This document provides guidance on rescuing cats from euthanasia lists. It discusses:
1) How Austin Pets Alive's cat rescue program has evolved from evaluating 20-30 cats per night with limited resources to now evaluating 5-20 cats per list with more resources and programs.
2) Steps for setting up communication with shelters and an internal organization structure.
3) Tips for evaluating cats on the list, including typical cat types, behaviors to observe, medical issues to check, and tools to use.
4) Factors to consider when choosing which cats to rescue, such as available space and targeting cats most likely to be adopted quickly.
5) Additional strategies like contacting original
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3. Two evaluators
going to the shelter
covering 7 days a
week
~20-30 cats/kittens
each night on the list
Limited ability to
work on cats on the
list (only a small
number)
To rely entirely on
foster group ~20
In late 2008 we had…
4. No-kill shelter
4 evaluators covering the
week
5-20 cats/kittens on the
list (still given deadlines)
Ability to work on every
cat on the list
Large foster base (~145)
and cattery space at
multiple locations
Additional programs for
special cats (FeLv Ward,
Ringworm Ward, feral
enclosure)
….in 2014 we have:
9. Set up Communication
with Shelter
Establish access to the shelter’s euthanasia list
Understand how that list works
Develop your program’s process
Set up liaison person
Provide shelter with up to 3 approved people to
confirm on cats
10. Set Up Your Program
Communication
Determine a Rescue Lead and who they
will liaise with
Create email rescue alias
Emergency phone list
Set ground rules for rescue
Develop format for reporting evaluations
Google calendar for rescue
11. APA! Cat
Rescue:
Working the List
• Typical cats on list
• Evaluating cats
• Useful tools
• Reporting
• Choosing cats for
your program
12. Types of cats on the list: behaviour
Litter-box issues
Aggression
Rough players
Quick to arouse
Older cats (7+)
Hard to handle
Terrified cats
Withdrawn cats
Protective nursing
mums
Unsocialised kittens
13. Types of cats on the list: medical
Injuries
Chronic medical
issue
Ringworm
Felv+
FIV+
URI
14. Other Factors that Influence
the List
Kitten season
Hoarding cases
Disease outbreak
Holidays
Natural disaster
15. Evaluating cats - OUTLINE
Collect euthanasia list from shelter
Determine order of evaluations
Review notes by shelter/owner/previous
evaluations
Observe cat in kennel before opening
Assess behaviour & personality
Assess cat condition
Submit cat ‘holds’ to shelter
16. Evaluating cats - BEHAVIOUR
bold / confident / withdrawn / shy / scared / aggressive /
relaxed / affectionate / indifferent
On
approach
does he..
Get up to
greet?
Stay in
place?
Tries to
escape or
hide?
Adjust body
position?
Response to
Touch
Lets you
touch?
Touch head
only?
Touch all
over?
Any sensitive
areas?
Vocalise Chatty? Growling? Yowling? Crying?
Handling Can you
pick up
easily?
Struggling
on pick up?
Not
comfortable
picking up?
Signs of
stress/threat
Lip licking? Hissing? Swatting? Lunging? Attempt to
bite?
Positive
behaviours
Purring? Elevator
butt?
Making
biscuits?
Slow
blinking?
Cheek/chin
rubbing?
17. Evaluating cats - MEDICAL
Ears, eyes,
nose
Any
discharge?
Sneezing? Itchy ears? Hot
ears?
Dry nose?
Body
condition
Emaciated? Skinny? Normal? Heavy
set?
Obese?
Coat Dull and dry
or flaky?
Any hairloss? Glossy? Matted?
Appetite Eating food? Food
preference?
Social eater?
Litterbox
use
Using
litterbox?
BM’s normal? Diarrhoea?
Drinking Excessive
drinking?
Pain
behaviour?
Coat fluffed
up?
Reluctant to
move?
Tail tucked,
shoulders
hunched and all
four feet tucked
under?
Lying
prostate?
Unresponsive?
19. Remember while you are there….
Chance to help potential
adopters see cats at the
shelter
Opportunity to start
socialising kittens
20. Evaluating cats – WRAP UP
Make notes on your observations
Take photos
Report any concerns to staff
Return to staff desk and put a ‘hold’
on the cats you can help
Name ‘no name’ cats if allowed
Ask for a kennel count if possible
From home, write report and
submit to your rescue alias
23. Reporting Evaluations
• Use photos for initial marketing
• Use evals/abbreviated version for pleaing to foster
24. Choosing Cats for Your Program
Questions to ask yourself:
What space do I have available?
Is my current cat population varied enough? Do
I have a good mix of age, colour, coat length,
breed or am I heavy loaded with a particular
group of cats?
How many adoptions will we have this week?
This month?
Are we expecting a large influx of cats at the
shelter in the next month?
25. Choosing Cats for Your Program
Break down the list
Determine which cats you think could bring into your
program
Of those cats, number them in terms of order of saving.
