Kentucky Kitty Cats, Inc.

About Us

Kentucky Kitty Cats, Inc. is a no-kill, nonprofit 501c3 charitable organization.

Since 2013, formerly 2018, we have helped felines throughout the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky. With four local shelters frequently closed to intake, countless cats and kittens (and sometimes canines) are left abandoned without food, shelter, or medical care. Our mission is to support both pets and the people who care for them through:

* Adoption services
* Transfers to larger rescue organizations
* Access to affordable or free spay/neuter programs
* Pet owner education
* Emergency food assistance
* Additional support services whenever available such as crisis assistance and human care for struggling families

We believe that by helping families care for their pets and reducing overpopulation through spay/neuter efforts, we can lower shelter overcrowding and improve the lives of animals across our region.

A significant part of our work now involves rescuing and caring for cats that have been abandoned and left to survive on the streets. It is not uncommon for us to respond to colonies containing 30-60 unaltered cats at a time. As economic conditions worsen, the suffering these animals endure continues to grow.

We are constantly looking for new rescues to partner with or businesses to network our mission through.

Our foster-based rescue and sanctuary frequently provides care for cats that might otherwise have nowhere to go, including FeLV/FIV-positive cats, feral or undersocialized cats, senior and hospice cats, medical-needs cases, and animals recovering from severe neglect, illness, or trauma. Sadly w e have hit our limit on what we can do with our current resources. In order to continue to help more, we are urgently seeking:

* Foster homes, especially in Muhlenberg County, where most of our rescues originate, and Warren County, where our store adoptions take place
* Compassionate adopters willing to provide loving indoor homes
* Safe farm or barn homes for unsocialized cats

Every foster, adopter, volunteer, and donor makes a difference. Together, we can give these animals the chance they deserve.

Our Current Stats

We currently are averaging caring for close to 200 animals and a few pooches on any given day. After 5 years we have finally found an economical acceptable way out of our Cat House in Hartford.  This means once the sale goes thru, we will be moving forward with the makeover at the sanctuary in Rosine and completing the set up of the Cottage at the Wilderness. We have new fosters in Muhlenberg and will eventually work on additional space there, but overall the cats are very pleased to be out of the city life.

Our immediate need is to increase our  our spay/neuter efforts. We have months that 4-500 cats are getting altered. The new clinic is almost complete and is an additional 17 miles away in distance. While the number of surgeries will increase, the number that can't drive will as well. We desperately need transporters to help get the cats to the Spay Neuter Clinic, so the breeding can stop. Our next big goal is to find a transport vehicle.  As of the close of July 2024, we have taken in over 460 cats and dogs this year and helped hundreds more remain in their home totally  with the GRACE of GOD and some amazing supporters.

How Can You Help

We desperately need number oriented humans to help crunch the data, write grants, or even do fundraising projects. Our rescue only has a few volunteers and are in need of a dozen more.  As the new clinic opens up, we definitely need jolly, kind like minded people to join us and make sure every animal that enters receives the best of care on a nickel and dime budget.  If transportation is your thing, that is always a huge need. Even if you only wanted to volunteer one day or oversee one fundraiser, you would be saving so many lives. Also please see ways to help us raise funds on our home page and ways to donate in the sidebar. Finding friends and family to pick us as their Kroger Reward group or to donate pocket change on Walmart round ups would be amazing. Being a voice for the babies is always going to make a difference. Just volunteering to make phone calls is a blessing. 

Our Mission

To provide temporary shelter to stray, abandoned, and surrendered animals for the purpose of finding permanent suitable new homes, rescues, or sanctuaries.

To provide assistance and financial aid through grants, fundraisers, or donations to prevent overpopulation through spaying and neutering programs.

To educate the community of the benefits of spay and neuter surgeries.

To share low/no cost information options to general public.

To network other Kentucky no-kill rescue cats to no-kill groups that have the resources to help.

To distribute low cost food to community members assisting large number of felines or to low-income citizens in times of need.

Our Vision

Kentucky Kitty Cats will be a resource for felines and their families, addressing the issue of pet over-population by providing solutions through services and prevention through education.

We will strive to be professional, kind, and work with other Kentucky agencies to rescue felines in need.  We will always do what is right by the animal!