Hope For Cats, Inc.

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HFC is a 501c3, NYS Reg 272, volunteer run organization which runs Jake's Place, a cat shelter serving the the Buffalo, NY and the WNY counties.

Our mission is to rescue, shelter & socialize cats in a home-like environment until they can be adopted. We receive no federal or state fund for support and are solely dependent upon fundraising events, adoption fees, foundation grants and private donations to support Jake's Place, a limited-admission, no-kill, cage-free cat shelter and adoption center. Each cat remains in our care, either at Jake's Place or in a foster home until being placed into their forever home. All of our cats are spayed or neutered and receive their necessary vaccines. Every cat is given a thorough check-up each day to identify any potential health problems. Jake's Place has a daily schedule of feeders, cleaners, and health checkers who see to the needs of the cats and keep them clean, healthy and happy in a loving, home-like environment. Our goal is to find a loving home for every cat we rescue.

11/07/2026

Furiends Bootsie & Elsa enjoying a relaxing Caturday at HFC. Clean shelter, some canned yummies & treats. Lucky cats.😻

10/31/2026

🎃Happy Halloween from a few of the HFC crew…👻

08/28/2026

🐾🐾In case you forgot…we are still here waiting for love.😻🐾🐾

Love & Kisses,
Hunter & Shadow

08/28/2026

Pretty Holly ready for her forever home…are you her forever love?😻🐾

08/20/2026

🐾❤️ Meet Holly ❤️🐾

Holly is a beautiful 1-year-old red patch tabby who is ready for a brand-new chapter in life.

Her right eye was removed because of an old injury and infection, and she recently had a dental cleaning where a broken tooth was also removed. But none of these setbacks define Holly. ❤️

What defines her is the sweet soul she is—a loving girl who deserves the comfort, safety, and happiness of an indoor forever home.

Holly is ready to leave her difficult past behind and start the life she’s been waiting for. 🏡🐾

Could you be the forever family she’s been looking for? ❤️

08/20/2026

🐾 Meet Hunter & Shadow! 🐾

Hunter, a handsome 6-month-old boy, and Shadow, his sweet 6-month-old sister, are both neutered/spayed, fully vetted, and ready to find their forever home! ❤️

They’re ready to live, love, play, and make a lifetime of memories with their new family.

Could you be their new parents for life? 🏡🐱❤️

08/18/2026

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Tonight, August 17, marks the beginning of “Cat Nights” — one of those wonderfully strange pieces of late-summer folklore preserved in old calendars and almanacs. 🐈🌙

We’ve all heard of the Dog Days of Summer, but Cat Nights are much less familiar. According to an old Irish legend, witches were believed to be able to transform themselves into cats eight times and return to human form. On the ninth transformation, however, they would remain cats forever — a story often connected to the old belief that cats have nine lives.

August 17 became associated with the beginning of Cat Nights, a time when summer is starting to fade, the days are shortening, and the nights are growing longer. Cats, naturally active around dusk and dawn, would have seemed especially mysterious in the dim light of late-summer evenings.

Imagine those nights centuries ago, before electric lights. A cat slips through the shadows, its eyes reflecting the moonlight. Somewhere in the darkness comes an eerie yowl. Add old stories about witches and mysterious animals, and it’s easy to see how a tradition like Cat Nights took hold.

It isn’t a scientific season, of course — it’s folklore, part of the old traditions people used to explain the changing seasons and the strange things they noticed around them.

So when darkness settles in tonight, keep an eye on the shadows.

Tonight, August 17, the Cat Nights begin. 🐈‍⬛🌙

08/05/2026

Everyone, meet Squeekers! 🩷🐾

This super sweet little girl has just joined the Hope For Cats family! At just 18 ounces, she’s still a tiny baby and isn’t quite ready for her forever home—but when she is, one lucky family is going to hit the jackpot.

Squeekers has been absolutely spoiled by her foster mama, who has a special talent for raising the friendliest, happiest, and cutest kittens ever. We know this little sweetheart is going to steal hearts wherever she goes!

Stay tuned as Squeekers grows—we can’t wait to watch her blossom! 🐱💕

08/05/2026

Meet Sir Teddy — a handsome gentleman with an even more handsome personality! 🐾❤️

This sweet boy is full of love, happily gobbles up his canned food, and is ready to leave street life behind for a forever home.

Sir Teddy is FIV+, but that doesn’t define him. With regular veterinary care and an indoor home, most FIV+ cats live long, happy, and normal lives. He deserves the same chance at love and comfort as any other cat.

Could you be the one to give Sir Teddy the new life he’s been waiting for? 🏡💕

08/02/2026

This little girl was doomed to die. But a series of small acts of kindness saved her life.

She was found outside in great distress by a good Samaritan who brought her to Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center on a Saturday night. The veterinary team recognized quickly that she was trying to give birth to a deceased kitten who was stuck in her birth canal. X-rays revealed three more kittens inside her, likely also deceased. She needed an emergency C-section, which would cost about $2300. She didn't have an owner so the doctor at the OPVMC was faced with the possibly of having to euthanize this otherwise healthy and sweet 3-year old cat.

But this doctor believes in miracles. She had her team make a call to a local rescue, which set off a chain of phone calls to other rescues, and very quickly the money was raised among many organizations, each contributing to her life-saving surgery. The hospital itself contributed $500 from their pet emergency fund and The SPCA Serving Erie County, NY, Ten Lives Club (with a personal contribution from their DVM, Dr. Sharon Fisk), a board member/volunteer of Hope For Cats, Inc., Better Together Pet Resource Center, and Slomba Shelter Solutions stepped up to lend their support to save this cat. Her surgery was swift and successful (she was also spayed) and she is now resting comfortably at the SPCA, on the road to recovery and eventual adoption.

This is a great example of how collaboration can move mountains in saving lives. And saving her is a great reminder of why we do what we do. It is also a perfect reminder of one of the many reasons spay/neuter is so important. Thanks to all who contributed to her amazing story.

Address

PO BOX 243
North Boston, NY

Telephone

+17169978106

Website

http://www.hopeforcatsinc.org/

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