Carolina Street Cats

21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the Cat Daddies out there… but today we’re giving a little extra love to 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨. 🐾❤️

The men who watched four women become completely consumed by our county’s free-roaming cats and somehow decided to support us anyway. 😂

The men who have listened to thousands of wild stories, helped pick up countless cats and accepted that Carolina Street Cats wasn’t going anywhere.

The men who have heard:
“𝙒𝙚’𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧.”
“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩.”
“𝙊𝙝, 𝙞𝙩’𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚.”

And somehow still believe us.

The men who pick up our slack when we’re out chasing cats, celebrate the wins with us, sit through the hard days with us, and never once doubted that four girls with a crazy idea could turn it into something much bigger than themselves.

When Carolina Street Cats was just an idea, these guys were already in our corner.
Before the thousands of cats.
Before anyone knew who we were.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀.

So today we’re celebrating our Cat Daddies and thanking them for always being along for the ride… whether they wanted to be or not. 😏

Drop them a Happy Father’s Day in the comments. They deserve it. ❤️🐾👇🏼

20/06/2026

In June of 2024, Dr. Welch took a leap of faith and launched Community Pets Mobile Veterinary Clinic because she knew our communities needed more access to spay and neuter.

Fast forward to today…
🔥 𝟏𝟏,𝟕𝟏𝟖 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.
That’s not just a number.

‼️𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.
‼️𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨.
‼️𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧.

But what makes Dr. Welch and April so special isn’t just the surgeries.

It’s the way they’ve 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
Shelters. Rescues. TNVR groups. Caregivers. Volunteers.

People from different counties and different organizations working toward the same goal: 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.

We say it all the time, there is NO way out of this animal crisis without spay and neuter!

Community Pets Mobile Vet Clinic didn’t just talk about that solution. They put it on wheels and brought it directly to the communities that needed it most.

To Dr. Welch, April, and everyone who made their mission possible THANK YOU for showing up, thinking outside the box, and 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀.

Y’all are absolute rockstars, and we are grateful to be in this fight alongside you. ❤️🐾

Drop some love below for these amazing women and the impact they’ve made across all our communities.

19/06/2026

Four years ago, we started working together to help manage a problem that most people scrolled passed.

Free-roaming cats multiply.. and fast.
Now, that conversation is making the news.

Not because the problem is getting worse. Because people are finally starting to understand it.

What happens when free-roaming cats are left unmanaged?

📈The population grows.
💔More kittens are born.
😿More cats suffer.
📞More calls go to animal services.
😪More pressure gets put on shelters.
😣More frustration grows within neighborhoods.

And 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚.

That’s why we have spent the last four years doing more than trapping.

We’ve spent four years 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Because TNVR isn’t just about cats.

✅It’s about creating healthier communities.
✅It’s about preventing suffering before it starts.
✅It’s about giving caregivers support.
✅It’s about reducing shelter overcrowding.

And 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

A huge thank you to Greg and WBTV News for helping bring attention to a conversation that impacts all of us.

Because when communities understand TNVR, communities become part of the solution.

And that’s exactly how change happens. 💙🐾

18/06/2026

Y’all spoke… and y’all showed up. 👏🐾

After our last Trap School filled up and we had people asking for another opportunity, we’re excited to announce 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙥 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 🌊☀️.

As we’ve shared before, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 as our team takes some much-needed time with our families this summer. ❤️

‼️𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬.
‼️𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞…
‼️𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, “𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬…”

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. (Union County Residents Only❗️)

🐾 Trap School
📅 June 25
⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

🐾 Surgery Day
📅 June 29
⏰ Drop-off between 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

What to expect:
✔️ Fill out the registration form
✔️ 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝘼 𝙀-𝙈𝘼𝙄𝙇 𝙊𝙉 𝙉𝙀𝙓𝙏 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙋𝙎 ❗️
✔️ Attend Trap School
✔️ Get cats fixed
✔️ Be part of the solution

Spaying and neutering isn’t rocket science 🤯.

