TUFCAT

05/10/2026

Our burnt kitty is doing very well...

05/10/2026

We have a dream...
It's a big one but it can change everything.
We are looking to set up a shop at the sanctuary to sustain us. But we need a suitable structure. It's going to cost but it will pay in the end.
Anyone have any ideas or contacts?
A container would be perfect.

05/10/2026

We are on a mission to raise funds for our vet bill. Please help if you can.

1. Donate
2. Buy a t-shirt
3. Enter our Lucky Draw

1. The UWC Feral Cat Project
Nedbank
Savings
2011093155
Pop: [email protected]
Refs: vet / your name.
Let us know if and when you need an 18A.

2. TUFCAT T-SHIRTS
Available in 4 colour's and designs. M or L.
R280 plus courier cost or collect from UWC.
PLEASE BUY ONE AND SUPPORT US.
WA 082 433 0932

3. Weekend away for 4 or host a small event at Barley House. R50 ENTRY.

30/09/2026

Kitty has been to the vet. She is receiving treatment and is on pain meds. So grateful we could help this girl....

We found her!
Taking to the vet asap as her wounds are really bad. Will post anotger update later.

Update
Things are not working out as planned. We have been back and forth and cannot find the cat. Unfortunately the kitten is also missing. We were there after the owner finished work last night and have been searching all morning. We entered every single shack - even got the keys from people not at home. No sign of the cat. She is old. He has had her for 10 years. We have offered a reward to find her. We are utterly devastated but will not give up. We will post updates as soon as we have any.

We are busy with this case. She has kittens as well..we will update asap. Be assured we are doing all we can. Thank you to everyone who offered help. We will be in touch.

ANIMAL CRUELTY

Distressing images...😭😢

The cruelty perpetuated by some humans is totally unacceptable. Just got word that this cat had boring water thrown on her. She's in the Rooidakke township in Grabouw. We are going to fetch her and take her to the vet. Can anyone help to sponsor her treatment please?

We deal with this quite a lot. Its always women who do this. They control the family's food supply and when hungry animals come for some, this is what happens.

Ill update as soon as we have more information.

WA 082 433 0932 if you can help in any way. Thanks

30/09/2026

CHARITY BOOKSALE UPDATE

Thank you to everyone who donated books for the charity booksale. We managed to do ok and bought cat food with the proceeds.

Special thank you to Christina Maicu who collected for us and delivered masses of really good books to UWC. Thank you also to Riekie Wandrag, Caryn Allan and Sandra van Reenen. There are still a few people waiting for us to collect and I truly apologize for this....we were totally overwhelmed by the response.

I still need to collect in Milnerton and Kuils River, so if anyone can help with this it would be greatly appreciated.
WA 082 433 0932

29/09/2026

TUFCAT still needs 18 sponsors!!!🤦

29/09/2026

Why can't this beautiful cat find a home? Please share

Adoption fell through...

WESTERN CAPE
Cape Town

Please share to help this beauty find a home...

27/09/2026

Its about time more studies were done to exonerate cats.

A recent study in Australia exonerated cats for the wildlife harm they were being falsely blamed for. Researchers analyzed 11 years (2013–2024) of wildlife rehabilitation records in Australia, covering 52,475 individual animals from 158 threatened species.

Human and human activities were responsible for most known wildlife harm, followed by extreme weather events (which might also be human-related). Notably, other animals represented just 4.4% of all wildlife injuries, with cats representing a minority of those (0.6%). That is 315 of the 52,475 injuries, and does not account for the fact that cats are scavengers and may have come across wild animals already injured for other reasons (e.g., human caused harm).

The study concluded that while public debate across the US has disproportionately emphasized free roaming cats as a “conservation threat,” that debate is incorrect.

In addition to falsely blaming cats, it overlooks more common and potentially preventable human causes of wildlife injury. The analysis finds that most harm is associated with human-modified environments, including hazardous infrastructure, roads, entangling materials, poisons in the environment and habitat fragmentation because of development.

Another new study reported similar results. It examined hunting behavior among 2,400 semi-owned/free roaming cats. The researchers were interested in testing whether widely cited estimates of free roaming cats killing “61–118 million birds annually” were accurate. They were not!

Researchers found that roughly 8 out of 10 cats — 77% — didn’t hunt, while only 23% hunted sometimes or often, and focused mostly on insects. Birds were the least commonly reported prey, resulting in a figure over 300 times lower than reported by cat-killing advocates. Once again, being scavengers, cats could have come across many of the birds, who were already injured/killed for other reasons, such as crashing into windows.

Despite the growing scientific consensus that cats are not to blame for species decline and that calls to eliminate them “by any means necessary” is “wrong and fuels an unwarranted moral panic over cats,” it is not likely to change policies toward them by government agencies and organizations pursing a “native-species” agenda.

When nativists and bird watchers call for killing cats, they are not motivated by saving birds or wildlife. Instead, they are motivated by a hatred of cats.

Published in part by Nathan Winograd on Substack.

25/09/2026

Kitten season is here and we are doing our bit by sterilizing cats in disadvantaged areas and on farms in and around Grabouw. Thank you to National Sterilization Project and Dr Koba.

25/09/2026

Thank you National Sterilization Project for helping prevent cat cruelty by funding sterilisations in indigent rural communities.