About Us
About GFCC
Georgina Feral Cat Committee is a dedicated group of volunteers whose goal is to work with the community to address the feral cat issue in the Town of Georgina and surrounding areas.
Evidence supports the best way of addressing the feral cat issue is to adopt a TNR program. TNR stands for Trap, Neuter and Return. Volunteers work with the
Georgina Feral Cat Committee is a dedicated group of volunteers whose goal is to work with the community to address the feral cat issue in the Town of Georgina and surrounding areas.
Evidence supports the best way of addressing the feral cat issue is to adopt a TNR program. TNR stands for Trap, Neuter and Return. Volunteers work with the community to trap the feral cats, get them spayed or neutered (and vaccinated!), and then return them to their colony where they are cared for by a colony caretaker. During the spay/neuter surgery, one of the cat's ears gets "tipped" to identify them as spayed or neutered.
TNR has been practiced around the world for years and is proven to stop the breeding cycle of cats and therefore improves their lives while preventing reproduction. Simply removing the cats and killing them leaves a void. They will ultimately be replaced with more feral cats.
Once spayed and neutered, feral cats no longer exhibit many of the problematic behaviours that are often associated with feral cat colonies - particularly fighting, yowling and spraying.
Some of our generous partners and supporters
- Auntie M's Closet
- Aurora North Pet Clinic, Dr. Patel
- Barrie Street Cats
- Barn Cat Co-op
- Dr. Mehi (mobile vet)
- Edwards Animal Sanctuary
- Georgina Animal Shelter
- Georgina Animal Services
- Forest Jones
- Global Pet Foods, Keswick
- Jiffy Lube, Keswick
- Miss Dixie's Foundation
- Mount Albert Animal Hospital
- OSPCA
- PetSmart, East Gwilimbury
- Paws Up Rescue Resource
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- Auntie M's Closet
- Aurora North Pet Clinic, Dr. Patel
- Barrie Street Cats
- Barn Cat Co-op
- Dr. Mehi (mobile vet)
- Edwards Animal Sanctuary
- Georgina Animal Shelter
- Georgina Animal Services
- Forest Jones
- Global Pet Foods, Keswick
- Jiffy Lube, Keswick
- Miss Dixie's Foundation
- Mount Albert Animal Hospital
- OSPCA
- PetSmart, East Gwilimbury
- Paws Up Rescue Resource
- Pet Valu, Sutton & Keswick
- Pet Valu Bradford
- Pet Valu East Gwillimbury
- Purina Canada
- Stuff N Storage Limited, Pefferlaw
- Team Cat Rescue
- The Kibble Project
- Town of East Gwillimbury
- Town of Georgina
- Two Feather's Yoga, Keswick
- and, many individuals who donate regularly to our cause
Resources
Resources
2024 in Review
Where your donation goes
Where your donation goes
Intakes 261 kittens and cats
with 207 going into foster
Born in care 6
Kittens given away 62
Transfer in 11
Community TNR 13
Spay momma cat 11
Owner surrender 7
Found as friendly stray 3
Found in barns 22
Found in colony 20
Found feral outside 101
Outcomes 281 kittens and cats
Adoptions 184
Foster Fails 24
Died 13
Return to Owner 23
Barn Placement 20
TNR 35
Where your donation goes
Where your donation goes
Where your donation goes
- We are 100% volunteer driven
- We are not government funded but we do receive limited municipal funding
- Majority of our funding comes from private donations
- All of the money raised goes to the expenses of the cats in our rescue (vast majority are vet bills)
- Volunteers take no salaries