Foundation Works to Get Cats, Kittens Adopted

Big cats. Little kittens.

Rambunctious, playful and some a little shy.

White, brown, black, brindled, spotted or striped.

Whatever type of cat you fancy, the Watonga Community Cat Foundation has one for you.

The organization is hosting “Cocoa and Kittens,” a magical and private adoption experience for the Christmas season this year.

Families interested in in adopting a new cat can apply online through the organization’s website, watongacommunitycats.o rg/adopt.

Once the adoption is approved, a private counselor will make contact and set up a private meet-and-greet with the cat/kitten of your choice.

“Pet overpopulation continues to a be a heartbreaking reality in our state with thousands of healthy pets euthanized in Oklahoma shelters each year,” said April Woodruff, founder and president of the foundation. “Our hope is to see many of the available kittens adopted so that we have space to continue rescuing other at-risk cats.”

The adoption fee is $65 for kittens and $5o for adult cats. All cats and kittens are vaccinated, spayed/neutered and microchipped, she said.

About the foundation The cat foundation is a nonprofit that was founded to help reduce the number of free roaming cats in Watonga.

The foundation hopes its Christmas promotion can find some its cats a home, Anita Woodruff, April’s mother, said.

“We’re a no-kill shelter, so we can only take in how many we think we can take care of,” Woodruff said.

The foundation has two buildings. The “A-Frame,” which is where people can go to view the kittens in an adoption setting. And then the “Cattery.”

“Catteries are just considered buildings where most of the cats live,” Woodruff said.

The foundation wants to get the cats adopted, of course, but it has other needs, too.

One such need is volunteers.

“We have a morning volunteer and an evening volunteer every day that come and play with them,” Woodruff said.

“I just can believe that some old folks out there wouldn’t like to come here and just sit in a chair and have about 10 cats jump up in their lap,” Anita Woodruff added.

The foundation relies on volunteers and people who want to foster the cats.

It also relies on the generosity of others, too.

While money is always nice, any kind of donation helps, be it chairs for the Cattery, supplies or food.

“A lady in town drops off a bag of cat food at my door every once in awhile,” Woodruff said. “And I had a group from Okeene that brought me bleach and paper towels, which is stuff we always need.”

To adopt, foster, volunteer or donate, you can go to the foundation website at wtaongacommunitycats.org.