09/05/2026
🚨 TEMPORARY INTAKE CLOSURE 🚨
Effective immediately, all new intakes are closed for a minimum of 14 days.
This includes:
🐾 Stray cat intakes
🐾 Owner surrenders, which have already been closed
🐾 Transfers from other organizations
🐾 New TNR sites beyond the colonies and locations we are already actively working with
Right now, we simply cannot ethically bring more cats into our care without risking the quality of care provided to the cats already depending on us.
And that is a line we will not cross.
We currently have 105 kittens under six months old in care. That number does not include the dozens of adult and teenage cats also relying on our rescue.
The kittens who are ready for adoption have been posted, but many others simply aren't ready yet. Some are too young or still intact. Some are still working on socialization. And right now, we are also caring for kittens and cats being treated for GI issues, upper respiratory infections, ringworm and other medical concerns.
These illnesses don't just delay adoption. They can mean weeks of treatment, isolation and monitoring. They require additional foster space, medications, veterinary care, cleaning and sanitation supplies, and a tremendous amount of volunteer and foster time.
They also come with a significant financial cost.
At the same time, many of our foster families are wrapping up summer vacations or just returning home, and our team is actively shuffling placements and making sure every cat already in our care has somewhere appropriate to go.
Sometimes, being a responsible rescue means saying no.
No to another intake.
No to another TNR site right now.
And sometimes, heartbreakingly, no when a family reaches out asking for help with their own cat because the funding, foster space, volunteer capacity, or other resources simply aren't available.
We hate saying no. But saying yes when we don't have the resources to properly care for another animal isn't helping. It only shifts the crisis onto the cats already depending on us.
Our responsibility is to every cat we have already said yes to.
For at least the next 14 days, our focus needs to be on them. Getting kittens healthy, socialized, altered and adoption ready. Treating the cats who are sick. Supporting our foster homes. Moving adoptable cats into homes. Continuing the TNR projects we have already committed to. And rebuilding the physical, human and financial capacity that will eventually allow us to safely reopen.
❤️ HOW YOU CAN HELP RIGHT NOW
🐾 Adopt. Every successful adoption creates space and resources for another cat who will eventually need us.
🏠 Foster. More foster homes mean more flexibility for the cats already in our care and greater capacity when intakes reopen.
🙋 Volunteer. Our volunteers are essential to keeping this many cats cared for and moving toward adoption.
💚 Donate. Veterinary care, medications, food, litter and supplies continue regardless of whether our intake doors are open.
📣 SHARE THIS POST. This one costs nothing and can make a huge difference. Sharing helps us reach potential adopters, fosters, volunteers and donors while also helping spread the word that our intake is temporarily closed.
The more people who see this, the better our chances of creating the capacity we need to start saying yes again.
We know there are still cats who need help during this closure. We know the calls, emails and messages won't stop.
But we cannot allow urgency to override responsible animal welfare.
Sometimes the most responsible thing a rescue can do is recognize its limit.
Right now, we are at ours.
Thank mew for understanding, supporting our team and helping us continue doing this work responsibly. 🐾💚
🔗 Adopt: https://theabbycatdaddy.ca/adoptions/
🔗 Foster or Volunteer: https://theabbycatdaddy.ca/get-involved/
💚 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/organizations/abby-cat-daddy-the-feline-advocate-society
Please share. Even if you can't adopt, foster, volunteer or donate right now, helping this message reach someone who can is another way to support the cats in our care. 💚
