Baby, Lost Cat, Westchester, IL

Yesterday we spent our 1yr anniversary trying to help this wonderful family in Westchester, IL trying to find their lost indoor cat. We looked everywhere, created fliers, etc. The son cares for a colony on the SW side of Chicago and they are such amazing people. This cat is his mom's indoor cat who accidentally escaped and she is heartbroken. Please help us share this flyer #bringbabyhome . Good things should happen to good people. We must believe. We must share.

Happy Anniversary To... Us

Today marks our 1yr anniversary of becoming a 501(c)(3). Our organization could not have been so successful this past year without all of the help from our volunteers, our donors, and supporters. We are truly making a difference in the lives of community cats. There is still so much more for us to do and we will continue to be a voice and we will continue to fight for the humane treatment of community cats.

We will be having our 1yr anniversary event on Saturday, June 3 (details to come) so save the date! We hope to raise more awareness and more funds to continue our efforts. If you think last year was fun, wait until this year! We hope to see all of your lovely faces there. Thank you for your love and support this past year

The Leader Of TNR Alley Cat Allies Recognizes Whiskers & Tails Rescue Foundation

We are so honored that Alley Cat Allies the nationwide leader and creme de la creme in Trap-Neuter-Return recognized our organization for the work that we do.We promise to continue our efforts in fighting for the humane treatment of all cats in the community.We are truly blessed. Every day we live, breathe, and fight to go above and beyond. We believe we have to be their voices and we believe they deserve the best. We have made it our mission and we will continue to fight the fight for them. 

When You Find A Friendly Cat...

After we participated in the Chicago Animal Care and Control Town Hall meeting to talk to the community about feral/stray/community cats at the Humboldt Park Field house, we went to do our weekly food drop off to community members and do feral colony wellness checks. Well, we picked up this guy along the way that we found in the alley where we have a colony. We named him Whiskers. He is super friendly and is skin and bones. I scanned him for a microchip and found nothing. From what I can tell he's neutered. We are on our way with him to the vet to get him checked out and treated. He is going into foster care until we can investigate his history and see if he was a dump or we can find his owners. Just another typical day in our lives. Meow. Btw, we are in love with that face.

Desperate Plea For Cat Dry Food

We are putting out a desperate plea for dry cat food donations. Not only do we take care of many colonies, but we also provide cat food to the elderly in our communities who cannot afford to buy it. We will also take gift cards to any pet food supply store (Petsmart, Petco, Pet Supplies Plus). Since we are a 501(c)(3), all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent as allowed by law. Thank you so much. xoxo

See Something Do Something, The Harrison St Cat

I take Harrison St to work and when I was in my Uber one time, I saw a cat outside by one of the houses over there. Well yesterday on my way to work at the same house, I saw a covered litter box with blankets in it outside in the front yard. So last night when I got home from work, I made a feral cat shelter. I thought it was nice of these people to provide a meg shift shelter for this poor cat, but it definitely wasn't going to keep her warm. So on my way to work this morning, I asked my Uber driver if we could stop so I could place the shelter in the yard for this cat. The cat was there this morning. She is beautiful and super friendly. I placed the shelter next to the one already there and left them a note. She was curious and started to go in it right away and well than she tried following me. I really hope to hear from them. I'm going to go back there next week to check to see if the cat shelter is still there and offer to have her vetted for them. I also want to see if they have a plan for her.

The 1yr Anniversary Of Saving Driver The Cat Scolded With Burning Water

1 year ago today, Melissa and I set out to save the cat in this video, to whom you all know I named Driver. We were successful in finding him, which led to him being able to get the much needed medical care to survive his horrific burns. Thankfully this story had a happy ending in both accounts. Driver healed completely and lives in a fantastic home filled with love. Also after attending every court date, Leon Teague was sentenced to 3 years in the Lawrence Correctional Center. His projected parole date is 1/5/2018.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Teen-Charged-Facebook-Video-of-Boiling-Water-on-Cat-367794931.html

Managed TNR Colonies Work - 12yrs and Counting

OMG, My eyes are swollen because I beautifully ridiculously cried my eyes out this morning. Every Saturday, I ride my bike to go do colony feedings and to check up on the cats. There is one particular colony that I have been taking care of since 2007. In fact, one of my own cats, Atreyu, was born from a feral that I named Momma in this colony. She was one of the very first cats that I did TNR on over there. She is solid Grey with Amber eyes, strikingly beautiful. My Atreyu is solid chocolate with Amber eyes. He gets that from his mom. She had her kittens in the yard next to mine and I use to climb over the 6ft fence with a ladder to feed her twice a day. I actually had to climb over this actual fence to also do the trapping of her and her kids. I was successful thankfully.

I continued to care for her as I lived at that location for 9years. However, almost 3 years ago, I moved away and had someone take over the feedings, I continue to go over there every Saturday to feed myself. This colony is truly my heart and soul.Today, I went over there a little later than my typical time and I'm so glad I did. As I put food in the tin in the feeding station, I looked and much to my surprise there was Momma staring at me waiting to eat. She was hungry. As soon as I saw her I blurted out in tears. I couldn't stop crying, not gonna lie, I'm crying again just thinking about it. I can't believe I saw her. My momma is still there. I called out to her and she definitely recognized me. She just stared at me with those beautiful amber eyes of hers. You can see how much she has aged, but she still looks good, just old. She is now around 12yrs old. My goodness the universe gave me such a wonderful gift today.

As you can see, TNR is such a beautiful thing if you have a good caretaker and continue to feed daily. Feedings and upkeep of a colony is so important. This girl has lasted all these years. When it gets warm out, I will try to trap her to make sure her health is good. But for now, I am so flipn grateful that I was given the opportunity to see my momma again.

Robin Injured Cat - Update

We wanted to give everyone an update on Robin and how he is doing. He has been on his 2 different antibiotics for 13 days now and he is doing amazing. His old wound where the deep infection was is healing up nicely and he actually even has hair growing back. He has 7 more days to be on his antibiotics and he will than go back in for a recheck at our vet Southwest Animal Care Center to make sure it's all gone. Once he is at 100% he will go up for a adoption. Happy Endings indeed.