Forgotten Cats Inc

I met and fell in love with Harris. I applied for him. I also happened to mention him to my brother, who recently lost his beloved cat. He too was interested in Harris and applied. Since he is single, and has no other pets, I thought he would be the best candidate for Harris. No. Since we both applied, neither of us can adopt him. I have been involved in foster care for over 30 years and never dealt with this before. So beyond sad and disappointed that this wonderful boy won't be joining our family due to two of us applying. I have dogs and did not want to add stress to Harris since my brother has no other pets and is retiring soon. So, so sad.

My house is not a home without a cat in residence, and preferably 2. I presently am allowed to share my home with 2 cats adopted through Forgotten Cats, and receive emails from the organization. This week, I received an urgent request to raise nine thousand dollars to save the life of a kitten, then the next day another email saying the goal has been met. Already. This had me in tears, because my adopted cat developed seizures over 9 months ago, and is costing me dearly in vet visits, blood work and medication, not to mention cleaning products to limit the smell of cat urine in my home. Please do not adopt a cat if you are not willing and able financially care for cats and kittens rescued from horrible situations that can impact their health regardless of the love and care they are given. Not all of us are blessed with fund raisers to cover these diseases and struggle to make ends meet .

My family is very experienced in the raising and welfare of cats, and all the controversies surrounding the “cat world”, so when we went in to formally adopt the cat we’d been applying for, we totally expected a bit of skepticism. People CAN be very cruel to cats! But as we’re a healthy family that has raised several indoor cats to old age with a strict rule of not declawing (in our records, because our usual adoption service required forms), we thought that our actions spoke for themselves, especially once we showed them.

Apparently this is not true. The representative there acted very hostile from the moment we arrived. She asked us questions about the foster home we were adopting from like, “Are you adopting the whole litter?” And grunted and groaned when we explained we were not adopting all seven cats. She talked down our foster home and criticized the way we were adopting the kitten (from a foster home??? we weren’t BUYING!!! we were ADOPTING!! An accidental litter, at that!). My poor mom finally had to reduce her answers to ‘yes’, ‘no’, and stunned silence before the woman let us go and accepted our check. When I tried to speak up for her, the volunteer turned around and told me I did not know what they were talking about— “Let the grownups talk—“ because I look young for my age.

Very awful experience. I understand the world is cruel to these beautiful creatures, and someone has to look out for them, but there is a way to speak to people and look for information without directly insulting them and creating a hostile environment. This Nonprofit has to find a way to give their cats better homes and give their volunteers better training.

Forgotten Cats is filled with dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to help the homeless cats of our area. These cats have been tossed out by bad pet owners once and so strict screening processes are essential to ensure that won’t happen to these poor cats again. Applicants are screened thoroughly and thousands of cats are adopted into amazing homes each year. It’s a shame those who were not approved to adopt feel the need to take it out on an organization that is working so hard to save so many cats in need. Forgotten Cats is doing absolutely everything right. I respect them for having a back bone.

Having searched through multiple adoption organizations, Forgotten Cats is by far the best organization that is out there. Do they have strict standards for adopting their cats, you better believe it and rightfully so. Who else is going to advocate for the cat?

This is what you need to make sure that the cat is being well placed. No one wants to place a cat in an environment that is not stable. If one would examine the cats in person, they are well fed and well adjusted. The volunteer staff are great. While I don't personally have any experience with the management of the organization, you can see the fingerprint of their intention by how the organization is operated, which is superbly. Tracey, Application Examiner, is professional and very diligent in screening applicants. While it is understandable that people will be upset for not being approved, it's another thing to lash out and attempt to dissuade others from giving a forever home to the many thousand cats that they service. No glory in, "If I can't have a cat, no one else will either...".

I hope this review helps and I highly recommend going to see the cats in person. Seeing is believing.

Respectfully submitted,

Something is really wrong about this organization and I seriously doubt if many of the cats they have taken in ever really find their forever home. I have been a pet owner (dogs and cats) all my life and found a cat on their website that really interested me. I filled out their application that asked very detailed questions. For no reason at all my application was denied when they never even called my references or spoke to any vets that actually knew my animals. I was in shock. I will be doing further investigating and have an appointment with an attorney to evaluate the requirements of this nonprofit organization that is holding dozens of homeless cats without really making much effort to find them homes. It is more like a cat hoarding organization collecting over a million dollars a year from charities. I feel so sorry for these cats and the families they have turned away for no valid reason.

My daughter and I (father) adopted three siblings from the same, litter 2 girls and 1 boy, from Forgotten Cats in 2021 on November 22nd
The ladies from Forgotten Cats were very professional through the whole process and addressed all of our concerns and answered all of our questions honestly.

During my experience with Forgotten cats, I learned that the Forgotten Cats organization is made up of over 700 compassionate people who work tirelessly to stop the creation of homeless cats by trapping and neutering homeless cats so that they can live out their life in a more humane way. This year (2022) over the last 6 months Forgotten Cats sterilized over 8000 cats and prevented the birth of over 14,000 homeless kittens this spring. In addition they rescue over 2000 friendly cats and kittens from a life of living on the streets each year and work diligently to find them stable, loving, homes. Not everyone falls into that category and thus, the negative reviews when applicants are denied adopting a Forgotten Cat. One thing is for sure, Forgotten Cats is the largest feral cat advocate in the country and sets the bar high to do so.

