Homeless Cat Management Team

12/11/2024

🗓️ Mark your calendar to help us kick off the giving season!

💛 Tuesday December 3 we will be participating in Give Big Pittsburgh’s Day of Giving. With your support we will be able to provide care to cats in our community, ensure fresh starts for cats in foster homes, and launch an exciting chapter for our organization in a new clinic location!

You can visit our Give Big Pittsburgh page and sign up to be a HCMT & Pittsburgh CAT fundraiser: https://tinyurl.com/HCMT24

07/11/2024

HCMT will sell shelters Monday, November 11, from 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Location: 322 Braddock Ave. Braddock, PA 15104. We will be in a large warehouse on the corner of Braddock Ave. and 4th Street. We will be on the side of the building on 4th St. in front of the black garage doors.

The shelters have two entrances, removable flaps, and include straw. As always, there is one cooler inside a plastic storage tote. One large cat can comfortably fit inside a shelter. Two smaller cats who love each other will be able to snuggle comfortably.

We only have a limited number this year, and they will go fast. Please make sure your car is empty so they will fit inside. First come first serve.

They are $35/each. Cash, Venmo or Paypal. If you use PayPal, there is a 4% service charge, which is $36.40 per shelter. Pay when you are picking up.
Paypal: [email protected]
Venmo:

07/11/2024

Sharing a heartfelt thank you to everyone who sent us food last week! We received over 300 cans! Our hearts are purring 🩷

HCMT cares for many cats while they recover from illnesses, more extensive procedures, and wait for foster homes through Pittsburgh CAT If you've dropped off cats at our spay/neuter clinics, you've probably seen some of the sweet faces!
We have quite a few mouths to feed and could use some wet food. Check out our wishlist below and if you're able, send some food!
All wishlist items are shipped to one of our weekly volunteers who brings it in when she comes to care for the cats.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3L4LJSRCZYN2N

01/11/2024

How is it November 1?! 🙀
Winter is on the way - that means it's time get winter cat shelters ready for the stray and feral community cats in the area! Please consider donating to help us provide shelters to caretakers in need.
❄️ We will also be selling them to the public at a later date, stay tuned for details!
Pittsburgh CAT

Homeless Cat Management Team is gearing up for their 2024 Win… Margo Cicci Wisniewski needs your support for Help HCMT Provide Winter Shelters for Cats in Need

28/10/2024

HCMT cares for many cats while they recover from illnesses, more extensive procedures, and wait for foster homes through Pittsburgh CAT If you've dropped off cats at our spay/neuter clinics, you've probably seen some of the sweet faces!
We have quite a few mouths to feed and could use some wet food. Check out our wishlist below and if you're able, send some food!
All wishlist items are shipped to one of our weekly volunteers who brings it in when she comes to care for the cats.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3L4LJSRCZYN2N

26/10/2024

The FVRCP vaccine for cats helps protect against 3 highly contagious and life-threatening feline disease; Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Feline Calicivirus, and Feline Panleukopenia. All ferals fixed through our clinic receive this vaccine to help keep them healthy while they continue their lives outside. At this past clinic, we administered over 70 FVRCP vaccines 🙀
You can help us offset this cost and keep our community cats healthy by sponsoring a vaccine! Donate via Venmo or PayPal (or send us a DM to mail a check) to keep a community cat feeling well.
Venmo: HCMT_207
PayPal: [email protected]

23/10/2024

Sharing another long term foster of Pittsburgh CAT ! Cooper is a special guy who received care from HCMT before moving into a foster home and was a friendly favorite of volunteers.
🍂 Cooper's adoption fee is only $50 through the end of the month!

16/10/2024

Happy Community Cat Day!

Did you know? The Homeless Cat Management Team (HCMT) is a freestanding spay and neuter organization in the Pittsburgh region. Our mission is to lead the way in ending the overpopulation of companion animals in our region by providing high-volume, high-quality, low-cost sterilization. We also assist and support community cat caretakers with trapping, transportation, cat food and shelter and veterinary care.

As part of our TNR process and mission to end feline overpopulation and reduce populations of cats living outdoors, we also assess kittens and friendly cats trapped during TNR processes for socialization and adoptability. After spay/neutering and administering age-appropriate vaccines we assist them through the adoption process with our network of volunteer foster homes, Pittsburgh CAT!

Do you take care of any community cats?

Today we celebrate National Community Cat Day! As the adoption arm of Homeless Cat Management Team, responsible care of community cats (formerly known as feral cats) is very important to us. One mission of HCMT is to assist and support community cat caretakers with trapping, transportation, cat food and shelter and veterinary care. We also provide high-volume, high-quality, low-cost sterilization in support of Trap-Neuter-Return programs, which help stabilize cat communities. When we find injured community cats, we take care of them. And, when we find young kittens or friendly adults without owners, we adopt them out through here -- Pittsburgh Cat Adoption Team!

