What We Do
Our kittens come primarily from homeless mother cats, some wild, some tame. The wild mothers are spayed and re-released to the area they were found, and the wild babies placed in foster homes for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation of wild cats is possible with patience and understanding. The younger the kitten, the easier and faster the rehabilitation will occur. For this reason we will take the wild kittens away from their mothers earlier than 8 weeks and bottle-feed them until they have the necessary teeth to eat.
Other kittens come our way if their mothers are killed, missing or if they have a medical problem that requires attention. The medical attention we give is often labor intensive, which is why they would be euthanized at some government funded animal societies. 
In short, we help cats and kittens which would be termed unadoptable by some agencies. We try to make them adoptable, then adopt them out to loving homes. Our organization is also involved in several projects in the Saanich area, all aimed at improving the lives of cats and kittens. For more information visit our Current Projects page.
We are unable to take cats surrendered by owners. If you own your cat, and can no longer keep him or her, please contact the SPCA to try to re-home him. We believe that first you should do everything possible to keep your cat, or re-home them yourselves, as a responsible, caring pet owner. Our charity has very limited funding and volunteers, so must focus on those cats that are not accepted by the SPCA or other municipal organizations, which are feral cats or stray cats from the Saanich area. 
Many people ask us why we do the work we do. Some people wonder why we don’t “let nature take its course”. The volunteers at Dee’s Orphan Kitten Fund believe every cat deserves the chance to have a safe and happy life whether it is a feral or a tame cat. Humans domesticated cats for our benefit – that of companionship and pest control. As such, humans now have a responsibility to be humane to them.
Our Statistics
Each year we help hundreds of cats and kittens. Here are statistics showing the numbers helped in past years. |