Volunteered yrs ago and it was an awesome experience. I stayed in Trainer and witnessed some very dedicated folks and vets. I’m concerned about the negative reviews. I was there in summer when facilities are overrun with cats. A group of cats came in and it was very obvious 1 cat was not a stray. I brought him home with me and said he could be with me until we found his owners. Volunteers looked into intake records, location etc. No one was found or contacted FC. my family adopted our Duke and happily paid the fee. Banfield was the vet along with emergency Vet in Pa and our dedicated Vets in Maine. We loved Duke and miss him terribly. After doing everything possibly he died June 11,2021 with his family surrounding and loving on him. Duke had feline aids and was healthy until April 2021. We were willing to do anything to prolong his life. When our vet in Belfast Me told us Duke had no red or white blood cell count we faced the end of our love affair with our beloved companion. He slept between my husband and I and we waited for our appointments. Our daughter had visited via FaceTime for 2 days and was on her phone to the end. Little River Vet Clinic has a special room set up like a ������ so everything is very relaxed. Duke was given an initial medication and we had time with him and when we signaled the Dr he came and administered the last shot. Duke simply fell asleep and joined our 18 yr old son who died June 2020. We have had at least 15 cats during our marriage. All given love and care and this was the best death we have experienced. We miss Duke terribly. I will be fostering in the future to adult cats. It took us a while to decide what had happened to Duke we believed he was left behind. We remodeled and Duke became frantic seeing boxes packed and furniture being moved around. We put some on back patio and he started to cry and not leave the area. He liked sunning on our patio with us but not that day. When all furniture was returned to the room he settled back down. We gave him extra loving during this cleaning /Reno process. Please give this organization a chance and remember all our volunteers. I’m very sorry if you’ve had a bad experience. I think most people are trying to do their best, but agree we all need improvement .

This organization is NOT willing to really help kittens find a happy home.
We are a loving home to 2 beautiful cats. When our one handsome guy passed away due to inoperable tumors, we looked to find his brother a companion.
Despite good jobs, background checks, financial stability and a loving home with kids , our application was denied because we haven’t taken our cat to the vet on a strict yearly basis. We haven’t done this because he would get so scared he would shake and pee all over his cage and wouldn’t eat all day. Our vet told us yearly visits weren’t needed for him and we agreed. We take him in periodically or with concerns.
This apparently is unacceptable. This organization gets zero respect from us and in my opinion are not for actually helping these poor animals. we had every intention of adopting and loving for life.
Makes my stomach hurt at how many families were willing to love these pets unconditionally and were turned down like us for following their own vets guidance.
Ridiculous. Adopt elsewhere.

This is not a serious organization and I recommend staying away from them at all costs if you care about cats..

After seeing an advertisement that Forgotten Cats were hosting an adoption event in my area I went to go and adopt a pet- and my first experience with them was absolutely horrific. First, entering the store the kittens were kept in very small cages where they are unable to really move around and actually seemed lethargic as a result- but I ignored that due to space constraints as it's somewhat understandable as they were inside of a PetSmart.

Upon asking what would be required for adopting a pet I was given a full two-page application that needed to be filled out- I was perfectly fine with that until it got down to asking such personal information like driver's license number and personal references and some other things which I provided but nonetheless was somewhat hesitant about as I have no idea where my information goes once they're done with it.

Finally after I finished contacting the three references I put down and trying to think of the different veterinarians that my existing pets go to and filling out all the other information that they wanted I turned it in and was told that I would receive a call back to get a pet.

The next day I was contacted by someone named Tracy. Right from the start of the phone call I could tell that she had a attitude about her where it seems like she was looking for any reason whatsoever to turn down the application.

Asking her questions she was very rude and antagonistic to the point I was wondering if I had offended her without ever saying a word.. Nonetheless I went through patiently answering every one of her questions - which I'm still not quite sure why there was so many additional questions considering the length and depth of the application- but then she wanted more vet information. I tried to provide that and then upon her doing the reference check she decided that because one of my cats lived outside my door for a few days (she just didn't want to come in for a while and was fine-still fed and came back in and is still fine) that automatically disqualified me from adopting by her standards..

Despite her horrible attitude and nasty tone I attempted to explain what happened and she promptly hung up on me..

From other reviews I've read this looks like terrible organization who is not at all serious about getting pets adopted and is instead wasting people's time with unrealistic standards and expectations of potential pet owners.

I even see a few ex-employees have seen the same in their reviews of this so called orginization..

All that said I highly recommend against doing any business with these people if at all possible and sticking with a reputable adoption agency as I find this company to be untrustworthy and not at all serious about helping pets.. I cannot rate them low enough to match how aborant my experience with them was..

Forgotten Cats works to humanely reduce the homeless cat population and prevent the suffering of kittens born to abandoned cats each day. They do this by working with colony caretakers to trap, sterilize, vaccinate, and return every cat within a colony. They provide the necessary medical treatment for sick or injured feral cats, stray cats, and kittens. They work to find homes for adoptable cats and kittens, provide education about spay neuter, and assist other cat rescue groups with trap, neuter, and return programs within 4 states.
What makes Forgotten Cats amazing is that they are able to accomplish all of this with essentially an all volunteer organization. In the last 6 years, over 40,000 cats were sterilized in one of the 2 Forgotten Cats low cost clinics thus preventing the births of approximately 3 million kittens. In addition, about 1000 homeless cats are rescued from the streets and adopted into loving homes each year. Forgotten Cats is comprised of the most amazing, hardworking, caring people that I have ever known. Once any volunteer sees the good that this organization does, its impossible to not become more involved.