Community Cat Program, Berkshire Humane Society, 214 Barker Road, Pittsfield, MA (2026)

The Community Cat Program improves lives of feral and abandoned cats in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

09/03/2026

Save the Date! We're bringing back our popular 'Coffee Hour Speaking Series' Series on Thursday, September 17th from 5:30-6:30pm at the Dr. John Reynolds Adoption and Education Center (Main Shelter), 214 Barker Rd, Pittsfield. Berkshire Humane Society
Our first session will cover 'Compassion in Action,' regarding updates on local animal laws, cruelty prevention, and how community members can report neglect safely. Our guest speakers are Sergeant William Loiselle and Officer Olivia Daly of the MSPCA.
The session will be held in our upstairs classroom with limited seating. Please call or email Trish Phillips to reserve your seat: (413) 447-7878 ext. 137 | [email protected].
We hope to see you there!

09/01/2026

In collaboration with Berkshire Humane Society, we're seeking a home for a wonderful cat with a special request. Aiden is looking for a 'Working Cat Home.' Please read his personal info sheet, and if you think you may be interested in adopting him, fill out a cat adoption application and submit it to Berkshire Humane Society's feline staff. Once approved, they will put you in touch with his CCP foster home.
https://berkshirehumane.org/doc.../cat-adoption-application/

08/23/2026

Yesterday was a busy day for the Community Cat Program of Berkshire Humane Society. Two of our volunteer trappers spent the day gathering up intact cats from several North County locations. The first photo is of a cute, friendly female cat. Her caretaker has been feeding her for months, and we don’t want her to have babies outside.

The second photo is of a feral Tom cat. His caretaker calls him The Husband”. We also have The Wife and their two children, who will all be spayed, neutered, and returned.

The third photo is of a tortoiseshell cat. She’s quite unhappy at the moment, but will be very happy in a few days when she’s returned to the outside location she’s used to. Her caretaker provides her with the food she needs to live the kind of outside life she prefers.

These volunteers also brought back four kittens from a different North County location who will each go to foster homes. We’ll start out by separating them into different homes; it’s a method we use to get feral kittens to enjoy the company of humans faster….. when we’re the only game in town, they begrudgingly decide to love us! The kittens got flea treatments last night so they’ll go to their foster homes flea free.

08/16/2026

Yesterday, two Community Cat Program volunteers spent the day scoping out three locations where feral cats lived. Each of the people who had called us about the colonies have stories, as do the cats there. Our aim was to prepare to trap the cats so we could spay, neuter, and return them to the people who would continue to care for them.

The first family was caring for a tom cat, a female adult (who might be pregnant), and her older 2 kittens. By 10 pm last night, we had captured the two young ones, and tonight the caretakers will be trying for the adults.

In the second location, we thought we were after a mom cat to tnr, and 4 young kittens who we would put into foster care so they could be socialized and adopted. The caller insisted that she wanted all the cats gone; she was in poor health, her older son, who had cared for the cats had just died, and though she was a cat lover, she couldn’t emotionally handle having to care for cats outside. As it turned out, the kittens were too old for our foster program. We discovered a caring couple who lived in an apartment in the same house who said they would feed the cats if we provided food. Then we met the caller’s younger son who was a cat lover through and through and who lived at the house. He had been distraught when his mother told him we were planning to remove the kittens, but overjoyed to hear our plan was to tnr them all. The kitties will be well cared for by him.

In the third location, we prepared traps to get a mom and 4 young kittens (these ARE young) used to them. Today, our most seasoned volunteer trapper will be working on getting the cat family in a box trap.

The photos show the second location where the younger son will be getting the kitties used to eating in an unset trap so it will be easier to catch them when we have vet appointments. In the van, in the trap under the sheet, is one kitty we got in this location. There are plenty of places for the cats to live in this house and there are a number of openings that lead into the basement.

Every project is an adventure. By the way, we could use more volunteer trappers, so get in touch if you’re interested!

07/27/2026

On this week's , we're going to change it up a bit. We spoke with Stacey, head of our Community Cat Program, Berkshire Humane Society to discuss: What Is a Working Cat?

Not every cat dreams of curling up on a couch.

Some cats are happiest with a job to do.

Berkshire Humane Society’s 'Working Cat Program' helps find alternative homes for cats that aren’t suited to traditional indoor living. Most of these cats are feral or semi-feral and are uncomfortable with close human interaction. Others may be friendly but have spent so much of their lives outdoors that they simply thrive with the freedom to roam.

Rather than asking these cats to become something they’re not, we place them in carefully selected homes where their natural instincts are an asset. Farms, barns, stables, greenhouses, breweries, warehouses, marinas, and similar properties make ideal homes for working cats. In return for food, fresh water, shelter from the elements, and a committed caregiver, these cats help deter rodents through their natural hunting instincts and even their presence alone.

Every working cat is spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and carefully matched to ensure the best possible outcome for both the cat and its new home.

Working cats aren’t “unadoptable”—they’re simply adopted in a different way. By giving them a safe place to live where they can be exactly who they are, we’re creating a win-win for both the cats and the people who need an environmentally friendly form of rodent control.

If you have a property that might be a good fit for a working cat, our volunteers from the Community Cat Program would love to hear from you. Together, we can give these cats the purpose, freedom, and safe home they deserve.
To learn more, please reach our to Cat Program, Berkshire Humane Society directly at 413-997-2287 and follow their page for more information.

12/16/2025

On Today's , Stacey, from our Community Cat Program, explains how to make a safe and effective outdoor cat shelter for kitties who may be strays, ferals or indoor/outdoor cats seeking shelter during the cold winter months. She advises what is appropriate material to use along with proper sizing. If you have any questions regarding how to build a proper cat shelter, please feel free to reach out to our CCP volunteers to learn more. 413-997-2287 or [email protected]

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214 Barker Road
Pittsfield, MA
01201

Telephone

+14139972287

Website

https://berkshirehumane.org/

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