Kitten Support

Starting in early spring each year, thousands of kittens flood area shelters and rescues, filling them to capacity. This “kitten season,” which typically lasts until late October, puts enormous strain on animal welfare organizations. Sadly, there are often more kittens than available resources to help them.

How YOU Can Help

This perpetual problem can only be solved by ensuring that every cat gets spayed or neutered. Female cats can go into heat and get pregnant as early as 4 months old. And they can have multiple litters each year. If you add it up, one unspayed female could produce upwards of 15 kittens in one year! Contrary to popular belief, cats will mate with their siblings, parents, offspring and other relatives, so don’t get caught with a surprise litter. Low-cost spay/neuter services are available through several organizations.

Kittens to Surrender?

Toronto Cat Rescue will accept the surrender of eligible kittens, depending on available foster care. To help us save the most lives possible, we ask people wishing to surrender a litter of kittens to consider keeping them in their home until they are at least 8 weeks of age. Please complete this form to request the surrender of your kitten(s).  Once we have received your request, a volunteer will be in touch to gather more information to determine eligibility and advise you of the next steps.

Don’t Forget About Mom!

We want to make sure that mom never has to endure another litter of kittens again. When surrendering a litter of kittens to TCR, we will spay and vaccinate the mom for you at no charge (although donations are appreciated!). Mom will be returned to you, and both of you can rest assured that her breeding days are over.

Adopting One of the Kittens

TCR receives hundreds of inquiries each day from wonderful families who want to provide a great home for a kitten. Once the surrender has been completed, you will be ineligible to adopt any of the kittens. Rest assured that we will find happy homes for all of them.