The Story of Jack
One of our families who opened up their hearts and home to an FIV positive cat named Jack created this wonderful video to share the love they found with this special cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHPZruu2gm8
Muffin – We kept fighting for her!
Muffin – We kept fighting for her! Remember Muffin? She is the darling, tiny, tabby kitten who was found under a car only days old; she was cold to the touch, still had her umbilical cord, and only weighs two ounces. A gifted Town Cats’ foster mom steps in and we have our first miracle. Muffin thrives. Fast forward three months and little Muffin goes in for her routine spay surgery and disaster strikes. Muffin has a rare, severe allergic reaction to the anesthesia and she is dying. She cannot breathe on her own; she is crashing. We are told the devastating news: “It’s not good. We are losing her.” Some kitties need to be rescued more than once. Through our tears, we asked, “Please keep trying. She is just…
We are famous! Article in Gilroy Dispatch
Homes Wanted: No-Kill shelter cares for cat What happens if your new baby is allergic to your longtime feline friend? Or the cheapest housing option doesn’t allow pets? How much can you afford to spend if he needs surgery or medication? These stressful situations require difficult decisions. Animal overpopulation and euthanasia rates worsen or improve depending upon the choices individuals make in tough situations like those. As these problems grow, local governments and concerned individuals create animal shelters to provide temporary homes for unwanted, abandoned, orphaned, and stray pets. Even at shelters, limited money and space means that healthy animals are often euthanized. Unless it’s a no-kill shelter. Town Cats was created in 1997 by Rosi and Albert Mirko to alleviate the suffering of cats in the Santa Clara County.…
Introducing – Town Cats Strategic Plan
Dear Friends of Town Cats: We are happy to share with you our firstever Strategic Plan. The creation of this document has been a collaborative effort, an adventure and a learning experience. Through this process we did an assessment of where we are today and we dared to dream of how we would like to succeed in the future. This Town Cats Strategic Plan 2015 – 2017 is our roadmap, a thoughtful analysis of our programs and our goals. We thank you for your vital participation in this process and we encourage your feedback and ongoing participation and partnership. Town Cats is an amazing, diverse group of people dedicated to the welfare of cats in our community. Our supporters, volunteers, donors, staff, adopters and partners work together to improve the…
Team Member Spotlight
Meet Rita! Rita Wessel has been an active champion of community cats since 1999. For a person who claims to be a dog-person, that is an outstanding achievement and an admirable record of volunteering on behalf of cats. Rita says, "Once you start making a difference and you know you're making a difference, you can't stop." Back in 1998 when Rita still had her dog, Dearie, they found two kittens. She reached out to Rosi Mirko, the founder of Town Cats, and the kittens were adopted. In 1999 she started volunteering with Town Cats because "Once it's in your blood, you keep doing it." While working 25 years as an administrative assistant at FMC/United Defense/BAE Systems, she became highly organized and got enjoyment from creating order out of chaos. In…
Fantastic Adoption Results
Events and day to day! So far 2015 has been a fantastic year for adoptions at Town Cats, we have participated in two large scale adoption events and have had wonderful adoption results in each of our adoption centers. On May 30th and 31st, we participated in Maddie's Pet Adoption Days which were an absolute whirlwind of activity. In the end, the team at Town Cats found 129 good cats good homes -- including some sweet, older cats such as Sophie, Tigger, and Velvet, and many darling, little kittens -- and we made many, many people happy. As a results of our efforts Town Cats has received a grant of $67,200 which will help us tremendously with our expenses.We are so grateful for the opportunity to participate in this lifesaving program again this year. The people at Maddie's Fund…