Volunteer. Sponsor. Foster. Adopt.
How We Got Started
Turning sadness into action.
Brenda used to walk the trail along the river and pass by about eighty cats at the fairgrounds.
Each day the nagging feeling in her heart grew stronger.
Something needed to be done.
She founded the Friends of Forgotten Felines.
A lot of the cats have been adopted out and all the remaining cats are fed twice a day and monitored to ensure their health and safety. There are still roughly 34 cats at the fairgrounds.
We are a volunteer organization. We rely on our volunteers to feed the cats twice a day, foster cats in preparation for adoption or after veterinary care. Our volunteers help us fundraise and are wonderful advocates for our feline friends. Fundraisers are a huge part of what makes our organization thrive. We rely on profits from events to make sure we have a steady influx of food and supplies to maintain our colony.
We are always looking to gain volunteers and would love to get our mission to as many people as possible. For more information on how you can help make a difference for the cats, visit our Sponsor and Donate tabs!
What We Do
Do we feed the cats at the fairgrounds? Yes.
But we do so much more than that!
For the last several years, Friends of Forgotten Feline has made dozens of trips to the Fix 'Em Clinic in Charleston, WV. With their help we are able to spay and neuter not only our cats, but cats from the community as well. We cover all the costs for every operation. Most people are unaware of just how hard we work to keep our cat colonies healthy and manageable.
It is a sad truth that people dump pets every day. When we notice a new cat at the fairgrounds we use the TNR method (Trap, Neuter, Release). By trapping the new cats we ensure the safety and health of our existing colonies, plus the safety and health of the new cats. New members are not always welcomed with open arms by the current colonies. Most cats that are dumped have usually been domesticated, which can make adjusting to living in the wild very difficult. The TNR method allows us to prevent the spread of any possible diseases and make sure the population does not increase. Instead of releasing the dumped cats back to the fairgrounds, we always try to find them a loving home. A cat that has been domesticated should always remain so, for it's own health and safety.
Friends of Forgotten Feline is dedicated to continuing this work in order to keep all of our cats, the cats in the community, and the community itself as safe as possible.