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Sydney City Animal Welfare Services, Sydney (2025)

30/08/2025

A successful 12 hours of trapping 🎉 an injured undesexed male and an undesexed female off the street just in time for the start kitten season (which never really ends anymore).

As we ramp up our rescue efforts again, our costs increase too. If you’d like to assist with our expenses via a tax deductible donation, please donate to Sydney Street Cats (who we are proudly working with) via the link below:

https://donorbox.org/sydney-street-cats-appeal

23/06/2025

What’s good for the Goose… 🥰

We heard little Goose mewing inside a car engine bay not far from where we were trapping his siblings behind an apartment complex a few months ago.

Despite explaining the situation to the car owners, they continued to drive their car with the poor little guy trapped inside, leaving him with burns to his back paws.

After 30+ hours of varied attempts to retrieve him (with the incredible assistance from our local fire brigade), we finally freed him and got him to a vet for a check over and to tend to his paws.

We successfully trapped the rest of the siblings the same night and after what we’d call the most difficult and prolonged quarantine period we’ve ever navigated, Goose went to his forever family three weeks ago.

Literally overnight, and each day since, Goose has blossomed. We have never seen a transformation so dramatic in the best way. He adores his mum, his new friends, his huge, cat-oriented home and his whole family of cat lovers who really know their stuff and have gone out of their way to make sure he feels fully at home and knows he’s part of the gang.

We’re so happy we could help little Goose find his way out of that dark, scary place and into such a loving, forever home.

Well done, Goose!🪿

24/02/2025

A massive congratulations to Orwell and Brontë on their adoption together! 🎉

Their adoption trial was a huge success and their forever dad has sent us through these adorable photos of the bonded pair having a play and naps in their forever home.

Orwell (now Zach) had a very rough start to life. He was found in a backyard alone at only a few weekss old - we suspect his mum was spooked while moving her kittens and didn’t return for him. As Brontë and her litter were the same age, Orwell was able to join the litter and the amazing foster cat Tatty became a foster mum of her own!

Orwell‘s unique and hilarious personality came out instantly - his name was because of the big brother energy he brought to his new siblings.

Brontë quickly bonded with Orwell and before we knew it they were inseparable, as evidenced in these photos.

Thank you Julian for keeping the most amazing little bro and sis together - they have a lifetime of pets, playing and creating unparalleled chaos ahead of them, all thanks to you.

22/02/2025

We are delighted to share that Maverick has officially been adopted! 🥳 Here he is with his forever mum, meeting his new sibling Ziggy and being his adorable little self.

Mav’s mum Liz has been an incredibly supportive and helpful advocate for Mav and his siblings and for SCAWS. She has gone above and beyond to find homes for this litter and has single-handedly succeeded securing homes for almost the entire gang.

Sharing our posts both on and outside Facebook is the number one way to help us find homes. You never know who’s looking for a new companion 🐈 Next time you’re trapped in small talk with a colleague or relative, whip out a couple of cat pics! It could be the start of something special, or the end of a painful conversation. Either way it’s a win!

Thank you Liz for your incredible efforts - Mav and his siblings are forever grateful for their long, happy lives - thanks to you 🩷

14/02/2025

🌹 Roses are red, Violets are blue 💙
💔 We still haven’t been adopted 😔
❓Can we come home with you? 🥹

This sweet brother and sister are hoping they’ll find their Valentines today 💌 Do you have room in your heart and home for endless entertainment and unconditional love?

All of our adoptions include a trial phase so that you can be sure before you commit to a lifetime of joy. Please get in touch for more information - we would love to answer any questions or concerns you might have ♥️

Age: 12 weeks
Girl: 953010007046303
Boy: 953010006847441

07/02/2025

Meet Figaro 🖤 and Checkers 🩶Another pair of street sweeties off to a better life 💕 yesterday we caught these siblings at the colony we are focusing on desexing. If you know anyone who can foster, please get in touch. The more homes we have lined up, the more we can help! These lucky babies are with a loving foster who took them in as friends for their current foster kitten, and already have all their vet work arranged. Thank you Bee for making this save possible! 🩷

04/02/2025

Mika looking like a whole new cat already 🥰 we are so glad we could help this sweet girl make it back to full recovery. Even her coat is looking silky smooth 💕

24/01/2025

The beautiful Mika quite literally came to us for help after suffering severe injuries to her face that had become infected. Despite being a normally shy colony girl, she made sure she had our attention and allowed us to trap her fairly easily.

