Cat Rescue Zim

Tiny tuxedo committee meeting now in session. 🖤🤍

Agenda: steal hearts, demand snacks, and recruit more humans into the tuxie fan club. Who’s obsessed with tuxedo cats too? We want to share your beautiful fur babies and spread the love for these adorable smartly dressed beauties 😻

April was an absolutely incredible month for adoptions. We cannot believe how many of our gorgeous kittens were chosen and now have their forever homes. We thank each and every one of the families who chose them. There are always kittens needing help and we are not the only organisation that have rescues. Please opt to adopt an adult, teen or kitten who really need your love and care. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for opening up yours 😻🥰

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations:

An unexpectedly busy week this week as Katie returned to a trapping job we did in March to find out if any of the kittens from the 4 lactating females we TNR’d had survived. 11 kittens were trapped - as you can see from the photos not all of them are healthy - so we decided to keep back 5 of the ones in the worst condition to feed up and hopefully, with your help, find working homes for - all of them were sterilised and given antibiotics.

Katie also TNR’d a colony of 5 from Meyrick Park - 2 males and 3 females one of which was lactating.

Lorna TNR’d a young family from Colne Valley- a mum and her 3 kittens as well as a male from Greendale. The team also assisted 2 owners this week sterilise their 4 cats - 2 males and 2 females.

Total sterilised this week was 25 bringing our total to date to 3,652

Another chance for you to share your creations with us with this beautiful illustration from for all our young animal lovers and creative hearts. ✨🐱

Print it out, grab your crayons, pencils, or paints, and bring this cuddly rescue moment to life in your own colourful style. 🌈

We’d absolutely love to see your finished artwork, so feel free to share your creations with us and tag Cat Rescue Zim, we would love to share them with all our followers 💛💚🧡

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Winter is well on its way. Remember your lil kitties feel the cold too. Provide them with cosy fluffy blankets or a cat bed to help keep them toasty and warm during cold winter days & nights.

Aprils’ Round Up!

It is funny how we are at the point where 100 cats in 1 month is a quieter month for us - but this is the reality of our work these days. As the days are getting cooler we will inevitably see a slowing down of our TNR work as breeding slows down - but it doesn’t stop! There is no such thing as kitten season anymore.

In April we TNR’d cats from Msasa, Sentosa, Bluffhill, Workington, Strathaven, Mabelreign, Mount Hampden, Chisipite, Hillside, Ardbennie, Avondale, New Marlborough, Umwinsidale, Warren Park 1, Colne Valley, Greencroft, Emerald Hill, Avonlea, Borrowdale, Ballantyne Park, Alex Park and Monavale.

Our biggest colony this month was a young colony of 8 from Warren Park 1. We also assisted 9 owners sterilise 23 cats between them - every cat we castrate or spay means less being born on the streets, less being surrendered to our shelters and less dying of an earlier age due to reproductive stress, injuries or complications.

Even though our work seems never ending our goal and dedication remains. We want to spread more awareness about the importance of sterilising cats - owned and feral. There are TOO many being born, too many suffering and too many being euthanised because there are TOO MANY! Please help reduce the burden on the kind people who pick up the pieces. Please be responsible and do the right thing - spay and castrate your cats by 5 months of age! We can help! Thank you

Total sterilised at the end of April - 3,627

This weeks’ TNR & Sterilisations :

A very busy week to end April, Katie TNR’d a male from Emerald hill and a young female from Monavale. She also TNR’d a family of 5 from one property in Avondale, and at another property also in Avondale she TNR’d a mum and 2 kittens. This mum cat was extremely cautious and Katie had been trying to trap her for 2 weeks. And she wasn’t the only one being difficult - another female in Alex Park was evading traps for almost 3 weeks but finally after a few sneaky tactics Katie won! We cannot describe the relief and happiness when we see a female in one of our traps, even more so when this female has been trying to outwit us every step of the way. I guess it shows how much we care about what we do as well as how much it means for those females - their lives changing drastically for the better.

Lorna TNR’d a mum cat and her 3 older kittens across 2 properties in Colne Valley. The mum had another litter of 4 six week old kittens - the client was concerned as the kittens were becoming quite bold and her dogs were also becoming more curious. Lorna decided it was in their best interest to be uplifted into our foster system. This transition period can be quite difficult for kittens, a change in everything they have ever known - but it takes patience and understanding to get them over the hump. We are relieved we have ended the cycle for this colony and that mum cat in particular.

The team also assisted a business to neuter a cat that chose them to be his home. This brings our total sterilised this week to 16 cats and our total to date to 3,627

We have done a lot of big colonies this way, however we urge people to tell us about small colonies as soon as possible, just 1 female can start a colony and the cycle starts. If you feed them fix them, if you have just 1 feral in your yard contact us asap thank you!

How do you know when mass trapping is the way to go? Here are some of the benefits of trapping the whole colony at once:

✔️ It can quickly resolve a problem situation. When you alter all the colony cats at the same time, it can almost immediately eliminate nuisance behaviors such as yowling, fighting, and foul odors.

✔️ It requires less time and effort. While it may feel like a lot of work, in the end mass trapping is less work than trapping just a few at a time. That’s because you’re only performing all the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) steps once, instead of repeating them over a period of weeks or months.

✔️ It makes it easier to catch those last cats. Once you’ve trapped the majority of cats, you can easily identify the holdouts and withhold food, set out extra traps, or try a trapping trick or two. This way, you’re more likely to achieve 100% sterilization.

Learn more about whether mass trapping is the right solution for your colony: https://www.neighborhoodcats.org/mass-trapping

Another beautiful illustration from for all our young animal lovers and creative hearts. ✨🐱

Print it out, grab your crayons, pencils, or paints, and bring this cuddly rescue moment to life in your own colourful style. 🌈

We’d absolutely love to see your finished artwork, so feel free to share your creations with us and tag Cat Rescue Zim, we would love to share them with all our followers 💛💚🧡

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Splash & Ember are the last of their litter to be adopted! We would love to see them go to a home together - please see beyond their fur colour!

🫟Splash is your fearless little explorer, always first to investigate and last to tire.
🔥 Ember is soft as a whisper but zips around with a spark of playful energy.

Together, they’re the perfect combo of cuddles, curiosity, and affection — each one adores human attention and will happily turn your home into their kingdom of purrs.

These girls are looking for loving forever homes where their personalities can shine ✨

📩 Message us to meet them 0779 993 157
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