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BE A RESPONSIBLE CAT OWNER
Keep your cat inside for their own safety. Outside they face disease, cat fights, dog fights, poisons, parasites, cruel people, and the biggest killer of all - traffic.
Keeping cats happy inside is simply a matter of creating a healthy and stimulating indoor environment.
· Provide a clean cat box daily - cats do not like dirty litter boxes.
· Provide fresh food and water (100% nutritionally complete), a scratching post, window to look out of, wheat grass (in pet stores) to chew on.
· Try to spend time daily playing with your cat.
· Consider adopting another cat as their companion.
Please spay or neuter your pet - there are over 4 million cats and dogs annually that are destroyed due to over population.
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ADOPTION
Instead of being released, some of our cats are adopted. If you're interested in adoption please see our contact.
** All cats up for adoption test negative for leukemia, are given their full first year series of vaccinations, and are spayed/ neutered. **
HOURS OF OPERATION
We do not have regular hours. Please contact us by email or phone first so we can set up an appointment.
About me: The purpose of the Cal Poly Cat Program (CPCP) is to maintain a controlled and healthy campus cat population, to adopt out unwanted kittens and cats found on campus, and to educate students about the impotance of responsibility, sterilization, and proper care.
The CPCP is a volunteer/ non-profit organization that is operated and financially supported by the campus community.
The Cal Poly Cat Program started as a 1992 senior project by Garret Quindimil to solve the problem of a rising cat population at Cal Poly. At that time, nearly 400 cats and kittens roamed campus. The majority had been abandoned by students and other residents.
Feral cats were trapped, then euthanized by the local Department of Animal Regulations. Although this decreased the cat population, it did not solve the problem.
The Cal Poly Cat Program modeled their solution on the "Test, Trap, Vaccinate, Medicate, Alter, and Release" (TTVMAR) technique, developed by the National Feral Cat Resource Center.
A second senior project resulted in an adoption program where students domesticated feral cats and found good homes for them. Over the past 15 years, other senior projects and campus volunteer staff upgraded the campus cat shelter
Today we estimate the feral cat population on campus at 60. Most of these cats have gone through our program, so they are sterile and healthy. Our adoption program has placed 450 cats and kittens into caring homes.
WANTED: LOVING HUMAN, AND A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT
UNCODITIONAL LOVE FOR A LIFETIME - PRICELESS!!
BUYING OR ADOPTING A PET IS A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT.
We reserve the right to refuse any applicant or adoption we consider unsatisfactory.
PLEASE REPORT ABANDONED ANIMALS TO OUR SHELTER BY CALL (805) 756-5220.
THE 3Rs: RESCUE, RECOVERY, & RELEASE
RESCUING THE CATS
The best time to rescue a cat is early morning or late evening. We use safe traps manufactured by Animal Care Equipment and Supplies (ACES). ACES traps have powder-coated wire, providing a "fur friendly" environment with doors that close gently. A cat need only walk into an open trap and step onto the metal plate in front of the food, which triggers the door to close behind it. After the cat has been rescued, we cover the traps and our volunteers transport them to the local vet where they are treated.
RECOVERY: PROMOTING HEALTHY CATS
Local veterinarians volunteer services and give discounts at their clinic. Most of our funds go towards paying local veterinarians for shots, medicine, and surgery.
RELEASING THE CATS
1. Feeding Stations After the animal is spayed/neutered and vaccinated, they are either put into the shelter or released back onto campus. There are currently twelve feeding stations located throughout Cal Poly. The stations provide cats with dry food to maintain healthy diets and keep cats from preying on birds and other species.
2. Keeping Track of the Cats Program volunteers individually monitor each station at least twice a day. They record if the cats have any problems and document new cats.
Who I'd like to meet: VOLUNTEER
CPCP has been fortunate to receive support from a great number of volunteers. Currently, our volunteers help with selling raffle tickets, donating cat food, monitoring feeding stations, working in the shelter, and record keeping. We are appreciate of the help we receive and happily welcome new volunteers.
We rely on our staff, faculty, community, neighbors, and local volunteer veterinarians. We also obtain help from student assistants. Through the help of the community and campus, we are beginning to have a positive impact.
PARTICIPANT - PARTICIPATE IN RAFFLES
We hold raffles every spring and fall quarter to acquire contributions for the Cat Program. The cost is one dollar per ticket with such prizes as a trip to the mineral spas.
If you're interested in entering the raffle, look for our advertisements in the Cal Poly Report. You can also donate a raffle prize, sell raffle tickets, or buy a raffle ticket by contacting Edie, or Geri on the contact information section (located on the left hand column).
CONTRIBUTOR (MONETARY DONATIONS)
Feeding station caretakers pay for the food used at their station, but ultimately we need enough money to reimburse them. Below is a list of our immediate needs:
· Purina Cat Chow - adult and kitten (dry)
· Friskies, Fancy Feast canned food and kitten canned food
· Feline Pine cat litter
· Clean sheets, blankets and towels
· Paper towels
· Cat toys, cat beds, climbing perches
· Cash or check donations to help with veterinary expenses and medications (tax-deductible)
Although some of the money goes towards buying cat food, most of it pays for shots, medicine, and surgery.
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Is it Friday Yet??? Miss GiGi & Co just wanted to Say Hello to all of Our FurrFriends and we are sorry that we havent been keeping up on our Comments... we seem to always be on the road. Here is a Pic of the G-Ride, for the G-Monster (Miss GiGi) She loves to Travel! Always sits on the Center Console. Its soo fun to go through Drive Throughs...And have some young kid ask about her... and then say.. whats a Matter?? Havent you ever seen a Bald Pussy??? We Wubbs turning people 5 Shades of Red!!! Anyways... We Wubbs You!! We will try to catch up on some comments tonite!! Wubbs & Sugar The Girls from the Funny Farm
Hi there, just dropping by to say hello. The new pictures you added are very cute. Maybe you could make several picture albums like "Adopted Cats", "Kittens" or "New Arrivals", or "Adult Cats" and "Seniors" if people would like to look for a cat based on age. It is also nice to have an "Adopted" album that way we can show off how many cats have gotten new homes or we can put the pictures of the cats who have passed away in there too.
The Cal Poly Cat Program started as a 1992 senior project by Garret Quindimil to solve the problem of a rising cat population at Cal Poly. At that time, nearly 400 cats and kittens roamed campus. The majority had been abandoned by students and other residents.
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