Trapping an unsocial outdoor cat isn’t rocket science.
We’ll teach you everything you need to know.
The only question is…
Are you ready to stop the cycle? 🐾

🔗 Registration form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfstytoKU8Vus0ltmcmkimHxbE8u84MMJ_DbkQMSB87SyqB8A/viewform

17/06/2026

So if you’ve made it through Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, we appreciate you following along 🫶🏼.

Over the last two days, we’ve talked about fairy tales.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤-𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚.

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

And now we’ve reached the final chapter.

📖 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨

Every fairy tale has a hero.
🛡️ The brave knight.
🦸‍♀️The chosen one.
🦸🏽‍♂️The person who arrives just in time to save the day.

But this story has a twist.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽.
Because they were never coming.

And that’s where a lot of people get stuck.
They think accepting reality means giving up.
It doesn’t.

🎯𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲.

❗️You can’t help animals while pretending resources are unlimited.
❗️You can’t build a better community on make-believe.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙.
Not every story gets the ending we hoped for.
Not every decision feels good.

But pretending those realities don’t exist has 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡.

⭐️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹.

💙They’re the neighbor who gets a cat fixed.
💙The foster who says yes.
💙The volunteer who gives up a Saturday.
💙The donor who gives $10.
💙The shelter employee who keeps showing up.
💙The rescuer running on four hours of sleep.
💙The person who stops scrolling and decides to do something.

Because the dragon doesn’t disappear when we close our eyes.

The animals don’t stop being born.
The shelters don’t magically empty themselves.
The problem doesn’t solve itself.

But it gets a whole lot easier to fight when an entire village decides to face it together.
✅And that’s how communities change.

❌Not through magic.
❌Not through fairy tales.
❌Not through waiting for someone else.

By ordinary people willing to face reality and do something anyway.

📖 The End.

16/06/2026

👋🏼 Welcome back. Yesterday we talked about The Magic Farm.

The place where every unwanted animal somehow ends up living happily ever after.

The 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡.
The 𝙛𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢.
The 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢.

But 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
And over the years, we’ve heard of quite a few.

📖 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

First, there’s the 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 🧚
🪄She appears with unlimited foster homes.
🪄Unlimited money.
🪄Unlimited volunteers.
🪄Unlimited space.
𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.

Then there’s the 𝗡𝗼-𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱.🧙
🪄With a wave of his wand, every aggressive dog becomes adoptable.
🪄Every sick animal gets treatment.
🪄Every feral cat finds placement.
𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Of course, we can’t forget the 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺. 🏰
🪄A magical land where every family has extra space.
🪄Extra time.
🪄Extra patience.
🪄Extra experience.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀.

But everyone’s favorite character is…𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲.
🪄Someone should help.
🪄Someone should trap.
🪄Someone should foster.
🪄Someone should donate.
🪄Someone should take the animal.
🪄Someone should fix the problem.

The funny thing about “𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚” is that everyone is usually talking about 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.

The interesting thing about fairy tale characters is that they all have one thing in common.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹.

❗️The rescue is usually a handful of exhausted volunteers.
❗️The foster network is full.
❗️The donations are running low.
❗️The shelter is overflowing.
❗️The veterinarians are booked.
❗️And the people already helping are trying to figure out how to keep going tomorrow.

But pretending these magical characters exist doesn’t make the problem disappear. 𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁.

And while we’re waiting for the “Rescue Fairy Godmother” to arrive…

🐱The animals keep being born.
📞 The calls keep coming.
🆘 The shelters keep filling.

The dragon doesn’t disappear because we close our eyes. It just keeps eating the village.

📖 Chapter 3: The Hero tomorrow…

15/06/2026

☕ Grab your coffee. Today we’re kicking off a 3-part series. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀.

Not Cinderella.
Not Snow White.
The 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚.
So pull up a chair and follow along.

📖 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦

Once upon a time, every family had a farm.
You know the one.

The place your childhood dog went when he got old.
The puppy that played too rough.
The cat that couldn’t stay.

The 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 🪄.

Most of us eventually learned the truth.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹.

It was a story adults told children because children weren’t ready for reality.

But somewhere along the way, a lot of adults started looking for the farm again.

