CatsofDurban

19/03/2025

Heads-up, everyone. This last kitten season has been brutal. We need to do something urgently to make sure next year is not so bad.
So Cats of Durban is co-ordinating a months-long sterrie drive this winter, to diminish the number of kittens we get next year.
We will start with a task team.
We need everyone to get on board: vets, trappers, feeders, rescuers, the media, funders, everyone.
If you have any contacts with any of the above, put your e-mail address in the comments section to join the team.
We will be posting regular updates on Facebook as we progress, so people follow and share.

31/01/2025

Brave little Malaysia

28/01/2025

We have a few diaries left up for grabs. Get yours before it’s too late 😸😸

23/01/2025

ALEY CAT RESCUE
Alley Cat Rescue’s 2024 Feral Fix Challenge Hits New Record With Over 150,000 Community Cats Fixed

PRESS RELEASE

Mt. Rainier, MD (January 17, 2025) – The 2024 cycle of Alley Cat Rescue’s annual Feral Fix Challenge saw the greatest number of participating veterinarians and resulting community cat spays/neuters than in any previous years.

The Challenge is a global event that invites veterinarians to get involved with community cat management by providing low-cost or free spay/neuter surgeries and rabies vaccinations for free-roaming cats. The goal of the Challenge is to save feral cats from shelter euthanasia, starvation, and disease by humane population management.

Veterinarians and clinics across 29 U.S. states and over a dozen South African clinics together sterilized a record total of over 150,000 community cats during the 2024 Challenge. This tops the previous record of 84,000 cats, which was achieved during the 2023 cycle. Since the first Feral Fix Challenge in 2010, vets from all 50 U.S. states, Antigua, Canada, Croatia, England, Greece, Israel, India, Japan, Nicaragua, and the U.A.E. have participated. The grand total of cats spayed or neutered as a result of the yearly Challenge is over 470,000.

Alley Cat Rescue founder and president, Louise Holton, explains the significance of this campaign: “The participation of veterinarians around the globe is very important to achieving our ultimate goal, which is the sterilization of all community cats. This process is the only way to reduce the population of outdoor cats. This global collaboration initiates and fosters a sense of collective responsibility for animal welfare highlighting the need for human solutions.”

The 2025 cycle of the Feral Fix Challenge officially begins March 15th. Veterinarians
everywhere are encouraged to join by pledging to provide free or low-cost spay/neuter services to as many free-roaming cats as is feasible for their individual practices via the link www.saveacat.org/the-feral-fix.html.

Non-veterinary Individuals can get involved by Emailing [email protected] to request an invitation be sent to their vet, or for a sample invitation if they prefer to invite their vet personally.

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Alley Cat Rescue is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of all cats. . ACR advocates for humane nonlethal control of cats. For more information, visit their website http://www.saveacat.org. a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining!"

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17/01/2025

What do I do if my residential complex bans cats?

Read this post on our website on what you can do:

What do I do if my residential complex bans cats?

06/01/2025

WE STILL HAVE A FEW PAGE A DAY DIARIES AND JOURNALS AVAILABLE

Get yours to have an organised 2025

31/12/2024

Have a happy new year filled with lots of kitty cuddles 🥰 love from Cats of Durban 🫶

24/12/2024

Have a Merry Christmas 🎄 and happy holidays from our Cats of Durban family to yours 😸😸🥰

20/12/2024

Have a happy, relaxing, warm Friday and weekend 🩷 love Cats of Durban

16/12/2024

😸HURRY! HURRY!😸
We only have 40 page-a-day diaries and 50 notebooks left.

Get your loved one a special gift as well as support a sterilisation (100% of proceeds go towards vet fees.)

10/12/2024

😸ATTENTION 😸
There are only 2 Week-to-View, 42 Page-a-Day and 54 Notebooks available.
Please order before we sell out.
Send an email to [email protected] and you will get an order form in the reply

04/12/2024

We are dreaming of sunshine, daisies and kitties this summer ☀️ love Cats of Durban

29/11/2024

Wishing you a happy, sunny Friday 🫶 love Cats of Durban

25/11/2024

Only 35 diaries and 33 notebooks left! They are going fast. If you are looking for a fabulous Christmas present, or just for yourself (and why not?), order now. Send a mail to [email protected] or Whatsapp 0719328925.

13/11/2024

There are only 60 diaries and 60 notebooks left. Order now before they are all gone!

03/11/2024

In response to some queries about the diary - I have added a picture and an advertising flyer with contact and ordering details. It is only available from Cat Central in Glenwood, but it can be couriered anywhere in the country.

30/10/2024

I don't know if this is good news or bad news... but our Week-to-View Cats of South Africa diaries are SOLD OUT! And we still have two months to Christmas.....
I will talk to the printer about an additional print run, but only if enough people want the smaller w/v diary.
So... if you think you might want this fabulous, compact and handy mini-diary for 2025, please send me a mail or a Whatsapp and I will add up the numbers and see if it is worth getting more printed.
And THANK YOU, everyone, for the magnificent support!

21/10/2024

This weekend I started packing up the Cats of South Africa diaries for despatch. The script went something like this:

Finish collating orders, numbers and payments. Correct all the mis-entries caused by a cat on the keyboard.
Get an empty box.
Remove cat from keyboard. Track and correct further mis-entries.
Collect the first batch of diaries.
Box occupied by cat.
Remove cat, insert diaries.
Collect second batch of diaries.
Box occupied by cat and diaries.
Remove cat, restrain cat with one hand while packing diaries with the other.
Box now occupied by second cat.
Remove second cat and put second box on top of first box to prevent invasion by cat.
Second box occupied by first cat.
First box fully packed. First cat does not like the packing arrangement and sets about re-arranging the diaries.
Second cat has spotted a little piece of cardboard caused by a tear in the box and regards it as a lethal threat to be stalked and subdued.
First cat attacks second cat from the top of the box.
Third cat now enters the scene, just in time to occupy third box.
Remove third cat, distract second cat, rescue diaries from first cat.
First box packed. Second box halfway.
First cat occupies lap and promptly goes to sleep. Now I cannot move.
Try to reach third box while not disturbing first cat, restrain second cat, remove third cat.
Fourth cat arrives......