365DAA Day 12: Central Texas Feline Rescue!

Central Texas Feline Rescue! If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, than you’ve heard their name before. CTFR is a group near and dear to our hearts (and that is why they are number 12: Ash’s favorite number!). We have been volunteering with this group pretty much since we moved to Texas back in 2009. We love the people we work with and our founder Elizabeth is the most passionate woman I have ever met when it comes to feral cats and TNR.

We personally have helped with trapping feral cats, sometimes as often as every week. Ash feeds a nearby colony every Wednesday and I feed that same colony every Saturday. If you count up all the cats that every volunteer in the organization goes out and feeds every day the tally comes to … *drumroll* … about 300 cats! That’s right! This group, which consists of a small handful of 30 volunteers, feeds 300 cats every single day of the year. You can see why I love this organization so much, right? We also foster cats that end up being strays as opposed to ferals – you can see one of our own “fosters” in the picture of Ash. That’s Jacob. He used to live in the gutter outside of our house and pretty much adopted us on the spot. If you ask him, we really don’t have a say anymore. We’re stuck with him.

Ash has been taking a lot of photos and videos of the cats we have come to know and love (and them to us!) and we’re hoping to start selling some of the photos as postcards soon to make money for the group. I am so happy to showcase them here as our featured group of the day! Way to go, CTFR!

Also see this shirt on flickr!
P.S. See that cute cat? That’s our “foster” Jacob.

About Central Texas Feline Rescue

Central Texas Feline Rescue is a 501(c) (3) non profit organization, all donations not for goods or services are tax deductible. We are an all-volunteer TNRM rescue group. We Trap, Neuter (or spay), and Release cats in feral colonies in the Austin/Round Rock area, and then we maintain them through feeding and care. We are involved because we care about bettering the lives of cats, including those that are homeless and not socialized to humans. There is no such thing as a wild domestic feline. All feral cats were once a person’s pet or are the descendents of someone’s pet, and therefore, are the responsibility of people.

After identifying areas where feral cats congregate (what we call colonies) we send volunteers to the area to trap the adult cats and have them spayed or neutered, using the Humane Society of Austin’’s Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Program. You can spot a cat that is being maintained by a TNRM group or individual by its tipped ear, a safe identification technique.

Other volunteers are assigning colonies and feeding days. We feed the cats in our colonies every day, rain or shine. We also provide water and shelter. Would you like to volunteer to trap or feed feral cats?

Where You Can Find Them

Don’t forget to pledge your own shirt to this project by emailing 365 AT iloverescueanimals.org. This project CANNOT happen without you! Thank you for your support! Find out more about this project on our 365 Days of Animal Advocacy page.

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