Whiskers Rescue is a small group of women dedicated to humanely controlling the feral cat population through trap, neuter, return. Every year we get dozens of phone calls from well meaning people who began feeding a stray cat and now have multiples. They are not sure how to catch them or perhaps can not afford the cost of spay/neuter for multiple cats. Local people turn to us as we are one of a small number of groups in central NJ who specialize in handling feral cats. While TNR is becoming an internationally recognized method of population control there are still few groups available to go do the physical work and handle the feral cats during recovery from surgery. The need is far greater than the available resources. Spring has sprung and the kittens are here. More and more people will be calling for help and we need your support so that we are able to reach out to as many of them as possible. Monetary donations and unwanted jewelry for our ebay site are a HUGE help. If you prefer to update your jewelry wardrobe just stop by our site and see our 5000+ ebay listings!

Unfortunately despite out continued efforts I do have some bad news to report. The town of Sayreville has made the grievous error of passing an ordinance that bans feeding of feral cats and does not encourage trap, neuter, return. They feel the threat of disease and feces is far to great even in already vaccinated animals. Clearly this is poor decision that will not only lead to more cats but an enormous increase in the use of tax money to trap and euthanize feral cats. After 12 years of doing this work it has become clear that most people will prefer to hide the cats they will continue to feed than to ask for help. The fear of seeing all of the cats trapped and killed is far too great. We made our best possible effort to explain this to the town of Sayreville but sadly they did not see the logic in this obvious truth. While we always look for community involvement to community problems they have chosen a less humane method that will cost the taxpayers more money than ever.

In good news our work in South River and South Amboy is in full swing. We have been trapping 10+ feral cats per week! Most are coming from South River as South Amboy has been brought under control to a very large degree. We will be spending the summer working to help as many people in these towns as possible. It seems every time we go out we find yet another colony of cats being fed by people who are desperate for help. We are thankful to these towns for seeing reason and allowing animal loving people to look for help and do the responsible thing by neutering the feral cats they care for.

We do have many 1-3 year old cats looking for loving homes right now and hope to find understanding people willing to give these wonderful animals the second chance they deserve. We have no shelter or pet store site and rely on advertising and word of mouth to find homes for these kitties. Please spread the word and help us get more abandoned cats and kittens off our streets.