With Spring right around the corner, one Temple professor is doing her best to support our neighborhood’ feline friends.
“If you are a student, or if you live in our neighborhood, you know there are cats everywhere. So, our mission here is to spay and neuter all cats, which includes Trap, Neuter, Release – short-handed as TNR,” says Cathy Liu, an adjunct professor at Boyer College of Music.
Temple Cats was originally created as a Facebook group by Terri Martin, a former Temple employee in January 2010
Since then, Liu, who currently runs Temple Cats, has turned it into a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping cats in the Philadelphia Area. It provides guidance and help to local feeders and students who happen to come across stray cats.
According to Cathy, TNR (Trap, Neuter, and Release) is the most humane approach for managing the current stray cat population.
The organization teaches members how to trap cats humanely, provides access to free spaying locations, and releases the cats back to their respective territories. Temple Cats also provides information on free vaccination locations.
The organization utilizes its popular Facebook page to report cases and run charity events. The group currently has over 3000 members. Its growth has allowed them take on 12 feeding locations currently.
One of the locations is Temple Community Garden.
For more information, visit the Temple Cats Facebook page here
Do you, your organization (Temple Cats) attend cats (4) alone in North Philadelphia house?
Owner was rushed to Einstein Medical center 9 February 2021 with shortness of breath.
She required catdoac triple bypass.
Scheduled to go to cardiac rehabilitation at Willowcrest.
Patient will require support when home again after discharge.
Thank you for your care of this message…PEACE, rose
Thank you for your assistance with care of cats.
Please indicate address to forward donation.
I’d like to help but I live in NE Philly. Can I volunteer in this area or donate money? I’d love to go and feed cats but if you have something in NE Philly, I’d love to volunteer. Thank you
Cathy, this is Cynthia Best, also a Grad of Temple U. School of Horticulture. I live in Lower Gwynedd and spoke with you a few years ago about some cat problem. I am a “failed foster” with a TNR from ACCT, she’s doing great and is my best friend now! Also, I would take food to Pat Frederick when ever she needed it, haven’t heard from her for quite a while.
That’s how I got involved. So, I would like make a Year End contribution to your organization, because I know the good work that you do.