Urban Feral Cats Polokwane

21/08/2026

🚨 FEMALE CATS ARE NOW GOING INTO HEAT! 🚨

Out of the 6 female cats we have trapped since the beginning of August, 4 were already pregnant. 💔 14 kittens were prevented from being born into an already overwhelming feral cat crisis and hardship of street life.

📌SPAY YOUR CAT.

📌If you feed cats and there are unsterilised cats, please have them sterilised.

⚠️ DO NOT GIVE KITTENS AWAY WITHOUT HAVING THE MOTHER SPAYED FIRST! ⚠️

📌Giving away the kittens does not stop the cycle. Sterilising the mother does.

Sterilisation is key to alleviate suffering. 🐾

20/08/2026

19/08/2026

🌙 While the City Sleeps, We Trap. 🐾

🕣 19:30. Arrive at Game for a third attempt to trap the rodent managers 🐈🐈.

🐾Eventually, two gingers trapped. ❤️‍🩹

Before we left, there was something that touched us. ❤️
The guards were worried we wouldn’t bring the cats back. They’ve grown very fond of them — the cats walk alongside them during their rounds, almost like their own little security team. 🐈‍⬛👮‍♂️ They see them as their “guards”, just as a dog would be. 🐾❤️

🕘 21:00. We finally got home, adrenaline still pumping.

This is what TNR looks like. 🐾
📌It isn’t glamorous📌 It’s after-hours work, late nights, driving, trapping, transporting, sterilising, returning — and doing it because these cats have nobody else.😢

And this is why we keep saying:

🚨 STERILISE YOUR CAT. 🚨

A mother cat can go into heat again after her kittens are removed and can become pregnant again. 💔🐱
❌ Don’t give kittens away for free.
❌ Don’t support backyard breeding.
❌ Don’t let friends and family keep producing litter after litter.

🤝 Help your friends and family sterilise their pets. If they can’t afford it, help them find a way.

🚫🐈 And please — NEVER ABANDON YOUR CAT.

Every unwanted litter adds to a problem that someone else eventually has to deal with. And that “someone else” is often volunteers already stretched to their limits. 😔

Sterilisation is key to alleviate suffering. 🐾❤️

18/08/2026

Tuesday evening 21h00 arriving home after a very challenging trapping. Will post more tomorrow 🐈‍⬛🐾

14/08/2026

🐾 FEED A FERAL FRIDAY
“It’s only R20… but to a hungry cat, it means everything.”
Every Friday:
🐾 Donate R20
🍽️ Your R20 helps put food in a feral cat’s bowl
📸 Share a photo/video of u and your furr baby
👥 Tag 3 friends
🔄 Challenge them to Feed a Feral Friday
And the really strong part:
R20 × 50 people = R1,000 every Friday.
R20 × 100 people = R2,000 every Friday.
That can become a regular food fund for Polokwane Urban Feral Cats rather than a once-off fundraiser.
I would actually run both together:
🔥 THE R20 CHALLENGE = people join once and challenge others.
🐾 FEED A FERAL FRIDAY = every Friday, everyone comes back and does it again.
That gives you a campaign people can remember:
“Friday = Feed a Feral.” 😻

12/08/2026

🚨🐾THE PRICE OF “FREE” TNR🚨🐾

We hear this daily:

“Can you come trap these cats? Why must I pay? They’re not my cats.Donate? No I don't have money”

The facts are:
📌THEY’RE NOT OUR CATS EITHER.
📌We don’t expect you to pay the full cost of sterilisation. If you can, we’re incredibly grateful❤️
📌What we do expect is for you to contribute something towards the sterilisation of the cats on your property or in your area.🐈

But somehow, we are expected to pay for them through donations. 🤔

Then the hidden cost of TNR. 🐈 The price you can’t put on a receipt: ❤️‍🩹

🐾 Missing family time because of a cat emergency.
😴 Losing sleep because you’re dealing with a difficult cat situation📅 Giving up weekends because the cats still need to be fed.
⏸️ Putting our own lives on hold.
💸 Worrying about where the next bag of food or vet payment will come from, because the feeder who promised a donation did not keep the promise.

❗️This isn’t a hobby. It’s unpaid, exhausting work.

📌The cats didn’t ask to be born on the streets.
They didn’t create the problem.
Humans did. So all humans must fix it.

📌Take note, there is no such thing as TNR for free. Someone pays the price.

Sterilisation is the key to alleviating suffering. 🔑✂️

11/08/2026

🥶 THIS WEEK, THEY WILL FEEL THE COLD.

🔸️Our feral cats don’t have a warm house to run into.
🔸️No heater.
🔸️No blanket.
🔸️Just waiting for someone to feed them.

Their food is their fuel. When temperatures drop, they need enough to eat to keep their bodies going.
And right now, our donation box and account is EMPTY. 💔

🙏Please don’t scroll past this. If you can spare a bag of cat food, you can help put food in a hungry cat’s bowl. We will collect the food from you, or you can put it in the donation box at Pick&Pay Cycad, Polokwane. Or, make a financial donation in our account 🐾

Discovery bank
Acc holder: SE Smith (Urban Feral Cats)
Acc number: 10940548439
Cheque/current account

Please assist us.
They have nowhere else to turn. ❤️

10/08/2026

Every queen deserves a throne... and Kattie found hers. 👑☀️

Perched high above Greener Tidings, Kattie quietly carries out her daily garden surveillance.😸

🐀 Rodents know to stay away.
🦜Birds quickly learn that the nursery's beautiful plants are not their toilet.
🕺💃Visitors leave with a smile.

Once a frightened feral, now a spayed queen who proudly watches over the place she calls home.❤️ She reminds us that feral cats aren't just survivors—they can become valued guardians when given a chance.

Some supervisors don't need an office... they just need a tree. 🌳🐾

09/08/2026

🌸 Happy Women’s Day! 🌸

To the women who are strong, independent, a little crazy, and unapologetically cat-obsessed. ❤️🐾

May you always have the courage to do what you want, when you want, and how you want! 😸✨

07/08/2026

🌛The moon on the left.
🌞The sunrise on the right.
🙏Hope in the middle.

Day 7, waiting patiently for "Sunrise Shadow" the feral who appears only as the sun rises to enter the trap.

Trapping a feral cat can test your patience🤦‍♀️. It sometimes takes early mornings, sometimes late evenings, quiet waiting and perseverance.

But every successful TNR is a reminder that perseverance prevents suffering and changes lives, one cat at a time. 🐾🌙☀️