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.

🚗💙 Blue has served us well… but she’s tired.Every day, our faithful little car Blue bumps her way through Harare’s potho...
09/04/2025

🚗💙 Blue has served us well… but she’s tired.

Every day, our faithful little car Blue bumps her way through Harare’s potholes, bravely carrying cats in traps, supplies, and sometimes a rescued kitty or two. But after years of loyal service, the wear and tear is catching up with her — and she’s no longer as reliable as we need. 😿

To keep up with the demands of rescuing, trapping, vet runs, and out-of-town missions, Cat Rescue Zim is hoping to raise funds for a more suitable vehicle — one that can carry more traps, endure the rough roads, and help us reach more cats in need.

If you’d like to help us keep saving lives and rolling forward, please consider donating or sharing our appeal & let us know if you have any awesome fundraising ideas. Please get in touch with us on 0779 993 157 💛🐾 thank you 😸

Let’s retire Blue with love — and give CRZ the wheels to keep driving change!

Meet the most gorgeous pair - Sasha & Silva! They are just loveable bundles of floof. Silva loves to nestle into you for...
07/04/2025

Meet the most gorgeous pair - Sasha & Silva! They are just loveable bundles of floof. Silva loves to nestle into you for naps & he is a very playful & inquisitive. Sasha (yes a female ginger) is a cuddle bug, a dainty gentle affectionate little girl.

They came from different rescue situations, but have found each other in their foster home. They are joined at the hip, Silva cries when he can’t find Sasha, we just cannot split them up. If you’d like to adopt this pair of gorgeous furbabies please contact us on 0779 993 157 - adoption policies apply.

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:This week Lorna returned to a young colony at an office in Msasa to trap a female kitte...
06/04/2025

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:

This week Lorna returned to a young colony at an office in Msasa to trap a female kitten now old enough to spay and also collected a tame male who appeared at the office. She also TNR’d a male causing problems in Eastlea - neutering him should calm down his Tom cat behaviours. Lorna trapped another female from the colony in Graniteside. This female weirdly had no teeth whatsoever - she wasn’t that old - but was in good condition, she also had an infected uterus known as Pyometra. This would have been fatal if she wasn’t trapped and spayed.

Katie trapped a male and female from Milton Park. The team also assisted 3 owners spay 8 females between them… imagine the number of kittens that would’ve been born if we didn’t help them!

In total 14 cats were sterilised this week - 11 of which were females - we prevented an average of 44 kittens being born in the next few months.

Total sterilised to date : 2,603

Please be responsible and spay your female kitten before she has a litter of kittens when she is still a baby herself. I...
05/04/2025

Please be responsible and spay your female kitten before she has a litter of kittens when she is still a baby herself. If you need any help to spay or castrate your cat or need any advice please contact us on 0779 993 157 thank you

The face of a Tom who has battled for his territory and his females. Please neuter your males before 6 months of age, do...
03/04/2025

The face of a Tom who has battled for his territory and his females. Please neuter your males before 6 months of age, do not let them wander for females and end up battle scarred like this poor boy.

This male was neutered, vaccinated, his wounds were cleaned and he was given antibiotics and pain relief.

02/04/2025

Missing- Kit Kat is one of the church kittens, he hasn’t been seen since Friday. He is neutered , smaller ginger kitten with bold markings on his face. He is ear tipped Cat Rescue Zim

March Round Up!Another incredibly busy month for the team mainly for Katie as Lorna was away for 3 weeks. Cats were TNR’...
02/04/2025

March Round Up!

Another incredibly busy month for the team mainly for Katie as Lorna was away for 3 weeks.

Cats were TNR’d from all over Harare again including Avenues, Avondale, Southerton, Belvedere, Msasa, Borrowdale, Mabelreign, Mount Pleasant, Ridgeview, Lincoln Green, Alex Park, Greystone Park, Graniteside, Newlands and Belgravia where Katie trapped the biggest colony of the month - 18 cats!

