Help the Lower Hutt Cat Colony Population

Want to help make a difference to Wellingtons cat population? We will do the hard work we just need the support behind us.

We have been trapping at a cat colony in Taita and have just started trapping at a cat colony in Wainuiomata. Our Taita colony has between 12-15 adult cats all a range of different ages and sexes. Our Wainuiomata colony has between 7-10 adult cats all a range of different ages and sexes, with multiple females pregnant.

Now a lot of these cats have never lived inside and may not be able to be domesticated and rehomed. This is where our issue comes in, we have talked about doing Trap, Neuter and Release if the cats can not be rehomed. The people who oversee the colonies are happy with this but this leave the charity with some pretty big bills to find money for.

Just to give you a rough idea, Females cost us $180 to desex and Males cost us $95. If we desex all these cats we are looking at +$3000 the charity has to find. We will also need to purchase some more crates for these cats to be housed in and these are about $80 each. We are really desperate to get this colonies sorted out before the next "breeding season" starts.

These cats have been previously let down by humans and we are trying to make it right but can not do it without some help with funding. Please consider sponsoring a desexing of one of these colony cats or funding a crate.