weather is coming be prepared. Straw will reflect body heat back to a cat and actually repels moisture. Straw is tough, thick, dry leftover stalks from crops. It's lightweight and golden in color. Straw has a hollow center which makes for great insulation (just like double pane windows).

Do NOT use hay (OR blankets) for bedding in outdoor cat shelters. Hay is green and heavy. Hay is typically used to feed animals, like horses. It absorbs moisture, making it damp, cold and uncomfortable for cats, and has the potential to get moldy.

You can buy straw bales at your local co-op, farm/ag supply stores, local garden center/nursery, Home Depot, Lowe's, Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware. We’ve even seen bales of straw being sold outside grocery stores along with pumpkins. Farms selling pumpkins often sell bales of straw too.

Don’t need a whole bale? Perfect time of year to go by Walmart, JoAnns, Micheals etc. for their small decorative bales. They should be on clearance for a couple dollars.

10/10/2024

We don't post often and we don't always tag everyone like many others do because we all are busy, but we do try to give updates. Our biggest issue is getting money for food for our colonies plus getting volunteers to help us.

Here is one rescue we did with the help of a village! This is Swan, a sweet, very young, handicapped kitty owned by an elderly woman. Saying she was overwhelmed with a dog and two cats in her home, she claimed she would throw out this kitty as her solution to her problem; Swan has a nonworking back leg that is a birth defect and would not survive outside.

Through a tenant of the woman and another rescue friend, they were able to get the kitty before she was kicked out, and with our networking, Swan is in the safe hands of Halfway Home Rescue Inc here in Connecticut. We transported her on Monday, Oct. 7, and the very next day, she was spayed, vaccinated, tested negative for FeLV/FIV and microchipped, and is now well on her way to be adopted into a LOVING home. We are so thankful to everyone involved in this rescue. Please send a donation to Halfway Home if you are able in this situation.

It's stupid situations like this where we rescuers get halted in our tracks and can't do anything else, so someone has to suffer but the person(s) being cruel. We have at least 3 colonies that we need to get dozens of cats TNR'ed and don't have the money for surgery, the spots for recovery and the food to feed them. We are now in danger of losing a feeding spot because people are destroying our stations and the cats are starving. If you can help us in any way, near or far, we would welcome you with open arms.

25/08/2024

Yes! Single kitten syndrome is real!

20/08/2024

20/08/2024

Always make sure your boy kitties are neutered! It’s a cruel world out there! (Were actually not kidding)

08/08/2024

Check out this article in Rolling Stone magazine about how one company is scooping up lots of veterinary businesses to get the monopoly. This is very disturbing, and our own Sen. Richard Blumenthal is trying to fix this problem. This company also owns food companies! Ridiculous! This is part of the problem with people being able to afford their pets and rescues trying to stay afloat to help homeless animals.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elizabeth-warren-targets-private-equity-firm-veterinary-offices-1235075465/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEg6YpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSdNejbr93vdGIcWYZcmeRkdLrIodODgk0Q1SdYQ1l-hXKRb4s4956LV1Q_aem_P462Lm_hAkAIUD3gcjbjIg

Elizabeth Warren says private equity takeovers of veterinary practices are harming “veterinarians and customers alike.”

06/08/2024

Cat Coalition needs your help (again)! This time we are in desperate need of volunteers to feed 1 particular location in Stratford, Connecticut.

This is a quiet and safe residential street in the South End, near Surf Avenue, with easy access to main roads and I-95. Cat Coalition will supply all cat food and bowls, plates, etc.

The cats are usually fed in the afternoons or early evening. We have a volunteer who is feeding on Thursdays and Fridays, but we need volunteers to chip in a day or two (or more) the rest of the week. Can you help? Please contact us here in Messenger! Thank you!

Photo added to get your attention! This is Melody! We saved this little girl not too far from one of our feeding locations in Bridgeport. We are currently getting her vet care/vaccines and one of our partner rescues will be taking her in to adopt out! We're so thrilled that Melody has a chance at a wonderful home.

08/07/2024

Mr. Patches, our very spicy feral (and the recipient of funds from Laurie Birdsey's birthday fundraiser) is enjoying his wild life once again now that he's healed! Many thanks to all our donors and supporters to help this little guy when he needed it most. We are extending the birthday fundraiser so that if anyone else is able to help with his bill, we are very grateful.

If you would rather donate to our veterinarian to go to the Cat Coalition bill, please call Barnum Animal Hospital: (203) 378-0687. Please make sure to mention that the donation is for Patches' treatment from Cat Coalition. Thank you so much!

08/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared this fundraiser. We are grateful to those who have donated separately from this Facebook fundraiser as well! We are sharing the before (which is kind of yucky looking) and AFTER pictures here of Patches.

Since we last posted, Patches' facial wound cleaned up very well after his surgery. Thank you to Barnum Animal Hospital in Stratford for your help! Patches was neutered early last week, got the rest of his vaccinations and a quick checkup while he was under anesthesia, and the veterinarian gave him the green light to be released. We are looking after him no matter what!

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29/06/2024

Our dear treasurer Laurie Birdsey recently had a birthday (we didn't forget!), and we're just now able to put up a fundraiser in honor of her special day... and wouldn't you know, we've already got a kitty earmarked for the donations!

This is Patches! He was found outside in Stratford with a gaping wound on him (we'll spare you the gory pics). We caught him and rushed him to our veterinarian who got him all cleaned and stitched up, but the bill was $600! We need help to bring down this bill as he will need follow-up visits plus get neutered and receive the rest of his vaccines (he did get a rabies vax to protect him just in case).

Won't you help us with a small donation AND share this fundraiser? Peggy & Gilda really appreciate it!

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