Welcome To Mass Cats

Mass Cats is a network of cat rescuers, shelters, individuals, shelter employees, volunteers, foster parents, bottle-feeders, feral cat trappers, spay-neuter clinic organizers, animal control officers, etc. who are located in Massachusetts and surrounding states. Any person working in the interest of homeless cats is welcome to join. Those in or near New Hampshire are also encouraged to join NH Cats, a similar group for the state of New Hampshire. See below for details on how to join one or both groups.

This email group is used to post meeting announcements and spay/neuter clinic announcements; to share and request general information and information on medical and behavioral issues; and to network about resources, problem solving, fundraising, etc.

General Guidelines For Posting (Members):

Mass Cats is a group of cat-rescuing individuals. Please only post "content" related messages. If you are posting a request for assistance, please be sure to include the city or town in the message subject, so that other members can easily determine whether they can assist.

Please note that members are generally quite savvy about which groups/shelters, rescues/individuals exist in an area. If a member posts "Cat in Malden needs help," that person is looking for somebody in the Malden area to take care of the situation.

Also, it is perfectly appropriate to seek advice/placement regarding a declawed cat. Please resist the urge to lecture the person posting the request about declawing, however!

Membership For Rescuers And Animal Care Workers:

To join, send an email with a brief statement about your current work with cats, experience, or needs to masscats-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. This information is requested simply to ensure that members are in fact cat rescuers.

To join NH Cats, please send an email with the same information to:
NHCats_group-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Others Seeking Assistance:

If you are an individual seeking help for a particular cat or group of cats, and are not a "rescuer" yourself, please email jannelf@verizon.net with your name, phone #, town and description of the situation. Your request for help will be posted to the group. We cannot guarantee assistance with every situation, but will at least try to make some recommendations or referrals. You might also try logging on to www.petfinder.org for immediate access to resources for helping the cat/cats.

Moderating:

Primary moderator: jannelf@verizon.net
Alternate moderator: stacy@mrfrs.org