Emergency Cat Rescue

In some emergencies, UTF helps cats who have NO owner, colony manager or feeder. Our rules and restrictions are listed below, and are subject to change:

We need a name for the cat. 

We need to know if there are any social media posts about the cat, and if there are, we need links to each one.

We need at least 5-10 good pictures and/or videos, so one of us can make a post and start a fundraising campaign for the cat. 

We need everyone involved to help support and promote fundraising efforts for the cat by liking and sharing our post(s) or existing posts, or creating their own new post(s).

We need everyone involved to help support and promote our fundraising efforts by making a donation toward the fundraising campaign we start for the cat.

We need to know as much as possible about the cat’s history, especially as it relates to a possible injury or illness, if any.

The person trapping and/or bringing the cat to the vet of our choice is assuring us the cat has no owner, feeder or caregiver to their knowledge. 

The person trapping and/or bringing the cat to the vet of our choice must agree to let us make all the decisions, up to and including euthanasia. Otherwise, they will be responsible for the entire vet bill. 

The person bringing the cat to the vet of our choice will have us on speaker phone during the exam and they will not ask the vet to do anything without speaking to us about it first. (The vet should/will know this already.)

The person bringing the cat to the vet of our choice should expect to be there for a couple hours, at least, and they agree not to leave, with or without the cat, until we’re satisfied the appointment has concluded and the vet is done examining and treating the cat.

The cat must have a safe place to recover and receive medication(s) if feral, or a foster and long-term plan if friendly. 

*Someone from UTF will be on speaker phone during the exam and then we will discuss the vet’s recommendations before deciding where to start or how to proceed. We may talk to the trapper, transporter and/or the vet several times during the visit. We rarely approve everything listed on the first estimate, at least not all at once. We’ll have the vet do a clip and clean to get a better look before we ok blood work or imaging, for example. The vet will have to email any estimate(s) to us right away to avoid any delays in treatment.