Tucson Feral and Stray Project - TNR/Rescue

07/05/2025

07/05/2025

🚨 Say NO to FIREWORKS🚨

As we welcome Independence DAY let’s remember to celebrate responsibly and consider the impact of FIREWORKS have on our COMPANIONS, ANIMALS, and our MILITARY🇺🇸

🎆 Why AVOID fireworks?

Did you know about one-third of all dogs and cats in the United States are reported missing in their lifetimes, more than 80% are never found, and between 9,450,000 and 9,632,000 pets that wind up in shelters in the US are killed.

This is just for a regular year, can you imagine during holiday times like JULY 4th?!

“Sadly, only 14% of lost pets are returned to their owners, according to nationwide statistics. And worse, 30-60% of lost pets are euthanized because they cannot be properly identified and returned to their homes.

Here are some simple tips on keeping your pets safe:

- Distress to Pets: The loud noises cause extreme anxiety and panic for animals.

- Safety Hazards: Fireworks can lead to injuries or fires in residential areas.

- Environmental Harm: They contribute to air and noise pollution.

-Community Disruption: Many residents, especially children and the elderly, are negatively affected by the noise like our veterans and those who are effected by PTSD.

When Fireworks Don’t Feel Like Freedom: PTSD Awareness and Coping During Independence Day:

Veterans living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this patriotic holiday can be filled with distress, not delight.

While fireworks symbolize freedom, their sudden booms, flashing lights, and smoky trails can trigger intense reactions for those who’ve experienced trauma, especially combat Veterans. Loud noises may resemble gunfire. The unpredictability of neighborhood displays can shatter a Veteran’s sense of safety.

What feels like a celebration to some can cause others to relive their most difficult moments.

Therefore, let’s HELP keep our ANIMALS and COMMUNITY safe and peaceful by choosing alternative ways to celebrate, like laser lights, music, or sparklers.

TOGETHER, we can PROTECT our ANIMALS and those we care for to make our INDEPENDENCE DAY enjoyable for everyone🪅

05/28/2025

If you reach out to rescues for help this time of year, and get turned away and told they are full - there’s a reason for this. FULL could mean they lack physical space, financial resources, fosters, to take in another animal.

It means that adoptions are SLOW. Of course, they could “make space” but that would mean risking the health and safety of the other animals already in their care.

It means burning out your volunteers that are already at their limit. It means that if you find an animal, you are the help they are looking for and don’t take it out on volunteer groups and shelters who are literally drowning.

To the person who found that one cat and wants to put it somewhere ASAP, put yourself in the shoes of individuals who take in cats every single day. Be proactive. Offer to foster on behalf of the rescue. If you want to help in other ways, help share the found, abandoned or injured animal. You can also volunteer your time with a shelter and/or rescue. Or donate funds or items to a rescue or shelter of your choice.

Just remember… The smallest of gesture can not only save a life but help a animal in need.

05/18/2025

If you are FEEDING strays or Community Cats, PLEASE get them FIXED or into RESCUE immediately, do NOT wait.

It is irresponsible to just FEED care takers… do your part and be part of the solution!

Management and being a caretaker means we DO NOT allow kittens to be born unless you plan on fixing the entire litter plus Momma Cat too.

05/05/2025

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY🐾

The FURR AWAKENS🐱The FIRST CLOWDER of the MEOWISTANCE✊

MAY the 4th be with YOU (or should we say “fur-th be with MEW”😼

Who loves CATS and STAR WARS?! STAR WARS Day it is… Celebrate you must😸




















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05/03/2025

To the feeders:

Under the cloak of night, silently and without witnesses, kind shadows move, between alleys and coats.
They are the guardian angels, of sneaky glances and light steps, who give their charity, to street cats.

With every plate of food, with every gesture of love, they give hope to those eyes, that have seen so much pain.
They seek no fame or applause, their reward is more sincere, it is the grateful purr, of the life that awaits.

In every corner a shelter, in every gesture a song, cat feeders, are poets at heart.
With hands that do not judge, with souls that do not despair, in the art of giving without measure, they are teachers who teach us.

So, in the city that sleeps, there are heroes who don’t rest, they are the cat feeders, who weave webs of hope.
And though the world does not see them, nor their names are known, in the eyes of cats, their faces are carved.

Tucson Feral & Stray project needs your help… animal welfare organization focusing on Trapping - TNR - reducing the number of strays in your community. We need help covering day to day expenses but mostly the gas expenses.

We can always use dry food for community cats and feeding stations. We could also use wet food for trapping and puppy pads.
Donations are greatly appreciated😸

Ways to DONATE:

WEBSITE:

https://tucsonferalandstrayproject.com/
PAYPAL: [email protected]

VENMO: [email protected]

05/03/2025

To my RESCUE Friends… people always ask why I don’t share my stories and experiences. Not all situations are happy and often times I’m just so tired and exhausted to remember. Just looking at my kitties in each one of my 10 colonies I feed late night, I feel blessed that the cats come out to see me to get their food.

