08/30/2026
Educational and important post shared from Griffin Pond Animal Shelter:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Hno7SJyo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
PURR-LEASE READ!!
PLEASE STOP 🛑 TAKING KITTENS FROM THEIR MOM 🛑PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IN KITTENS WITHOUT A PLAN
It’s very likely no shelter or rescue (at least locally ) will be able to help,"kitten season" is now officially year round
Rule #1 DO NOT KIDNAP KITTENS 🐈⬛ 🛑
Feral moms often leave their kittens for hours to go hunt for food, they are not far away and they ARE coming back!
I can not stress this enough!
If you take the kittens away from their mothers you're cutting their chance of survival by more than 90% for newborns.
Kittens need their mothers!!
They also need the nutrients they get from nursing, nutrients needed to strengthen their immune systems for their entire lives.
So please, leave them alone!
If you want to help, leave out fresh food and water for the mother, and set up an appointment to get her fixed!!
If you find an injured kitten, contact a local rescue group.
If you find older kittens, bring them inside, use a bathroom, basement or spare room.
Contact a rescue group or foster them until they find homes homes.
Fostering saves lives and there is a major shortage of foster homes available.
Keep in mind, rescues and shelters are packed full.
They can not create space that doesn't exist.
They take, literally, hundreds of calls and messages daily from people seeking help.
Be polite!
Be kind!
Rescuers are stressed out enough and don't need attitude about not having enough resources to help everyone.
Rescuers would love to help with every single case, but it's just not possible.
Individuals and communities need to step up and help.
Have feral cats?
Get them fixed.
Most rescue groups will teach you how to TNR and loan you the humane traps.
Please don't trap a cat without a TNR appointment!
In NEPA visit the http://www.scrantonspayneuter.org/ site for appointment info and locations to get both feral and domestic cats fixed at a low cost.
Keep your pets indoors!
Allowing them to roam free is dangerous and irresponsible.
Get your pets fixed!!
FIX YOUR PETS!
There are not enough homes available.
Animals die by the thousands every single day for nothing more than lack of space.
Breeding more animals is irresponsible in every possible way, I don't care what Fluffy's pedigree is, those babies are contributing to the overpopulation.
Don't shop, ADOPT.
Think I'm exaggerating? Volunteer for a rescue or shelter for a few weeks.
There is no excuse.
There is always a way to help.
Adopt. Foster. Donate. Volunteer. Educate. TNR.
Share.
Here are some completely tremendous resources :
http://www.scrantonspayneuter.org/
Nnlv.com
To learn how to foster newborn kittens and their mom, please visit the kittenlady.org