Cat Rescue Zim

Cat Rescue Zim Sterilisation Program (Trap, Neuter, Return)
Not A Shelter - All kittens are with foster parents Would you like to adopt a rescue kitten?

Do you need advice or help with the feral cats living on your property/at your business? Do you think you could be a kitten foster mom? Or if you’d like to volunteer or donate please WhatsApp or call us on 0779993157

If you would like to donate using Ecocash please contact us

Our Go Fund Me Page: https://gofund.me/1a968ae7

ABOUT US

CRZ is a 100% voluntary organisation made up of a small group

of cat lovers dedicated to improving the welfare of cats in Zimbabwe. This is achieved through the TNR Program (trap, neuter, return), FKP (foster kitten program) and the FFF (ferals for farmers) program. OUR VISION
To have fewer cats and kittens on the streets. To educate communities about the benefits of having cats and their place in the ecosystem, along with basic cat care. To educate businesses about basic cat care for feral cats on their premises. To run sterilisation programs in impoverished communities to improve the health and wellbeing of cats

TRAP NEUTER RETURN (“TNR”) WORK

We are dedicated to the management of the cat overpopulation crisis in Zimbabwe through an effective and humane TNR program. This is achieved by sterilising, vaccinating and ear tipping (for identification purposes) feral cats. TNR benefits everyone because it:
• humanly reduces the feral cat population on the streets
• drastically improves cats’ quality of life as it eliminates reproductive stress
caused by continual mating and pregnancies.
• reduces territorial stress and improves the cats’ health and by reducing their
chances of developing cancers and contracting cat diseases
• reduces noise from fighting and mating activities.
• reduces smells from the territorial spraying of urine.
• prevents the spread of rabies. The cats are returned to where they were caught originally and continue to live a peaceful life whilst keeping the rodent population down.

Spotted a cat with an ear tip? This is the universal sign a community cat is neutered. This means the cat is home and do...
10/01/2026

Spotted a cat with an ear tip? This is the universal sign a community cat is neutered. This means the cat is home and does not need rescuing. If the cat looks healthy please leave it alone!

1cm is removed from the tip of the ear (left or right) in a straight cut during sterilisation surgery. Ear tips are readily visible from a distance (taking a photo to make sure may help). If we retrap a cat with an ear tip it is then immediately released so no unnecessary veterinary procedures are done and the cat’s stress is reduced!

If you see an ear tipped cat that is visibly sick however please contact us or ZNSPCA for assistance. Please share this post! Thank you

2 lives that we hope will be saved… one tossed over a wall - his fur has bald patches and infected eyes and one found in...
09/01/2026

2 lives that we hope will be saved… one tossed over a wall - his fur has bald patches and infected eyes and one found in the middle of a busy road - 1/3 of the size he should be, skin and bone and covered in fleas.

This is why we have foster homes - to give the extra love, care and attention to vulnerable rescue kittens that truly need our help. This is why we cannot uplift all the kittens from the streets… those that have their mum do not need to be rescued. We need our foster homes for those who really need them. Thank you to the members of the public who contacted us to help, and thank you to the foster parents who allow us to save these babies. We will keep updating you on these kittens progress.

If you’d like to foster please WhatsApp us on 0779 993 157

Our 2025 kitten numbers!! Thank you to everyone who has adopted our foster babies and given them a forever home. There a...
07/01/2026

Our 2025 kitten numbers!! Thank you to everyone who has adopted our foster babies and given them a forever home. There are more kittens everyday, the solution only is to sterilise sterilise sterilise!

Meet Fidget 🐾This handsome tabby boy is true to his name—always on the move and ready for fun! Fidget is playful, affect...
06/01/2026

Meet Fidget 🐾
This handsome tabby boy is true to his name—always on the move and ready for fun! Fidget is playful, affectionate, and extra cuddly once he’s had his zoomies. He loves being around people and isn’t shy about chatting with you—he’s a sweet, vocal little guy with lots to say. If you’re looking for a loving kitten who will keep you entertained and curl up in your arms after, Fidget is ready to steal your heart!