Some scared but most do come out to eat and want their attention before dinner. When they dont all arrive after they hear the vehicle is when I get excited and yet panic… I wait and wait. Everyday is a diffrerent story, not all sad, some good… some I try to rescue and others just get fixed.

It’s a cruel world out there for animals being on their own. Please be kinds to them and do your part to help in the crisis of over populated animals. Foster, Volunteer, Donate, Adopt or just spread the Word by sharing a Animal in need to make a difference. The smallest of these 5 things go a long way for animal who need our help, even for us and those rescue🐾

“But the Cats Did.” a Tribute Series

A visual and emotional tribute to the quiet rescuers🫢

The ones who are never in the spotlight — but always show up😺

They never asked for recognition🏅

They didn’t post selfies📲

They weren’t praised on stages🥇

But they walked into the storm☔️ trap in hand… heart on fire ❤️‍🔥

The world never knew their name🏆

But the cats did🐈

This piece is dedicated to the quiet ones — the real ones🖤

The rescuers who show up without applause👏

The ones who give their time, their tears😿

Their everything for the voiceless😸

Your love leaves paw prints no one can erase. 🐾

Art By: Loriann ✍️

Tucson Feral & Stray project needs your help… animal welfare organization focusing on Trapping - TNR - reducing the number of strays in your community. We need help covering day to day expenses but mostly the gas expenses.

We can always use dry food for community cats and feeding stations. We could also use wet food for trapping and puppy pads.
Donations are greatly appreciated😸

Ways to DONATE:

WEBSITE:

https://tucsonferalandstrayproject.com/
PAYPAL: [email protected]

VENMO: [email protected]

05/02/2025

Did you know that when you take kittens away from a mother the female cat is induced back into heat.... if you’re going to take kittens away, please do everything you can to have the mom caught - “It’s not enough to simply scoop kittens up every single summer...”

With kittens already pouring into the rescues and shelters, we have to do more.

We have to get to the source of the problem if we ever hope to truly make a difference. We have to ask the question- where is momma cat?

Please watch this video and share it with every friend you have in rescue.

Help to prevent the cycle of reproduction.

https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care/finding-kittens-outdoors/

04/22/2025

If you’re thinking about welcoming a cat into your family, we encourage you to adopt it from a local shelter or rescue. There are quite a few benefits to adopting a feline versus buying it from a pet store.

For example, shelters charge next to nothing for a cat. More importantly, you’ll get a predictable, vaccinated, and socialized pet.

By getting a cat from a shelter or rescue, it give other felines a chance at finding a permanent home, reduce the risks of euthanasia for overcrowded shelters, and help fight mills. It might also inspire others to follow an example.

A lot of cats that end up in animal shelter or rescue have had a rough life before that. Some of them were mistreated by strangers; others had to survive on their own, hiding from predators and trying to find food. And then we have pets that were abandoned by their previous owners and now they have nowhere to go. Thankfully, the wonderful people at shelters feed, shelter, and heal them.

Very few shelters or rescues can afford to keep providing for a cat forever. So, when you come in and adopt the fur baby, it quite literally gets a chance to start over. A quick note: if the cat has been through a traumatic experience, it might take a while before it starts seeing you as a friend.

We can’t stress it enough: there’s never enough room at rescue centers, adoption organizations, or animal shelters for all the strays. That’s why it’s so important to adopt a kitty instead of buying one. When you take the fluffy buddy home, that frees up space (and resources) at the center, allowing them to bring in more lost, abused, and sickly felines. Essentially, by adopting a cat, you’ll be saving two lives!

Animal shelters in the US open their doors to 6.3 million animals per year (3.1 million dogs and 3.2 million cats). And, unfortunately, almost a million four-legged buds are put to sleep. According to the ASPCA, each year, 530,000 cats are euthanized (versus 390,000 dogs).1 But when you adopt a kitty, you give the shelter some “breathing room”, and they don’t have to kill nearly as many pets.

https://pangovet.com/pet-lifestyle/cats/reasons-benefits-to-adopting-a-cat/

04/16/2025

TAX DAY… I really should be able to claim my cats on my taxes 😹

03/29/2025

Remember that when you see stray or feral cats in your neighborhood, they are there through no fault of their own; they exist because careless or irresponsible pet owners allow their unaltered cats to roam free or “dump” them. So, when you see cats in your backyard, please take the time to offer help by providing daily food, water and warm, dry shelter. Then contact your local TNR organization to make an appointment to get the cats spayed/neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and returned to your neighborhood.

Thank you for those showing compassion and caring for the neglected and abandoned cats in your community🐾