Like many of us, shelter cats are taking this time to reevaluate their space, redecorate and purchase new furniture. Or in their case, portals.   Thanks to Million Cat Challenge’s Portalmania 2020, 82 shelters are being awarded 2,685 portals.   Cramped housing has an adverse effect on cats. “Multiple studies have looked at the effect of poor housing on cats,… Learn More

Updated 2/11/2020: This webcast has been postponed until further notice. We will update once a new date is selected.  It happens. Someone finds a litter of kittens, scoops them up and takes them to the animal shelter, not realizing that the mama cat may have just left them to get some food. Naturally, the shelter… Learn More

We can’t think of a better way to kick off the weekend than by celebrating the new Million Cat Challenge milestone! The campaign, originally launched to save the lives of one million shelter cats in North America, announced today that participating animal shelters have DOUBLED that original goal. You read that right – that means two… Learn More

Have you ever noticed how a little change in perspective can make a BIG difference? Dr. Sara Pizano certainly has. She’s worked with more than 100 animal shelters all over the country, from small rural facilities to large urban shelters. In the upcoming webcast, A Playbook Approach to Saving Lives in Animal Shelters, she’ll walk… Learn More

Kitten season will be here before you know it, and the Million Cat Challenge (MCC) wants you to have your most successful season yet. Which is why they are hosting three kitten-focused webinars in March to help you prepare. Kittens are a shelter’s most vulnerable population, and MCC wants to help you save as many as… Learn More

Grab your computers and pumpkin spice lattes, because we have some great opportunities coming up in the way of informative webcasts. Running every Thursday through November 1, Million Cat Challenge will host 15-minute online presentations, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers. With an impressive line-up of municipal officials, shelter directors, shelter managers and… Learn More

It’s time to start the next chapter of the Million Cat Challenge! Dr. Kate Hurley and Dr. Julie Levy, the co-founders of the Million Cat Challenge, are eager to continue their mission after meeting their goal of saving a million cats a full year ahead of schedule. Even with the success of the challenge, their… Learn More

The Million Cat Challenge is a partnership of Maddie’s Fund®, the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, and the ASPCA®, formed to help shelters save the lives of 1 million more cats. It is based on five key initiatives which bring forward those approaches that have… Learn More

B.J. Rogers is vice-president of ProLearning for the ASPCA. Earlier this year he wrote a post about the power of working together—and about collaboration as a key to increased impact. In this guest post, he’s sharing news of a brand-new partnership whose aim is just that. Nothing like getting to walk the walk! In an… Learn More

Madi R. Hawkins, Director of Habersham County Animal Care & Control in Georgia, loves cats. She especially loves being in charge of a shelter that’s committed to saving them — even though it hasn’t always been that way. “The polices in place when I first started, especially in regards to feral cats, were heartbreaking,” she… Learn More