THE CAT HOUSE ON THE KINGS INC

Our primary goal has been the same for more than twenty years, to reduce the suffering of cats due to overpopulation, neglect, and abandonment. Our efforts to spay and neuter community cats and offer reduced fees for the public's pets is solely directed at reducing the number of unwanted cats in shelters and the many forced to live a feral existence until they die, often in harsh ways and without care or respect for their lives. Every cat we rescue, spay, neuter, house, or adopt out is a life saved as well as a reduction of the possibility of more homeless cats. Our aim is to promote the sanctity of feline lives by working tirelessly and as economically as possible to save and responsibly care for as many as we possibly can.

We have staff and volunteers available to respond to rescue calls for cats from a multi-county area that extends 50+ miles from Fresno. Our spay/neuter surgery schedule is filled five full days of every week, year-round, and we are seeking to expand that service. We provide advice and services for community cat emergencies and essential needs, including necessities for Trap-Neuter-Return and colony feeding efforts. We provide lifetime care for a population of more than 700 resident sanctuary cats who are abandoned, not adoptable, or have been owner surrendered. There can be an additional 200 to 400 kittens during kitten season each year. We provide educational materials and presentations to promote humane and responsible animal care practices. We tirelessly network with other rescue organizations to place our cats that are not adopted locally into loving forever homes outside the Central Valley.

Our work requires the hands-on effort, dedication, and creativity of many. We have a full and part-time staff of 45 that manages and maintains the sanctuary and the adoption program. In addition to the paid staff, approximately 75 committed volunteers regularly assist by helping at the Petco adoption centers, fostering kittens and rescued cats to get them ready to be adopted, transporting kittens and cats to be adopted outside our local area, and providing much of the effort involved in the two open house fundraisers held at the sanctuary each year.

We have accomplished so much across twenty years. We have an extraordinarily dedicated staff and equally dedicated volunteers. Our sanctuary continues to grow as a place of safety, security, and love for more than 700 abandoned, displaced, and unadoptable cats. It is also the hub of community veterinary care and education outreach. The 40,000 spay/neuter surgeries that we have provided and our 20,000 cat and kitten adoptions have moved our geographical area much closer to being the humane community we hope to become. Everything we do is aimed at accomplishing the reality of being a region known for our humane care of cats. We will achieve this by continuing to increase our spay/neuter surgery numbers and our adoption numbers, by expanding our education efforts, and by continuing to provide an excellent quality of life in California's largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary. We're The Cat House on the Kings, and this IS what we do!