Bring Home a Cat This March 

In Partnership with Litter Robot, Best Friends Animal Society is Waiving Cat and Kitten Adoption Fees All Month-Long

Tomorrow is International Rescue Cat Day, which is just in time for an exciting announcement from Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization working to make the nation no-kill in 2025.

This month, Best Friends and Litter Robot by Whisker are teaming up to help get cats and kittens into loving homes. To incentivize the public, Whisker will generously be covering adoption fees of all cats and kittens at all Best Friends pet lifesaving and adoption center locations throughout the country.

Still not convinced? Cats make excellent pets and here are just a few reasons why:

• Cats can keep you healthy. Pets are good for us. The companionship of cats (and dogs) has been shown to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and lessen anxiety, helping people to feel calmer and more secure no matter what’s going on in the outside world.
• Not home much? No problem! Felines are fine sleeping most of the day (and night) whether you’re home or not. Leave them with interactive toys for enrichment and food puzzles when they’re alone.  If you’re worried about a lonely kitty, consider adopting two cats or kittens, so they’ll always have a feline friend to keep them company.
• Cats are low maintenance. Cats are easy to leave at home. For short trips, have a neighbor drop by to check food and water supplies and clean the litter box. For longer trips, there are lots of reputable pet sitting apps that can hook you up with a cat caregiver.
• Adult cats are cool! Oftentimes, it’s difficult for adult cats to get noticed by potential adopters when they’re competing with so many cute, fuzzy kittens. However, there are advantages of adopting an adult cat—like bypassing the whacky, naughty kitten stage. Also, adult cat personalities are likely already established and the shelter staff will be able to help make a match.
• Save lives by helping community cats. Community cat programs, which help outdoor, free-roaming cats through Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR), are the most effective way to save lives and humanely reduce the population over time, improving save rates by as much as 80 percent. In TNVR programs, community cats are humanely trapped, medically evaluated, spayed or neutered, vaccinated and ear tipped under anesthesia for identification. They are then returned to their outdoor homes to live out their lives maintained by community caregivers.

For those who may not be ready to adopt, fostering a cat or kitten, or even a few of them, is an impactful way to save more lives. When animals are given the opportunity to decompress in a home, not only can their personalities thrive, but space opens for other dogs and cats in need. Shelters and rescue groups provide the food, supplies, and medical care for their fosters, while people provide a home and love.

To learn more about Best Friends, visit bestfriends.org.

About Best Friends Animal Society 

Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters and make the country no-kill in 2025. Founded in 1984, Best Friends is a pioneer in the no-kill movement and has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from an estimated 17 million per year to 380,000. Best Friends runs lifesaving programs across the country, as well as the nation’s largest no-kill animal sanctuary. Working collaboratively with a network of more than 4,400 animal welfare and shelter partners, and community members nationwide, Best Friends is working to Save Them All®. For more information, visit bestfriends.org.