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- EIN 91-2078310
- Po Box 75224 Seattle WA 98175-0224 USA
- http://campuscats.org/
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Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals
Mission: Friends of Campus Cats began in 1988 when a few interested volunteers took up the task of trying to reduce the number of feral cats on the University of Washington campus in a responsible, compassionate and humane way. From the beginning, we insisted on testing every animal for disease (many feral-rescue organizations, to our astonishment and disappointment, oppose testing), and managing the colonies through sterilization, and subsequently tracking the animals and assessing their general health and well-being. We feel that managed colonies are by far the best way (short of taking the animals home) to handle a feral population, and our program has been a success. Since 1988, the feral population at the UW campus has declined by 90%. The upper campus has no breeding females at this time (and one frustrated intact male we haven't been able to catch yet). In 2001, we made the next step and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, and have gradually branched out into community colony programs, and continue to aid and assist others in colony management. Wherever possible, we practice and promote feral adoption, taking the time and effort to get these animals fed, treated, and socialized to the point where they can be adopted into warm, loving homes, and that, to us, is the very best situation for most of these animals.