KITTEN ACTION is a project of the animal rights group, JUSTICE for ANIMALS, which was launched in1997 to rescue abandoned and unwanted kittens and to care for them until they are old enough to go to permanent homes.

Because most animal welfare shelters do not have the staff, funds, facilities, or sadly, sometimes even the will, to care for under-age, sickly or untamed kittens, these animals are usually "put down" immediately.

Since it started in 1997, Kitten Action has homed more than two thousand kittens. But it is not only concerned with the babies. Adult cats are also given the opportunity of a better life.

In line with its motto: 'every one deserves a chance', Kitten Action practices a policy of Spay and Return. Adult cats are trapped and sterilized (spayed if female, neutered if male) and returned to their colonies where they are fed by human caretakers. Cats with skin cancer, mange, broken legs, severed tails, ruptured eyes and a myriad other problems are rescued and treated and housed in a Sanctuary (link to Sanctuary page) which at any one time cares for some 40 adults and 60 kittens.

Kitten Action, a project of the animal rights group, Justice for Animals (formerly FALCON), follows a no kill policy and only advocates euthanasia if the animal is terminally ill or in untreatable pain. Its particular focus is feral cats - defined as domestic cats that are living wild. As these stray cats are directly descended from domestic cats which have been abandoned and left to fend for themselves, they are definitely our responsibility. Yet they are constantly the victims of Man's misunderstanding, prejudice and cruelty.

Feral cats have learned to be afraid of people and generally avoid human contact except in their efforts to find food. Feral kittens, captured and socialized before six weeks of age, can easily be tamed and even wild adults, given time and lots of TLC, can become loving, characterful companions. More about Feral Cats