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About Us
The Cat Action Team (CAT)
of Prince Edward Island (PEI) is an all-volunteer, registered charitable
organization working to care for and control the feral and stray cat
population throughout the province.
CAT was founded in November 2000 in In 2009, CAT’s co-founder
and current director, Diane Minick, was honored by the PEI Humane
Society. Diane received the PEI Humane
Society's first annual Dr. Els Animal
Champion Award. Click here to
read more. Our goals are: ¨
To sustain a trap-neuter-return (TNR)
program ¨
To provide long-term aftercare to
neutered feral and stray cats by providing them with food, shelter, and
medical care ¨
To reduce problematic behaviour and to
reduce the threat of disease from feral and stray cats ¨
To reduce the number of unadoptable
stray cats presented to the PEI Humane
Society ¨
To educate the public about feral and
stray cats and the problem of cat overpopulation ¨
To assist communities in the management
of stray and feral cat populations. The mandate of the Cat
Action Team's trap-neuter release program is to reduce the number of
reproducing feral or unowned cats within colonies, and to attempt to control
infectious diseases. It is not the policy of CAT
to spay and neuter cats with the intention of having them adopted. Cats who go through our program are spayed
and neutered with the intention of being returned to the colonies. There are special
circumstances that arise, making the finding of homes for certain cats
important. For example, if a colony is
being moved (a barn being dismantled) or if there is other danger to the cats
(a busy road) and some of the cats are deemed to be adoptable, we would hope
that they could find homes, through the efforts of our volunteers, colony
caretakers or other well-meaning citizens.
However, once a cat has been adopted, the Cat Action Team cannot take
responsibility, financially or otherwise, for that cat once he or she has
been adopted. The cost of medical
care, including spaying and neutering is the responsibility of the adoptive
home. There are also animals who
have special medical or physical needs.
On occasion, a home may become available for these cats after having
been neutered and released by the Cat Action Team's program. The eligibility for the trap-neuter-release
program of cats who are identified to have special physical needs, which may
affect their survival, and therefore require an adoptive home, is decided on
a case-by-case basis with the involvement of the Cat Action Team's executive
board. Cat Action Team Sponsors
The Cat Action Team is
grateful for the generous support of many individuals and organizations
including: Participating veterinary
clinics: Abegweit Animal Hospital, Atlantic Veterinary College, Kensington Veterinary Clinic, Montague Veterinary Clinic, PEI Veterinary Medical Association, Summerside Animal Hospital, West
Prince Veterinary Service, O'Leary, PEI Donors and sponsors: Buns ‘N Things Bakery, Burger King, Clarence Farm Services Coca-Cola Refreshments, Confederation Cove Mussel Co. Ltd.,
Borden-Carleton ColourBlind, Canadian Federation of
Humane Societies Dr. Charles Dewar, PEI Frosty Treat Dairy Bar,
Kensington Graduating class of the Home Depot of The
Iceman, Long Creek IAMS (see here
for donation information) Island Pet Supply KFC, Midland Transport, Pfizer Animal Health
(see here
for donation information) Pegasus Family Foundation
(see here
for grant information) PEI
Union of Public Sector Employees, PetSmart Charities® of Canada,
Inc. (PCCI) see
here
for grant information) Phillips Feed Service Ltd, Sir
James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre, Skye View Farms The Village Store, Bedeque |
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For more information about the Cat Action Team, contact the president.
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Updated 4 November 2011