Canberra Street Cat Alliance

23/11/2025

Kitten season has well and truly hit! Today alone we welcomed 11 cats. And this little poppet is the 50th cat this month, more than 2 per day so far this month.

Let's put some numbers behind this. For ease of numbers, let's assume half of these muffins are female and the other half are of course male.

As a self-funded rescue that doesn't have our own veterinarian clinic, we pay on average $500 to desex a female, and $375 for male. Desexing costs alone for these muffins is $21,875. But then add on vaccination and parasite control, food and litter we are looking at approximately $30,000.

And of course, had we not moved into our amazing new facility, we would not have been able to welcome 50 cats due to capacity restrictions. Our new premises gives us greater capacity now so please come along for our open day next week and support our facility so we can continue to save these muffins from a life on the street.

Please note - we are NOT taking adoption enquiries for this poppet at this stage.

21/11/2025

We are at the Hall Village Christmas Fair. So much happening so head on out and enjoy the Christmas spirit.

Loads of gorgeous items for sale with some amazing items our craft group have made. Raffle tickets in our Christmas Scratchie tree raffle and gorgeous handmade pottery.

Come and say hi to us at Hall and support the street cats of Canberra.

19/11/2025

* *Where are they now – Tomodachi **

Darling Tomodachi (aka Tommo) started his Streets to Sheets journey in 2021. When he was trapped, he was in poor condition, with a very cloudy right eye and pale colouring on his body. However, after spending time with a wonderful foster carer he was ready for his forever home in February 2022.

Along came Laurine, who had been considering adopting a companion for Claude, their tuxedo cat. Handsome Tomodachi caught her eye and when she saw a video of him grooming some kittens, she knew he was the one.

At their meet and greet he was very shy, hiding under a table, but he liked a chin scratch, so he went home with Laurine.

Initially he lived in a little cave under a table in the study. It took about a month before he would let Laurine be in the room while he was eating or was outside the cave.

After two months he was allowed to roam the house and encounter Claude. Once enticed out, with roast chicken, he rapidly claimed an igloo and then a chair. This was closely followed by begging for breakfast, sleeping on the bed and, after about six months, seeking out a lap and a scratch.

Now he owns the place! His chair is in the middle of the house. He is immovable on the bed at night, earning him the nickname ‘The Brick’ because he weighs a tonne and his coat has darkened.

When first introduced to the contained outdoor area, a bird squawking would send him back inside, but now he owns the outdoor sofa.

Cuddles normally need to be initiated by Tomo, but Laurine sneaks in extra scratches in the morning, and even picks him up when he is too distracted by breakfast thoughts to be alarmed. His favourite thing is burying his head, either stretched out on an orange throw rug over Greg’s legs or curled into Claude’s belly. Greg loves it, but Claude, maybe not so much.

Tomo is loved and adored by the whole family and it’s hard for them to imagine their home without him.

19/11/2025

And this little kitty went 'Wee wee wee' all the way to the vet!

Thanks to Belconnen and Gundaroo Veterinary Centre for desexing our street muffins today.

18/11/2025

TNR Tuesday

Today we travel to Brazil!
In 2021 a federal law was enacted prohibiting the killing of stray dogs and cats, except for humane euthanasia in cases of serious illness. This has increased the need for alternative methods of population management of cats and dogs including TNR.

A recent program targeting a specific geographic area with 157 cats had great success as documented in a recent evaluation. All but one cats was desexed and through a combination of adoption and TNR the population halved and most importantly there was no further breeding.

The study authors noted the importance of continuing monitoring and public education for the benefits of the program to continue into the future.

Source:

Feline colonies cause various environmental, public health, and animal welfare problems, highlighting the importance of adequate management in promoting the One Health concept. This study evaluated the trap–neuter–return approach as a population ...

14/11/2025

Today, Saturday 15, we are the bustling SouthFest in Tuggeranong until 4pm.

We have some beautiful craft made by some of our talented volunteers.

The atmosphere down here at the event is great with lots of fun things to to look around at.

11/11/2025

🐾 TNR Tuesday 🎶
There are many incredible people working in the TNR space and everyone has their own story of how they got into it. Some start by feeding a local colony and slowly learn more about cat management, and others get involved through a rescue group or as volunteers.
Sterling “TrapKing” Davis’ journey was a little different. Originally, he was in a rapper but one day, while on a break from touring, he saw an ad for a job at an animal shelter and decided to give it a try. What followed was a complete change of direction and purpose. Today, Sterling is known worldwide for his TNR work, community education, and for breaking stereotypes about who belongs in animal rescue.
If you haven’t heard his story, it’s worth the read:

https://www.latimes.com/companion-animals/pet-projects/story/sterling-trapking-davis-tnr-cat-rescue-interview

People come to TNR from all kinds of places and stories, and it’s always inspiring to be reminded that there’s no single path to caring for community cats.

TrapKing founder Sterling Davis turned his life toward TNR, community education, and redefining what it means to care for cats with purpose and compassion.