San Antonio
Feral Cat Coalition

Urgent Need For Kitten Bottle Feeders!

San Antonio Pets Alive! (SAPA!) program is overwhelmed and kittens are dying for the lack of volunteer help. There are 140+ kittens at 9107 Marbach Rd. Suite 109 in the SAPA Kitten Unit. If you can spare even just a few hours, please go there and offer whatever help you can.

Map link: http://tinyurl.com/6vh5ubz
It's not far outside Loop 410 on Marbach Rd.
To volunteer, go to this link and follow the instructions. http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/242345634636056025

People are not showing up to feed or care for these kittens. About 40-50 are bottle-fed, others are old enough to eat gruel or soft food but in the evening there are only 1-2 people who have to focus on keeping the bottle babies alive so the older kittens are in dirty cages sometimes going without food and water.

Please ask your friends and neighbors if they have 1-2 hours to spare in their day to go there. You don't have to be a bottle feeder. They need people to wash bottles and syringes, clean cages, and put fresh food and water in older kitten cages.

As simple as this is - it's not being done as the people are focusing on keeping the bottle babies alive.

The evening time is the biggest need. No one is feeding through the night so the ones that die during the night are collected each morning and removed.

Best Friends Awards Grant For TNR

May 7th, 2012 was an historic day for San Antonio's Community Cats as $700,000 was awarded to ACS as a grant to spay/neuter, vaccinate and ear-tip 3,500 of our free-roaming cats! The Best Friends grant was provided through PetSmart Charities. The surgeries will be done at SpaySA.

San Antonio was one of two cities in the country to receive this grant. We are very fortunate to have this type of funding and support from the city! Now we all need to pull together as a community to get this done! Help is needed for the "TNR" part. To learn trap safety, get free loan of traps, and learn more about this program, come to our free, 2-hour TNR Class. See TNR Class Schedule on this website.

Currently cats eligible for this free program must reside in these 14 zip codes:
78201, 78207. 78210, 78213, 78221, 78223, 78227, 78228, 78229, 78237, 78242, 89245, 78250, 78251

Best Deals In Town!

We are trying to keep up with all of the area specials on spay/neuter prices so you just have one site to check before trapping.

Click here to see where lowest cost Spay/Neuters are and the stipulations.

Do You Need Help With Feral Cats?

San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation formed to help people involved with managing feral/outdoor/free-roaming cats. These cats can reproduce quickly and so if you are concerned, and especially if you are feeding outdoor cats, we can help.

ATTEND A FREE WORKSHOP JUST ONCE FOR A LIFETIME OF BENEFIT!

In order for us to help you and to qualify for the advantages of access to low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, free trap loan and advice on how to control the outdoor cat population humanely - you must first attend a FREE Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) workshop. The workshop also gives safety tips on how to complete your TNR project without getting hurt. You only need to attend ONE workshop ONCE, to qualify to use our program. Once you attend, there is no need to attend a second time, unless you want to. Please refer to the schedule for dates and locations of upcoming workshops on our TNR Class Schedule page.

The workshop will answer most of your questions but you can also refer to our Frequently Asked Questions.

Cats for Adoption

Cats and kittens that have been rescued by San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition volunteers are available for adoption in two ways:

• Visiting us during weekend adoptions at one of two local PetSmart stores
• Through Petfinder.com (shelter ID TX841); You may view a current list of our adoptable cats.

Please note that all animals that SAFCC adopts out are already spayed or neutered, are current on vaccinations, and many are micro-chipped.

Cat Colony Permits

San Antonio Animal Care Services (SA ACS) are accepting applications for outdoor cat colony permits regardless of the number of cats you are caring for. This is a wonderful change in their protocols. Read more about why you should apply for a permit.

Calendar of Events Update

We are now offering our popular Feral Cat Workshop 4 times a month at various locations around San Antonio. The dates, times and locations vary to make it possible for everyone to attend a workshop within a reasonable distance and to suit different schedules. Check out our TNR Class Schedule page for information.

Traps

We offer free loan of our traps once you have completed our TNR Workshop. Loans are for 2 weeks and require a $65 deposit per trap, refunded upon return. Checks for deposit can be made out to SAFCC. We do not take credit cards. To be refunded the full deposit, traps must be cleaned prior to return with any cleaner except bleach (causes rust). Up to 3 traps can be checked out at a time, depending on our limited inventory. For large colony projects, speak with your Workshop Instructor or Trap Loan Volunteer.

Helpline: 210-877-9067

SAFCC has the only 24/7 Helpline in San Antonio dedicated to outside cats. A pre-recorded message will ask the caller to leave their name, number and reason for calling. One of our Volunteers will then return their call. We make every effort to return calls within 24 hours however some of our Helpline Volunteers work full time. Some calls ask us to come pick up cats or are seeking help for sick or injured cats. Please note we are not a rescue organization. We can, however, educate, give advice, and refer callers to an appropriate resource, as necessary. Our primary mission is to provide the training and equipment to help people spay and neuter outside cats at low cost. We are always looking for new Helpline Volunteers who are dedicated to the same goals we are and have some free time!

Contact Us

If you would like to contact us in writing, our address is:

San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition
P.O. Box 692308
San Antonio, TX 78269-2308