The need is great, we are making a difference, but we can't do it without your help!

1. We desperately need volunteers – fosterers, drivers, fundraisers - YOU
2. We need donations to help with vets bills
3. We have cats and kittens looking for their forever home

We are a solely volunteer organisation and without people like you we couldn’t be making a difference.

Special Foster Homes Urgently Needed for Ottawa's most forgotten animals 

Several years ago a number of local feral cat colony keepers, and other volunteers involved in homeless cat rescue formed the Cat Rescue Network. With the imminent arrival of 'kitten season' network members are desperate to find permanent and foster homes for many of the cats and kittens in their care.

All of the animals looking for permanent homes have been domesticated in foster homes and are vaccinated and sterilized. However, the foster homes are overflowing. The outdoor cats awaiting foster placement will have to remain in outdoor shelters a while longer and take their chances with Mother Nature. This can occasionally be a cruel, agonizing fate and one which volunteers are eager to prevent.

The situation is exacerbated by the fact that many of the outdoor Queens (female cats) are already pregnant and most will have several litters per year, unless they are captured and spayed. Many kittens born outdoors do not live to be 1 year old. Those that escape disease and predators will continue to breed throughout their short, hard lives; thus perpetuating the cycle of pain and suffering. Foster homes are needed to domesticate the kittens at an early age, and provide a quiet place for the nursing mothers. We also need permanent homes for the many domestic cats in our care.