Want to help? Check out the link in the comments!

07/10/2024

Sending a big THANK YOU to everyone who made our third Pins for Purrs bowling fundraiser with Pittsburgh CAT such a success!
Events like this are so important for our TNR and rescue efforts. All of the money raised goes directly to helping community cats get fixed and stay healthy, providing low cost options for cat owners, and getting cats adoption ready for their forever homes!
We could not do what we do without everyone who bowled, donated, and shared the event with their friends and families. Thank you!

🎄Keep an eye out for our holiday party in December!

01/10/2024

🐾 Reminder- we do not schedule through social media! Follow the instructions below:

ALL CLINICS LISTED BELOW WILL BE HELD AT THE CURRENT LOCATION: 207 Allegheny Street, Tarentum, PA 15084

Must register for clinic--no walk-ins!
Caretakers and cat guardians MUST pre-register. To register, email [email protected] or call 412-321-4060 and follow the prompts. You will receive an email or call confirming your spot.

🐾 By Phone: To register, call 412-321-4060 and follow the prompts. Mailbox # 3 is for Fast Track and mailbox # 5 is for No Charge clinics. Please include your name and phone number in your message. Someone will return your call and complete your pre-registration. HCMT is all volunteer and this may take some time. Clinics fill up quickly and it’s best to call at least two weeks in advance of the clinic you want to attend.
🐾 By Email : Email [email protected] with your name, number of spots you need and which date you are registering for. You will receive a confirmation email ONLY if you are registered.
Please note that No Charge Clinics fill quickly and on a first-come-first-serve basis.
🐾 We DO NOT schedule through Facebook.

Feral cats must arrive in a standard humane box trap (Havahart, Safe-guard, Tomahawk, Tru-Catch, etc.) for the safety of all involved.
Pet and owned cats can arrive in carriers, one cat per carrier. They will be placed back in their carrier or trap for recovery after surgery.

🐾 🐾 FERAL vs PET CAT (please read!) 🐾 🐾
HCMT treats both feral cats and pet/rescue cats.
- A FERAL is a cat that will be returned to the outdoor location where it was trapped after surgery.
- A PET is a cat that either has been or will be adopted as a pet after surgery.
- ONLY FERAL cats are eligible for No-Charge clinics.
- Both feral and pet cats can be treated at Fast Track Clinics.
- FAST TRACK CLINICS are for any cat who needs a low-cost spay or neuter.
http://www.homelesscat.org/clinic-info.html

27/09/2024

25/09/2024

❓Have a business you want to highlight?
🐾Want to give a shout out to your feline friends? 🤩 For $25 you can have a sign displayed at Pins for Purrs featuring your name, logo, or pets names! Deadline to purchase a lane sign is this Friday 9/27!
Follow the link and select the "lane sign" ticket option.

https://tinyurl.com/PinsforPurrs24

21/09/2024

Today was another great clinic day, 30 cats spayed, neutered, and vaccinated 😻

Big thank you to our volunteers who made the day go smooth!

Want to support our efforts in a fun way, come to our bowling event on 10/6! There are still lanes available to reserve. Bring a cat supply and get an extra raffle ticket!
https://tinyurl.com/PinsforPurrs24

20/09/2024

Congrats to our friends at Trash Cat Rescue for being voted the best place to adopt a pet! We're proud to call these fierce lovers of cats and TNR advocates our allies and friends

It has been a busy day so we are a bit overdue in posting, but thank you to everyone who nominated us for and voted for us as the Best Place to Adopt a Pet in the ’s 2024 Reader’s Poll!

We appreciate this gesture not only due to being a small rescue but especially because things seem to feel so overwhelming most days in the animal rescue world, and recognitions like this help remind us that our efforts are not going unnoticed! We received such an outpouring of love today from our fosters, volunteers, rescue friends, and followers - the cat community here in Pittsburgh really is something! We are so grateful to be here with you guys! 😻

We will be setting up as a vendor this Friday at the City Paper Best of Awards… no kitties are tagging along, but if you are attending the event please be sure to stop by and say hi!

10/09/2024

Wonder how our cats go from rescue to adoption?

HCMT works with volunteers and community cat caretakers to spay/neuter cats in their areas. Sometimes cats are too ill, injured, or too friendly to re-join their colonies.

With our sister organization, Pittsburgh CAT , we assess kittens and friendly felines for socialization and adoptability. If we have the space, after spay/neutering and administering age-appropriate vaccines we look for foster placement with our network of volunteers. Once the cats have recovered and spent time socializing with humans, we work to find them homes!

Be sure to follow Pittsburgh CAT to see our adoptable cats like Farrah and Francesca!

06/09/2024

🎳 We are officially one month away from Pins for Purrs & want to hear your best bowling team or league name! Comment below with a creative name and you'll be entered to win two (2) tickets to Pins for Purrs on October 6! A winner will be selected Monday 9/9.
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