TinyKittens_Society
TinyKittens Society
Canadian animal welfare charity
TinyKittens Society is a Canadian charity in Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada, supporting feral cats. The organisation was established as a non-profit in 2015 by Shelly Roche.[1][2][3] It is associated with Langley Animal Protection Society, and often works with Mountain View Veterinary Hospital.[1][2][4][5]
The society's volunteers trap, neuter and return (TNR) cats from the large colonies of feral cats in the area.[1][2][5][6] Where possible, kittens and older cats are made available for adoption.[1][2][4][7][8]
TinyKittens runs a livestream showing 24-hour footage of the kittens and cats being cared for by the society.[1][4][7][9] There is an associated chat space.[2][4] The group received news coverage for rescuing Cassidy, a disabled cat found as a feral kitten without his back legs, and Mason, an older feral cat with kidney disease who enjoyed the company of kittens.[5][10][11][12][13][14][15]
In 2017 the charity supported kittens rescued from wildfires in Quesnel, and in 2021 rescued feral cats and lost pet cats during floods in the Fraser Valley.[16][17]
In 2020, Roche said TinyKittens supports one to two hundred cats and kittens a year.[3] In 2020, she said that the group spays and neuters about 200 cats a year.[18] She noted that the charity does not have enough resources.[18]
Social media is important to the charity.[3] In 2019, the YouTube channel run by the organisation had 135,000 subscribers.[15] In 2020, the number of views of the channel averaged three million a month.[3] There were sixty volunteers working as moderators.[3]