Site Updated:02/27/10

"Helping feral or stray cats and their kittens through TNR and re-homing"

Our Adoptable Pet List
Click here to see our recent adopted pets!
Check out this link to see our happy adoption stories

If you do not find an animal to adopt from us please go to the link below and adopt from the Forsyth County Animal Shelter.
Click here to go to the Forsyth County Animal Shelter

A select number of our cats are always in the Petco enclosure. We rotate them out weekly so they don't have to stay long. Come visit them anytime. Here's the address:

13089 Highway 9 North
Milton, GA 30004
(770) 772-0961
Click for store location/directions



NEWS, NOTIFICATIONS AND RECENT EVENTS

Humane Society Needs Food for Feral Cats

The Humane Society of Forsyth County No-Kill Shelter urgently requests donations of cat food to support the organization’s Feral Cat Program. Both canned and dry food are needed, preferably the better-known brand names which are healthier for the cats. It doesn’t have to be the most expensive brand – just not the bargain cat food that tends to upset their digestive systems.
The aim of the Feral Cat Program is to set up feeding stations which attract feral cats, humanely trap them, and have them spayed or neutered. The program helps prevent pet overpopulation and provides a great service to the community. Cats and kittens from the Feral Cat program may be seen daily at Petco mentioned above
Please help these cats by donating as much canned and dry cat food as you can. Donations may be dropped off at Lance’s Jewelry (1705 Market Place Blvd, Cumming 30041) Mon-Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p m. from now until March 6, 2010. For more information, call 678-200-3226.


Par for Paws Golf Outing - Hosted at Windermere Golf Club in Cumming

http://s2.webstarts.com/parforpaws/


11:00 am Registration / Practice
Facilities Open
12:30 pm Shotgun Start
Your donation of $125 per player includes golf, lunch and cocktail party following play with the Wildlife Show.*
FORMAT: Four-Person Team Scramble
PRIZES: Great prizes awarded for Best Team Score, Longest Drive & Closest to the Pin
*Bar following play will be on cash basis.
RECEPTION: Approximately 6:00 pm, following play: A wildlife show hosted by Chestatee Wildlife Preserve featuring tigers, alligators, snakes and MUCH MORE!
Interact with wildlife on the golf course at various holes and around the clubhouse! Stay and enjoy a wildlife show hosted by Chestatee Wildlife Preserve featuring tigers, alligators, snakes and MUCH MORE!
HOW CAN I HELP?
-Attend the Wildlife Show ($5 per ticket).
-Sponsor a hole! We will provide signage with YOUR company’s name on any golf hole for just $250!
-Send a donation! If you would like to make a donation, but are unable to participate, a donation may be sent on your behalf.
To submit your entry fee or make a donation, click on the secured Donation Button below. Please send an email to Sabrina Walker at swalker@canongategolf.com to register your team TODAY!


Who we are


Our mission as an all volunteer rescue group is to control the cat overpopulation. This is accomplished through TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return/Relocate). We specialize in rescue of strays and socialization of feral kittens for the purpose of making them ready for your loving home. Click here to find out What is a Feral Cat? and click here to find out about TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return)

Tim Link is an animal communicator with a huge proven success. Tim is local to our area and a huge supporter of this program. Tim has written a book that includes a few of his stories. Check it out. Make sure when you order the book to let Tim know that you ordered it through or because of the FCPGA organization. Just click the book logo below.


We are a NO KILL SHELTER


Stuff That Is Important To Know



525 cats were sterilized, but 757 cats were helped. Some of the cats had already been fixed. Some required medical care.

You are probably wondering what happened to the other 529 cats who were not adopted into homes. The answer is probably some of these did get into homes instead of having to remain outside and be homeless. We have records for 228 cats adopted into homes, but the number is potentially much higher. The people who feed them, known as caregivers, received assistance with sterilizing the cats and as a result of the cats getting fixed, might have brought them inside or found other homes for them.

Many times these “feral” cats become friendly with the caregiver and decide to come inside after they trust the person. In addition, many cats we help are actually abandoned stray cats who wind up outside through no fault of their own. The cats that are friendly are the ones we put up for adoption and work hard to find them loving homes.

The other truly feral cats are not happy being inside. They prefer to live in their cat colony or environment where they exist. Attached is one such colony who is provided food daily from our Cat Colony Feeding Station Teams. The other pictures are at another feeding station using a feral cat feeder volunteers built.

The 51 cats could not remain where they were living or they would have been killed, so people who had barns agreed to take them and let them live there.

• # Cats adopted from Petco, Milton, GA 57

• # Cats adopted from Petfinder website surfing 72

While we accomplished a tremendous amount in a challenging economy, there is much work still to be done. We appreciate your continued support and donations to make this program possible. Our volunteers have fun and make furry friends, so let us know if you’d like to join in.

Remember, one person CAN make a difference!!!!!