Katie also travelled to Darwendale to trap 2 kittens previously too young to do when the team was there last year.

The team assisted 11 owners sterilise their cats this month. Unfortunately we had to euthanise a female who had been hit by a car and a previously sterilised cat who had FIV - tumours in his mouth and was in very bad condition.

So far this year we have sterilised 229 cats and we have many more to go! Our vet bills continue to be our biggest expense - If you’d like to support us continue our work in providing a better life for feral cats and a low cost sterilisation option for owners please contact us on 0779 993 157 thank you!

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Claudette, Clarry and the team at Taita trading for the donation of 2 new tyres...
01/04/2025

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Claudette, Clarry and the team at Taita trading for the donation of 2 new tyres for Katie’s car, as well as Shane at Jawannes tyres for the donation of another 2 new tyres! Thank you also to everyone who donated money towards her tyres your generosity always amazes us- as she received donated tyres the donated funds were used to fully service Katie’s car as well as fitting new brake pads - all done by Clive at Road Runner Services - so thank you to him too! Any left over funds received for Katie’s car will be used for fuel as well as put towards our vet bills. Thank you to everyone who contributed and supported Katie - CRZ wouldn’t do what we can do without her!

We hear people often say that they think it will be easier to start with one kitten and then, later on, adopt another. W...
31/03/2025

We hear people often say that they think it will be easier to start with one kitten and then, later on, adopt another. We can see the logic - getting two might seem like rushing into a bigger commitment but really, it’s not much different. In fact - bringing in a second kitten later will likely be a much harder process. The reason siblings or bonded pairs are encouraged to be adopted together is because that way owners can be fairly confident that the kittens know and trust each other from day one and can skip the slow process of introducing cats to one another or a cat to a kitten.

By bringing home two kittens, you can relax knowing that they have a 24/7 play-partner, even when you’re not there you know they will have each other and won’t get lonely.

They can learn how to behave properly (in ways we can’t teach them!) through play. Kittens quickly learn what is acceptable in terms of biting, nipping and gnawing (all very normal kitten activities!). Pairs of kittens can understand cues from each other - in many ways, your pets will train each other.

As well as having someone to play with and learn from, two can also offer affection to each other. By rehoming in pairs, your new kitten will have someone to clean or to clean them as well as someone to cuddle during nap time. These are the cutest moments and something that you’d miss if you only had the one!

So please consider adopting two and save two lives instead of one. Thank you 😻

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:Wow! What a busy week it’s been, and unexpectedly so! This week Katie focused on a colo...
30/03/2025

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:

Wow! What a busy week it’s been, and unexpectedly so!

This week Katie focused on a colony in Belgravia, the team thought we were dealing with a small colony - maybe 6-7 cats…. But we were proved very wrong when Katie trapped 10 in the first night. In total she trapped 18 cats in this colony (9 females & 9 males) and many females were lactating… meaning we will have to go back in a few months times.

Katie also trapped a male and female from 2 different properties in Mt Pleasant and a male and female from Alex park. Lorna was back at it this week trapping a male from Greystone park and a male from Newlands. She also trapped 1 female and 5 males at a colony in Graniteside … a job she will return to next week (the 2 with bad eyes had genetic defects - their eyes were cleaned and they were deemed healthy enough to return)

The team also assisted 2 owners sterilise their 3 cats - 1 female and 2 males

Altogether this week we have sterilised 33 cats!!! An unbelievable week to end March and let’s hope our success continues into April

As per usual we always need funding to help us cover our vet bills every month. If you’d like to donate towards our work please contact us on 0779 993 157 thank you!

Total sterilised to date : 2,589

The cats are often described as large, big headed, has fight wounds, and he’s downright mean. Usually, they are describi...
28/03/2025

The cats are often described as large, big headed, has fight wounds, and he’s downright mean. Usually, they are describing a tomcat - an unneutered male.

