Northstate Cat Coalition

08/25/2026

Reminiscing of the early days, really just a few years ago. I wanted to say thank you to Laurie if it wasn’t us coming together to collaborate on this mission for the cats of the forest a dream of mine would quite possibly never have come to pass. Northstate Cat Coalition was born from a great need for radical rescues. Love you Laurie❤️ For the community, for the cats.

08/24/2026

VET UPDATE: Ruby

Great news, this girl survived the car engine starting that killed all her siblings, completely unscathed! The vet says she has nothing broken and isn’t in pain. We are relieved.

The bulging eye is from a viral infection and she said Ruby needs to get a little older and a little stronger before surgery to take that eye out. She prescribed an antibiotic and more medicated eye drops.

We will do what we can for the eye and especially the other one. Vet said there’s a possibility that eye may be saved. Only time will tell.

Thank you to those NCC Villagers who donated to help pay for Ruby’s vet visit, even thought we didn’t ask. You are so appreciated!

08/24/2026

Get ready it’s coming up, please remain courteous to folks who are attending the event as well as the staff at Haven‘s clinic. Also, please have an alternate plan in case you don’t secure one of the 50 spots.

🐱🎉 FREE Feral Fiesta Day This Thursday! 🐱🎉

Bring your neighborhood feral cat to our Veterinary Hospital Thursday morning for Feral Fiesta Day! We will spay or neuter up to 50 cats.

Thanks to the incredible generosity of an anonymous donor, this month’s Feral Fiesta is completely FREE—no vouchers required!

Please remember this is for stray, non-pets ONLY. All cats receive an ear tip. Cats MUST be in a wire cat trap, —the minimum size is 10” wide by 12” tall, and the trap must be in safe working order.

We are deeply grateful to the anonymous donor who made it possible to provide these services at no cost to our community this month!

We also offer low-cost TNR spay & neuter services for up to 7 feral cats per day. Offered Monday through Thursday on a first come first serve basis starting at 7:15 AM. $45 per cat without vouchers. Full and partial vouchers are limited but currently available.

➡️ More info: https://www.havenhumane.org/tnr

08/24/2026

Feeding bans simply do not work. A good managed TNR program does.  Please use your voice to support cats in need in those who care about them in communities far and wide.

Alley Cat Allies strongly opposes a feeding ban targeting community cats in Ripon, California ‼️

If it passes, community cat caregivers could be issued a $100 fine simply for providing care. We have reached out to the City of Ripon to offer our support for a better way forward: TNR.

Feeding bans do not work:

🔴 Cutting off access to food sources that cats have become accustomed to is cruel and causes suffering.
🔴 The cats will not simply go away. They are highly bonded to their outdoor homes. Instead, they roam further and seek out other sources of food.
🔴 People will be penalized for their compassion and discouraged from carrying out TNR, which relies on organized feeding.

TNR is the only humane and effective approach to stabilizing community cat populations. That's what Ripon officials, and officials worldwide, need to know.

Read our full letter to the City of Ripon at alleycat.org/Letters

08/23/2026

Emergency Intake: Ruby

We received a frantic call yesterday from Red Bluff, saying that a 6-week old kitten had survived a car engine starting, that horribly killed all her siblings. We took her in, and she is eating well and doesn’t seem to be in pain when gently assessed. However, she will be seeing our vet on Monday to make sure.

In addition to surviving a car engine starting, she has a severely swollen eye, from a viral infection. This eye will likely need to come out, when she is old enough for surgery. Until then she will be receiving eye medication in both eyes as treatment.

People naturally assume that kittens and cats crawl up into car engines only during winter, but they crawl up in there for a safe place, all year round. Just this summer we have taken in Husky, who was trapped in a riding lawnmower, Milo, who lost his ear, part of his tail and broke his femur in a car engine, and now Ruby.

So please, if you live in a place with lots of cats and kittens around, bang on your car engines all year around. You might just save a life. ❤️

08/20/2026

Chip & Dale’s eyes are doing much better after a week of medication!

Thank you to all who donated to them. We appreciate our NCC Village so much.

08/13/2026

Update: Milo

Great news for the kitty who was severely injured in a car engine…his tail won’t need to be amputated!

Tail injuries are very difficult to heal, and take a long time. He has had it bandaged (with many changes at the vet) since June 24th. It is rare that a tail injury like his has healed so well, and won’t need amputation. We are so happy for him.

And if you’re wondering why he’s wearing a harness, it’s because this little hooligan kept escaping his cone! So his foster mom Sarah came up with the solution of him wearing the harness, and the harness being attached to the cone. It’s been working great.

08/12/2026

🐾 Chip & Dale Need Your Help! 🐾

Two sweet kittens, Chip and Dale, came into our care from the Red Bluff colony we’ve been working on. They are sick and in need of medical attention. We are doing everything we can to give these little guys the care they need, but their veterinary expenses are adding up quickly.

Chip is facing a particularly difficult road. One of his eyes is so badly affected that he will need an enucleation (surgical removal of the eye). His remaining eye also needs treatment to give him the best chance at healing and preserving some vision.

Dale is sick as well and needs veterinary care, medications, and ongoing monitoring as we work to get him healthy and feeling like a kitten again.

These boys deserve the chance to heal, grow, and have a happy future. We don't want finances to stand in the way of giving them the medical care they desperately need.

Would you consider making a donation toward Chip and Dale's medical expenses? Every dollar helps pay for their vet visits, medications, procedures, and follow-up care.

🙏 Please donate if you can, our options for donation are here:
https://linktr.ee/northstatecatcoalition

Thank you for standing with Northstate Cat Coalition and for helping us give these two little kittens the second chance they deserve.

08/11/2026