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A Project MEOW feline client being released.

Assisting Our Community With The Homeless Cat Population In West Philadelphia

Founded in 2002, Project MEOW is an all-volunteer non-profit cat rescue group that either directly helps homeless cats or works with community members in West Philadelphia neighborhoods to assist them in caring for cats located in their vicinity. Our mission is to humanely reduce the future population of cats living on the streets via spay/neuter, while simultaneously improving the lives of current homeless cats through our foster/adoption program and colony cat program.

Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage (TNRM) is both the humane and the scientifically-proven best approach for controlling the community cat population. The Manage component refers to the care of the outdoor cats in a safe, controlled environment by a community Caretaker.

Many of the cats found outdoors, sadly, are previously owned cats who are accustomed to an indoor life and not suited for survival outdoors. We identify those cats and strive to bring them into our foster/adoption program when we have space.

We are limited by resources, both monetary and volunteers, so we prioritize helping injured, sick and older cats, orphaned kittens and any cats that are in a dangerous environment.

Project MEOW adheres to all animal laws and Philadelphia city ordinances. Project MEOW does not ever trap and kill.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's About Us page.

In The News

Project MEOW helps find homes for rescued West Philly cats. Here’s a story of Newt, West Philly Local, April 19, 2018.
What do I do with this animal I found?, West Philly Local, February 20, 2018.

Info

Adoption: Adoptables
Facebook: @ProjectMEOWWestPhilly
Twitter: @ProjectMEOW
Volunteer: Volunteer Opportunities

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-{{toplink|url=http://projectmeow.org/|name=projectmeow.org}}Helping you help community cats in West Philadelphia
+{{toplink|url=http://projectmeow.org/|name=projectmeow.org}}[[File:ProjectMEOW.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A Project MEOW feline client being released.]]<blockquote>''Assisting Our Community With The Homeless Cat Population In West Philadelphia''</blockquote>
-Founded in 2007, Project MEOW is an all-volunteer, non-profit animal welfare group that provides services to people caring for stray and feral cats in West Philadelphia.  Our mission is to humanely reduce the future population of cats living on the streets, while supporting the need now for cats to live safely outdoors in our neighborhoods.
+Founded in 2002, '''Project MEOW''' is '''an all-volunteer non-profit cat rescue group''' that either directly helps homeless cats or works with community members in West Philadelphia neighborhoods to assist them in caring for cats located in their vicinity. Our mission is to humanely reduce the future population of cats living on the streets via spay/neuter, while simultaneously improving the lives of current homeless cats through our foster/adoption program and colony cat program.
-We believe we are most effective doing this as a community-based organization, so we focus our work in zip codes 19104, 19139, and 19143. Most of our members live or work in West Philly.
+Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage (TNRM) is both the humane and the scientifically-proven best approach for controlling the community cat population. The Manage component refers to the care of the outdoor cats in a safe, controlled environment by a community Caretaker.
-We focus on Trap-Neuter-Return, a humane and non-lethal approach to community cat population control –a comprehensive management plan where healthy free-roaming cats are sterilized and vaccinated, then returned to their habitat and provided with long-term care by at least one community member.
+Many of the cats found outdoors, sadly, are previously owned cats who are accustomed to an indoor life and not suited for survival outdoors. We identify those cats and strive to bring them into our foster/adoption program when we have space.
-We help about 700-900 cats per year and have about 200 feral and stray cat caregivers in our database.  We’re completely funded by donations.  We have no staff or physical building.
+We are limited by resources, both monetary and volunteers, so we prioritize helping injured, sick and older cats, orphaned kittens and any cats that are in a dangerous environment.
-Since many of the cats found in the neighborhoods we assist are friendly and could be adopted, we also partner with rescue organizations to help find adoptable cats good homes.
+Project MEOW adheres to all animal laws and Philadelphia city ordinances. Project MEOW does not ever trap and kill.
 ''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://projectmeow.org/about-us/ About Us] page.
 ==In The News==
+*[http://www.westphillylocal.com/2018/04/19/adopt-a-cat-newt/ Project MEOW helps find homes for rescued West Philly cats. Here’s a story of Newt], West Philly Local, April 19, 2018.
 *[http://www.westphillylocal.com/2018/02/20/what-do-i-do-with-this-animal-i-found/ What do I do with this animal I found?], West Philly Local, February 20, 2018.
+==Info==
+*Adoption:&nbsp;[https://www.projectmeow.org/adopt/adoptables/ Adoptables]
+*Facebook:&nbsp;[https://www.facebook.com/ProjectMEOWWestPhilly/ @ProjectMEOWWestPhilly]
+*Twitter:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/ProjectMEOW @ProjectMEOW]
+*Volunteer:&nbsp;[https://www.projectmeow.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities/ Volunteer Opportunities]
+[[Category:Does-Animal_Care]] [[Category:Does-Animal_Rescue]]
 [[Category:Is-Animal_Welfare_Organization]] [[Category:Is-Community_Based_Organization]] [[Category:Is-Nonprofit_Organization]]
-{{W}}
+[[Category:Serves-Animals]]
+[[Category:Using-Volunteers]]
+[[Contact Email::rfa@projectmeow.org| ]]