Today it sounds a little different.
“𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”
“𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”
“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
“𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥.”
“𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮.”

We don’t say these things because we’re cruel.
We say them because 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

❗️Reality asks hard questions.
❗️Reality asks where the space comes from.
❗️Reality asks who pays the bill.
❗️Reality asks who is taking the animal home.
❗️Reality asks what happens when there are more animals than resources.

So instead of facing reality, 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚.

𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹.
𝗔 𝗻𝗼-𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁.
𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺.

A fairy tale is the version of events that 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺…
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

🐉 Chapter 2: The Characters comes tomorrow…

13/06/2026

Fostering or Just Found Kittens? 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

We highly recommend crating any new kittens you bring into your home and here’s why:

👉 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
New kittens, especially those found outside, are vulnerable. A crate gives them a safe space to decompress without a bunch of places to hide. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙮 🔑.

👉 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬.
You don’t know what these kittens may be carrying—GI bugs, parasites, upper respiratory infections, you name it. A proper two-week quarantine is a must, and crating helps you manage it responsibly.

👉 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲).
Let’s be real: nobody wants diarrhea surprises all over their floors or furniture. Crating makes cleanup easier, especially during deworming and medical observation.

Our Go-To Setup 🐾
This example features a three-level cage, but an extra-large dog crate works just as well! Here’s what you’ll need:

✅ Fresh food and water available at all times
✅ A few toys for stimulation
✅ A comfy bed or blanket for cozy cat naps
✅ A litter box, we love pine pellets, especially for tiny, messy babies

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

Do it for your kittens, your pets, and yourself. Crating is love and common sense 💙

12/06/2026

Four years ago, we knew three things:
𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥.
𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛.

What we didn’t know was how many people in our community would eventually join us in becoming part of the solution.

Last night, we were featured on the news. And while it’s pretty surreal to see free-roaming cats on television, what matters most is that more people are hearing the message.

Because 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗡𝗩𝗥 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿.
𝗔 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱.
𝗔 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.
𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽.

Because while filling a food bowl may ease hunger today, it doesn’t stop the cycle tomorrow.

😿The kittens keep coming.
😿The suffering continues.
😿And shelters remain overwhelmed.

𝐓𝐍𝐕𝐑 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

That’s why we’ve spent the last four years doing more than trapping cats.

✅We’ve spent four years educating.
✅Building partnerships.
✅Supporting caregivers.
✅Training community members.
✅And proving that ordinary people can make an extraordinary impact when they work together.

We’re incredibly thankful to Greg with WBTV News for recognizing that these cats aren’t invisible and for helping bring attention to a solution that actually stops endless breeding.

Because every conversation about TNVR is an opportunity to prevent future litters, reduce suffering, and create a better future for free-roaming cats and the 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.

If you’re in Union County (NC) and feeding or seeing free-roaming cats, please reach out. We’d love to work with you.

And if you’re outside Union County, don’t stop looking for resources.

🗣️Ask questions.
💬Start conversations.
💻Connect with local organizations.

Because you’d be surprised what can happen when a community decides a problem is worth solving.

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮.
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 😻🫶🏼

A group called "Carolina Street Cats" is helping residents humanely reduce those numbers while improving life for the cats already living in the community

12/06/2026

So we’ve gotten a lot of comments about our page recently…

💬 “I love y’all’s posts.”
💬 “Y’all say what everyone else is thinking.”
💬 “You just tell it like it is.”

Well… we’ve got news for you. 😏
A while back we started a Patreon.

There’s a free version, but there’s also a paid monthly subscription for those who want a little more Carolina Street Cats in their life.

Why?

Because 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘆/𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆.

But let’s be honest…
The real reason people join is for the behind-the-scenes, unfiltered Carolina Street Cats.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

The stuff that never makes it to Facebook.
You think we’re blunt here?
Trust us…
Facebook is the PG version. 😂
Patreon is where you get the director’s cut.

So if you’ve ever thought:
🤔“I wish I knew what they were REALLY thinking.”
🤫“I wish I could see more behind the scenes.”
🤑 “I wish I could help cats without trapping them myself.”

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼.
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.

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