Community Cat Update:
Kitsap Humane Society currently has very limited capacity to intake or house any healthy feral or community cats – specifically, cats that are not able to be handled and must be caught in a humane cat trap in order to be safely brought to our shelter.
If there is a feral or community cat on your property that you wish to bring to the shelter for rehoming, please email admissions@kitsap-humane.org for information about making an appointment to bring the cat to the shelter. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT WALK-IN DROP-OFFS OF TRAPPED CATS, AND AN APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED.
If you have a colony of cats that you are feeding (10 or more neighborhood cats), please contact our vet services front desk at khsvet@kitsap-humane.org for more options.
What is a Community Cat?
“Community Cat” is an umbrella definition that includes any un-owned cats. Community cats may be “feral” (unsocialized) or friendly, may have been born into the wild, or might be lost or abandoned pet cats who have been living outside.
Compassionate neighbors care for many community cats and provide food, water, and even outdoor shelter. Other cats thrive in our temperate climate without any human intervention.
Whatever a cat’s individual circumstances, the term “community cat” reflects the reality that for these cats, “home” is within the community rather than in an individual household.
Kitsap Humane Society believes that community cats should be kept out of the shelter. We promote Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR), which has proven to be the most effective, humane method of reducing community cat populations. Through TNR, community cats are humanely trapped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, ear-tipped, and returned to their outdoor home to live out their lives.