Uplifting the lives of Community Cats
Sterilisation is key to alleviating suffering
You can help them
Far from leading idyllic, free-ranging lives, community cats are far too often the victims of illness, accident or injury, and starvation. Without intervention, most community cats lead short and miserable lives.
A female, as young as six-months, can have three litters a year, which increases the colony and extenuates a cycle of continual reproduction and ultimately suffering. These young females experience high levels of stress while nursing, and without human intervention as many as half of the litter won’t survive.
Together
we CAN make a difference.
Only R480 will sponsor a Community Cat spay and keep hundreds of kittens from living in poor conditions.
Sponsor A Community Cat Spay
Join us in reducing community cat populations to enhance the lives of community cat colonies.
Community cats are trapped and brought to the TEARS hospital to be sterilised, vaccinated for rabies, and treated for parasites (worms, fleas and ticks). They are then, as quickly as possible, returned to the colony they came from, or if they need can’t go back, we integrate them into an existing colony in a stable environment.
TEARS volunteers and staff work late at night to trap community cats. Once returned to their colony they are provided with food.
Approximately 250 cats are sterilised a month at TEARS from community colonies across Cape Town.
TEARS feeds about 500 community cats across Cape Town.
Help keep populations at bay
Partner with Us to Help Community Cats
Sterilisation and vaccination are key to reducing overpopulation and uplifting the lives of community cats.
