This Happy Tail is the story of Puffy. It’s a reminder of how adopting a cat can be a positive, healing experience – not just for the cat, but for you too. When you adopt a cat, you are giving a second chance and a new life to another creature. You are also embarking on […]
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My name is Monster, well now it is, for a brief moment it was Stark and before that it was Kiko. But before all of those names I was nameless, homeless, living in the streets of Cairo Egypt with my mom and sister. But like most stories go there was a death and my sister […]
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The hardest (and most special) part about fostering with a rescue is without a doubt the way you must give a piece of your heart to every cat, and then say goodbye when they get adopted. While even the most seasoned fosters struggle with this, the knowledge that you’ve helped save a life is well […]
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At TEAM Cat Rescue, we do our best to screen applicants, and match them to cats who suit their personalities. One of the most accurate ways that we do this is by having our fosters invite cats into their homes, so that we may get a sense of the personality of the cats we pull […]
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Sometimes the best way to heal a broken heart is to give someone your love. In the case of Bow and Arrow, their furever family took a chance on a bonded pair of bonded adult cats with FIV – A set of characteristics which would typically put them at the bottom of the list for […]
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One wonderful benefit of cat adoption is companionship. Sometimes this means a new cat friend sitting next to you while you watch Netflix, but sometimes it means a true spiritual connection between you and your feline companion. Below is the story of Eddie, a remarkable cat who transformed his family’s life in the darkest of […]
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Different is Beautiful – But special needs cats can take longer to be adopted. Unfortunately, potential adopters often view special needs kitties as “broken”, ask “what’s wrong” with them, or feel pity for them, all of which can make it challenging for them to find forever families. What’s often overlooked is the cats’ overwhelming ability […]
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Many of you have seen Mao’s profile on our FIV Friday updates for sometime now. He had a lot of inquiries but once people heard about his FIV status, they passed him by as if he were broken or not worthy of consideration. Well good news!!! He has been adopted!!! His adopter says this about […]
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GUYS!! Guys!! It’s me, Charlie!! Remember me? I’m the cat that can type (but I’ll be taking a long nap after this post, it’s hard typing with paws!) — anyway, I wanted to let you guys know something. I AM TYPING FROM MY FUREVER HOME! Two wonderful people adopted me — Alison and Chris — […]
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TUX’S HAPPY TAIL: Tux’s happy tail is very special. Tux was dumped from a cat carrier onto the ground in a downtown park. Yes, as you can guess, he was a house cat, and he was no longer wanted. It is heartbreaking to hear stories like this, because most of us cannot comprehend the idea […]
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Hi there! Remember me? It’s Padme, the only cat to grow a dish on their head over night. I kid you not, I fell asleep and when I awoke, it was there! I get 200 channels on this thing, including the rotisserie, aquarium and aviary channels! …My favorites. You know what else I channeled on […]
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PIERRE and ANDY’S HAPPY TAIL (from Pierre’s own mouth): WE’RE GOING TO COLLEGE!! We are so happy to announce that the stars have aligned and we have a home TOGETHER! Here is a brief snapshot of life before college: we found ourselves homeless, myself dropped off, unwanted at a gas pound and Andy found abandoned […]
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Hi, it’s Bram and Samwell writing to you from our new forever home! One night we fell asleep in our foster home and when we woke up we were told it was now our forever home…see magic does happen and dreams …do come true! We had been wishing and hoping and praying for a place […]
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Do you believe in love at first sight? I sure do. So does my furever mom. We saw each other and that was it. We just knew we were meant for each other. I wasn’t sure things were going to work out so well for me. You see, …I thought I had a forever home […]
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Jacques (now shortened to Jack) certainly looks like he’s got it made now! He bonded immediately with his new dog-brother, Tica!! They now play, cuddle and hang out together all the time! Happy tail for happy Jack! Have the best life, Jack and Tica!
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WOW!! This weekend TEAM Cat had a lot of exciting things happening. We have all been working in overdrive to ensure we pull as many cats as possible from high-kill shelters, while maintaining everything else. One of the cats we pulled was… named Colby; he was pulled, brought to Toronto, vetted and placed at his […]
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A little while ago, we had a very special foster failure happen within our rescue when a volunteer and friend, Lex, decided to adopt her foster kitten, Chaos. Chaos was four weeks old when he wound up in the gas pound in Quebec. We pulled… him, saving his life, and Lex decided to foster him. […]
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Princess and Leia have travelled the galaxy to get to their furever home together, and finally, they have found it! Their new family says they are settling in nicely and they already have tons of pictures of them! It seems that these lucky ladies won’t have to travel through the stars anymore, they’ve finally found […]
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Last weekend, Duke (now Zorro) was welcomed into his new furever home, where he met his new furever buddy, Loki. Sadly, Loki’s bonded buddy passed away recently and Loki has been really devastated. His mom, Danielle, t…hought he might like a new cat to cheer him up and play with. It was a bit of […]
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