Kauai Community Cat Project
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Mission Statement
Kauai Community Cat Project's mission is to address the care and welfare of Kauai’s community cats – stray, abandoned, and feral. We advocate for and facilitate TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) as the most effective way to humanely reduce and stabilize the community cat population, and in so doing, to best protect the ecosystems of Kauai. We rescue and remove young kittens and socialized cats for adoption, and we engage the public in promoting responsible pet ownership and tolerance for community cats. We are keenly aware of concerns regarding cat's impacts on endangered wildlife. Based on our data and analysis from multiple scientific studies, we know that a TNR based approach is the most effective way to mitigate these issues in and around the areas where people live. It is also the most humane way.
About This Cause
Kauai Community Cat Project (KCCP; also known as Kauai Ferals), is a small organization making a big impact. We are 90% volunteer, so we operate very efficiently, using every dollar to help cats. We are a no-kill organization with a live release rate of over 97%. We are the only TNR organization on Kauai, which is a modest-sized island in the mid-pacific with only 70,000 residents. We support TNR projects all across Kauai. We also rescue homeless kittens that can be tamed and adopted, and that would likely die without our intervention. In 2016, we will help almost 900 animals, about 600 homeless cats through TNR and about 300 kittens that were rescued and adopted. Since it's founding, KCCP has helped almost 3500 cats and has saved the lives of over 700 young kittens. We support well-managed TNR. This means that homeless outdoor cats -- we call them community cats -- are fed every day and that sick cats see a veterinarian. Caring for community cats using the TNR method is best for both the community and the animals. It reduces problematic behaviors including mating, yowling, fighting, predation, and zoonotic disease. It also reduces cat populations over the long-term, a steady reduction that avoids issues such as runaway rat populations. TNR works as well as cat removal for reducing cat problems, and it avoids the need for killing. We support any individual on Kauai who wishes to help cats with a TNR project of their own. They don't have to be part of our organization. We work hard to adopt the kitties we save. Remarkably, this is the hardest part of the job we do. You might think people would be lining up to take these cute and cuddly creatures home. But we always have kittens that need a home. We have innovative programs to facilitate adoptions: a partnership with Petco for adoption events, helping tourists to take home a Kauai cat, and partnering with five different no-kill shelters in Washington, Oregon and California (we transport cats to them). We advocate for changes that will make the lives of cats better. We promote universal spay/neuter as the only way to solve cat overpopulation problems for the long-term. We highlight animal abuse against cats to focus attention and get it to stop. We educate people that cats are part of our human communities; they bring benefits to all of us. KCCP appreciates support from residents and tourists alike. Kauai is unique in that 30% or more of it's population consists of people who don't live here! That may sound odd, but Kauai averages over 20,000 visitors on any day. Our visitors support KCCP's life saving mission just like island residents. Some of them end up adopting a special cat. Our visitors want to support a better Kauai, just like those of us who live here. Our primary expense categories are: > spay/neuter surgeries, > vet care, > food and other supplies, > adoption expenses Since we are nearing 1000 spay/neuter surgeries per year, it's not surprising that is a major expense item for us. We have negotiated reduced rates at three locations. We feel it's important to have multiple relationships like this, in case one of the surgical centers (or vets) is unavailable. We spend thousands of dollars a year on vet bills. Most of these are small, e.g. $100 to $200. If we have a major expense, we will hold a special fundraiser just for that. But even though most of the bills are small, there are hundreds of vet office visits per year, so they add up. Most of our vet visits are for rescue kittens that have been pulled from dire situations. They may be quite ill. We find that these often make the best pets when they recover. Our organization cares for over 300 cats continuously. This number includes homeless cats living in TNR colonies. It also includes kittens waiting for adoption and about 50 cats that have been permanently rescued from their outdoor location. Food and supplies cost us tens of thousands of dollars per year. Adoptions are expensive, but we are literally saving a life and giving a delightful companion to some lucky person every time we do it. Each cat that is adopted requires vaccinations and a health certificate. The 30% to 40% of cats that go to the mainland require extra shots and documentation, and it costs between $100 and $200 for transportation through the airlines. It all adds up to thousands for adoptions, but every cat is worth it, and we hope you can help.