We took Mika to a nearby vet who was able to desex her, abort her litter and clean her facial wounds. Sadly, there was not enough skin on her face to stitch it back together, so the only option was to allow the wound to heal on its own with the aid of a cone. Mika spent the following fortnight recovering from her surgeries with ample medication for comfort, pain relief and optimal recovery in a quiet, safe place.

Mika was discharged and given the green light to return to her usual habitat this week and we released her last night. Today as you can see from the first photo, she is almost a different cat! We have never seen her smile like this before. It was a wonderful sight to see her basking in the sun, happy and healthy again, and probably feeling the best she ever has.

No more heavy tummy, no more babies to fend for, no more tomcats attacking her, no more painful wounds and most importantly- no more breeding. We are so grateful we could do this for Mika with the help of both the kind veterinary staff and generous donations that covered her vet costs.

There are 2 more females to TNR at this colony, and then we need to focus on the males. We currently have $24 in our SCAWS account (please note we pay for colony food separately out of our own pockets, and only use donations for any vet work that we cannot pay for ourselves) so we are once again trying to think of ways to come up with funds to keep working on this colony. If you’d like to donate, or more importantly foster, please get in touch.

Thanks for your ongoing support and for caring about precious cats like Mika 🩷

20/01/2025

Bye bye, Belle! Our first official TNR 🎉

Belle has had many litters at her colony but after being trapped, speyed and supervised for recovery with us, this beautiful girl has been returned to her home!

While we would have loved to make Belle a housecat, and have been lucky enough to do so with our previously trapped cats, it isn’t always possible with strays, particularly if they’ve never been domesticated. The next best thing we could do was ensure she was in good health and desexed, not only guaranteeing the end of litters for her but also stopping the remaining undesexed males from harassing her. Desexing the males will be our focus after the final female is done and the recovering desexed females returned to the same colony.

We are so proud of Belle for her stellar behaviour and so pleased with her recovery. We will no doubt be seeing her around the colony for many happy, healthy, kitten-free years. Yay for Belle and her offical kid free status!

20/12/2024

What a difference 1 year and a loving home can make!

We found this poor little kitten (Arlo) in heavy rain, riddled with fleas, worms and a myriad of other health issues.

We nursed her back to health and caught her sister (Midna) just over a week later - we originally had NYE plans but decided to stay home in case we could spot her - and we did; literally minutes before the fireworks went off!

A very kind friend of ours who had already met and fallen for Arlo decided that the girls should stay together and adopted them both! The best possible ending to an otherwise doomed litter of two 💕

We will never stop helping the strays. But we can’t help them without the help from the wider community. Word of mouth is crucial to this cause and sharing our posts is just as helpful (and often, more helpful) as making a donation.

To date, we have received less than $600 in 3 years in donations from friends and the public combined. For context, we spend minimum $100 each week on just food alone - the money we have spent on vet work is in the tens of thousands now.

We will soon be sharing photos of our latest rescues who are almost ready for adoption and it would be a true blessing and act of generosity if you could share those posts and help us find homes for this litter - you never know who’s looking for a new friend and we rely on organic audience reaches that we can’t afford to pay for on this page.

Thanks for getting this far and thank you for following our journey and for your ongoing support and encouragement. We can’t help them all, but we will make damn sure we help as many as we can 🩷

26/11/2024

Eucy, Jacaranda and Tuckeroo keeping cool in their foster home 🥰 a far stretch from the streets they were living on only a few weeks ago! These cuties are almost ready for adoption - Is your future best friend in these photos?? 🩷

12/11/2024

Orwell is hoping you’ll consider adopting him 🩷
He’s ever so friendly and would do wonderfully in a home that already has a cat or two.

Introducing a kitten to an older cats is one of the best ways to add an additional furry friend to your home. We have seen many older cats take in kittens as their own, bonding with them via licking, playing and even letting the young one “nurse” on them - this includes older male cats!

All our adoptions come with a trial period so that you can be sure that the fit is right before you commit. If you’re undecided about adopting because you have an existing furbaby, please don’t hesitate to message us with any questions you have 🩷🐾

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