Cat resources

Kitten resources 

Found a kitten? Had an unexpected litter? Maximize their chance of survival with these resources. 

Enrollment in Concho Valley PAWS' Mommy and Me program ensures the mother cat is spayed and the kittens are vaccinated and marketed for adoption.

If you found a kitten, click through the interactive quiz at ifoundakitten.com to determine next steps. Most kittens are well cared for by their mom and no human intervention is needed. When kittens are old enough, consider employing the Wait Until 8 program to spay/neuter, vaccinate and consider temperament for adoption.

Community cat guidelines and assistance

If you have or know of a colony in need of spay/neuter services, please email pets@cosatx.us.

The City of San Angelo Animal Services advocates for the responsible caregiving of community cats. The most important task for colony caregivers is the spay/neuter of all cats in their care. Not only is this required inside city limits per ordinance, but it also reduces nuisance behavior such as breeding, spraying, fighting and more.

Simply removing cats from an area creates a vacuum. Alley Cat Allies states animal control's traditional approach has been to catch and kill community cats. After decades of this practice, the cat population in San Angelo did not measurably decrease. Due to the vacuum effect, cats continue to breed and other cats move into the newly available territory.

Animal Services has adopted and encouraged community members to join us in trap-neuter-return, or TNR. Humanely trapping, spaying/neutering, vaccinating and returning community cats to their outside home stabilizes the population, reduces nuisance behaviors and stops the stress associated with mating, pregnancy and caring for their young.  If spay/neuter has not yielded sufficient results and nuisance behavior persists, consider safe and effective cat deterrents such as ultrasonic noise repellant, motion sensor water sprayer, or shallow buried poultry fencing.

After long-term investment in the spay/neuter of community cats, San Angelo's lifesaving rate for felines increased exponentially.

Whether you love cats or can live without them, there's something on which both sides can agree: Spaying or neutering your cat is the right thing to do.