Urban Feral Cats Polokwane

16/10/2026

🐾 NATIONAL FERAL CAT DAY – 16 OCTOBER 🐾

Initiated by Alley Cat Allies, Global Feral Cat Day raises awareness about community cats and promotes Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) as a humane, effective way to reduce suffering and control cat populations.
At Urban Feral Cats Polokwane, this mission is close to our hearts. ❤️

Thank you for standing with us and for caring about the lives that so often go unnoticed. ❤️🐾

13/10/2026

🐾💜 A STICKY INITIATIVE TO HELP FEED OUR FERALS! 💜🐾

🐾 Missing a few stickers to complete your Checkers Little Shop collection? 🎉
We can help you complete it! 😻
Simply donate a tin or bag of cat food for our hungry ferals, and get those missing stickers you need! 🐱💜
You complete your collection. Our ferals get fed. EVERYONE WINS! 🥳🐾

Please support this initiative and help us keep our feral colonies fed.

Every sticker can make a difference! 💗

📲 Contact Iola on 076 708 0269 for more information

Together, we can make a difference, one sticker and one meal at a time! 🐾

12/10/2026

🐾 ONE LEG LESS. ONE CHANCE MORE. 💙

This little girl was found at Mall of the North, hiding between the plants.
She is extremely skinny and was desperately hungry, but it is obvious that something was wrong with her leg.

We took her to the vet, where X-rays revealed just how serious her injuries were.
Her front leg was badly fractured, and she also had a pelvic fracture. It was later discovered she also has ringworm.

We can only speculate what had happened to her. With the number of surprisingly tame cats appearing at Mall of the North lately, it is difficult not to wonder whether some are being conveniently dropped off when people no longer want them.

Whatever happened, this little girl didn't deserve to be left to fend for herself.
Her injured leg had to be amputated. She is currently recovering from the injuries and at a foster home, despite everything, she is a little fighter. ❤️

🏠 NOW SHE NEEDS A HOME

We are looking for a forever home for her.
Because she is a special-needs cat, her adopter needs to:
🐾 Understand cats and their needs
🐾 Be prepared for a three-legged cat and the adjustments that come with it
🐾 Have the patience to allow her to settle and recover
🐾 If there are dogs in the home, they MUST be cat-friendly
🐾 Be committed to keeping her safe and indoors.

She doesn't need someone to feel sorry for her.
She needs someone who sees the cat she still is — curious, loving, deserving and perfectly capable of having a wonderful life.

The emergency was taken care of. Now we need someone to take care of her future.

📍 Polokwane

Please contact Susan 061 027 2593 if you want to give her a loving home.

10/10/2026

‼️Is there anyone that can accommodate a colony of 5 cats please🙏

09/10/2026

THIS WEEK HAS LEFT US FEELING DEFEATED. 💔🐾

This week has been exceptionally challenging. The calls and messages asking us to remove cats have been overwhelming.

From one situation to another:

🏢 Stabilised colony at a residential complex that needs to be removed because the feeder is relocating

🏭 Feral cats at businesses where their presence is no longer welcome.

🐱 Kittens that people no longer want.

🚑 Cats with severe injuries desperately needing help.

💔 A new kitten spotted at Mall of the North, only to be found dead four days later.

😔 A person receiving cat food from another NPO to feed cats that Urban Feral Cats Polokwane TNR'ed has suddenly decided she no longer wants them in her yard, because she doesn't like cats.

But where are these cats supposed to go?

We have nowhere to take them. No sanctuary, no facility, and no endless network of safe places waiting to receive them. Money was already spent to get them sterilised.

🚨 WE NEED PRACTICAL HELP, NOT JUST SYMPATHY. 🚨

We need people who can help us find real solutions.

🏡 Do you know of a safe property where a managed feral colony could remain, or where cats at risk could be accommodated?

🤝 Can you connect us with a sanctuary, rescue organisation, business or property owner willing to work with us?

📣 Can you help us reach the right people? Please share this post with anyone who might be able to offer a solution.

We have appealed before for help finding a safe place for cats, but we have received no feedback. We cannot keep facing these situations without support, and we cannot simply take cats away when we have nowhere safe to put them.

These cats did not choose to be unwanted. They deserve safety, compassion and a chance at a better life. ❤️🐈

08/10/2026

THE CATS ARE WAITING. 🐾

Every feral feeder will tell you the same thing: when feeding time approaches, the cats are already waiting at the feeding station.