Tomcats become more territorial when female cats are in heat & they can roam far to find one. They are not inherently mean — this is a human characteristic being placed on an animal. During these times you will hear more yowling, fights between male cats and spraying their territory.

Often times this is an easy fix. Once male cats are neutered, they no longer desire to trail female cats in search of a mate and it greatly reduces the need to be territorial in the first place.

After a male cat is sterilised they can no longer produce testosterone which is what induces these urges. It takes approximately 4-6 weeks for the testosterone levels to deplete and to see more favourable behaviors.

One of the biggest misconceptions about relocating cats is the problem will be solved but in actuality, a new male cat will move into the territory since it has now become available. Spaying the females and neutering male cats and returning them to the area is the only humane resolution.

This is just one of many great reasons why you should spay and neuter cats as soon as possible whether they go outside or not. It is scientifically proven, cats live healthier lives when spayed and neutered.

26/03/2025

No more surprise pregnancies and litters! Kittens can go into heat as young as four months - beat Mother Nature and spay & neuter by five months! To read more about the benefits of early spay & neuter, click here: https://www.unitedspayalliance.org/feline-fix-by-five/

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:Another busy week for Katie, the last before Lorna is back. Katie trapped a mother and ...
23/03/2025

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:

Another busy week for Katie, the last before Lorna is back.

Katie trapped a mother and her 3 older kittens at a property in Mount pleasant, the mum had another litter who are about 9 weeks old, so they will be sterilised once they reach 4 months.

Katie returned to a property in Ridgeview to trap a mother we missed last time and her 4 kittens. From the same area she also assisted an owner sterilise 2 female kittens and another male. A Tom was also trapped at a property in Lincoln Green.

A previous client reached out to us to assist her in sterilising a brother and sister and we also trapped the last kitten at a colony in Belgravia with help from an avid supporter of TNR and what we do. The colony is being monitored by her and any newcomers will be TNR’d asap.

On Saturday fate intervened when Katie drove passed members of the public trying to catch a feral cat that had been hit by a car and was dragging its leg. Katie did a quick u-turn and managed to assist them. The cat was taken to she was given pain relief and other medication. She was too stressed to sedate so Dr Chan Jack will assess and X-ray her on Monday after she has had time to calm down, we will update you then on her prognosis. She will be given pain relief to assist her until then.

Another 16 cats were sterilised this week - tame and feral.

Total sterilised to date : 2,560

Spot the kittens!!! 👀👀The purrrfect bundle of love… our kittens are all raised in foster homes so they are used to a hom...
19/03/2025

Spot the kittens!!! 👀👀

The purrrfect bundle of love… our kittens are all raised in foster homes so they are used to a home environment and all that comes with it! These babies are available for adoption…. They love cat-friendly dogs and kids….what more could you want? WhatsApp us on 0779 993 157 to adopt one or two of our special babies. Adoption policies apply

Just a little information on how to best take care of your feline friend! If you need any help or advice please always f...
17/03/2025

Just a little information on how to best take care of your feline friend! If you need any help or advice please always feel free to WhatsApp us on 0779 993 157

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Our litter of 6 babies born the evening their mum was caught and brought to safety. Now over 2 weeks old and doing so well! Mum is doing an incredible job.

Our 2024 Calendar is still available to purchase! Only $10 each and every $ will help us continue to help more community cats in Zimbabwe. Our calendars are our biggest fundraiser every year and we hope you’ll love this years one too!Send us a message or contact us on 0779 993 157 to get yours! They are also available to buy from Harare Central Veterinary Surgery HCVS , Avondale Veterinary Surgery, Pawfect Dog Spa, Chisipite Veterinary Surgery, The Book Lady Zimbabwe, Sugar & Spice at The Hub and Gordon Martin Hair Studio. A huge thank you to Paragon Printing & Packaging for printing our calendars. Thank you for your great service and professionalism!

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