You are looking for FAST adoptions. Consider your priorities
as:
Kittens over adults
Litters or pairs over individuals (= more lives saved)
Highly desirable features/traits (Siamese, Persian, Maine
Coon, declawed, polydactyl, manx, three-legged, one-
eyed)
Healthy over sick
Of the cats you decide not to bring into your program:
plea for adopters on CL
26. Working Example
VIOLET, 1yr & 6 nursing kittens
WALTER & WILLY, 5yr, shy KENZIE, 5yr, Siamese, vomiting
ANTHONY, 4yr, FIV+
27. Working Example
VIOLET, 1yr & 6 nursing kittens
WALTER & WILLY, 5yr, shy KENZIE, 5yr, Siamese, vomiting
ANTHONY, 4yr, FIV+
1
23
4
28. Never an easy job but you want
to make smart choices:
- know your program ‘cat
inventory’
- know your limiting
resources
- pick cats for FAST
adoptions
- FAST adoptions = more
lives saved!!
29. APA! Cat
Rescue:
Other Ways Out
• Lost cats
• Original owners
• Other rescue partners
• Requesting re-
evaluation
• Craigslist
30. Think outside the box….
Stray cats
- Is there signs of having a collar?
- Is their coat in good condition?
- Are they declawed?
If yes,
- Check on craigslist lost &found
- Check to see which area they were found at and post a CL with
that neighborhood in subject line
- If you are part of that neighborhood, send an email to the
listserv/neighborhood watch group
31. Think outside the box….
Owner surrendered cats
- Try to contact owner (by phone) and tell them the cat is at risk.
See if they are able to reclaim or have a friend/family member
that might be willing to adopt
- Sometimes owners cannot afford treatment or are having
financial difficulties – are there any assistance programs that can
help keep that cat with its owner?
- If owner is not willing to reclaim, see if you can gain more insight
how that cat was in the home.
32. Post on Craigslist for Potential
Adopters
• Needs to grab attention
• Make sure cat has a NAME!
• List key, unique features
• e.g. DECLAW, MANX, SNOWWHITE, SIAMESE
• Give important information – the cat’s ID, any deadline and
where the cat is
• If this is a cat that your Program may bring in, posting on CL
is also a good place to recruit a new foster. List that option
in the CL.
33.
34. Other Tips
• If a cat has improved over time at the shelter, ask for a re-
evaluation by their team
• See if another rescue partner might be interested in helping
a particular cat e.g. Siamese Rescue
• Good photos are really helpful for attracting potential
adopters and for foster pleas
• Youtube clips are even better! You can often use them for
marketing the cat later too!
36. Who to Recruit
E.g. volunteer recruitment slide
If you’re good at details and observations,
love cats and can commitment to 3 hours
- one day a week please consider joining
our team and be the voice for the cats!
We offer in-depth training for anyone
interested in joining our small team
Why join us?
You like a challenge
You want to have a direct impact on
lives saved
You want to meet all kinds of cats
This is a very wonderful and rewarding
experience. Please consider joining our
team.
Cat experience preferred
Detail orientated
Able to think outside the box
Responsive to email
Looking for 3 hour
commitment one day a week
37. What didn’t work!
Problems we ran into:
Overwhelmed
Panicked by deadlines
Emotionally stressed
Jumping in and helping do the list immediately –
the learn-as-you-go approach
- Offer to foster every cat
- Frantic phone
calls/emails
- Hostility/anger
- Breakdown
- Walking away
HIGH VOLUNTEER TURNOVER
38. What didn’t work!
Remember – this can be a
stressful and lonely volunteer
position.
Evaluators get connected with
cats they are assessing.
They may feel like no-one else
understands and that they are
the cats only chance to survive.
Jumping in and helping do the list immediately –
the learn-as-you-go approach
HIGH VOLUNTEER TURNOVER
39. What works!
Step-by-step training is worth the investment
Info presented in small pieces
Time to digest process
Less pressure
Multiple opportunities to reinforce protocols
the step-by-step approach
LOW VOLUNTEER TURNOVER
40. APA!’s Training Strategy
the step-by-step approach
Intro and tour of shelter
How to do evaluations
How to understand the reports
Shadowing
Leading Quarterly
team
meetings
LOW VOLUNTEER TURNOVER
Work with the shelter to get access to their euthanasia listUnderstand how that list works – what the deadlines mean and codes, develop process with them to indicate interest on a cat or cats.Determine who will liaise with shelter on daily basisDetermine who is permitted to confirm on cats being brought into the program (you might want to have up to 3 people that can do this if someone is working/on vacation)
Depending on the situation at your shelter, it might be any cat or kitten that has waited its stray time and not been reclaimed and not considered adoptable.
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc
Photos to help with pleas also go to aliasNightly report with description and CL if postedCategories on nightly report so can track how many you decline on etc