How to help our cause

Help Us Spread The Word.


Because we are an organization working separately from any other organization we are responsible for our own budget and fund raising. Our program depends on volunteers and donations from people like you.


To find our Page on Facebook just click the logo

To find our Group on Facebook just click the logo

To find our Cause on Facebook just click the logo

Click the logo to follow us on

DO YOU HAVE A BARN? Click HERE to find out how you can help us with our Barn Cat Program



An anonymous donor has offered to match up to $1000 in donations to the Feral Cat Program through tax day……. April 15, 2010.
Consider donating your tax refund to help………..spring is kitten season and we need funds
to help the babies!!!!!!!


If you wish to make a donation you may donate through Paypal just click the Donate button below.

To donate directly with Visa or Mastercard only, input the amount in the box and click the Visa or Mastercard Donate button.

If you wish to send a check to us please contact us first at Donation for the Feral Cat Program




Our Veterinarians


PetVet is our vet that is used to spay/neuter the feral cats for our TNR (Trap Neuter Return) program. They are located in Cumming, Ga. just north of Atlanta off of Ga-400 just past Exit 17 on Martin Road. Assisted by Dr. Monica Vocci, Dr. Tracy Land is the primary veterinarian. Dr. Land has been involved in spay/neuter for many years helping spay/neuter 50,000 animals. She was nominated for Animal Planet's Hero of the Year Award in 2008 for her humanitarian efforts with her project spay/neuter program.
http://www.projectspayneuter.com
Letter from Dr. Land about her services to our program

Steeplechase Veterinary Hospital is a full-service veterinary hospital and animal behavior center located in Cumming, GA, just north of Atlanta off of GA-400 at Exit 13. Their doors opened January 15th, 2007. They focus on preventative care, client education, obedience training, and behavior modification. At the Steeplechase Veterinary Hospital, their goal is to provide compassionate care and communication with our clients in order to improve our patients care. Dr. Tonya Amiri is the primary veterinarian. The Animal Behavior Center's mission is to enhance the relationship between pets and their owners through training pets and educating owners. Dr. Ashley Owens and Turtle Jo Amiri-Owens, RVT are available for training and consultations.
http://www.steeplechaseveterinaryhospital.com
Letter from Dr. Amiri about her services to our program


Our Volunteers


Our volunteers spend time using humane traps, building feeding stations, providing food and transporting cats back/forth to veterinarians.
Want to see some of our internal email communication about what we do? Read Our Journey

AND WE NEED

YOU


In this section you will find our Program Guidelines, Program Brochure, Colony Tracking Sheet, Release Forms, etc. for us to assist you or you to assist us.

Program Guidelines
Program Brochure
Feral Cat Colony Tracking Sheet
Volunteer Liability Waiver Form
Property Owner Liability Release Form

Thanks to all of our caregivers for all that they are doing!


What we use, where to buy or how to build it


Click HERE to find out how to Build A Winter Shelter Cheap



At the current time we do not have exact instructions

on building the feeder pictured below

but it is built on the Fuller Feeding Station plan

use the link below to get the specs and just add legs

Build Feeder Station



Tomahawk Live Traps – humane traps made by this company or a trap

that is made in accordance with this type of trap is all we use.

You can visit them at LiveTrap Website or call them at (800) 272-8727



Contact the Feral Cat Program of Georgia
Email Us: fcpga@yahoo.com


Links To Those We Support

(Click The Icons To Open A New Window To That Site)


Free Kibble
Mimi Ausland, 12, of Bend, Ore., was looking for a way to help the animals at her local animal shelter. She’d been volunteering there since she was 7 years old and knew how great the need was. Then she saw a site her dad, Kelly Ausland, was going to each day. He’d click on it and people half a world away would get a little rice. A light bulb went off and the site, www.freekibble.com, launched April 1. The store donated 10 pieces of kibble every time someone went to the site and answered the daily trivia question. Right or wrong, the cats win! All you have to do is click on an answer, and every day you do, it will provide 10 pieces of kibble to Animal Shelters to help feed their hungry cats.
FreeKibbleKat.com

The Animal Rescue Site
This site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food for some of the 27 million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year. Over 10 million animals are put to death every year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted. Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary. By clicking you will have given the value of .6 bowls of food to rescued animals.
The Animal Rescue Site

iGive.com
How does iGive.com work? Just sign up and every penny goes directly to your favorite cause. No administrative costs, no fees, nothing -- 100 percent to your cause. All you have to do is join iGive.com. Just sign up by clicking the icon below, our program is already selected as your cause. Then just search for your favorite online store through them, shop and we get a percentage of your purchase total at no cost to you.
iGive.com

Old World Stones
Owned and operated by pet lovers it is a site where you can memorialize your beloved pet with a personalized engraved river stone.
To go to their web site click stone.

Click to see our memorial page of rescues that were given a good life even if it was short




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