cat-rescue-maritimes  started as a small group of three dedicated people that got together for the first time in 2005 in the attempt to save one little cat. Since then, we have continued our work and grown into a registered Charity with chapters in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

We are always in need of volunteers, donations and supplies (cat food, litter, blankets, toys, etc). If you want to contribute or provide us with feedback, please get in touch with us through our contact form. We will answer as soon as we can - in 3 days or less.

To view adoptable cats and kittens in your area, click on the local chapter's link to the the right.  The kittens offered by ca-r-ma.org are removed from the feral colonies we serve, usually because they are orphaned, injured or otherwise at risk. ca-r-ma.org is not a shelter and is not involved in animal control. We cannot take in unwanted pets, stray or abandoned animals nor handle complaints re animal abuse or nuisance animals.

Abandoned cats fall into two categories:
1. Strays, who are former pets that have been lost or abandoned.
2. Feral cats, who are born into non-domestic situations and are normally not tameable unless they're trapped as kittens.

Abandoned cats often form “cat colonies" that vary in size from 3 or 4 animals to 50 or more. They face many dangers including dogs, hawks, coyotes and other predators, winter weather, cars, cruel humans and other aggressive cats.  They fight disease and injuries that go untreated.  One of their biggest challenges during the winter months is that finding unfrozen water is impossible, and many cats die painfully of kidney failure due to lack of water.

Despite all this misery, cats are astonishingly effective breeders, and many different approaches have been taken in the past to battle the reoccurring overpopulation.

"If one female produces two litters per year, and if just two kittens per litter survive to reproduce, and none of these cats are ever spayed or neutered, the total population in five years, or 10 generations, multiplies to 59,049."

In rural communities, many people will consider cats a necessary form of rodent control but not view them as pets worthy of care and spay/neutering. In cities, most people are simply 
unaware of the sheer numbers of homeless cats.  Feral and abandonded cats are mostly nocturnal and are very good at hiding under sheds and porches and in bushes and undeveloped lots.

Spaying 1 female cat can prevent the birth of 36,000 kittens within just 5 years. Neutering 1 male can prevent hundreds of females from being impregnated each year. Within 7 years, the offspring of 1 pair can
produce as many as 420,000 cats...

Trap-Neuter-Return, commonly known as TNR, is the only method proven to be effective at controlling feral cat population growth. TNR involves trapping all or most of the cats in a colony, getting them neutered, and then returning them to their territory.

TNR is life-affirming. Catching the vast number of homeless cats now at large in our communities requires volunteers, as animal control alone can rarely make even the slightest dent in the problem. A volunteer is not going to step forward if the ultimate fate of the felines is to be killed. But if people know the cats will be released and then cared for they will offer their time and effort.