If you’re interested in adopting him please contact us on 0779 993 157 adoption policies apply

Our final 2025 figures!!!In total we sterilised 832 cats compared to 2024 when we did 675! 680 of those cats were trappe...
05/01/2026

Our final 2025 figures!!!

In total we sterilised 832 cats compared to 2024 when we did 675!

680 of those cats were trapped neutered and returned - 323 females and 357 males

Through our accessible low cost sterilisation support programme we sterilised 152 owned cats - 97 females and 55 males.

We can’t thank our supporters, donors, friends, vets and clients enough for their continued encouragement and support of the work we do. We will continue to do what we can to make the lives of owned and community cats better! Lorna and Katie personally thank you all for your kind words and love this past year, it can get very tough but we keep trying 😻

We squeezed a lot into the last 3 weeks of trapping for 2025. The girls TNR’d cats from Arundel, Ardbennie, Umwinsidale,...
31/12/2025

We squeezed a lot into the last 3 weeks of trapping for 2025. The girls TNR’d cats from Arundel, Ardbennie, Umwinsidale, Mount Pleasant, Avenues, Gunhill, Ridgeview, Bluffhill, Helensvale, Greendale, Vainona, Borrowdale Brooke, Emerald Hill, Westgate, Workington, and Borrowdale. The biggest colony this month was a colony of 10 from Westgate.

The girls also helped 11 owners sterilise their cats. A lot of the clients we helped in December - through TNR or our support service were unable to pay anything towards our vet costs. We do not turn away these people or these cats and we are able to do this because of you, our loyal donors. If we did not help them we can only imagine how much worse the situation would get, not only for the clients but for the cats themselves.

As this year comes to an end we cannot express enough how grateful we are for all of our supporters who keep encouraging us with actions and kind words. It is what keeps us going through the hard times, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. CRZ is run by a very small team - mainly 2 trappers and a small group of dedicated foster parents - we use 2 vet surgeries who have been there for us since the start - we cannot do what we do without any of them. We thank everyone who keeps our work going - from week to week, month to month and year to year - and thank everyone for understanding what we do and why we do it.

Total sterilised at the end of 2025 - 3,190

We love this so much we just had to repost it! Share, educate, raise awareness. Community cats deserve your time and res...
23/12/2025

We love this so much we just had to repost it! Share, educate, raise awareness. Community cats deserve your time and respect …. thank you!

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This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:The last official week of trapping of 2025 didn’t disappoint. Katie trapped a male from...
21/12/2025

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:

The last official week of trapping of 2025 didn’t disappoint.

Katie trapped a male from Vainona and a female with 2 kittens in Emerald Hill - the kittens will also be TNR’d when old enough in 2026. She also TNR’d a mum and 4 kittens from a company in Workington. From a property in the Avenues Katie TNR’d 2 females and 2 kittens and also trapped a young male from a house in Westgate. Katie also assisted in sterilising 2 kittens now old enough after we spayed their mum back in November.

Lorna returned to Borrowdale Brooke to TNR 2 teenage kittens now old enough after trapping and spaying their mum in October. She also trapped a female with 4 kittens from Glen Lorne - the kittens will be sterilised in February, and a male from Borrowdale.

Lorna also helped an owner in Lewisam sterilise his 3 cats - 2 males and a female with 6 kittens. CRZ will uplift the kittens to try and rehome them once they are weaned at the end of January as the owner cannot afford to keep them. We did not charge this owner for the sterilisations - with big thanks to you our donors we were able to do this for him and his cats.

The team also assisted an owner sterilise his 2 females. A total of 23 cats were sterilised this week through our TNR and support programmes. We are pretty positive we are not done for the year just yet!

Total sterilised to date : 3,186

Just send us a WhatsApp on 0779 993 157 if you need help sterilising your cats! We want to help you and your fur babies ...
19/12/2025

Just send us a WhatsApp on 0779 993 157 if you need help sterilising your cats! We want to help you and your fur babies … the earlier the better!

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