They know. They expect their food. They depend on the routine.

What they don’t understand is when a feeder simply doesn’t arrive.

“If I don't go, where will they get their food tonight?

If you were given food every day of your life and one day your food simply didn't arrive, what would you do?

Cats can't order 60/60.
They can't ask for ASAP.
They can't open a tin or find a solution themselves. So they turn to garbage bags and scraps for survival. In the process, they irritate people who already do not like cats, and the fight about the ferals starts all over again. And who is to blame?

Please have compassion.

If there is a feral colony near you, don't automatically expect someone else to feed it.

👉 Neighbours — get involved.
👉 Families — share the feeding.
👉 Colleagues — take turns.
👉 Friends — volunteer a feeding day.

And if you are already a feeder, you also deserve a break. You need time to recharge without worrying about whether someone will actually show up.

Help a feeder. Share the responsibility. Be reliable.

Because at feeding time, the cats are waiting. 🐾❤️

07/10/2026

05/10/2026

FIV IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE. ❤️

Milo was a stray who appeared at one of our feral colonies. He was struggling to survive on the streets, so we tried to find him a home. His first adoption fell through when he tested FIV-positive.

But we didn’t give up.

We advertised him again—this time openly sharing his FIV status—and this person saw beyond the diagnosis and gave this beautiful boy a home.

The post below is an update from Milo’s food provider, bed warmer and personal assistant. 😹
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Dear Urban Feral Cats Polokwane

Today marks 2 years with this FIV+ love bug, Milo 🐈‍⬛🥰

From scavenging in the streets to living a life where he feels loved, fed, healthy and happy. It could all have turned out differently for Milo if I hadn’t taken him in. People fear hearing that a cat is FIV+ and wonder, “What about my other cats?” etc. I now have five cats sharing the house with Milo, and they remain FIV- 🫶🏼 We used to be six, but I lost my first cat last year.

This is my second cat with this “life sentence” nonsense that some people claim ❤️

Milo has also shared his space with a chicken and currently lives alongside a bunny and a dog (and five cats) showing just how well he gets along with other animals.

He is extremely loving, cuddles me every single night, bakes biscuits on me about 3 times a day, and loves his feline friends. He always wants to play.

My vet also said he is such a nice kitty during his dental last month, when some painful teeth were removed.

I am thankful to Urban Feral Cats Polokwane for making the road trip two years ago and bringing him to me ❤

To many more years with you 💗

03/10/2026

🚨 URGENT: 5 FERAL CATS NEED A SAFE HOME TOGETHER 🚨

We urgently need to relocate 5 sterilized feral cats from a complex in Polokwane — for their safety.

🐾 THEY MUST STAY TOGETHER
They are an established colony and need to relocate as a group.

❤️ WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
A safe, secure environment where they can live peacefully and be cared for by someone who understands feral cats.

REQUIREMENTS:
🐾 All 5 cats must stay together
🍽️ Daily feeding is essential
🏠 A secure space to confine them for at least 3 weeks while they settle into their new home
❤️ Someone who genuinely loves cats and understands their needs
They may not be lap cats, but they deserve a safe place, regular food and a chance to live without danger.

📍 Polokwane
Can you give this little colony a safe home?
Please contact us urgently if you can help.

🐾 5 cats. 1 colony. 1 safe home.

01/10/2026

🐾 “THEY SURVIVED ON SCRAPS BEFORE… SO WHY DO THEY NEED FOOD NOW?”

This is something we hear surprisingly often.

Yes, feral cats can survive by scavenging. But surviving is not the same as being healthy, safe or thriving.

🍗 Scraps are not a balanced diet. Human leftovers may contain too much salt, fat or spices, lack essential nutrients, or even contain foods that are harmful to cats.

🗑️ 🐾 Fed cats are generally calmer and less likely to scavenge, wander or create nuisance around properties. Cats left to survive on scraps may become more desperate for food, which can lead to behaviours that people find irritating.

⚠️ There is also a risk of poisoning when cats scavenge around rubbish, properties or areas where harmful substances have been discarded. They can also be exposed to poisoned food.

Regular feeding provides a reliable, appropriate food source and allows us to monitor the colony and notice when a cat is sick, injured or missing.

Just because a cat survived on scraps doesn't mean it should have to.
Feeding is not spoiling feral cats.
It is part of responsible colony management. 🐾❤️

TNR + regular feeding + monitoring = healthier and settled cats and more stable colonies.