The Cat Adoption Team currently averages 125-200 calls a week from people who want to bring cats to our facility. Because this exceeds the number of cats adopted each week, we often must encourage callers to explore other options or continue to provide for the cat until we can make room in our adoption center.

If you have found an abandoned cat or kitten, please review the following information and tips. If you have explored these and other options, call us at 503-925-8803 and leave a message in voice mailbox 8. We will return your call as soon as possible.

Due to the large number of homeless cats and kittens, please do not walk into the shelter with a cat(s), as it is very difficult for us to take the cat in immediately. We only take in cats in these circumstances if it is an medical emergency, and we have veterinary help on staff. Otherwise, a member of our intake team will work with you to schedule an appointment for bringing in the cat.

Some tips when you have found a homeless cat or kitten
If you have found a healthy homeless cat or kitten, please try to locate its owner before contacting the Cat Adoption Team. Please provide the cat food and water. If you can temporarily care for the cat, there are some things you can try first, prior to calling CAT.

Place an ad in the lost and found section of your local paper (these ads are usually free). To place an ad in The Oregonian, try www.oregonlive.com/placead/ or call 503-221-8327.

Post flyers in local veterinary clinics, grocery stores, and around the area where you found the cat.

Call your county shelter to report a found cat. Most county shelters keep a list of animals reported missing.

Put a collar on the cat detailing your information and to have the owner call you if the cat is in fact owned.

Take the cat to a nearby vet to scan for microchip

Ask around to see if anyone knows the cat. Also, ask apartment managers if anyone has listed a missing kitty or a resident has listed this type of cat.
If, after a reasonable amount of time, you are unable to locate the owners, contact CAT. 

Possible Momma Cat or Orphaned Kitten

If you have found an adult female cat, please check to see if she has been nursing kittens. If she has, please continue to provide food for her and, in the meantime, try to locate the kittens. Young kittens need to nurse every two hours, so do not confine or trap the mama cat. Once you have located the kittens, contact CAT for assistance.

If you have found an abandoned or orphaned kitten and need assistance before a CAT volunteer can return your call, contact your local emergency veterinary hospital. For feeding, first-aid and general care tips, refer to Kitten Rescue Care Handbook

Below are various resources for helping find your furry friend.

How To Find A Lost Cat Or Dog

Missing Pet Partnership is a national, nonprofit organization which provides lost pet recovery tips and referrals to lost pet services for pet owner/guardians who have lost a beloved pet. In addition, we are working to educate staff and volunteers of animal shelters, humane societies, rescue groups and animal welfare organizations in the behavioral patterns of lost dogs and cats as well as newly developed “pet detective” recovery services.

The Internet Lost and Found, the premier information resource for the recovery of lost and found articles and pets.

The PETS 911believes that if you consolidate all the adoption, fostering, lost and found, volunteer, shelter/clinic, and health and training information out there and give the public a single and easy place to find this information, education will substantially increase and euthanasia will decrease.

The Missing Pet Network is a group of volunteers sponsored by the USDA Animal Care Office, who help people find missing pet animals. They don’t accept money, don’t give endorsements, and don’t use advertising on their MPN web pages. MPN is organized by state, or by country. There are two kinds of sites MPN members maintain - listing sites for lost and found notices and search resource sites. There is one listing site for each state (or country), but there can be several search resource sites, each covering a different area of the state. 

helpmefindMYPET.com’s Mission

•To help find lost pets by creating local communities of pet owners and pet professionals who will come to the aid of any member in need.
•To provide much needed resources to animal shelters, foster groups, and animal rescue organizations.
•To provide the necessary technology, education, and support to identify and return lost pets to their families.

Becoming a member is free. As a member you will receive “lost pet” posters and “found pet” bulletins for your geographical area.

Registering a Pet is $19 / year for the first pet and $27 / year for multiple pets households (up to 4 pets).

In the event that a member’s pet is lost, helpmefindMYPET immediately emails a poster to all members, shelter groups, veterinary clinics, trainers, pet supply retailers, and grooming shops within a 50 mile radius of where the pet was last seen. Members are encouraged to make 5 copies of the poster to post in public areas. 

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